[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5232 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5232

  To provide that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy 
   efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, 
  school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to 
   install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting 
                           contains mercury.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2008

 Mr. Burgess introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy 
   efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, 
  school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to 
   install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting 
                           contains mercury.

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

SECTION 1. MERCURY-CONTAINING LIGHTING.

    (a) Amendment.--Title III of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 326. MERCURY-CONTAINING LIGHTING.

    ``Notwithstanding sections 321 through 325, and the amendments made 
by those sections, no Federal or State requirement to increase energy 
efficient lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, 
school, day care center, mental health facility, or nursing home to 
install or utilize such energy efficient lighting if the lighting 
contains mercury.''.
    (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to title III the following new item:

``Sec. 326. Mercury-containing lighting.''.
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