[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4257 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4257

   To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to contracts for 
                 Federal purchases of renewable energy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2009

Ms. Titus (for herself, Ms. Giffords, and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 relating to contracts for 
                 Federal purchases of renewable energy.

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

SECTION 1. CONTRACTS FOR FEDERAL PURCHASES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.

    Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection (d):
    ``(d) Contracts for Renewable Energy.--Notwithstanding section 
501(b)(1)(B) of title 40, United States Code, a contract for the 
acquisition of renewable energy for the Federal Government may be made 
for a period of not more than 30 years.''.
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