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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Senator Paul Simon Water for the
Poor Enhancement Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005
(Public Law 109-121)--
(A) makes access to safe water and sanitation for
developing countries a specific policy objective of
United States foreign assistance programs;
(B) requires the Secretary of State to--
(i) develop a strategy to elevate the role
of water and sanitation policy; and
(ii) improve the effectiveness of United
States assistance programs undertaken in
support of that strategy;
(C) codifies Target 10 of the United Nations
Millennium Development Goals; and
(D) seeks to reduce the proportion of people who
are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water and
basic sanitation by 50 percent by 2015.
(2) On December 20, 2006, the United Nations General
Assembly, in GA Resolution 61/192, declared 2008 as the
International Year of Sanitation, in recognition of the impact
of sanitation on public health, poverty reduction, economic and
social development, and the environment.
(3) On August 1, 2008, Congress passed H. Con. Res. 318,
which--
(A) supports the goals and ideals of the
International Year of Sanitation; and
(B) recognizes the importance of sanitation on
public health, poverty reduction, economic and social
development, and the environment.
(4) While progress is being made on safe water and
sanitation efforts--
(A) more than 884,000,000 people throughout the
world lack access to safe drinking water; and
(B) 2 of every 5 people in the world do not have
access to basic sanitation services.
(5) The health consequences of unsafe drinking water and
poor sanitation are staggering, accounting for--
(A) nearly 10 percent of the global burden of
disease; and
(B) more than 2,000,000 deaths each year.
(6) The effects of climate change are expected to produce
severe consequences for water availability and resource
management in the future, with 2,800,000,000 people in more
than 48 countries expected to face severe and chronic water
shortages by 2025.
(7) The impact of water scarcity on conflict and
instability is evident in many parts of the world, including
the Darfur region of Sudan, where demand for water resources
has contributed to armed conflict between nomadic ethnic groups
and local farming communities.
(8) In order to further the United States contribution to
safe water and sanitation efforts, it is necessary to--
(A) expand foreign assistance capacity to address
the challenges described in this section; and
(B) represent issues related to water and
sanitation at the highest levels of United States
foreign assistance deliberations, including
deliberations related to issues of global health, food
security, the environment, global warming, and maternal
and child mortality.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Act is to enhance the capacity of the United
States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for
the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121).

SEC. 4. DEVELOPING UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY.

Section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151h)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(e) Office of Water.--
''(1) Establishment.--To carry out the purposes of
subsection (a), the Administrator of the United States Agency
for International Development shall establish the Office of
Water.
''(2) Leadership.--The Office of Water shall be headed by
an Assistant Administrator for Safe Water and Sanitation, who
shall report directly to the Administrator.
''(3) Duties.--The Assistant Administrator shall--
''(A) implement this section and the Senator Paul
Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-
121); and
''(B) place primary emphasis on providing safe,
affordable, and sustainable drinking water, sanitation,
and hygiene.
''(f) Bureau of International Water.--
''(1) Establishment.--To increase the capacity of the
Department of State to address international issues regarding
safe water, sanitation, and other international water programs,
the Secretary of State shall establish the Bureau for
International Water within the Office of the Under Secretary
for Democracy and Global Affairs (referred to in this
subsection as the 'Bureau').
''(2) Duties.--The Bureau shall--
''(A) oversee and coordinate the diplomatic policy
of the United States Government with respect to global
freshwater issues, including--
''(i) access to safe drinking water and
sanitation;
''(ii) river basin and watershed
management;
''(iii) transboundary conflict;
''(iv) agricultural and urban productivity
of water resources;
''(v) pollution mitigation; and
''(vi) adaptation to hydrologic change due
to climate variability; and
''(B) ensure that international freshwater issues
are represented--
''(i) within the United States Government;
and
''(ii) in key diplomatic, development, and
scientific efforts with other nations and
multilateral organizations.''.

SEC. 5. SAFE WATER AND SANITATION STRATEGY.

Section 6(e) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of
2005 (Public Law 109-121) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ''and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(7) an assessment of the extent to which the United
States Government's efforts are reaching the goal described in
section 135(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2152h(a)(2)); and
''(8) recommendations on what the United States Government
would need to do to help achieve the goal referred to in
paragraph (7) if the United States Government's efforts were
proportional to its share of the world's economy.''.

SEC. 6. DEVELOPING LOCAL CAPACITY.

The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law
109-121) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 9, 10, and 11 as sections 10,
11, and 12, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 8 the following:

''SEC. 9. WATER AND SANITATION MANAGERS TRAINING PROGRAM.

