[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1766 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1766

To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the use of Federal 
  supply schedules for the acquisition of environmentally preferable 
 ``green'' commodities and services and certain other related items by 
                      State and local governments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2009

 Mr. Meek of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
          to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the use of Federal 
  supply schedules for the acquisition of environmentally preferable 
 ``green'' commodities and services and certain other related items by 
                      State and local governments.

    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 ``Green Acquisition Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ACQUISITION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE 
              ``GREEN'' COMMODITIES AND SERVICES AND CERTAIN OTHER 
              RELATED ITEMS BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THROUGH 
              FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULES.

    Paragraph (1) of section 502(c) of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Environmentally preferable `green' 
                commodities and services (as contained in Federal 
                supply classification code groups 03FAC, 51V, 56, 72IA, 
                73, 75, 899 or any amended or subsequent version of 
                that Federal supply classification group).''.
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