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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1876 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the incorporation of 
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) principles 
in military construction projects carried out in the United States or 
overseas, to require a specific goal regarding the use of renewable energy 
sources on all military installations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2009 
Ms. BORDALLO (for herself and Mr. BARTLETT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the incor-
poration of Leadership in Energy and Environmental 
Design (LEED) principles in military construction 
projects carried out in the United States or overseas, 
to require a specific goal regarding the use of renewable 
energy sources on all military installations, 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 ‘‘Military LEEDs Act 
of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRON-
MENTAL DESIGN (LEED) PRINCIPLES IN MILI-
TARY CONSTRUCTION. 
Section 2915 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) USE OF LEED PRINCIPLES IN NEW CONSTRUC-
TION.—In the case of each military construction project 
or military housing project authorized after September 30, 
2009, the Secretary of Defense shall require the incorpo-
ration of design criteria promulgated in the Leadership 
in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rat-
ing System, as developed by the United States Green 
Building Council, to achieve not less than the silver stand-
ard.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPANDED USE OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS IN 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION. 
Section 2915(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘CONSIDERATION’’ and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL CONSID-
ERATIONS’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘consideration 
of’’ and all that follows through the end of the para-
graph and inserting ‘‘consideration of the following: 
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‘‘(A) The incorporation of energy systems using 
solar energy or other renewable forms of energy. 
‘‘(B) The use of sustainable construction mate-
rials.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary concerned shall require that con-
tracts for construction resulting from such design include 
a requirement that sustainable construction materials be 
used if the use of sustainable construction materials can 
be shown to be cost effective. For the purposes of evalu-
ating the cost-effectiveness of sustainable construction 
materials, the Secretary concerned shall award weight to 
cost savings as well as a savings through reduced environ-
mental impact.’’. 
SEC. 4. RENEWABLE ENERGY GOALS IN MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION. 
Section 2911(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) The performance goals required by this sub-
section shall include specific goals to increase the use of 
renewable energy sources on all military installations in 
the United States and overseas.’’. 
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