(2) establish criteria for qualified renewable en-
ergy certificates to ensure that energy generated is 
renewable and is in accordance with subsection (c). 
(e) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall evaluate the program established by this sec-
tion, including identifying environmental and other bene-
fits of the program, as well as its financial costs and any 
disadvantages associated with the program. No later than 
April 1, 2011, the Comptroller General shall provide a re-
port to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate providing the details of the evaluation and any rec-
ommendations for improvement. 
(f) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) Notwithstanding section 105(3) of this Act, 
the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given 
to such term in section 105 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘renewable energy’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 203(b) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b)(2)), 
except that energy generated from municipal solid 
waste shall not be renewable energy. 
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(g) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amount appropriated 
to each Executive agency or legislative branch office for 
each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010, not more than 0.01 
percent of such amount may be used for the purpose of 
carrying out this section. Such funding shall be in addition 
to any other funds available to the Executive agency or 
legislative branch office for such purpose. 
(h) SUNSET CLAUSE.—This section ceases to be ef-
fective at the end of fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 104. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to preempt 
or limit the authority of a State to take any action to ad-
dress global warming. 
SEC. 105. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) The term ‘‘carbon dioxide equivalent’’ 
means, for each greenhouse gas, the quantity of the 
greenhouse gas that makes the same contribution to 
global warming as 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide, as 
determined by the Administrator, taking into ac-
count the global warming potentials published by the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 
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(3) The term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
to that term in section 551 of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8259). 
(4) The term ‘‘greenhouse gas’’ means— 
(A) carbon dioxide; 
(B) methane; 
(C) nitrous oxide; 
(D) hydrofluorocarbons; 
(E) perfluorocarbons; 
(F) sulfur hexafluoride; or 
(G) any other anthropogenically-emitted 
gas that the Administrator, after notice and 
comment, determines contributes to global 
warming to a non-negligible degree. 
SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to implement this title. 
TITLE 
II—FEDERAL 
GOVERN-
MENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
SEC. 201. FEDERAL VEHICLE FLEETS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 303 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) VEHICLE EMISSION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—No Federal agency shall 
acquire a light duty motor vehicle or medium duty 
passenger vehicle that fails, on an individual vehicle 
basis, to meet the numerical Greenhouse Gas Ex-
haust Mass Emission Requirement for the appro-
priate model year and vehicle type set out in section 
1961.1(a)(1)(A) of title 13, California Code of Regu-
lations, taking into account the emissions allowances 
and adjustment factors provided in that section. 
‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.—Each year, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue 
guidance identifying the vehicle makes and model 
numbers that satisfy the requirements of paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘medium duty passenger vehicle’ 
has the meaning given that term section 523.2 of 
title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that the State 
of California regulations referred to in the subsection 
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(f)(1) proposed to be inserted by subsection (a)(2) of this 
section take effect and become enforceable. 
SEC. 202. AGENCY ANALYSES FOR MOBILITY ACQUISITIONS. 
(a) COST ESTIMATE REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal 
agency that owns, operates, maintains, or otherwise funds 
infrastructure, assets, or personnel to provide delivery of 
fuel to its operations shall apply activity based cost ac-
counting principles to estimate the fully burdened cost of 
fuel. 
(b) USE OF COST ESTIMATE.—Each agency shall use 
the fully burdened cost of fuel, as estimated under sub-
section (a), in conducting analyses and making decisions 
regarding its activities that create a demand for energy. 
Such analyses and decisions shall include— 
(1) the use of models, simulations, wargames, 
and other analytical tools to determine the types of 
energy consuming equipment that an agency needs 
to conduct its missions; 
(2) life-cycle cost benefit analyses and other 
trade-off analyses for determining the cost effective-
ness of measures that improve the energy efficiency 
of an agency’s equipment and systems; 
(3) analyses and decisions conducted or made 
by others for the agency; and 
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