''(a) Establishment.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary of State and the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development shall establish, in every priority country, a
program to train local, in-country water and sanitation
managers, and other officials of countries that receive
assistance under section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 to promote the capacity of recipient governments to
provide affordable, equitable, and sustainable access to safe
drinking water and sanitation.
''(2) Coordination.--The program established under
subsection (a) shall be coordinated by the lead country water
manager designated in subsection (c)(2).
''(3) Expansion.--The Secretary and Administrator may
establish the program described in this section in additional
countries if the receipt of such training would be most
beneficial, with due consideration given to good governance.
''(b) Designation.--The United States Chief of Mission within each
country receiving a 'high priority' designation under section 6(f)
shall--
''(1) designate safe drinking water and sanitation as a
strategic objective;
''(2) appoint an in-country water and sanitation manager
within the Mission to coordinate the in-country implementation
of this Act and section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 with local water managers, local government officials, the
Department of State, and the Office of Water of the United
States Agency for International Development; and
''(3) coordinate with the Development Credit Authority and
the Global Development Alliance to further the purposes of this
Act.''.

SEC. 7. GRANTS FOR LOW COST CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION TECHNOLOGIES.

Section 135(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2152h(c))
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ''and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(5) provide grants through the United States Agency for
International Development to foster the development of low cost
and sustainable technologies for providing clean water and
sanitation that are suitable for use in high priority
countries, particularly in places with limited resources and
infrastructure.''.

SEC. 8. UPDATED REPORT REGARDING WATER FOR PEACE AND SECURITY.

Section 11(b) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of
2005, as redesignated by section 6, is amended by adding at the end the
following: ''The report submitted under this subsection shall include
an assessment of current and likely future political tensions over
water sources and an assessment of the expected impacts of global
climate change on water supplies in 10, 25, and 50 years.''.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 and
each subsequent fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 10. CONSTRUCTION.

This Act shall be implemented in a manner consistent with the
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121).
Nothing in this Act shall be construed in such a way as to override or
take precedence over the implementation of that Act.

SOLUTION: Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Office of Water which shall: (1) implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005; and (2) place primary emphasis on providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Bureau for International Water within the Office of the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs which shall: (1) coordinate U.S. diplomatic policy regarding global freshwater issues; and (2) ensure that international freshwater issues are represented within the U.S. government.

Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to: (1) direct the Secretary and the Administrator to establish in every priority country a program to train local water and sanitation managers to promote government capacity to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation; and (2) require that the water for peace and security report includes an assessment of current and likely future political tensions over water sources and an assessment of the future impacts of global climate change on water supplies.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize grants through USAID to develop technologies for providing clean water and sanitation in high priority countries with limited resources and infrastructure.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. REPEAL OF THE MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.

(a) Repeal.--The Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451
et seq.) is repealed.
(b) Transfers in Connection With Repeal.--Notwithstanding the
proviso in section 10(a)(4) of the Military Selective Service Act (50
U.S.C. App. 460(a)(4)), the Office of Selective Service Records shall
not be reestablished upon the repeal of such Act. The assets,
contracts, property, and records held by the Selective Service System,
and the unexpended balances of any appropriations available to the
Selective Service System, shall be transferred to the Administrator of
General Services upon the repeal of such Act. The Director of the
Office of Personnel Management shall assist officers and employees of
the Selective Service System to transfer to other positions in the
executive branch.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Title 5.--Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking out section 3328;
(B) in section 3551--
(i) by striking out '', on release from
duty within the time limits specified in
section 9(g) of the Military Selective Service
Act of 1967 (50 U.S.C. App. 459(g)),''; and
(ii) by striking out the second sentence;
and
(C) in section 5102(b), by striking out '',
including positions'' and all that follows through
''those positions''.
(2) Title 8.--The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 101(a)(19) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(19))--
(i) by striking out ''section 3(a) of the
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as
amended (54 Stat. 885; 55 Stat. 844), or under
section 4(a) of the Selective Service Act of
1948, as amended (62 Stat. 605; 65 Stat. 76) or
under''; and
(ii) by striking ''sections or'';
(B) in section 241(a)(2)(D)(iii) (8 U.S.C.
1251(a)(2)(D)(iii)), by striking out ''the Military
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.)
or'';
(C) in section 245(a)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1255a(a)(4))--
(i) by adding ''and'' at the end of
subparagraph (B);
(ii) by striking out '', and'' at the end
of subparagraph (C) and inserting in lieu
thereof a period; and
(iii) by striking out subparagraph (D); and
(D) in section 315(b) (8 U.S.C. 1426(b)), by
inserting ''former'' before ''Selective Service
System''.
(3) Title 10.--Title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in section 511(b), by striking out '', and who
is not under orders to report for induction into an
armed force under the Military Selective Service Act
(50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.),'';
(B) in section 511(d), by striking out ''and who is
not under orders to report for induction into an armed
force under the Military Selective Service Act (50
U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.), except as provided in section
6(c)(2)(A) (ii) and (iii) of such Act,'';
(C) in section 512(a)--
(i) by striking out ''or under the Military
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et
seq.),'' in the first sentence; and
(ii) by striking out ''or under the
Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App.
451 et seq.)'' in the third sentence;
(D) in section 513--
(i) in subsection (a), by striking out
''(except as provided in subsection (c))''; and
(ii) by striking out subsection (c);
(E) by striking out paragraph (7) of section
523(b);
(F) in section 595(a)--
(i) by striking out ''or under the Military
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et
seq.),'' in the first sentence; and
(ii) by striking out ''or under the
Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App.
451 et seq.)'' in the third sentence;
(G) in section 641(1)--
(i) by inserting ''or'' at the end of
subparagraph (E);
(ii) by striking out subparagraph (F); and
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph
(G) as subparagraph (F);
(H) in section 651(a), by striking out '', other
than a person deferred under the next to the last
sentence of section 6(d)(1) of the Military Selective
Service Act (50 U.S.C App. 456(d)(1))'';
(I) in section 1007--
(i) by striking out ''who is assigned to
the Selective Service System or'';
(ii) by striking out ''assignment or''; and
(iii) by striking out ''assigned to the
Selective Service System or'' in the section
heading;
(J) in the table of contents at the beginning of
chapter 51, by striking out the item relating to
section 1007 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following new item:

