[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2196 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2196

 To direct President, utilizing the Western Area Power Administration, 
 to acquire renewable energy in amounts sufficient to ensure that, of 
  the total amount of electric energy the Federal Government consumes 
  during any fiscal year, certain minimum amounts shall be renewable 
                    energy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2011

  Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Natural Resources, 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 direct President, utilizing the Western Area Power Administration, 
 to acquire renewable energy in amounts sufficient to ensure that, of 
  the total amount of electric energy the Federal Government consumes 
  during any fiscal year, certain minimum amounts shall be renewable 
                    energy, 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 ``Federal Renewable Energy Expansion 
Act'' or the ``FREE Act''.

SEC. 2. RENEWABLE ENERGY REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 203 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Requirement.--
            ``(1) The President, utilizing the Western Area Power 
        Administration for electric energy procurement when 
        practicable, shall ensure that, to the extent economically 
        feasible and technically practicable, of the total amount of 
        electric energy the Federal Government consumes during any 
        fiscal year, the following amounts shall be renewable energy:
                    ``(A) Not less than 10 percent in fiscal year 2014.
                    ``(B) Not less than 12.5 percent in fiscal years 
                2015 through 2016.
                    ``(C) Not less than 15 percent in fiscal years 2017 
                through 2018.
                    ``(D) Not less than 17.5 percent in fiscal years 
                2019 through 2020.
                    ``(E) Not less than 20 percent in fiscal years 2021 
                through 2022.
                    ``(F) Not less than 22.5 percent in fiscal years 
                2023 through 2024.
                    ``(G) Not less than 25 percent in fiscal year 2025 
                and each fiscal year thereafter.
            ``(2) Nothing in this subsection shall require existing 
        electric energy customers of the Western Area Power 
        Administration to pay any of the costs the Administration 
        incurs associated with compliance with this subsection.''.
    (b) Production on Federal and Indian Lands.--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:
    ``(d) Production on Federal and Indian Lands.--The Secretary of the 
Interior shall seek to maximize the amounts of renewable energy 
produced on Federal lands and Indian land as defined in title XXVI of 
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) for purposes of 
compliance with subsection (a).''.
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