[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 1277 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1277

 To improve energy savings by the Department of Defense, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2015

 Ms. Hirono (for herself and Mr. Wyden) 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 improve energy savings by the Department of Defense, 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 Energy Savings Enhancement 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS.

    (a) Agency Payments.--Section 801(a)(2)(B) of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(B)) is amended in the 
first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``both utilities'' and inserting 
        ``utilities, entities that supply, deliver, and transport 
        fuel,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``or fuel supply, delivery, or transport'' 
        after ``for utilities''.
    (b) Nonbuilding Applications.--Section 801(a)(2) of the National 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Nonbuilding applications.--A Federal agency 
                may enter into an energy savings performance contract 
                under this title for the purpose of reducing the costs 
                of fuel supply, delivery, or transport for nonbuilding 
                applications, including secondary savings.''.
    (c) Definitions.--Section 804 of the National Energy Conservation 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``or wastewater treatment'' 
                        and inserting ``wastewater treatment, or fuel 
                        supply, delivery, or transport''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or nonbuilding 
                        applications'' after ``federally owned 
                        facilities'';
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' after the 
                semicolon at the end;
                    (C) in clause (iii), by inserting ``or'' after the 
                semicolon at the end; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) the improved efficiency of fuel use 
                        in nonbuilding applications.'';
            (2) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), by inserting 
        ``or for the purpose of reducing the cost of fuel supply, 
        delivery, or transport for nonbuilding applications'' before 
        the period at the end; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Nonbuilding application.--The term `nonbuilding 
        application' means--
                    ``(A) any class of vehicles, devices, or equipment 
                that--
                            ``(i) is transportable under the power of 
                        the applicable vehicle, device, or equipment by 
                        land, sea, or air; and
                            ``(ii) consumes energy from any fuel source 
                        for the purpose of--
                                    ``(I) that transportation; or
                                    ``(II) maintaining a controlled 
                                environment within the vehicle, device, 
                                or equipment; and
                    ``(B) any federally owned equipment used to 
                generate electricity or transport water.
            ``(6) Secondary savings.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `secondary savings' 
                means additional energy or cost savings that are a 
                direct consequence of the energy savings that result 
                from the energy efficiency improvements that were 
                financed and implemented pursuant to an energy savings 
                performance contract.
                    ``(B) Inclusions.--The term `secondary savings' 
                includes--
                            ``(i) energy and cost savings that result 
                        from a reduction in the need for fuel delivery 
                        and logistical support;
                            ``(ii) personnel cost savings and 
                        environmental benefits; and
                            ``(iii) in the case of electric generation 
                        equipment, the benefits of increased efficiency 
                        in the production of electricity, including 
                        revenues received by the Federal Government 
                        from the sale of electricity from the 
                        production.''.
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