''1007. Commissioned officers: retention in active status while serving
as United States property and fiscal
officers.''; and
(K) in section 1475(a)(5), by striking out ''who--
'' and all that follows through the period and
inserting in lieu thereof ''who has been provisionally
accepted for that duty.''.
(4) Title 22.--Section 23 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C.
2520) is repealed.
(5) Title 26.--Section 3121(n)(5) of the Internal Revenue
Act of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3121(n)(5)) is amended by striking out
''service--'' and all that follows through ''or air service;''
and inserting in lieu thereof ''service who has been
provisionally accepted for such duty;''.
(6) Title 28.--Section 631(j) of title 28, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by
striking out ''A magistrate who is inducted'' and all
that follows through ''with such forces'' and inserting
in lieu thereof ''A magistrate who is ordered to active
duty with the Armed Forces of the United States''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking out ''receives a
certificate of service under section 9(a) of the
Military Selective Service Act of 1967 (50 U.S.C. App.
459(a)), or''.
(7) Title 29.--The Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.) is amended--
(A) by striking out section 604 (29 U.S.C. 1504);
and
(B) by striking out subsection (b) of section 426
(29 U.S.C. 1696).
(8) Title 37.--Title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in section 301(a), by striking out the last
sentence; and
(B) in section 308e(1), by striking out ''or under
section 6(d)(1) of the Military Selective Service Act
(50 U.S.C. App. 456(d)(1)'' both places it appears.
(9) Title 38.--Title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in section 2021(a)--
(i) by striking out ''the Military
Selective Service Act (or under any prior or
subsequent corresponding law)'' and inserting
in lieu thereof ''a law providing for such
induction''; and
(ii) by striking out ''a certificate
described in section 9(a) of the Military
Selective Service Act (relating to the
satisfactory completion of military service)''
and inserting in lieu thereof ''a certificate
relating to the satisfactory completion of
military service''; and
(B) in section 2024(a)--
(i) by striking out ''the provisions of the
Military Selective Service Act (or prior or
subsequent''; and
(ii) by striking out ''Armed Forces)'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ''Armed Forces''.
(10) Title 42.--(A) Section 210(m) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 410(m)) is amended by striking out ''service--''
and all that follows through ''or air service;'' and inserting
in lieu thereof ''service who has been provisionally accepted
for such duty;''.
(B) Section 1007(b) of the Legal Services Corporation Act
(42 U.S.C. 2996f(b)) is amended by striking out paragraph (10)
and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraph:
''(10) to provide legal assistance with respect to any
proceeding or litigation arising out of desertion from the
Armed Forces.''.
(d) Effective Date.--This Act, and the amendments made by this Act,
shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SOLUTION: Repeals the Military Selective Service Act.
Bars the reestablishment of the Office of Selective Service Records.
Requires: (1) the transfer to the Administrator of General Services of the assets, property, and records held by, and the unexpended balances of any appropriations available to, the Selective Service System (SSS); and (2) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to assist SSS officers and employees in transferring to other positions in the executive branch.
Amends the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Act to bar the use of LSC funds to provide legal assistance with respect to any proceeding or litigation arising out of desertion from the armed forces.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Energy Efficient Government
Technology Act''.

