Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1533
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2005-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advice and consent of the Senate
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air conditioning
Alternative energy sources
Appropriations
Biomass energy
Broadband
Cellulose
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil service retirement
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Department of Energy
Directories
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Economics and Public Finance
Electric appliances
Electric power production
Electric vehicles
Employee rights
Energy conservation
Energy crops
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Engines
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal employees
Federal office buildings
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government property
Government publications
Government publicity
Government service contracts
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Hydroelectric power
Independent regulatory commissions
Indian lands
Inventions
Labor and Employment
Law
Maintenance and repair
Methane
Minorities
Municipal solid waste
Native Americans
Natural gas
Natural gas vehicles
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear energy
Nuclear energy research
Patents
Performance measurement
Presidential appointments
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refrigeration
Refuse as fuel
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Solar energy
Standards
Subcontractors
Telecommuting
Trade secrets
Transportation and Public Works
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Whistle blowing
Wind power
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: 
Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to update energy reduction goals for federal buildings for FY2006-FY2015. 
 
Cites conditions that exempt federal buildings from having to meet those goals.
 
Includes within NECPA purview Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)-designated products and products rated for energy efficiency under an Energy Star program.
 
Prescribes procedural guidelines for mandatory procurement of energy efficient products by the head of an executive agency.
 
Prohibits all federal agencies combined from: (1) entering into more than a total of 100 Energy Savings Performance Contracts; and (2) making payments under all contracts which exceed a total of $500 million.
 
Requires each federal agency to appoint a coordinator for Energy Savings Performance Contracts to monitor the number of such contracts for that agency and the investment value of each contract. 
 
Directs the President to seek to ensure that the total amount of electric energy consumed by the federal government during any fiscal year includes specified percentages of renewable energy.
 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to exempt from the federal civil service pension offset any annuitants with critical skills who were formerly a NRC employees but are hired as consultants.
 
Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to extend whistleblower protections to employees of NRC contractors or subcontractors.
 
Allows federal agencies to qualify for a waiver of the requirement for the use of alternative fuels by dual-fueled vehicles in a particular geographic area where the alternative fuel is not reasonably available or its cost is unreasonably more expansive compared to gasoline.
 
Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to create an additional Assistant Secretary position for management of nuclear energy issues.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on the energy conservation implications of the widespread adoption of telecommuting by federal employees in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House