3.0.0 306 2023-01-11T13:34:32Z 2023-01-11T13:34:32Z House HR 2017-01-05 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. ESHOO:H.R. 306.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 and Article IV, Section 3 of theConstitution.[Page H182]]]> sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-11T18:24:00Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-01-05T15:04:10Z Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 115 1460 S 2017-09-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-485. Related bill CRS 2017-01-11 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-01-10 15:27:43 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2017-01-10 15:27:41 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H266-267) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2017-01-10 15:27:41 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H266-267) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-10 15:17:39 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 306. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2017-01-10 15:17:37 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H266-268) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2017-01-10 15:17:29 Mr. Olson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2017-01-05 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-01-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-01-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 N K000378 Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] Adam Kinzinger R IL 16 2017-01-05 True Energy Computers and information technology Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental technology Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Telephone and wireless communication Water use and supply Energy 00 2017-01-05 Introduced in House 2017-01-11T21:16:13Z 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, 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.

DOE must: (1) maintain 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; and (2) establish 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.

]]> 81 2017-01-10 Passed House without amendment 2017-01-17T19:55:12Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Energy Efficient Government Technology Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 by requiring 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 by the agency of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies. The OMB must establish performance goals for evaluating the efforts of agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, and use of the technology. The executive branch's Chief Information Officers Council must recommend best practices for attaining the performance goals, including consideration of the use of energy savings performance and utility energy services contracting.

Agencies must include in their annual government efficiency status reports a description of those energy-saving efforts and their results, and the OMB must begin to include in its annual government efficiency report a description of agencies' efforts and results.

(Sec. 3) 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, that includes evaluations of: (1) the impact of the combination of cloud platforms, mobile devices, social media, and big data on data center energy usage; and (2) water usage in data centers.

In collaboration with key stakeholders and the OMB, DOE must also: (1) maintain 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; and (2) establish an open data initiative to make information about federal data center energy usage available and accessible while encouraging data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation.

In collaboration with key stakeholders, DOE must: (1) participate in efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center energy and water efficiency, and (2) facilitate the development of a metric for data center energy efficiency.

]]> Energy Efficient Government Technology Act Display Title Energy Efficient Government Technology Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote energy efficiency via information and computing technologies, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Energy Efficient Government Technology Act Short Titles as Passed House Energy Efficient Government Technology Act H House Referred in Senate 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr306rfs/xml/BILLS-115hr306rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr306eh/xml/BILLS-115hr306eh.xml Introduced in House 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr306ih/xml/BILLS-115hr306ih.xml 2017-01-11 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.