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<item congress="113" measure-type="sres" measure-number="562" measure-id="id113sres562" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2014-09-18" update-date="2014-10-29">
<title>A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support the Federal Government in reducing its energy consumption without increasing spending while simultaneously supporting United States based jobs and economic development.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113sres562v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2014-10-29">
<action-date>2014-09-18</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that legislation regarding Energy Savings Performance Contracts and Utility Energy Service Contracts or that may lead to their use by the federal government should receive congressional scoring treatment making it more likely that the legislation will be scored as budget neutral. Supports allowing future discretionary spending savings to be counted against the mandatory spending attributed to entering into the contracts. </p>]]></summary-text>
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