[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1327 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1327

 To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to update the Federal purchase 
requirement to ensure the use of 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2021

 Ms. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to update the Federal purchase 
requirement to ensure the use of 100 percent renewable energy by 2050, 
                        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 ``Green Energy for Federal Buildings 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL PURCHASE REQUIREMENT.

    Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
            ``(3) Not less than 7.5 percent in fiscal years 2013 
        through 2019.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Not less than 35 percent in fiscal years 2030 through 
        2039.
            ``(5) Not less than 75 percent in fiscal years 2040 through 
        2049.
            ``(6) Not less than 100 percent in fiscal year 2050 and 
        each fiscal year thereafter.''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
    ``(c) Feasibility.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall seek to ensure that, to the maximum extent economically feasible 
and technically practicable, the Federal Government consumes renewable 
energy produced--
            ``(1) on-site at a Federal facility;
            ``(2) on Federal lands; or
            ``(3) on Indian land as defined in section 2601 of the 
        Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501).''.
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