1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Green Buildings Act of 2007
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—Office of Green Buildings
Sec. 101. Oversight.
Sec. 102. Office of Green Buildings.
Sec. 103. Green Building Advisory Committee.
Sec. 104. Public outreach.
Sec. 105. Research and development.
Sec. 106. Budget and life-cycle costing and
contracting.
Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE II—Healthy High-Performance Schools
Sec. 201. Definition of high-performance school.
Sec. 202. Grants for healthy school environments.
Sec. 203. Model guidelines for siting of school
facilities.
Sec. 204. Public outreach.
Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—Strengthening Federal Leadership
Sec. 301. Incentives.
Sec. 302. Federal green building performance.
TITLE IV—Demonstration project
Sec. 401. Coordination of
goals.
Sec. 402. Authorization of
appropriations.
2.In this Act:
(1)The
term Administrator means the Administrator of General
Services.
(2)The
term Committee means the Green Building Advisory Committee
established under section 103(a).
(3)The
term Director means the individual appointed to the position
established under section 101(a).
(4)The term Federal facility means any
building or facility the intended use of which requires the building or
facility to be—
(A)accessible to
the public;
(B)constructed
or altered by or on behalf of the United States; and
(C)owned or leased
by the Federal Government.
(5)The term green building means a
building—
(A)that, during its
life-cycle—
(i)reduces
energy, water, and material resource use and the generation of waste;
(ii)improves
indoor environmental quality, including protecting indoor air quality during
construction, reducing indoor air pollution, using low-emitting materials,
improving thermal comfort, and improving lighting and acoustic environments
that affect occupant health and productivity;
(iii)improves
indoor and outdoor impacts of the building on human health and the
environment;
(iv)increases
the use of environmentally preferable products, including biobased, recycled
content, and nontoxic products with lower life-cycle impacts;
(v)increases
reuse and recycling opportunities; and
(vi)integrates
systems in the building; and
(B)for which, during
its planning, design, and construction, the environmental and energy impacts of
building location and site design are considered.
(6)The term life cycle, with respect to a green
building, means all stages of the useful life of the building (including
components, equipment, systems, and controls of the building) beginning at
conception of a green building project and continuing through site selection,
design, construction, landscaping, commissioning, operation, maintenance,
renovation, deconstruction or demolition, removal, and recycling of the green
building.
(7)The term life-cycle assessment means a
comprehensive system approach for measuring the environmental performance of a
product or service over the life of the product or service, beginning at raw
materials acquisition and continuing through manufacturing, transportation,
installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste management.
(8)The term life-cycle costing, with respect to
a green building, means a technique of economic evaluation that—
(A)sums, over a
given study period, the costs of initial investment (less resale value),
replacements, operations (including energy use), and maintenance and repair of
an investment decision; and
(B)is
expressed—
(i)in present
value terms, in the case of a study period equivalent to the longest useful
life of the building, determined by taking into consideration the typical life
of such a building in the area in which the building is to be located;
or
(ii)in annual
value terms, in the case of any other study period.
(9)The
term Office means the Office of Green Buildings established under
section 102(a).
