[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4594 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4594

To require certain reports with respect to the energy efficiency design 
                 performance of new Federal buildings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2005

  Mr. Gordon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require certain reports with respect to the energy efficiency design 
                 performance of new Federal buildings.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FEDERAL BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

    Section 305(a)(3)(C) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6834(a)(3)(C)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (i);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
            ``(iii) 18 months after completion of a new Federal 
        building, a report--
                    ``(I) outlining the building's performance in 
                achieving the original energy efficiency design goals 
                of the building (as specified by the architect or 
                builder);
                    ``(II) in the case of a failure to meet those 
                goals, a description of the reasons for the failure as 
                well as the corrective actions, such as recommissioning 
                for optimal performance, to be taken to achieve or 
                exceed the design goals; and
                    ``(III) stating how performance was measured or 
                estimated and an estimate of additional energy costs to 
                be incurred by not meeting the design requirements of 
                this section; and
            ``(iv) if a building fails to achieve design goals, a 
        second report to the Congress assessing the building's 
        performance after corrective actions have been taken, which 
        shall also state any reasons for the failure to continue to 
        meet the performance requirements of this section.''.
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