I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 306 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote 
energy efficiency via information and computing technologies, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2017 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mr. KINZINGER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007 to promote energy efficiency via information and 
computing technologies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Efficient Gov-
ernment Technology Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title V of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
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140; 121 Stat. 1661) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 530. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGIES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘information technology’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 11101 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION STRAT-
EGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this section, each Federal agency shall coordinate with 
the Director, the Secretary, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implemen-
tation strategy (that includes best practices and measure-
ment and verification techniques) for the maintenance, 
purchase, and use by the Federal agency of energy-effi-
cient and energy-saving information technologies, taking 
into consideration the performance goals established under 
subsection (d). 
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‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—In developing an implemen-
tation strategy under subsection (b), each Federal agency 
shall consider— 
‘‘(1) advanced metering infrastructure; 
‘‘(2) energy-efficient data center strategies and 
methods of increasing asset and infrastructure utili-
zation; 
‘‘(3) advanced power management tools; 
‘‘(4) building information modeling, including 
building energy management; 
‘‘(5) secure telework and travel substitution 
tools; and 
‘‘(6) mechanisms to ensure that the agency re-
alizes the energy cost savings brought about through 
increased efficiency and utilization. 
‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE GOALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Di-
rector, in consultation with the Secretary, shall es-
tablish performance goals for evaluating the efforts 
of Federal agencies in improving the maintenance, 
purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-sav-
ing information technology. 
‘‘(2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Chief Information 
Officers Council established under section 3603 of 
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title 44, United States Code, shall recommend best 
practices for the attainment of the performance 
goals, which shall include Federal agency consider-
ation of, to the extent applicable by law, the use 
of— 
‘‘(A) energy savings performance con-
tracting; and 
‘‘(B) utility energy services contracting. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) AGENCY REPORTS.—Each Federal agency 
shall include in the report of the agency under sec-
tion 527 a description of the efforts and results of 
the agency under this section. 
‘‘(2) OMB GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY REPORTS 
AND
SCORECARDS.—Effective beginning not later 
than October 1, 2017, the Director shall include in 
the annual report and scorecard of the Director re-
quired under section 528 a description of the efforts 
and results of Federal agencies under this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007 is amended by adding after the item relating to sec-
tion 529 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 530. Energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies.’’. 
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SEC. 3. ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS. 
Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17112) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(D)(iv), by striking 
‘‘determined by the organization’’ and inserting 
‘‘proposed by the stakeholders’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by striking subsections (c) through (g) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT.—The Secretary 
and the Administrator shall carry out subsection (b) in 
collaboration with information technology industry and 
other key stakeholders, with the goal of producing results 
that accurately reflect the most relevant and useful infor-
mation. In such collaboration, the Secretary and the Ad-
ministrator shall pay particular attention to organizations 
that— 
‘‘(1) have members with expertise in energy ef-
ficiency and in the development, operation, and 
functionality of data centers, information technology 
equipment, and software, such as representatives of 
hardware manufacturers, data center operators, and 
facility managers; 
‘‘(2) obtain and address input from Department 
of Energy National Laboratories or any college, uni-
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