<enum>I</enum><header>Office of
Green Buildings</header>
<section id="id68f48220-1cef-46a7-b07d-4a3f61106a96"><enum>101.</enum><header>Oversight</header>
<subsection id="id96be1add-1e76-4baa-b0cc-8ccab33d9faf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall establish within the General
Services Administration, and appoint an individual to serve as Director in, a
position in the career-reserved Senior Executive service, to—</text>
<paragraph id="id1af6e3c0-c2d0-40e6-a8d2-36a9b1b1b993"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish and
manage the Office in accordance with section 102; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc93793c7-eb51-47c2-a429-24267f781684"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out
other duties as required under this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5135ac83-ddc3-46e1-b669-4f7921112fab"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The
compensation of the Director shall not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for
the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of title 5, United States Code,
including any applicable locality-based comparability payment that may be
authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id273b1d04-e30b-4472-9277-a4e431dbda09"><enum>102.</enum><header>Office of
Green Buildings</header>
<subsection id="idb69bdc5a-71cd-4e28-9780-3aae0cab5e81"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Director shall establish within the General Services Administration an Office
of Green Buildings.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb7300533-27a5-4dc9-86ee-cb30008fb642"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Director shall—</text>
<paragraph id="iddb8701be-98e9-4011-9511-77bfd0d674dd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure full
coordination of green building information and activities within the General
Services Administration and all relevant Federal agencies, including, at a
minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="id013266d7-4798-4683-b978-e7c2259f35cf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
Environmental Protection Agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id08afbd8f-68d6-415d-a0a5-906ad0edd075"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Office of
the Federal Environmental Executive;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id11cc7f53-ba9d-45fc-825d-41ede29e0b68"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb11f7f9e-19b0-43c4-a23f-f0eca61ff4fe"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the
Department of Energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73a199ed-1154-4db4-9c9a-bc3435ea99bb"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the
Department of Health and Human Services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc930b98a-fa8c-4cb3-b4fb-9e033dc712b8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>such other
Federal agencies as the Director considers to be appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6a00c366-c492-457d-8917-7133c046b9a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish a
senior-level green building advisory committee, which shall provide advice and
recommendations in accordance with section 103;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idecbce9c6-7df1-49bd-ba4a-fe47cba25a87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify and
biennially reassess improved or higher rating standards recommended by the
Committee;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5796a249-16e5-4ada-881e-8eb695a14362"><enum>(4)</enum><text>establish a
national green building clearinghouse in accordance with section 104, which
shall provide green building information through—</text>
<subparagraph id="id34f71ce7-fb52-4051-ae18-20bead343e0f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>outreach;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id263bd70b-be41-4ac9-865f-ee921ed2a40e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>education;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc0db7e4-9401-405b-abaf-8f302e912efc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the provision
of technical assistance;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4af13a76-2608-4883-96ef-031c5c7df96d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensure full
coordination of research and development information relating to green building
initiatives under section 105;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9c9ae2a3-fe75-47fc-8b69-4f7d2b1a9bf4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>identify and
develop green building standards that could be used for all types of Federal
facilities in accordance with section 105;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4cd43ec6-569c-4e15-97bd-51112718d07b"><enum>(7)</enum><text>establish
green practices that can be used throughout the life of a Federal
facility;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1fe16397-b278-420a-9949-479ff5353b5e"><enum>(8)</enum><text>review and
analyze current Federal budget practices and life-cycle costing issues, and
make recommendations to Congress, in accordance with section 106; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd35741be-375e-446d-9669-3b532b2a3b8b"><enum>(9)</enum><text>complete and
submit the report described in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddf24e366-b1c9-4901-ac77-b77634fc8c78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially
thereafter, the Director shall submit to Congress a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="id4d0c37b0-2326-4a4c-b630-84971d4ea5ba"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the
status of the green building initiatives under this Act and other Federal
programs in effect as of the date of the report, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id57bb012b-447b-4161-8d91-0ac3f6e0d4f8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to
which the programs are being carried out in accordance with this Act;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcc5c0755-b1cc-45cf-9b61-f8d1302b9320"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the status of
funding requests and appropriations for those programs;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id602978e6-fbbd-4350-ad16-fe2ccecf5bb8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies
within the planning, budgeting, and construction process all types of Federal
facility procedures that inhibit new and existing Federal facilities from
becoming green buildings as measured by a standard to be determined by the
