A bill to study and promote the use of energy-efficient computer servers in the United States.
Latest action · Jan 4, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through the Energy Star program, to analyze and report to Congress on the growth and energy consumption of computer data centers by the federal government and private enterprise.
Expresses the sense of Congress that it is in the United States' best interest for purchasers of computer servers to give high priority to energy efficiency as a factor in determining best value and performance for purchases of servers.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 4, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jan 4, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S126)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Commerce
- Computer industry
- Computers
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost control
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy consumption
- Energy demand
- Energy efficiency
- Energy supplies
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fuel cells
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Governmental investigations
- Quality of products
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Superconductivity
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
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