Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
Latest action · Jan 11, 2017 Received in the Senate and 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 5, 2017
- Passed HouseJan 10, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 by requiring each federal agency to coordinate with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implementation strategy for the maintenance, purchase, and use by the agency of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies. The OMB must establish performance goals for evaluating the efforts of agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, and use of the technology. The executive branch's Chief Information Officers Council must recommend best practices for attaining the performance goals, including consideration of the use of energy savings performance and utility energy services contracting.
Agencies must include in their annual government efficiency status reports a description of those energy-saving efforts and their results, and the OMB must begin to include in its annual government efficiency report a description of agencies' efforts and results.
(Sec. 3) DOE must make available to the public an update to the Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007, that includes evaluations of: (1) the impact of the combination of cloud platforms, mobile devices, social media, and big data on data center energy usage; and (2) water usage in data centers.
In collaboration with key stakeholders and the OMB, DOE must also: (1) 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 federal data centers; and (2) establish an open data initiative to make information about federal data center energy usage available and accessible while encouraging data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation.
In collaboration with key stakeholders, DOE must: (1) participate in efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center energy and water efficiency, and (2) facilitate the development of a metric for data center energy efficiency.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 5, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Original | Jan 5, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 5, 2017 |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 11, 2017 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Jan 10, 2017Mr. Olson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 10, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H266-268)
- Jan 10, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 306.
- Jan 10, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H266-267)
- Jan 10, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 5, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 5, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H266–H268Text printed H266 | Anna G. Eshoo D-CA, Jerry McNerney D-CA, Pete Olson R-TX | Jan 10, 2017 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 3, January 5, 2017, page H182.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45411 | Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) and Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs) Archived | Report | Nov 23, 2018 |
| R44854 | 21st Century U.S. Energy Sources: A Primer Archived | Report | Nov 5, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1420 | Energy Efficient Government Technology Act | Reintroduced Bill | Oct 23, 2019 |
| S 1460 | Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote energy efficiency via information and computing technologies, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Computers and information technology
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental technology
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Water use and supply
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2017Referred in Senate
- Jan 10, 2017Engrossed in House
- Jan 5, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