Office;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id512b73e3-5a7f-440a-88c8-311b3ccddba9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies
inconsistencies, as reported to the Committee, in Federal law with respect to
product acquisition guidelines and high-performance product guidelines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4d6e5cb5-62c8-4e7d-88dc-ea1e87dbe2af"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recommends
language for uniform standards for use by Federal agencies in environmentally
responsible acquisition;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9416452d-461b-4c38-8ecb-ec5595b6ce47"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in
coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, reviews the budget
process for capital programs with respect to alternatives for—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8c017c50-f664-4f07-b911-7ea476814237"><enum>(A)</enum><text>restructuring
of budgets to recommend the use of complete energy- and environmental-cost
accounting;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5fb925bb-74ea-4d66-8d92-80c2b6dc8448"><enum>(B)</enum><text>using
operations expenditures in budget-related decisions while simultaneously
incorporating productivity and health measures (as those measures can be
quantified by the Office, with the assistance of universities and national
laboratories);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8164d216-8241-464f-bc49-b41f9fceca77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>permitting
Federal agencies to retain all identified savings accrued as a result of the
use of life cycle costing; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7b763041-9a44-410d-9503-f130a1f361c2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identifying
short- and long-term cost savings that accrue from green buildings, including
those relating to health and productivity;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id44ff89c8-6cf9-4ed9-92e5-2c26dad69455"><enum>(6)</enum><text>identifies
green, self-sustaining technologies to address the operational needs of Federal
facilities in times of national security emergencies, natural disasters, or
other dire emergencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD59FAA857B9A4BB28E337DD36FFA0936"><enum>(7)</enum><text>summarizes and
highlights development, at the State and local level, of green building
initiatives, including Executive orders, policies, or laws adopted promoting
green building (including the status of implementation of those initiatives);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf1b92ee3-6b8c-4845-80f0-b6ae47c34549"><enum>(8)</enum><text>includes, for
the 2-year period covered by the report, recommendations to address each of the
matters, and a plan for implementation of each recommendation, described in
paragraphs (1) through (6).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id762cf9aa-36ed-412d-a0f4-cf9fb6495a46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
Office shall carry out each plan for implementation of recommendations under
subsection (c)(7).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id0c377226-0971-427f-8b56-c14c313cf455"><enum>103.</enum><header>Green
Building Advisory Committee</header>
<subsection id="ide6393ed9-d37d-419f-bc8a-8c5c2517be35"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall
establish an advisory committee, to be known as the <quote>Green Building
Advisory Committee</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id987c9d6b-9208-4b7f-ac47-e1fb39dd4882"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="id37DA66128D3B4753BCE3012F7099552D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of representatives of, at
a minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc0c3f241-dc17-43c2-8a05-36d1cf746268"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each agency
referred to in section 102(b)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfe2fc620-6a48-4dab-ba2e-ab08b6444102"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other
relevant agencies and entities, as determined by the Director, including at
least 1 representative of each of—</text>
<clause id="id9efa8e66-1451-4a45-a97c-e88149e9754a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State and
local governmental green building programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="idd2b4bcdd-0a85-4f35-bf05-08c7eb47fb89"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>independent
green building associations or councils;</text>
</clause><clause id="id873e5270-ab6a-4edd-8b39-8054ba474357"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>building
experts, including architects, material suppliers, and construction
contractors;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8B2A7D948ECD40EBBA9600263393E60D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>energy
efficiency experts from commercial industry, research, or academic
backgrounds;</text>
</clause><clause id="idb9073fdd-e354-4507-a4ed-db9670e61e01"><enum>(v)</enum><text>security
advisors focusing on national security needs, natural disasters, and other dire
emergency situations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3e76751f-1778-4055-adac-ff94d3292666"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>environmental
health experts, including those with experience in children's health.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ABE33827B8F4E369DEA3E78AE992AD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-Federal
members</header><text>The total number of non-Federal members on the Committee
at any time shall not exceed 10.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idbb75586a-9ba9-438b-bc1c-42a08fd7bda4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Director shall establish a regular schedule of meetings for the
Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id89bb4e71-461f-4193-8a25-835bb326a8d4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Committee shall provide advice and expertise for use by the Director in
carrying out the duties under this Act, including such recommendations relating
to Federal activities carried out under sections 104 through 106 as are agreed
to by a majority of the members of the Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idcf82d134-5543-46fd-a601-02410b9722ac"><enum>(e)</enum><header>FACA
Exemption</header><text>The Committee shall not be subject to section 14 of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id833d6859-eee1-40e9-a0a2-741fda4ce5aa"><enum>104.</enum><header>Public
outreach</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director shall
