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<dc:title>109 HR 1533 IH: Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 2005</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2005-04-08</dc:date>
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<congress>109th CONGRESS</congress> <session>1st Session</session> 
<legis-num>H. R. 1533</legis-num> 
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
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<action-date date="20050408">April 8, 2005</action-date> 
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="D000136">Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="W000215">Mr. Waxman</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Committee on Energy and Commerce</committee-name>, and in addition to the Committee on <committee-name committee-id="HGO00">Government Reform</committee-name>, 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-desc> 
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<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type> 
<official-title>To ensure jobs for our future with secure and reliable energy.</official-title> 
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<section id="HD6A9D7DF0F1443AC96D007955C01571D" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title; table of contents</header> 
<subsection id="H44A246F465D749DF860094D3AF16D791"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 2005</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="HD7D8C089FC264EE79455CB739C6338B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for this Act is as follows:</text> 
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<toc-entry idref="HD6A9D7DF0F1443AC96D007955C01571D" level="section">Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H2E90BF4FFCD24241A304191EDDAFF82" level="title">Title I—Energy efficiency</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H492C448D6579418AAD95E3003CE0FAF2" level="section">Sec. 102. Energy management requirements</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H08FEC5F63B904EB8A130157D4004E914" level="section">Sec. 104. Procurement of energy efficient products</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="HDBDA873756A346CB99745727D742F19C" level="section">Sec. 105. Energy Savings Performance Contracts</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H2F2AD94CEDB148C392BBCD7D29A851BE" level="title">Title II—Renewable energy</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H983FFB96BF7B41C5975C6F5553E297B3" level="section">Sec. 203. Federal purchase requirement</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H521C70CE915D4D608466441ED88690B2" level="title">Title VI—Nuclear matters</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="HDDDF990215D04D49A1916CDC770023AE" level="section">Sec. 624. Elimination of pension offset</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H24394228A1C149E4B9C26717F5728E52" level="section">Sec. 632. Whistleblower protection</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H797EC3B47F264A0B9600A6EFA6915BB1" level="title">Title VII—Vehicles and fuels</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="HA8FEFDD1F4994ECFB1BB90BF738900D5" level="section">Sec. 701. Use of alternative fuels by dual-fueled vehicles</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H94E05083D2444FFB98493CB5302FA512" level="section">Sec. 704. Incremental cost allocation</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H3B30ABF12B2E4FE3A2E300DFF318D950" level="section">Sec. 707. Report concerning compliance with alternative fueled vehicle purchasing requirements</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H14117846859C48E7BF513547009C5EF6" level="title">Title X—Department of Energy management</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H52E53212D1E94FC88400CE00ECDA818" level="section">Sec. 1001. Additional Assistant Secretary position</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="HBAEBBDAA708440EAB4E6C3FEAA1800E0" level="section">Sec. 1002. Other transactions authority</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H890700A5DF89474A95592DDAD8607BEA" level="title">Title XVI—Studies</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="HB9E812736EED45D4AF799B80C3964E00" level="section">Sec. 1606. Telecommuting study</toc-entry> </toc></subsection></section> 
<title id="H2E90BF4FFCD24241A304191EDDAFF82"><enum>I</enum><header>Energy efficiency</header> 
<section id="H492C448D6579418AAD95E3003CE0FAF2" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Energy management requirements</header> 
<subsection id="H944067A7E3AA480C9EC8DF42004E9CAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Energy reduction goals</header> 
<paragraph id="HF5906D9979E443F682BD6E81D4D9A021"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 543(a)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>its Federal buildings so that</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting </text> 
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7E47EC14F87B48FFBE5E1CA361ABF389" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal buildings of the agency (including each industrial or laboratory facility) so that the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal years 2006 through 2015 is reduced, as compared with the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal year 2003, by the percentage specified in the following table:</text> 
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<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col1" coldef="txt" min-data-value="0" colwidth="275" colsep="0"/><colspec colname="col2" coldef="txt" min-data-value="0" colwidth="80" colsep="0"/><thead> 
<row><entry colname="I49" align="left" rowsep="0"><bold>Fiscal Year</bold></entry><entry colname="I50" align="right" rowsep="0"><bold>Percentage reduction</bold></entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I49" align="left" rowsep="0"><bold><?xm-replace_text {Table Head Entry}?></bold></entry><entry colname="I50" align="right" rowsep="0"><bold><?xm-replace_text {Table Head Entry}?></bold></entry></row></thead> 
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<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2006</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">2</entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2007</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">4</entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2008</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">6</entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2009</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">8</entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2010</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">10</entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2011</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">12</entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2012</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">14</entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2013</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">16</entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2014</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">18</entry></row> 
