Title: Bulb Replacement Improving Government with High-Efficiency Technology Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Bulb Replacement Improving Government with High-efficiency Technology Act or the BRIGHT Act
This bill revises and sets forth provisions related to the procurement of lighting systems.
The General Services Administration (GSA) shall (1) issue guidance to federal agencies for the procurement and use of the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting systems; and (2) publish or otherwise make available to state, local, and tribal entities information on ways of improving efficiency, effectiveness, and economy by procuring and using such lighting systems.
The GSA must (1) procure the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting systems, and (2) ensure that procurements of lighting systems or their individual components maximize life-cycle cost effectiveness and energy efficiency.
Each public building that is constructed, altered, acquired, or leased by GSA must be equipped with the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting systems. Each individual component of a lighting system that is replaced in the normal course of the maintenance of public buildings shall be replaced with the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting system possible.
The bill modifies requirements for the use of energy efficient lighting systems.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1874 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1874

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2019

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Johnson) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bulb Replacement Improving 
Government with High-efficiency Technology Act'' or the ``BRIGHT Act''.

SEC. 2. GUIDANCE.

    (a) In General.--Not 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).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
Representatives a report on the implementation of this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act, including the efficiency, effectiveness, 
and economy of the transition to 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, 
        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''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 33 of title 40, 
United States Code, 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.''.
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