carry out public outreach to inform individuals and entities of the information
and services available Government-wide by—</text>
<paragraph id="id4456846f-17ba-4136-80ca-0cc0329f6505"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishing
and maintaining a national green building clearinghouse, including on the
Internet, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb8620403-2d97-4c44-9cc1-e041f6c0edf8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifies
existing similar efforts and coordinates activities of common interest;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id55bae012-533a-48ff-8b71-24a61db69b7f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides
information relating to green buildings, including hyperlinks to Internet sites
that describe related activities, information, and resources of—</text>
<clause id="id7156303a-4352-4ef3-af69-de6df1aed871"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Federal
Government;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9b72db58-7489-4ec1-b670-40675b774730"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>State and
local governments;</text>
</clause><clause id="id2f1582dc-0216-43f4-9a9f-208952754bbd"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the private
sector (including nongovernmental and nonprofit entities and organizations);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="id300166c8-65f4-4ea0-b8c4-7367e3ba7eca"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>other
relevant organizations, including those from other countries;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id22fa5195-db94-444a-944f-78b8b052eff2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifying
and recommending educational resources for implementing green building
practices, including security and emergency benefits and practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id89119614-af23-4454-8e3e-9c79419ec750"><enum>(3)</enum><text>providing
access to technical assistance on using tools and resources to make more
cost-effective, energy-efficient, health-protective, and environmentally
beneficial decisions for constructing green buildings, including tools
available to conduct life-cycle costing and life-cycle assessment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb8e9303c-0dd3-4756-9c27-e190c8587569"><enum>(4)</enum><text>providing
information on application processes for certifying a green building, including
certification and commissioning;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idcbd47906-c4d2-4037-b47b-3865d6bcdbde"><enum>(5)</enum><text>providing
technical information, market research, or other forms of assistance or advice
that would be useful in planning and constructing green buildings; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf0f4d5b1-ca7c-4272-a722-c481a97af4fd"><enum>(6)</enum><text>using such
other methods as are determined by the Director to be appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id574d8b92-a61a-4187-8d14-59c5e4fe4280"><enum>105.</enum><header>Research
and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id294eec75-422d-4420-a418-d988bc75fba6"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idc4def817-5db6-49aa-8802-d3538ed38e61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>survey existing
research and studies relating to green buildings; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id761dbb79-cb6b-4246-8206-3b6bf640af68" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate activities of common
interest;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id798986f5-3060-410b-a251-866f4a7c6b78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop and
recommend a green building research plan that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8dda10af-0154-4c8a-bc3a-27913d5d1d76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifies
information and research needs, including the relationships between human
health, occupant productivity, and each of—</text>
<clause id="ide515374c-bb6b-4ea4-ae0a-2900ff81f947"><enum>(i)</enum><text>emissions
from materials and products in the building;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1a94060f-2717-4252-ba76-41051d4f26b3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>natural day
lighting;</text>
</clause><clause id="iddcb57102-7c9e-4813-bdd3-9a3ebbd2dd13"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>ventilation
choices and technologies;</text>
</clause><clause id="id21b159b6-9f29-43cd-8505-0374e1a4d4a4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>heating,
cooling, and system control choices and technologies;</text>
</clause><clause id="id91ce8747-ca25-40c2-9cd0-9fd0c7cbe297"><enum>(v)</enum><text>moisture
control and mold;</text>
</clause><clause id="idae9002eb-d5ff-4456-ab37-3c346e537f4a"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>maintenance,
cleaning, and pest control activities;</text>
</clause><clause id="id78fe7c11-a795-46c1-ace7-a394de9360cd"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>acoustics;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ide0831a69-b0fa-4195-987e-dacea5480c38"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>other
issues relating to the health, comfort, productivity, and performance of
occupants of the building; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id917efc00-0f78-4907-a646-f6dac18d8a98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promotes the
development and dissemination of green building measurement tools that, at a
minimum, may be used—</text>
<clause id="id6cbb10d9-a2e3-4367-a7b5-7b07b76b58dd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to monitor
and assess the life-cycle performance of facilities (including demonstration
projects) built as green buildings; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id83ede7ec-f22f-467a-bd63-612b0c8826b8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to perform
life-cycle assessments;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1544b67a-bd9c-4587-8003-cfa12c47ca14"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assist the
budget and life-cycle costing functions of the Office under section 106;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaaa28f8c-b220-410b-ae68-0f1bab69a825"><enum>(4)</enum><text>study and
identify potential benefits of green buildings relating to security, natural
disaster, and emergency needs of the Federal Government; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0a50943b-9298-4421-a46f-b1d637739e41"><enum>(5)</enum><text>support other
research initiatives determined by the Office.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idbc67ccea-c213-4625-a881-3b2d9e7a018f"><enum>106.</enum><header>Budget and