<row><entry colname="I15" align="left" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr">2015</entry><entry colname="I07" align="right" rowsep="0">20.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H30E9439804BC4261AD1E28E9683200C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting baseline</header><text>The energy reduction goals and baseline established in paragraph (1) of section 543(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(a)(1)</external-xref>), as amended by this subsection, supersede all previous goals and baselines under such paragraph, and related reporting requirements.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H947FCA8D740544F2BCDC19B004FAB3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review and revision of energy performance requirement</header><text>Section 543(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(a)</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="HA2B3B1A0EE10478EA016D6E9102BD63F" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than December 31, 2014, the Secretary shall review the results of the implementation of the energy performance requirement established under paragraph (1) and submit to Congress recommendations concerning energy performance requirements for fiscal years 2016 through 2025.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="H0C1AC3EB423E465087598BE300B9146"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>Section 543(c)(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>An agency may exclude</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting</text> 
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H817B974A63B842280061BEE0E1FC7EF2" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">(A) An agency may exclude, from the energy performance requirement for a fiscal year established under subsection (a) and the energy management requirement established under subsection (b), any Federal building or collection of Federal buildings, if the head of the agency finds that—</text> 
<clause id="H7AF57FB499314685866BBED6DF8937AD" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>compliance with those requirements would be impracticable;</text></clause> 
<clause id="HC478C0EBA6024D60A9255800E0009E63" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the agency has completed and submitted all federally required energy management reports;</text></clause> 
<clause id="H3A9706CC82B14550847EA4EBE4498D79" indent="up2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the agency has achieved compliance with the energy efficiency requirements of this Act, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Executive orders, and other Federal law; and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H4DF0EE36D7BE46F18139792667180041" indent="up2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the agency has implemented all practicable, life cycle cost-effective projects with respect to the Federal building or collection of Federal buildings to be excluded.</text></clause> 
<subparagraph indent="up2" id="HD51597C82D66448C9CC09CB554C7D4D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A finding of impracticability under subparagraph (A)(i) shall be based on—</text> 
<clause id="H0E0DD543EED84D139CDFCBE000152FF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the energy intensiveness of activities carried out in the Federal building or collection of Federal buildings; or</text></clause> 
<clause id="H00192AC3C40C4BB1B3B733AF350667F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the fact that the Federal building or collection of Federal buildings is used in the performance of a national security function.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="HC330A7AD114D4AF4B3C1888708523658"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Review by Secretary</header><text>Section 543(c)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H6C25CBCEBBD8424D85276F966B6F3417"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>impracticability standards</quote> and inserting <quote>standards for exclusion</quote>;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H76A4B20A653140CA8610D68D8F00CB64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a finding of impracticability</quote> and inserting <quote>the exclusion</quote>; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H5FBF482C71CF407A8F5377EC3B0064F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>energy consumption requirements</quote> and inserting <quote>requirements of subsections (a) and (b)(1)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H59451F1B3F3C43EE9CEFB3DC82F535AE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>Section 543(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(c)</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<paragraph indent="up1" id="H41A3172E44B74CAE8472B5F6000298D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall issue guidelines that establish criteria for exclusions under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="H7D99E9C9BEE448258F44E78700425428"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Retention of energy and water savings</header><text>Section 546 of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8256">42 U.S.C. 8256</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> 
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<subsection id="HE50F1195B1E24DEDB851DCAC74C801CB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Retention of energy and water savings</header><text>An agency may retain any funds appropriated to that agency for energy expenditures, water expenditures, or wastewater treatment expenditures, at buildings subject to the requirements of section 543(a) and (b), that are not made because of energy savings or water savings. Except as otherwise provided by law, such funds may be used only for energy efficiency, water conservation, or unconventional and renewable energy resources projects.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="H17A6645F9EE14FF9936330745C10B0C9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Section 548(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8258">42 U.S.C. 8258(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HBD607BCA38D3470FB2F308024860EC98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">the President and</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="subsection">Congress</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H49253466ED1E44FCA4A14DF81DF79021"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>President and</quote> before <quote>Congress</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H01C442CE7FCD490FAEF6F816908D0089"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 550(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8258b">42 U.S.C. 8258b(d)</external-xref>) is amended in the second sentence by striking <quote>the 20 percent reduction goal established under section 543(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8253">42 U.S.C. 8253(a)</external-xref>).</quote> and inserting <quote>each of the energy reduction goals established under section 543(a).</quote>.</text></subsection></section> 
