Federal Government Energy Management Improvement Act
Latest action · Jun 2, 2003 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 70.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Permits Federal agencies to retain any funds appropriated for energy expenditures, at buildings subject to specified energy management requirements, that are not made because of energy savings. Restricts the use of such funds to energy efficiency or unconventional and renewable energy resources projects.
(Sec. 102) Prescribes guidelines for mandatory hourly metering and submetering of Federal buildings by October 1, 2010.
(Sec. 103) Repeals sunset and reporting requirements pertaining to Federal agency authority to enter into energy savings performance contracts (thereby granting such authority permanent status).
Permits aggregate annual payments by an agency under an energy savings contract or energy savings performance contract to take into account savings resulting from reduced costs of operation and maintenance accomplished through replacing existing facilities with new (more efficient) facilities.
(Sec. 104) Encourages Federal agency participation in State or regional demand side reduction programs.
Title II: Federal Fleets - (Sec. 201) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to allow the Secretary of Energy to waive the requirement governing Federal agency use of alternative fuel use in light duty Federal vehicles in a particular geographic area where the alternative fuel is not reasonably available to retail purchasers, or the cost is unreasonably more expensive than the cost of gasoline.
(Sec. 202) Directs the Administrator of General Services to study and report to specified congressional committees on the merits of establishing performance measures to guide the reduction of petroleum consumption by Federal fleets.
(Sec. 203) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to declare that, if an agency chooses not to acquire available future technology vehicles while it is operating its fleet under the Secretary's waiver, the agency's acquisition of dual fueled (hybrid) vehicles shall not count toward satisfaction of its mandate to use alternative fueled vehicle fuels.
Title III: Federal Procurement - (Sec. 301) Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to prescribe guidelines for Federal procurement of energy efficient products (Energy Star and Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) designated products) and to require their listing in Federal catalogs.
(Sec. 302) Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.
(Sec. 303) Expresses the sense of Congress that an Alaska natural gas transportation project will provide significant economic benefits to the United States and Canada. Urges the sponsors of the pipeline project to maximize the participation of small business concerns in contracts and subcontracts awarded in carrying out the project.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the extent to which small business concerns participate in the construction of oil and gas pipelines in the United States.
(Sec. 304) Amends the Buy Indian Act to authorize Federal agencies to purchase Indian energy products and by-products.
(Sec. 305) Expresses the sense of Congress that no purchase of supplies, other than for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States, should be made from a person or entity found in violation of a certificate provided by the person or entity pursuant to the Buy American Act.
Title IV: Federal Workers - (Sec. 401) Requires the Secretary to study and report to the President and Congress on the energy conservation implications of the widespread adoption of telecommuting by Federal employees in the United States.
(Sec. 402) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to eliminate the pension offset requirement regarding an annuitant who was formerly an employee of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and who returns as a consultant to the Commission, if the annuitant has a skill critical to the performance of Commission duties.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2003Markup Mar 20, 2003Reported Apr 29, 2003 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Apr 29, 2003Discharged Jun 2, 2003 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Apr 30, 2003 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2003Committee on Transportation discharged.
- Jun 2, 2003Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 70.
- Apr 30, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Apr 29, 2003Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Government Reform. H. Rept. 108-78, Part I.
- Apr 29, 2003Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for a period ending not later than June 2, 2003 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(q), rule X.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 7, 2003H.R. 1346, Federal Government Energy Management Improvement Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 20, 2003</p>
- Apr 7, 2003H.R. 1346, Federal Government Energy Management Improvement ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 20, 2003
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to provide an additional function of the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy relating to encouraging Federal procurement policies that enhance energy efficiency.
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Federal Government Energy Management Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Alaska
- Alternative energy sources
- Annuities
- Building materials
- Buy American
- Canada
- Civil service retirement
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Construction industries
- Consultants
- Economic development
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy demand
- Energy efficiency
- Environmental Protection
- Federal employees
- Federal installations
- Federal office buildings
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Fuel consumption
- Gas pipelines
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Government vehicles
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Indian economic development
- Labor and Employment
- Minerals
- Minorities
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Performance measurement
- Petroleum pipelines
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Recycling of waste products
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Sunset legislation
- Telecommuting
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 2, 2003Reported in House
- Mar 19, 2003Introduced in House
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