life-cycle costing and contracting</header>
<subsection id="id1ea30d57-96f3-49bd-b3b2-09cce3c477d6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Director shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id64627288-0be2-4f9c-be8f-3ae4025cae58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify,
review, and analyze current budget and contracting practices that affect
achievement of green buildings, including the identification of barriers to
green building life-cycle costing and budgetary issues;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida7eaa191-d8e1-4b21-b549-be724e1d1f15"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop
guidance and conduct training sessions with budget specialists and contracting
personnel from Federal agencies and budget examiners to apply life-cycle cost
criteria to actual projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id36dd3722-ca04-4bef-9f3d-1df582174542"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify
tools to aid life-cycle cost decisionmaking; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf205694d-30b9-42ac-a56e-48712055f5d4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>explore the
feasibility of incorporating the benefits of green buildings, such as security
benefits, into a cost-budget analysis to aid in life-cycle costing for budget
and decision making processes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idff68bd57-88a4-4418-a97b-63738a9465ef"><enum>107.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $4,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2012, to remain available until expended.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Healthy
High-Performance Schools</header>
<section commented="no" id="idf3a4bba5-8b63-43e3-a4ec-e7847271d7cb"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definition
of high-performance school</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In
this title, the term <term>high-performance school</term> has the meaning given
the term <term>healthy, high-performance school building</term> in
<external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="ESEA/5586">section
5586</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="ESEA">Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7277e">20 U.S.C. 7277e</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="idcd27edf9-2c22-44dd-9d25-dea72b2f6833"><enum>202.</enum><header>Grants for
healthy school environments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, may provide
grants to qualified State agencies for use in—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ida2efc7b4-9062-4410-b602-3aaf85490d5f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providing
technical assistance for programs of the Environmental Protection Agency
(including the Tools for Schools Program and the Healthy School Environmental
Assessment Tool) to schools for use in addressing environmental issues;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idd9f870d8-e87f-4db1-9974-4e2e60b4a602"><enum>(2)</enum><text>development
of State school environmental quality plans that include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idc21a33ee-3bd8-43d8-888a-8924d7c18cef"><enum>(A)</enum><text>standards for
school building design, construction, and renovation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idc7efa56f-4516-41dd-b6c7-ef9ee75a1809"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identification
of ongoing school building environmental problems in the State and recommended
solutions to address those problems, including assessment of information on the
exposure of children to environmental hazards in school facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id45748ca1-4c8e-43c6-88a8-1642388bf38d"><enum>203.</enum><header>Model
guidelines for siting of school facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, the
Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, shall develop voluntary school site selection
guidelines that account for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idED51E4054FB74D3793BFC0F3B50AA2AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>efficient use of
energy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id65bd9562-1c0b-417d-8ce8-0dcb8b5f791a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the special vulnerability of children to
hazardous substances or pollution exposures in any case in which the potential
for contamination at a potential school site exists;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id402eae7a-d464-493c-9d4e-159fc531edfe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>modes of
transportation available to students and staff; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54a052a3-1991-4529-9332-f95fe6fdc5f0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the potential
use of a school at the site as an emergency shelter.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="idF9D3A522975C46288EDE6CEF08E12A5C"><enum>204.</enum><header>Public
outreach</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id4A7F55D5417D4508B771EF2ECB73D7E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall provide to the Director information relating to all activities carried
out under this title, which the Director shall include in the report described
in section 102(c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id1b016273-9aa0-4355-8bd6-258b7d3e1948"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
outreach</header><text>The Director shall ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable, that the public clearinghouse established under section 104
receives and makes available information on the exposure of children to
environmental hazards in school facilities, as provided by the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba9d4559-b695-4cba-b852-d570fed38715" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Strengthening
Federal Leadership</header>
<section id="id3a858dd9-5d03-433f-9d74-8ed2dc153b32"><enum>301.</enum><header>Incentives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director shall identify incentives to encourage the
use of green buildings and related technology in the operations of the Federal
Government, including through—</text>
<paragraph id="id9fa6fff4-971a-49eb-a22c-e122c33e2e4d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of recognition awards;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEC246B67FD3048B7A772D1093F000E0B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the maximum feasible retention of financial