<section id="H08FEC5F63B904EB8A130157D4004E914"><enum>104.</enum><header>Procurement of energy efficient products</header> 
<subsection id="HB2CC014BF3EB4D309B8046A98DA900C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Part 3 of title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8251">42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 101, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<section id="H4FBE84EF7DD04F6FBC62BC3351626B00"><enum>553.</enum><header>Federal procurement of energy efficient products</header> 
<subsection id="H9C5E163557364186AB6BB21EF54D5E43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> 
<paragraph id="H1AEEC4DBF1A24FFB8C5BEDF61347877"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Energy Star product</header><text>The term <term>Energy Star product</term> means a product that is rated for energy efficiency under an Energy Star program.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HEDF2CB91E1AD4FC9A72F1E034779CEFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy Star Program</header><text>The term <term>Energy Star program</term> means the program established by section 324A of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name>.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H5E7E1B38F9EE4E91B4BC3D204F4C2E15"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Executive Agency</header><text>The term <term>executive agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/403">41 U.S.C. 403</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H5D4E684251C241C38D3C1CEF9E27BA71"><enum>(4)</enum><header>FEMP designated product</header><text>The term <term>FEMP designated product</term> means a product that is designated under the Federal Energy Management Program of the Department of Energy as being among the highest 25 percent of equivalent products for energy efficiency.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H2E51AC9C899B4843ACD3FBB00D8B1AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procurement of energy efficient products</header> 
<paragraph id="HCB702B0660644C4FB47B00764EE069F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>To meet the requirements of an executive agency for an energy consuming product, the head of the executive agency shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), procure—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H5AFF5AFE78144D018983CF8C60E8C92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Energy Star product; or</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H114B6A1A34844D01A353C2A6B19416C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a FEMP designated product.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H96F6905C5C344A3885131E0076E850E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The head of an executive agency is not required to procure an Energy Star product or FEMP designated product under paragraph (1) if the head of the executive agency finds in writing that—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HD130A9C98E29434B84CCA57154035F7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is not cost-effective over the life of the product taking energy cost savings into account; or</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HAEA9700126F24D819DDD3300D28C54B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is reasonably available that meets the functional requirements of the executive agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H789ED245B4644D77A7BA2D62DC9BC091"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Procurement planning</header><text>The head of an executive agency shall incorporate into the specifications for all procurements involving energy consuming products and systems, including guide specifications, project specifications, and construction, renovation, and services contracts that include provision of energy consuming products and systems, and into the factors for the evaluation of offers received for the procurement, criteria for energy efficiency that are consistent with the criteria used for rating Energy Star products and for rating FEMP designated products.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H64F6A88A890742B783A1978C7FE94F48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Listing of energy efficient products in Federal catalogs</header><text>Energy Star products and FEMP designated products shall be clearly identified and prominently displayed in any inventory or listing of products by the General Services Administration or the Defense Logistics Agency. The General Services Administration or the Defense Logistics Agency shall supply only Energy Star products or FEMP designated products for all product categories covered by the Energy Star program or the Federal Energy Management Program, except in cases where the agency ordering a product specifies in writing that no Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is available to meet the buyer’s functional requirements, or that no Energy Star product or FEMP designated product is cost-effective for the intended application over the life of the product, taking energy cost savings into account.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H8DE1B636B6664CD3B0230872DB883E00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Specific products</header> 
