[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2947 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2947

 To provide for the establishment of energy performance standards for 
new Federal or federally supported buildings, and major renovations of 
   Federal or federally supported buildings, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2007

   Mr. Udall of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways and Means, 
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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the establishment of energy performance standards for 
new Federal or federally supported buildings, and major renovations of 
   Federal or federally supported buildings, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Efficient Buildings Promotion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

    (a) Standards.--Section 305(a)(3) of the Energy Conservation and 
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``(3)(A)'' 
and all that follows through the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following:
    ``(3)(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
Energy Efficient Buildings Promotion Act, the Secretary shall 
establish, by rule, revised Federal building energy performance 
standards that require that, for new Federal buildings and Federal 
buildings undergoing major renovations:
            ``(i) Each building shall be designed to meet the United 
        States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and 
        Environmental Design (LEED) silver level standard, or an 
        equivalent standard approved by the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency.
            ``(ii) Each building shall be designed to achieve at least 
        a 60 percent reduction compared to the regional average energy 
        consumption (measured as site use intensity) for that building 
        type, calculated according to regional 2003 Commercial Building 
        Energy Consumption Survey data for commercial buildings (or 
        Energy Information Administration national averages where such 
        Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey data is not 
        available), and 2003 Energy Information Administration data for 
        residential buildings.
            ``(iii) The buildings shall be designed so that the average 
        fossil fuel energy consumption of the buildings of each Federal 
        agency is reduced, as compared to such energy consumption by 
        similar buildings, calculated according to regional 2003 
        Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey data for 
        commercial buildings (or Energy Information Administration 
        national averages where Commercial Building Energy Consumption 
        Survey data is not available), and 2003 Energy Information 
        Administration data for residential buildings, by the 
        percentage specified in the following table:


 
 
 
``Fiscal Year                            Percentage Reduction
  2011.................................  70
  2015.................................  80
  2020.................................  90
  2025.................................  100

            ``(iv) Each building shall be designed to apply sustainable 
        design principles to siting, design, and construction, and 
        employ renewable energy strategies and technologies.
    ``(B) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
Energy Efficient Buildings Promotion Act, the Secretary shall 
establish, by rule, revised Federal building energy performance 
standards that require that, for new buildings, with respect to which 
10 percent or more of construction funding is provided by the Federal 
Government, and for such buildings undergoing major renovations:
            ``(i) Each building shall be designed to achieve at least a 
        50 percent reduction compared to the regional average energy 
        consumption (measured as site use intensity) for that building 
        type, calculated according to regional 2003 Commercial Building 
        Energy Consumption Survey data for commercial buildings (or 
        Energy Information Administration national averages where such 
        Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey data is not 
        available), and 2003 Energy Information Administration data for 
        residential buildings.
            ``(ii) Each building shall be designed so that the fossil 
        fuel energy consumption of such building, as compared to such 
        energy consumption by similar buildings, calculated according 
        to regional 2003 Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey 
        data for commercial buildings (or Energy Information 
        Administration national averages where Commercial Building 
        Energy Consumption Survey data is not available), and 2003 
        Energy Information Administration data for residential 
        buildings, represents a reduction of:


 
 
 
``Fiscal Year                            Percentage Reduction
  2011.................................  60
  2015.................................  70
  2020.................................  80
  2025.................................  90
  2030.................................  100''.

    (b) Definition.--Section 303 of the Energy Conservation and 
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6832) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(17) The term `major renovation' means the upgrade or 
        replacement of two of the three major systems of a building 
        (lighting, plumbing, and heating, ventilation, and air 
        conditioning).''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN ENERGY TAX PROVISIONS.

    (a) Nonbusiness Energy Property.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Increase in lifetime limitation.--Paragraph (1) 
                of section 25C(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
                is amended by striking ``$500'' and inserting 
                ``$1,000''.
                    (B) Increase in limitations for certain residential 
                energy property.--Paragraph (3) of section 25C(b) of 
                such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``$50'' in subparagraph (A) 
                        and inserting ``$100'',
                            (ii) by striking ``$150'' in subparagraph 
                        (B) and inserting ``$300'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``$300'' in subparagraph 
                        (C) and inserting ``$600''.
                    (C) Extension.--Subsection (g) of section 25C of 
                such Code is amended by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
                ``2013''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this section 
        shall apply to property installed after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (b) New Energy Efficient Home Credit.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Increase in applicable amount.--Subparagraph 
                (A) of section 45L(a)(2) of such Code is amended by 
                striking ``$2,000'' and inserting ``$4,500''.
                    (B) Extension.--Subsection (g) of section 45L of 
                such Code is amended by striking ``2008'' and inserting 
                ``2013''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall apply to property acquired after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (c) Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Increase in per square footage dollar amount.--
                Subparagraph (A) of section 179D(b)(1) of such Code is 
                amended by striking ``$1.80'' and inserting ``$2.75''.
                    (B) Extension.--Subsection (h) of section 179D of 
                such Code is amended by striking ``2008'' and inserting 
                ``2013''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall apply to property placed in service after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. STUDY.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Energy shall conduct a study and make recommendations to 
Congress on whether to conform the incentives provided by the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as provided in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to 
the building energy performance goal contained in section 305(a)(3) of 
the Energy Conservation and Production Act, as amended by section 2(a) 
of this Act.
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