the energy performance requirement established under 
paragraph (1) and submit to Congress recommendations 
concerning energy performance requirements for fiscal 
years 2016 through 2025.’’. 
(c) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 543(c)(1) of the National 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(c)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘An agency may exclude’’ and all 
that follows through the end and inserting ‘‘(A) An agency 
may exclude, from the energy performance requirement 
for a fiscal year established under subsection (a) and the 
energy management requirement established under sub-
section (b), any Federal building or collection of Federal 
buildings, if the head of the agency finds that—
‘‘(i) compliance with those requirements would 
be impracticable; 
‘‘(ii) the agency has completed and submitted 
all federally required energy management reports; 
‘‘(iii) the agency has achieved compliance with 
the energy efficiency requirements of this Act, the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992, Executive orders, and 
other Federal law; and 
‘‘(iv) the agency has implemented all prac-
ticable, life cycle cost-effective projects with respect 
to the Federal building or collection of Federal 
buildings to be excluded.
‘‘(B) A finding of impracticability under subpara-
graph (A)(i) shall be based on—
‘‘(i) the energy intensiveness of activities car-
ried out in the Federal building or collection of Fed-
eral buildings; or 
‘‘(ii) the fact that the Federal building or col-
lection of Federal buildings is used in the perform-
ance of a national security function.’’. 
(d) REVIEW BY SECRETARY.—Section 543(c)(2) of 
the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
8253(c)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘impracticability standards’’ and 
inserting ‘‘standards for exclusion’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘a finding of impracticability’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the exclusion’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘energy consumption require-
ments’’ and inserting ‘‘requirements of subsections 
(a) and (b)(1)’’. 
(e) CRITERIA.—Section 543(c) of the National En-
ergy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(c)) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall issue guide-
lines that establish criteria for exclusions under paragraph 
(1).’’.
(f) RETENTION OF ENERGY AND WATER SAVINGS.—
Section 546 of the National Energy Conservation Policy 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8256) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) RETENTION
OF ENERGY
AND WATER SAV-
INGS.—An agency may retain any funds appropriated to 
that agency for energy expenditures, water expenditures, 
or wastewater treatment expenditures, at buildings subject 
to the requirements of section 543(a) and (b), that are 
not made because of energy savings or water savings. Ex-
cept as otherwise provided by law, such funds may be used 
only for energy efficiency, water conservation, or uncon-
ventional and renewable energy resources projects.’’. 
(g) REPORTS.—Section 548(b) of the National En-
ergy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(b)) is 
amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘THE PRESIDENT AND’’ before ‘‘CONGRESS’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘President and’’ before ‘‘Con-
gress’’. 
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 550(d) of 
the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
8258b(d)) is amended in the second sentence by striking 
‘‘the 20 percent reduction goal established under section 
543(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act
(42 U.S.C. 8253(a)).’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the energy 
reduction goals established under section 543(a).’’. 
SEC. 103. ENERGY USE MEASUREMENT AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY. 
Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) METERING OF ENERGY USE.—
‘‘(1) DEADLINE.—By October 1, 2012, in ac-
cordance with guidelines established by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (2), all Federal buildings 
shall, for the purposes of efficient use of energy and 
reduction in the cost of electricity used in such 
buildings, be metered or submetered. Each agency 
shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, ad-
vanced meters or advanced metering devices that 
provide data at least daily and that measure at least 
hourly consumption of electricity in the Federal 
buildings of the agency. Such data shall be incor-
porated into existing Federal energy tracking sys-
tems and made available to Federal facility energy 
managers. 
‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this sub-