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4188C44D6836490D9BF3D1876EB92DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In the case of electric motors of 1 to 500 horsepower, agencies shall select only premium efficient motors that meet a standard designated by the Secretary. The Secretary shall designate such a standard not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, after considering the recommendations of associated electric motor manufacturers and energy efficiency groups.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HFBC0CDEBD8E947F3B04741CA925694B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>All Federal agencies are encouraged to take actions to maximize the efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, including appropriate cleaning and maintenance, including the use of any system treatment or additive that will reduce the electricity consumed by air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. Any such treatment or additive must be—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H690443D9A48F429FB8A3B942B57635E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determined by the Secretary to be effective in increasing the efficiency of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment without having an adverse impact on air conditioning performance (including cooling capacity) or equipment useful life;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H2375DC9400394F6DA241F6F87A27F69"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to be environmentally safe; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H28815B3280344EEC804880C2F5BDE7C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shown to increase seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER) or energy efficiency ratio (EER) when tested by the National Institute of Standards and Technology according to Department of Energy test procedures without causing any adverse impact on the system, system components, the refrigerant or lubricant, or other materials in the system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">Results of testing described in subparagraph (C) shall be published in the Federal Register for public review and comment. For purposes of this section, a hardware device or primary refrigerant shall not be considered an additive.</continuation-text></subsection> 
<subsection id="HD6AAE8996750418486548E12A47EE21"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue guidelines to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="H923CB67F400F48C9AACD3D7D79AE4C7F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 552 the following new item:</text> 
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<toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> 
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 553. Federal procurement of energy efficient products</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> 
<section id="HDBDA873756A346CB99745727D742F19C"><enum>105.</enum><header>Energy Savings Performance Contracts</header> 
<subsection id="HB897434CB0214D22BF48B8DFDCA692DB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitations</header> 
<paragraph id="H15CF667A47E0493AB1A273E064D48D07"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 801(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following subparagraph:</text> 
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H848C2F1F9B5C45F48632C7C7AB283664" display-inline="no-display-inline"> 
<subparagraph id="H06F8F9383C4E44B59E1C08B0B04D998D" indent="up2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All Federal agencies combined may not, after the date of enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, enter into more than a total of 100 contracts under this title. Payments made by the Federal Government under all contracts permitted by this subparagraph combined shall not exceed a total of $500,000,000. Each Federal agency shall appoint a coordinator for Energy Savings Performance Contracts with the responsibility to monitor the number of such contracts for that Federal agency and the investment value of each contract. The coordinators for each Federal agency shall meet monthly to ensure that the limits specified in this subparagraph on the number of contracts and the payments made for the contracts are not exceeded.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H2AD3668BED924B878284C6E25B894F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 804(1) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287c">42 U.S.C. 8287c(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> 
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC365A5030ABB4E36B3A8BFC8396AA03" display-inline="no-display-inline"> 
<paragraph id="H8D8F909BA782414DAEFA07AC820524B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <quote>Federal agency</quote> means the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Energy. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HFA2119679A09499C8EDDE1F3F8C7A4EB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Validity of contracts</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall not affect the validity of contracts entered into under title VIII of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287 et seq.</external-xref>) before the date of enactment of this Act, or of contracts described in subsection (h).</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H1A7B82FB26F34A258C527C94455D275B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permanent extension</header><text>Effective October 1, 2006, section 801(c) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287(c)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H710B4CB6127E4F6CBA693DBEBE4DF762"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment of costs</header><text>Section 802 of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287a">42 U.S.C. 8287a</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, water, or wastewater treatment</quote> after <quote>payment of energy</quote>.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="HB63B17B2BF0E4134BF7D11A8AD524EDB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Energy savings</header><text>Section 804(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287c">42 U.S.C. 8287c(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> 
<quoted-block act-name="National" id="H16859ECC84AA49AABDB42BE1858161C2"> 
<paragraph id="HA3C277B17CFC41748C8211F760EA1B1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>energy savings</term> means a reduction in the cost of energy, water, or wastewater treatment, from a base cost established through a methodology set forth in the contract, used in an existing federally owned building or buildings or other federally owned facilities as a result of—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H5E89F94310C2411581B900A7B2A04191"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the lease or purchase of operating equipment, improvements, altered operation and maintenance, or technical services;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H85875F89509C477698209627C2EFC1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the increased efficient use of existing energy sources by cogeneration or heat recovery, excluding any cogeneration process for other than a federally owned building or buildings or other federally owned facilities; or</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H0CD9636E29664AAF00C18C3E3CC6C960"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the increased efficient use of existing water sources in either interior or exterior applications.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="H45C102224C6A4569BFCB1FD33B95396"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Energy savings contract</header><text>Section 804(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287c">42 U.S.C. 8287c(3)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> 