savings in the annual budgets of Federal agencies.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id91087931-2157-4e5e-b60c-66bdbd7ce5b1"><enum>302.</enum><header> Federal
green building performance</header>
<subsection id="id40127196-ae22-4b70-9d16-756ce32a492f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than October 31 of each of the 2 fiscal years
following the fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, and at such times
thereafter as the Comptroller General of the United States determines to be
appropriate, the Comptroller General of the United States shall, with respect
to the fiscal years that have passed since the preceding report—</text>
<paragraph id="id8390eb5c-0273-420f-a9fe-e56f59207fe8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct an
audit of the implementation of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idef02b681-d929-4a31-90ab-dff8d97f1af9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the
Office, the Committee, the Administrator, and Congress a report describing the
results of the audit.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida61fb435-8d21-4ecd-93ef-6702f6dc9dad"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An
audit under subsection (a) shall include a review, with respect to the period
covered by the report under subsection (a)(2), of—</text>
<paragraph id="idcf85562a-ab88-49ba-9480-a521e2eee787"><enum>(1)</enum><text>budget,
life-cycle costing, and contracting issues, using best practices identified by
the Comptroller General of the United States and heads of other agencies in
accordance with section 106;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idef5c0204-1da4-4b40-bb96-0fa488bb6e13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the level of
coordination among the Office, the Office of Management and Budget, and
relevant agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc12debd3-147d-4e36-9abc-6adbcfbfd553"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the
performance of the Office in carrying out the implementation plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0d53fdc5-fc92-4c79-9a05-0bc1a47aff41"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the design
stage of green building measures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8a784b7b-28a2-47c9-a737-e57c1b1fcda4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>green
building data that were collected and reported to the Office; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb01d5ae-87f9-4bdf-aa90-d216318890a2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>such other
matters as the Comptroller General of the United States determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idb15c3cab-f219-4657-b5c2-6c71b3f1ffe8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Environmental
Stewardship Scorecard</header><text>The Director shall consult with the
Committee to enhance, and assist in the implementation of, the Environmental
Stewardship Scorecard announced at the White House summit on Federal
sustainable buildings in January 2006, to measure the implementation by each
Federal agency of sustainable design and green building initiatives.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Demonstration
project</header>
<section id="ID1D40F9EB36534BCFB62CA6BBA113E7E0"><enum>401.</enum><header>Coordination
of goals</header>
<subsection id="ID0E3F0F15A5984296AE889E2D1C5CE8C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Director shall establish guidelines to implement a
demonstration project to contribute to the research goals of the Office.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID75027799099D4010A610557A884D89EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Projects</header><text>In
accordance with guidelines established by the Director under subsection (a) and
the duties of the Director described in title I, the Director shall carry
out—</text>
<paragraph id="ID35A9A4428E82424481602AC1097EBA8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for each of
fiscal years 2008 through 2013, 1 demonstration project in a Federal building
selected by the Director in accordance with relevant agencies and described in
subsection (c)(1), that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID40D65D552C7F43FC911DD20398F1F92D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides for the
evaluation of the information obtained through the conduct of projects and
activities under this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3C80EE7E807A4759944206978866293A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>achieves a
minimum standard to be determined by the Office; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDD76FDE39C02F4EED9D28309941754BC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no fewer than 4
demonstration projects at 4 universities, that, as competitively selected by
the Director in accordance with subsection (c)(2), have—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id374981AEDA724CE0848BB869D88992DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appropriate
research resources and relevant projects to meet the goals of the demonstration
project established by the Office; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id75B25512FAC4476E856A0E8FBA55E348"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the
ability—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id2D8BA8A5F1A049FDA82FE16F97B2D872"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to serve as a
model for green building initiatives, including research and education;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idA9BF6851AE734E829EB9D47EDCB0AA38"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to identify the
most effective ways to use green building and landscape technologies to engage
and educate undergraduate and graduate students;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id4AB065593D614C5FB5F2D19FE1CCCCAB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to effectively
implement a green building education program for students and occupants;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="id346C7BA766EC40D0B55B7BA693819081"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to demonstrate
the effectiveness of various green building technologies in each of the 4
climatic regions of the United States described in subsection (c)(2)(B);
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID157ac8de6ca3455dac8d65f95781776c"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to
explore quantifiable and nonquantifiable beneficial impacts on public health