SEC. 2. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.

Subtitle C of title V of the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (Public Law 110-140; 121 Stat. 1661) is amended by adding at
the end the following:

''SEC. 530. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES.

''(a) Definitions.--In this section:
''(1) Director.--The term 'Director' means the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget.
''(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 Strategy.--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
implementation strategy (that includes best practices and measurement
and verification techniques) for the maintenance, purchase, and use by
the Federal agency of energy-efficient and energy-saving information
technologies, taking into consideration the performance goals
established under subsection (d).
''(c) Administration.--In developing an implementation 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 utilization;
''(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 realizes 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 Director, in consultation
with the Secretary, shall establish performance goals for
evaluating the efforts of Federal agencies in improving the
maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-
saving information technology.
''(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
consideration of the use of--
''(A) energy savings performance contracting; and
''(B) utility energy services contracting.
''(e) Reports.--
''(1) Agency reports.--Each Federal agency shall include in
the report of the agency under section 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, 2016, the
Director shall include in the annual report and scorecard of
the Director required under section 528 a description of the
efforts and results of Federal agencies under this section.''.

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), by striking paragraph (3); and
(2) by striking subsections (c) through (g) and inserting
the following:
''(c) Stakeholder Involvement.--
''(1) In general.--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
best knowledge in the most pertinent domains.
''(2) Organizations.--In collaborating under paragraph (1),
the Secretary and the Administrator shall pay particular
attention to organizations that--
''(A) have members with expertise in energy
efficiency 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;
''(B) obtain and address input from Department of
Energy National Laboratories or any college,
university, research institution, industry association,
company, or public interest group with applicable
expertise;
''(C) follow--
''(i) commonly accepted procedures for the
development of specifications; and
''(ii) accredited standards development
processes; and
''(D) have a mission to promote energy efficiency
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, and benchmarks described in subsection
(b) for use by--
''(1) the Federal Energy Management Program;
''(2) the Energy Star program established by section 324A
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a);
and
''(3) other efficiency programs of the Department of Energy
or the Environmental Protection Agency.
''(e) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary, in collaboration with the Administrator, shall
make available to the public an update to 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 provides--
''(1) a comparison and gap analysis of the estimates and
projections contained in the original report with new data
regarding the period from 2007 through 2014;
''(2) an analysis considering the impact of information
technologies (including virtualization and cloud computing) in
the public and private sectors;
''(3) an evaluation of the impact of the combination of
cloud platforms, mobile devices, social media, and big data on
data center energy usage; and
''(4) updated projections and recommendations for best
practices through fiscal year 2020.
''(f) Data Center Energy Practitioner Program.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary, in collaboration with key
stakeholders and the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, shall carry out a data center energy practitioner
program that leads to the certification of energy practitioners
qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency
opportunities in Federal data centers.
''(2) Periodic evaluations.--Each Federal agency shall
consider having the data centers of the agency evaluated every
4 years by energy practitioners certified pursuant to the
program, whenever practicable, using certified practitioners
employed by the agency.
''(g) Open Data Initiative.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary, in collaboration with key
stakeholders and the Office of Management and Budget, shall
carry out an open data initiative for Federal data center
energy usage data to make such data available and accessible in
a manner that encourages further data center innovation,
optimization, and consolidation.
''(2) Model.--In carrying out the initiative, the Secretary
shall consider 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 harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center
energy efficiency.
''(i) Data Center Utilization Metric.--The Secretary, in
collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facilitate the development
of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of a data
center (including equipment and facilities).
''(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 carried out
under this section.''.

SOLUTION:
Energy Efficient Government Technology Act This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require each federal agency to coordinate with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implementation strategy for the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies. The OMB must establish performance goals for evaluating the efforts of federal agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, and use of the technology. The Chief Information Officers Council must recommend best practices for attaining the performance goals. DOE must: make available to the public an update to the Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007; carry out a data center energy practitioner program that leads to the certification of energy practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency opportunities in federal data centers; carry out an open data initiative to make information about federal data center energy usage available and accessible in a manner that encourages data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation; participate in efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center energy efficiency; and facilitate in the development of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of a data center.