<quoted-block act-name="National" id="HD3D53FB6FB9A4352B40087A8C9A29B61"> 
<paragraph id="HFCE268C6CB1F4C88A269BC857F323EC0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The terms <term>energy savings contract</term> and <term>energy savings performance contract</term> mean a contract that provides for the performance of services for the design, acquisition, installation, testing, and, where appropriate, operation, maintenance, and repair, of an identified energy or water conservation measure or series of measures at 1 or more locations. Such contracts shall, with respect to an agency facility that is a public building (as such term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/3301">section 3301</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code), be in compliance with the prospectus requirements and procedures of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/3307">section 3307</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="HBBE467104E6843988C17BF5178E050D2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Energy or water conservation measure</header><text>Section 804(4) of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287c">42 U.S.C. 8287c(4)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> 
<quoted-block act-name="National" id="H6DE5685CE3554CA5BE6FEE2FFD1C2C4B"> 
<paragraph id="H6133FA82068D499AB6AD294C963EC77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>energy or water conservation measure</term> means—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HADEAA85B02C041D2BC7EF46C86D61248"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an energy conservation measure, as defined in section 551; or</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H0D5EEFB1059F4ABBA902828856C2C796"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a water conservation measure that improves the efficiency of water use, is life-cycle cost-effective, and involves water conservation, water recycling or reuse, more efficient treatment of wastewater or stormwater, improvements in operation or maintenance efficiencies, retrofit activities, or other related activities, not at a Federal hydroelectric facility.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="H2D63C8A0E26F43A2AEDC367708E669DF"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall complete a review of the Energy Savings Performance Contract program to identify statutory, regulatory, and administrative obstacles that prevent Federal agencies from fully utilizing the program. In addition, this review shall identify all areas for increasing program flexibility and effectiveness, including audit and measurement verification requirements, accounting for energy use in determining savings, contracting requirements, including the identification of additional qualified contractors, and energy efficiency services covered. The Secretary shall report these findings to Congress and shall implement identified administrative and regulatory changes to increase program flexibility and effectiveness to the extent that such changes are consistent with statutory authority.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H68DB891DC7F148069363709F931D4222"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Extension of authority</header><text>Any energy savings performance contract entered into under section 801 of the <act-name parsable-cite="NECPA">National Energy Conservation Policy Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8287">42 U.S.C. 8287</external-xref>) after October 1, 2006, and before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to have been entered into pursuant to such section 801 as amended by subsection (a) of this section.</text></subsection></section> </title> 
<title id="H2F2AD94CEDB148C392BBCD7D29A851BE"><enum>II</enum><header>Renewable energy</header> 
<section id="H983FFB96BF7B41C5975C6F5553E297B3"><enum>203.</enum><header>Federal purchase requirement</header> 
<subsection id="H008936D427504649B66C7BE33831FAFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The President, acting through the Secretary of Energy, shall seek to ensure that, to the extent economically feasible and technically practicable, of the total amount of electric energy the Federal Government consumes during any fiscal year, the following amounts shall be renewable energy:</text> 
<paragraph id="H771496A36A4B4D6AA3B1A77729B004AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not less than 3 percent in fiscal years 2007 through 2009.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HDDAF6223C33C450C9D734DD65973D74C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Not less than 5 percent in fiscal years 2010 through 2012.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H37B3AB3128794DE0AF52C1C33828E8F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not less than 7.5 percent in fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="HF4048F23A3E744059CAF91C5E7FC7DF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> 
<paragraph id="H8944A4D47AA549ED9110C6AC3F7D1700"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Biomass</header><text>The term <term>biomass</term> means any solid, nonhazardous, cellulosic material that is derived from—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H345F80351531401AB42C0039783580E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any of the following forest-related resources: mill residues, precommercial thinnings, slash, and brush, or nonmerchantable material;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H88E5DEA70C5A4F3798337189B4EF2030"><enum>(B)</enum><text>solid wood waste materials, including waste pallets, crates, dunnage, manufacturing and construction wood wastes (other than pressure-treated, chemically-treated, or painted wood wastes), and landscape or right-of-way tree trimmings, but not including municipal solid waste (garbage), gas derived from the biodegradation of solid waste, or paper that is commonly recycled;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H1AC472079C394AE192FEF977A1E911C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>agriculture wastes, including orchard tree crops, vineyard, grain, legumes, sugar, and other crop by-products or residues, and livestock waste nutrients; or</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H0DBB2A3AF0784385A15715EB8FE7017C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a plant that is grown exclusively as a fuel for the production of electricity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HF7930FBF0751429986AC5055E4DB9B2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Renewable energy</header><text>The term <term>renewable energy</term> means electric energy generated from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, geothermal, municipal solid waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H64F7E9AE02FE4C9789F88756902843F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Calculation</header><text>For purposes of determining compliance with the requirement of this section, the amount of renewable energy shall be doubled if—</text> 