and employee and student performance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDE58D8264674A4AB0ABD22E2987DF0695"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Criteria</header>
<paragraph id="ID3C0C7A6FFD2E4C6F82A02966DBE07F3C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
facilities</header><text>With respect to the existing or proposed Federal
facility at which a demonstration project under this section is conducted, the
Federal facility shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0DCC50156973459785D7326ABE388A27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be an appropriate
model for a project relating to—</text>
<clause id="ID35632BE9230B4FB79A8D1938561ACC4B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
effectiveness of high-performance technologies;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0B0F578D29D240C09D75513D4DE281D7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>analysis of
materials, components, systems, and emergency operations in the building, and
the impact of those materials, components, and systems, including the impact on
the health of building occupants;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8F2B7CF6E44145C08E2C092829264512"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>life-cycle
costing and life-cycle assessment of building materials and systems; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4B95BB57BA984EBDB111D65909CC744A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>location and
design that promote access to the Federal facility through walking, biking, and
mass transit; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8B8D88250FE7485FB30268825E6C310F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>possess
sufficient technological and organizational adaptability.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="ID577E3306E0F94390A5723ED64054F356"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Universities</header><text>With
respect to the 4 universities at which a demonstration project under this
section is conducted—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID6B86B7CA42684FCAB48D5218C1F5D829"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the universities
should be selected, after careful review of all applications received
containing the required information, as determined by the Director, based
on—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="IDD0BC9446A50746C7896A588F0E4EE1B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>successful and
established public-private research and development partnerships;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="ID0710BACABC75420AA1345D2288E0E9E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>demonstrated
capabilities to construct or renovate buildings that meet high indoor
environmental quality standards;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="IDEAFEF32F2DC14400B810935D913D6F79"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>organizational
flexibility;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="ID4CDFAEB147474DE48CAB2D2E599B037E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>technological
adaptability;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="ID7D2D73B1C33947819A7B9BAD7B6FFB98"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the demonstrated
capacity of at least 1 university to replicate lessons learned among nearby or
sister universities, preferably by participation in groups or consortia that
promote sustainability;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idB19ABA346E074EF4A0F75761ED1BA9A6"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the demonstrated
capacity of at least 1 university to have officially-adopted, institution-wide
<quote>green building</quote> guidelines for all campus building projects;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID94730eaf55e34af4863586ac760c2323"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the
demonstrated capacity of at least 1 university to have been recognized by
similar institutions as a national leader in sustainability ecodesign, green
design, or environmental design education and curriculum for students of the
university; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID79D465F5246E4B29A3DC24522CDCE196"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each university
shall be located in a different climatic region of the United States, each of
which regions shall have, as determined by the Office—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="ID8F127772DA5A418EA15AC928C0882026"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a hot, dry
climate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="IDEA6AA33C64804BFEB0DB600EFC700285"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a hot, humid
climate;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="IDAC3F856882444EB99ED2C7F73DCCACAE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a cold climate;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="ID7FC86FA5E4334026810828D5DE32300C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a temperate
climate (including a climate with cold winters and humid summers).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id24F933AD91FC4F66BB4932611117A850"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter through September 30, 2013—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id371E951D25484C6FADBF6DF4C1EACC54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Director
shall submit to the Administrator a report that describes the status of the
demonstration projects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6881A1BE9C6642228BB5F14364468872"><enum>(2)</enum><text>each University
at which a demonstration project under this section is conducted shall submit
to the Administrator a report that describes the status of the demonstration
projects under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="IDE58D46E413B64B048D5C3E31A856E911"><enum>402.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="IDF626E8E527A54F57968D704BF8AE9521"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Federal
demonstration project</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out the Federal demonstration project described in section 401(b)(1)
$10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID31d180686e9c4c6e9228f2c0b86f3de8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>University
demonstration projects</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out the university demonstration projects described in section 401(b)(2)
$10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013, to remain
available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section>