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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1420 
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 
FEBRUARY 28, 2019 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. TONKO) intro-
duced 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 at or for 
federally owned and operated facilities, taking into consid-
eration the performance goals established under sub-
section (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 at or for federally owned 
and operated facilities. 
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‘‘(2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Chief Information 
Officers Council established under section 3603 of 
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, 2019, 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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versity, research institution, industry association, 
company, or public interest group with applicable ex-
pertise; 
‘‘(3) follow— 
‘‘(A) commonly accepted procedures for 
the development of specifications; and 
‘‘(B) accredited standards development 
processes; and 
‘‘(4) have a mission to promote energy effi-
ciency for data centers and information technology. 
‘‘(d) MEASUREMENTS
AND SPECIFICATIONS.—The 
Secretary and the Administrator shall consider and assess 
the adequacy of the specifications, measurements, best 
practices, and benchmarks described in subsection (b) for 
use by the Federal Energy Management Program, the En-
ergy Star Program, and other efficiency programs of the 
Department of Energy or the Environmental Protection 
Agency. 
‘‘(e) STUDY.—The Secretary, in collaboration with 
the Administrator, shall, not later than 4 years after the 
date of enactment of the Energy Efficient Government 
Technology Act, make available to the public an update 
to the report of the Lawrence Berkeley National Labora-
tory entitled ‘United States Data Center Energy Usage 
Report’ and dated June, 2016 (prepared as an update to 
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the Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy 
Efficiency, published on August 2, 2007, under section 1 
of Public Law 109–431 (120 Stat. 2920)), that includes— 
‘‘(1) a comparison and gap analysis of the esti-
mates and projections contained in the report with 
new data regarding the period from 2015 through 
2019; 
‘‘(2) an analysis considering the impact of in-
formation technologies, including virtualization and 
cloud computing, in the public and private sectors; 
‘‘(3) an evaluation of the impact of the com-
bination of cloud platforms, mobile devices, social 
media, and big data on data center energy usage; 
‘‘(4) an evaluation of water usage in data cen-
ters and recommendations for reductions in such 
water usage; and 
‘‘(5) updated projections and recommendations 
for best practices through fiscal year 2025. 
‘‘(f) DATA CENTER ENERGY PRACTITIONER PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key stake-
holders and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, shall maintain a data center energy practitioner 
program that leads to the certification of energy practi-
tioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and effi-
ciency opportunities in federally owned and operated data 
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centers. Each Federal agency shall consider having the 
data centers of the agency evaluated every 4 years, in ac-
cordance with section 543(f) of the National Energy Con-
servation Policy Act, by energy practitioners certified pur-
suant to such program. 
‘‘(g) OPEN DATA INITIATIVE.—The Secretary, in col-
laboration with key stakeholders and the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, shall establish an open data initia-
tive relating to energy usage at federally owned and oper-
ated data centers, with the purpose of making such data 
available and accessible in a manner that encourages fur-
ther data center innovation, optimization, and consolida-
tion. In establishing the initiative, the Secretary shall con-
sider the use of the online Data Center Maturity Model. 
‘‘(h) 
INTERNATIONAL
SPECIFICATIONS
AND 
METRICS.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key 
stakeholders, shall actively participate in efforts to har-
monize global specifications and metrics for data center 
energy and water efficiency. 
‘‘(i) DATA CENTER UTILIZATION METRIC.—The Sec-
retary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facili-
tate in the development of an efficiency metric that meas-
ures the energy efficiency of a data center (including 
equipment and facilities). 
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‘‘(j) PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary and the Administrator shall not disclose 
any proprietary information or trade secrets provided by 
any individual or company for the purposes of carrying 
out this section or the programs and initiatives established 
under this section.’’. 
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