<paragraph id="HCFACC81D7EE04CF0BBDDB300CE9692ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the renewable energy is produced and used on-site at a Federal facility;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H44EC7BF101344FD994AAD4B16FD7814"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the renewable energy is produced on Federal lands and used at a Federal facility; or</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HBD254C12FD6E45A99300E6E5AED49D19"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the renewable energy is produced on Indian land as defined in title XXVI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.) and used at a Federal facility.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="HF1593539630A46FC823555DF7318684E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than April 15, 2007, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall provide a report to Congress on the progress of the Federal Government in meeting the goals established by this section.</text></subsection></section></title> 
<title id="H521C70CE915D4D608466441ED88690B2"><enum>VI</enum><header>Nuclear matters</header> 
<section id="HDDDF990215D04D49A1916CDC770023AE"><enum>624.</enum><header>Elimination of pension offset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 161 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2201">42 U.S.C. 2201</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
<quoted-block id="H4BF06DB67C3E4596B6ADAF5FAF74B531" style="other" other-style="nuclear"> 
<subsection id="H83F0E037F55841DF978B00ADC6977DD3"><enum>y.</enum><text>Exempt from the application of sections <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8344">8344</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8468">8468</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, an annuitant who was formerly an employee of the Commission who is hired by the Commission as a consultant, if the Commission finds that the annuitant has a skill that is critical to the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> 
<section id="H24394228A1C149E4B9C26717F5728E52"><enum>632.</enum><header>Whistleblower protection</header> 
<subsection id="H55F860969B904E710045BD8EA0E2B7CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of employer</header><text>Section 211(a)(2) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5851">42 U.S.C. 5851(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HFF6B5C59FC0A4D1F9DCF5BB6B22003C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H020DC0C7018D43248FC7BA157315267B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote> and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H64D97546E2254C0499E5377355725001"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> 
<quoted-block id="HB3BE0FFE8FEB43EC9E3FE01499A801AE" style="OLC"> 
<subparagraph id="H13C97C858C1249AB9D067E31257CECF5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a contractor or subcontractor of the Commission.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H989D4601ADCF433996053BE4A7485019"><enum>(b)</enum><header>De novo review</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section 211 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> 
<quoted-block id="HF2416C8F3E67493CA688198C7CD3DCE9" style="OLC"> 
<paragraph id="H9E7B130DC58143ABA29196AEDD866403"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the Secretary has not issued a final decision within 540 days after the filing of a complaint under paragraph (1), and there is no showing that such delay is due to the bad faith of the person seeking relief under this paragraph, such person may bring an action at law or equity for de novo review in the appropriate district court of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction over such an action without regard to the amount in controversy.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section></title> 
<title id="H797EC3B47F264A0B9600A6EFA6915BB1"><enum>VII</enum><header>Vehicles and fuels</header> 
<section id="HA8FEFDD1F4994ECFB1BB90BF738900D5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Use of alternative fuels by dual-fueled vehicles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 400AA(a)(3)(E) of the <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Energy Policy and Conservation Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6374">42 U.S.C. 6374(a)(3)(E)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> 
<quoted-block act-name="Energy Policy and Conservation Act" id="H2E00202FA8D24F65B03448C949C95282"> 
<subparagraph indent="up2" id="H43D4F36B2462401AB5B8AA124E4C293"><enum>(E)</enum> 
<clause display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H476E27E2582E43E7A2858E00094F31DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Dual fueled vehicles acquired pursuant to this section shall be operated on alternative fuels unless the Secretary determines that an agency qualifies for a waiver of such requirement for vehicles operated by the agency in a particular geographic area in which—</text> 
<subclause indent="up1" id="HAF9E11E3036B41128EFBD2A61EE3E27B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the alternative fuel otherwise required to be used in the vehicle is not reasonably available to retail purchasers of the fuel, as certified to the Secretary by the head of the agency; or</text></subclause> 
<subclause indent="up1" id="HBA86935A142A46059D0500416E310044"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the cost of the alternative fuel otherwise required to be used in the vehicle is unreasonably more expensive compared to gasoline, as certified to the Secretary by the head of the agency.</text> 
<item indent="up2" id="H844A29215ABC4E00877F2D871F831C78"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Secretary shall monitor compliance with this subparagraph by all such fleets and shall report annually to Congress on the extent to which the requirements of this subparagraph are being achieved. The report shall include information on annual reductions achieved from the use of petroleum-based fuels and the problems, if any, encountered in acquiring alternative fuels.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> 
