[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[S. 1261 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1261

  To amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote energy efficiency via 
    information and computing technologies, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2013

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Risch) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote energy efficiency via 
    information and computing technologies, 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 ``Energy Efficient Government 
Technology Act''.

SEC. 2. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFORMATION AND 
              COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES.

    Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 
U.S.C. 8253) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second subsection (f) (relating to 
        large capital energy investments) as subsection (g); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Federal Implementation Strategy for Energy-Efficient and 
Energy-Saving Information and Communications Technologies.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection, each Federal agency shall 
        collaborate with the Director of the Office of Management and 
        Budget (referred to in this subsection as the `Director') to 
        develop an implementation strategy (including best-practices 
        and measurement and verification techniques) for the 
        maintenance, purchase, and use by the Federal agency of energy-
        efficient and energy-saving information and communications 
        technologies and practices.
            ``(2) Content.--Each implementation strategy shall be 
        flexible, cost-effective, and based on the specific operating 
        requirements and statutory mission of the agency.
            ``(3) Administration.--In developing an implementation 
        strategy, each Federal agency shall--
                    ``(A) consider information and communications 
                technologies (referred to in this subsection as `ICT') 
                and related infrastructure and practices, such as--
                            ``(i) advanced metering infrastructure;
                            ``(ii) ICT services and products;
                            ``(iii) efficient data center strategies 
                        and methods of increasing ICT asset and related 
                        infrastructure utilization;
                            ``(iv) ICT and related infrastructure power 
                        management;
                            ``(v) building information modeling, 
                        including building energy management; and
                            ``(vi) secure telework and travel 
                        substitution tools; and
                    ``(B) ensure that the agency realizes the savings 
                and rewards brought about through increased efficiency 
                and utilization.
            ``(4) Performance goals.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after 
                the date of enactment of this subsection, the Director, 
                in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish 
                performance goals for evaluating the efforts of Federal 
                agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, and 
                use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information 
                and communications technology systems and practices.
                    ``(B) Energy efficient data centers.--The Director 
                shall include within the performance goals established 
                under this paragraph--
                            ``(i) specifications and benchmarks that 
                        will enable Federal data center operators to 
                        make more informed decisions about the energy 
                        efficiency and cost savings of data centers, 
                        including an overall Federal target for 
                        increased energy efficiency, with initial 
                        reliance on the Power Usage Effectiveness 
                        metric;
                            ``(ii) overall asset utilization; and
                            ``(iii) recommendations and best practices 
                        for how the benchmarks will be attained, with 
                        the recommendations to include a requirement 
                        for agencies to evaluate the use of energy 
                        savings performance contracting and utility 
                        energy services contracting as preferred 
                        acquisition methods.
                    ``(C) Administration.--The performance goals 
                established under this paragraph shall--
                            ``(i) measure information technology costs 
                        over a specific time period of 3 to 5 years;
                            ``(ii) measure cost savings attained via 
                        the use of energy-efficient and energy-saving 
                        information and communications solutions during 
                        the same time period; and
                            ``(iii) provide, to the maximum extent 
                        practicable, a complete picture of all costs 
                        and savings, including energy costs and 
                        savings.
            ``(5) Federal data centers task force.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Director shall maintain a 
                Governmentwide Data Center Task Force comprised of 
                Federal data center program managers, facilities 
                managers, and sustainability officers.
                    ``(B) Duties.--The members of the task force 
                shall--
                            ``(i) be responsible for working together 
                        to share progress toward individual agency 
                        goals and the overall Federal target for 
                        increased energy efficiency; and
                            ``(ii) regularly exchange best practices 
                        and other strategic information related to 
                        energy efficiency with the private sector.
            ``(6) Reports.--
                    ``(A) Agency reports.--Each Federal agency subject 
                to the requirements of this subsection shall include in 
                the report of the agency under section 527 of the 
                Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
                17143) a description of the efforts and results of the 
                agency under this subsection.
                    ``(B) OMB government efficiency reports and 
                scorecards.--Effective beginning not later than October 
                1, 2013, the Director shall include in the annual 
                report and scorecard of the Director required under 
                section 528 of the Energy Independence and Security Act 
                of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17144) a description of the efforts 
                and results of Federal agencies under this 
                subsection.''.

SEC. 3. ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS.

    Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 
U.S.C. 17112) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (1) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, 
        the Secretary and the Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) designate an established information 
                technology industry organization to coordinate the 
                program described in subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) make the designation public, including on an 
                appropriate website.'';
            (2) by striking subsections (e) and (f) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(e) Study.--The Secretary, with assistance from the 
Administrator, shall--
            ``(1) not later than December 31, 2013, make available to 
        the public an update to the Report to Congress on Server and 
        Data Center Energy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007, 
        under section 1 of Public Law 109-431 (120 Stat. 2920), that 
        provides--
                    ``(A) a comparison and gap analysis of the 
                estimates and projections contained in the original 
                report with new data regarding the period from 2007 
                through 2012;
                    ``(B) an analysis considering the impact of 
                information and communications technologies asset and 
                related infrastructure utilization solutions, to 
                include virtualization and cloud computing-based 
                solutions, in the public and private sectors; and
                    ``(C) updated projections and recommendations for 
                best practices; and
            ``(2) collaborate with the organization designated under 
        subsection (c) in preparing the report.
    ``(f) Data Center Energy Practitioner Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in collaboration with the 
        organization designated under subsection (c) and the Federal 
        Chief Information Officer, shall maintain a data center energy 
        practitioner program that leads to the certification of energy 
        practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and 
        efficiency opportunities in data centers.
            ``(2) Evaluations.--Each Federal agency shall have the data 
        centers of the agency evaluated every 4 years by energy 
        practitioners certified pursuant to the program, whenever 
        practicable using certified practitioners employed by the 
        agency.'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (j); and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) Open Data Initiative.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in collaboration with the 
        organization designated under subsection (c) and the Federal 
        Chief Information Officer, shall establish an open data 
        initiative for Federal data center energy usage data, with the 
        purpose of making the data available and accessible in a manner 
        that empowers further data center innovation while protecting 
        United States national security interests.
            ``(2) Administration.--In establishing the initiative, the 
        Secretary shall consider use of the online Data Center Maturity 
        Model.
    ``(h) International Specifications and Metrics.--The Secretary, in 
collaboration with the organization designated under subsection (c), 
shall actively participate in efforts to harmonize global 
specifications and metrics for data center energy efficiency.
    ``(i) ICT Asset Utilization Metric.--The Secretary, in 
collaboration with the organization designated under subsection (c), 
shall assist in the development of an efficiency metric that measures 
the energy efficiency of the overall data center, including information 
and communications technology systems and related infrastructure.''.
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