BRIGHT Act
Bill: S.442 | Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. (D-MI)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Bulb Replacement Improving Government with High-efficiency Technology Act or the BRIGHT Act
This act expands requirements relating to the procurement and use of energy-efficient lighting in federal buildings.
Under current law, public buildings that are constructed or managed by the General Services Administration (GSA) must be equipped with energy-efficient light bulbs and fixtures. Under the act, buildings must be equipped with the most life-cycle cost effective and energy-efficient lighting systems available, including with respect to sensors, fixture distribution, and other elements. The act also specifically establishes requirements relating to the procurement of such lighting systems and modifies other requirements accordingly.
The act also requires the GSA to provide information to federal, state, local, and tribal entities about procuring and using such lighting systems in furtherance of governmental efficiency.

[117th Congress Public Law 202]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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                       BULB REPLACEMENT IMPROVING

                     GOVERNMENT WITH HIGH-EFFICIENCY

                             TECHNOLOGY ACT

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Public Law 117-202
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of 
   General Services to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and 
    energy efficient lighting products and to issue guidance on the 
efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of those products, and for other 
             purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 17, 2022 -  [S. 442]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Bulb Replacement 
Improving Government with High-efficiency Technology Act.>> 
SECTION <<NOTE: 40 USC 101 note.>>  1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bulb Replacement Improving Government 
with High-efficiency Technology Act'' or the ``BRIGHT Act''.
SEC. <<NOTE: 40 USC 3313 note.>>  2. GUIDANCE.

    Not <<NOTE: Deadline.>>  later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall--
            (1) issue guidance to Federal agencies for the procurement 
        and use of the most life-cycle cost effective and energy 
        efficient lighting systems (as determined in accordance with 
        section 3313 of title 40, United States Code) to increase the 
        efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of the Federal 
        Government; and
            (2) publish on the internet or otherwise make available to 
        State, local, and Tribal entities information on ways to improve 
        efficiency, effectiveness, and economy by procuring and using 
        the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting 
        systems (as determined in accordance with section 3313 of title 
        40, United States Code).
SEC. 3. PROCUREMENT OF LIFE-CYCLE COST EFFECTIVE AND ENERGY 
                    EFFICIENT LIGHTING SYSTEMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3313 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (h);
            (2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as 
        subsections (f) through (i), respectively;
            (3) by striking the section designation and heading and all 
        that follows through the end of subsection (c) and inserting the 
        following:
``Sec. 3313. Procurement of life-cycle cost effective and energy 
                  efficient lighting systems

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
        Administrator of General Services.
            ``(2) Lighting system.--The term `lighting system' means the 
        elements required to maintain a desired light level,

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        including lamps, light fixtures, fixture distribution, sensors 
        and control technologies, interior design elements, and 
        daylighting sources.

    ``(b) Procurement.--
            ``(1) In general.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
        Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) procure the most life-cycle cost effective and 
                energy efficient lighting systems; and
                    ``(B) ensure that procurements after the date of 
                enactment of the BRIGHT Act of lighting systems or the 
                individual components of lighting systems maximize life-
                cycle cost effectiveness and energy efficiency.
            ``(2) Use.--Each public building constructed, altered, 
        acquired, or leased by the Administrator shall be equipped, to 
        the maximum extent practicable as determined by the 
        Administrator, with the most life-cycle cost effective and 
        energy efficient lighting systems for each application.

    ``(c) Maintenance of Public Buildings.--Each individual component of 
a lighting system, including a lamp or fixture, that is replaced by the 
Administrator in the normal course of maintenance of public buildings 
shall be replaced, to the maximum extent practicable, with the most 
life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting system possible 
for the application.
    ``(d) Considerations.--
            ``(1) Contracting options.--In carrying out this section, 
        the Administrator shall consider appropriate contracting options 
        for the procurement of the most life-cycle cost effective and 
        energy efficient lighting systems.
            ``(2) Procurement and use.--In making a determination under 
        this section concerning the practicability of procuring and 
        installing the most life-cycle cost effective and energy 
        efficient lighting system, the Administrator shall consider--
                    ``(A) the compatibility of the lighting system with 
                existing equipment, including consideration of a cost 
                effective retrofit;
                    ``(B) whether procurement and use of the lighting 
                system could result in interference with productivity;
                    ``(C) the aesthetics relating to the use of the 
                lighting system; and
                    ``(D) such other factors as the Administrator 
                determines to be appropriate.

    ``(e) Life-Cycle Cost Effective.--The Administrator shall use the 
procedures and methods established under section 544(a) of the National 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8254(a)) in determining 
whether a lighting system is life-cycle cost effective.'';
            (4) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``lighting fixture or bulb'' and inserting 
                ``lighting system'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the fixture or 
                bulb is'' and inserting ``the lighting system or the 
                individual components of the lighting system are''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fixture or 
                bulb'' and inserting ``lighting system'';
            (5) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
        ``procurement and'' before ``use in public buildings''; and
            (6) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
        ``procurement and'' before ``use of energy efficient''.

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    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 33 of title 40, 
United States Code, <<NOTE: 40 USC 3301 prec.>>  is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 3313 and inserting the following:

``3313. Procurement of life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient 
           lighting systems.''.

    Approved October 17, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 442:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 117-80 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
            Mar. 30, considered and passed Senate.
            Sept. 13, 14, considered and passed House.

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