<section id="H94E05083D2444FFB98493CB5302FA512"><enum>704.</enum><header>Incremental cost allocation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13212">42 U.S.C. 13212(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>.</text></section> 
<section id="H3B30ABF12B2E4FE3A2E300DFF318D950"><enum>707.</enum><header>Report concerning compliance with alternative fueled vehicle purchasing requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310(b)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/13218">42 U.S.C. 13218(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>February 15, 2006</quote>.</text></section></title> 
<title id="H14117846859C48E7BF513547009C5EF6"><enum>X</enum><header>Department of Energy management</header> 
<section id="H52E53212D1E94FC88400CE00ECDA818" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Additional Assistant Secretary position</header> 
<subsection id="HFD754573FBB348C68596BC7684EBDFD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional Assistant Secretary position to enable improved management of nuclear energy issues</header> 
<paragraph id="HD46B767EAE374B249EB3E49DB4F8A88C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 203(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7133">42 U.S.C. 7133(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>six Assistant Secretaries</quote> and inserting <quote>7 Assistant Secretaries</quote>.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HED08C016EE4D48C1B500D94CEA4061"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the leadership for departmental missions in nuclear energy should be at the Assistant Secretary level.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H7E2F9672CDC24398ADA09EA3F53CE571"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header> 
<paragraph id="H7817E59A284442C1AFE37C6E91640002"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Title 5</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">Section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretaries of Energy (6)</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretaries of Energy (7)</quote>.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HB9BFA66F9666494BB4ACD825DA043F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department of Energy Organization Act</header><text>The table of contents for the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7101">42 U.S.C. 7101</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H1769CEED259F4E0AB78873116E995B12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Section 209</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 209</quote>;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H4B0242357F574E259B568F65E1E1600"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>213.</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 213.</quote>;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H3ACE0E8366D6498CBF75EA499EE70938"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>214.</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 214.</quote>;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HA0CF2E0B5C3648C0854CA15F1C002301"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>215.</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 215.</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HF195B656D2904AD7B8CEECB0D2DB0ED"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>216.</quote> and inserting <quote>Sec. 216.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> 
<section id="HBAEBBDAA708440EAB4E6C3FEAA1800E0"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Other transactions authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 646 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7256">42 U.S.C. 7256</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
<quoted-block id="H5BE4B0ADEEF24118A06773E7BB63E6F8"> 
<subsection id="H989E825070F049DD8E4DF462F13D3900"><enum>(g)</enum> 
<paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB09CD7F20E8D44CB83F64B6352EABF4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In addition to other authorities granted to the Secretary under law, the Secretary may enter into other transactions on such terms as the Secretary may deem appropriate in furtherance of research, development, or demonstration functions vested in the Secretary. Such other transactions shall not be subject to the provisions of section 9 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5908">42 U.S.C. 5908</external-xref>) or section 152 of the <act-name parsable-cite="AEA54">Atomic Energy Act of 1954</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2182">42 U.S.C. 2182</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HA17D3FC8DEE94FA39E00C7340C3498C"><enum>(2)</enum> 
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9D0A4AA08BF24372827882F400B8EF80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall ensure that—</text> 
<clause indent="up1" id="HE59EEE8A8BE44EB78812F45F95A2D473"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to the maximum extent the Secretary determines practicable, no transaction entered into under paragraph (1) provides for research, development, or demonstration that duplicates research, development, or demonstration being conducted under existing projects carried out by the Department;</text></clause> 
<clause indent="up1" id="H3666330382B54C4FBB428F507EA0266"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to the extent the Secretary determines practicable, the funds provided by the Government under a transaction authorized by paragraph (1) do not exceed the total amount provided by other parties to the transaction; and</text></clause> 
<clause indent="up1" id="HD8528A6979994FFEBFD3C7B5E154B48F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to the extent the Secretary determines practicable, competitive, merit-based selection procedures shall be used when entering into transactions under paragraph (1).</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H1A4D3ABF4C0F4419B46EEA00E1DD947D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A transaction authorized by paragraph (1) may be used for a research, development, or demonstration project only if the Secretary makes a written determination that the use of a standard contract, grant, or cooperative agreement for the project is not feasible or appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HFB8BD347CD6240FE98A2CB3F7543E8A5"><enum>(3)</enum> 
