[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1165 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1165

To require Federal buildings to be designed, constructed, and certified 
   to meet, at a minimum, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental 
   Design green building rating standard identified as silver by the 
     United States Green Building Council, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 19, 2007

  Mr. Cardin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To require Federal buildings to be designed, constructed, and certified 
   to meet, at a minimum, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental 
   Design green building rating standard identified as silver by the 
     United States Green Building Council, 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 ``American Green Building Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) LEED silver standard.--The term ``LEED silver 
        standard'' means the Leadership in Energy and Environmental 
        Design green building rating standard identified as silver by 
        the United States Green Building Council.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.

SEC. 3. GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS.

    (a) Requirement.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a Federal 
building for which the design phase for construction or major 
renovation is begun after the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
designed, constructed, and certified to meet, at a minimum, the LEED 
silver standard.
    (b) Determination of Impracticability.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3)(B), the 
        requirement under subsection (a) shall not apply to a Federal 
        building if the head of the Federal agency with jurisdiction 
        over the Federal building, in accordance with the factors 
        described in paragraph (2), determines that compliance with the 
        requirement under subsection (a) would be impracticable.
            (2) Factors for determination.--In determining whether 
        compliance with the requirement under subsection (a) would be 
        impracticable, the head of the Federal agency with jurisdiction 
        over the Federal building shall determine--
                    (A) the quantity of energy required by each 
                activity carried out in the Federal building; and
                    (B) whether the Federal building is used to carry 
                out an activity relating to national security.
            (3) Report.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
                the head of each Federal agency shall prepare and 
                submit to the Secretary a report that includes a 
                description of each Federal building for which the head 
                of the Agency with jurisdiction over the Federal 
                building determined that compliance with the 
                requirement under subsection (a) would be 
                impracticable.
                    (B) Review by secretary.--Not later than 90 days 
                after the date on which the Secretary receives a report 
                from a head of a Federal agency under subparagraph (A), 
                the Secretary shall review the report and notify the 
                head of the Federal agency on whether any Federal 
                building described in the report submitted by the head 
                of the Federal agency shall be required to comply with 
                the requirement under subsection (a).
            (4) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate 
        regulations to carry out this subsection.
    (c) Study.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
        the results of a study comparing--
                    (A) the expected energy savings resulting from the 
                implementation of this section; with
                    (B) energy savings under all other Federal energy 
                savings requirements.
            (2) Inclusion.--The Secretary shall include in the report 
        any recommendations for changes to Federal law necessary to 
        reduce or eliminate duplicative or inconsistent Federal energy 
        savings requirements.

SEC. 4. STORM WATER RUNOFF REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL DEVELOPMENT 
              PROJECTS.

    The sponsor of any development or redevelopment project involving 
property with a footprint that exceeds 5,000 square feet and that is 
federally-owned or federally-financed shall use site planning, design, 
construction, and maintenance strategies for the property to maintain, 
to the maximum extent technically feasible, predevelopment hydrology 
with regard to the temperature, rate, volume, and duration of flow.
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