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H617F11748CBB44B79171BB682254E444"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary shall protect from disclosure, including disclosure under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for up to 5 years after the date the information is received by the Secretary—</text> 
<clause indent="up1" id="H0384E023B04E4BFFA887F32FF01B4878"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a proposal, proposal abstract, and supporting documents submitted to the Department in a competitive or noncompetitive process having the potential for resulting in an award under paragraph (1) to the party submitting the information; and</text></clause> 
<clause indent="up1" id="H6B8C70C9AB8941D0AECA043D99B3F5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a business plan and technical information relating to a transaction authorized by paragraph (1) submitted to the Department as confidential business information.</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H3C9C7F538FD34C5FA14FF4943224D4BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary may protect from disclosure, for up to 5 years after the information was developed, any information developed pursuant to a transaction under paragraph (1) which developed information is of a character that it would be protected from disclosure under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552(b)(4)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, if obtained from a person other than a Federal agency.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HB1721DCA3513453EA2AF0030877DFCD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for using other transactions authorized by paragraph (1). Such guidelines shall be published in the Federal Register for public comment under rulemaking procedures of the Department.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HADBDFD1D3E1F48448921DC502DAF8379"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The authority of the Secretary under this subsection may be delegated only to an officer of the Department who is appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and may not be delegated to any other person.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph indent="up1" id="HE8485307B2F9452280D665EABB2009BD"><enum>(6)</enum> 
<subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H562050608167459587C0651898EBED3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than September 31, 2006, the Comptroller General of the United States shall report to Congress on the Department’s use of the authorities granted under this section, including the ability to attract nontraditional government contractors and whether additional safeguards are needed with respect to the use of such authorities.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph indent="up1" id="H33661BA9B6614BE6932B38D8B3F18977"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In this section, the term <term>nontraditional Government contractor</term> has the same meaning as the term <term>nontraditional defense contractor</term> as defined in section 845(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/160">Public Law 103–160</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2371">10 U.S.C. 2371</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></title> 
<title id="H890700A5DF89474A95592DDAD8607BEA"><enum>XVI</enum><header>Studies</header> 
<section id="HB9E812736EED45D4AF799B80C3964E00"><enum>1606.</enum><header>Telecommuting study</header> 
<subsection id="H7173694AA90B421B86E9F5DA0268C9AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study required</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Administrator of General Services, and the Administrator of NTIA, shall conduct a study of the energy conservation implications of the widespread adoption of telecommuting by Federal employees in the United States.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H61E2928979CF4F2FB428BD79284EB63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required subjects of study</header><text>The study required by subsection (a) shall analyze the following subjects in relation to the energy saving potential of telecommuting by Federal employees:</text> 
<paragraph id="H5DD4B3A5B29345138D84009B9BDCC79F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Reductions of energy use and energy costs in commuting and regular office heating, cooling, and other operations.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H19FEF5BE41D24D1FBCD1C0EBDE167C7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Other energy reductions accomplished by telecommuting.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H62E0AA6A49F04126868BCA3698A5E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Existing regulatory barriers that hamper telecommuting, including barriers to broadband telecommunications services deployment.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H5048E52AB3BE46D698D444F0E0EAC39F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Collateral benefits to the environment, family life, and other values.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H8167EE402B584B5C96BF9CFDD80228C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress a report on the study required by this section not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Such report shall include a description of the results of the analysis of each of the subject described in subsection (b).</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H355F39A349514084B0F5C3E6CBEF0049"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section:</text> 
<paragraph id="HC5C8591165AB401BBEA19327BBA857F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Energy.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H49ACFF6D43604F908F6460724E16C3C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Communications Commission.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HA7F4B66EBAD64374A78C8FB5632CEBA0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>NTIA</header><text>The term <term>NTIA</term> means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H476862FB20B74DCDB00032F1701CF17"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Telecommuting</header><text>The term <term>telecommuting</term> means the performance of work functions using communications technologies, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing the need to commute to and from traditional worksites.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H8932614CE10A442184026F5D00166E52"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Federal employee</header><text>The term <term>Federal employee</term> has the meaning provided the term <term>employee</term> by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2105">section 2105</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></title> 
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