[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1706 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1706
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote
energy efficiency via information and computing technologies, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 7, 2015
Mr. Risch (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote
energy efficiency via information and computing technologies, 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 ``Energy Efficient Government
Technology Act''.
SEC. 2. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.
Subtitle C of title V of the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (Public Law 110-140; 121 Stat. 1661) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``SEC. 530. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget.
``(2) Information technology.--The term `information
technology' has the meaning given that term in section 11101 of
title 40, United States Code.
``(b) Development of Implementation Strategy.--Not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this section, each Federal agency
shall coordinate with the Director, the Secretary, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop an
implementation strategy (that includes best practices and measurement
and verification techniques) for the maintenance, purchase, and use by
the Federal agency of energy-efficient and energy-saving information
technologies, taking into consideration the performance goals
established under subsection (d).
``(c) Administration.--In developing an implementation strategy
under subsection (b), each Federal agency shall consider--
``(1) advanced metering infrastructure;
``(2) energy-efficient data center strategies and methods
of increasing asset and infrastructure utilization;
``(3) advanced power management tools;
``(4) building information modeling, including building
energy management;
``(5) secure telework and travel substitution tools; and
``(6) mechanisms to ensure that the agency realizes the
energy cost savings brought about through increased efficiency
and utilization.
``(d) Performance Goals.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this section, the Director, in consultation
with the Secretary, shall establish performance goals for
evaluating the efforts of Federal agencies in improving the
maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-
saving information technology.
``(2) Best practices.--The Chief Information Officers
Council established under section 3603 of title 44, United
States Code, shall recommend best practices for the attainment
of the performance goals, which shall include Federal agency
consideration of the use of--
``(A) energy savings performance contracting; and
``(B) utility energy services contracting.
``(e) Reports.--
``(1) Agency reports.--Each Federal agency shall include in
the report of the agency under section 527 a description of the
efforts and results of the agency under this section.
``(2) OMB government efficiency reports and scorecards.--
Effective beginning not later than October 1, 2016, the
Director shall include in the annual report and scorecard of
the Director required under section 528 a description of the
efforts and results of Federal agencies under this section.''.
SEC. 3. ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS.
Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42
U.S.C. 17112) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (3); and
(2) by striking subsections (c) through (g) and inserting
the following:
``(c) Stakeholder Involvement.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary and the Administrator
shall carry out subsection (b) in collaboration with
information technology industry and other key stakeholders,
with the goal of producing results that accurately reflect the
best knowledge in the most pertinent domains.
``(2) Organizations.--In collaborating under paragraph (1),
the Secretary and the Administrator shall pay particular
attention to organizations that--
``(A) have members with expertise in energy
efficiency and in the development, operation, and
functionality of data centers, information technology
equipment, and software, such as representatives of
hardware manufacturers, data center operators, and
facility managers;
``(B) obtain and address input from Department of
Energy National Laboratories or any college,
university, research institution, industry association,
company, or public interest group with applicable
expertise;
``(C) follow--
``(i) commonly accepted procedures for the
development of specifications; and
``(ii) accredited standards development
processes; and
``(D) have a mission to promote energy efficiency
for data centers and information technology.
``(d) Measurements and Specifications.--The Secretary and the
Administrator shall consider and assess the adequacy of the
specifications, measurements, and benchmarks described in subsection
(b) for use by--
``(1) the Federal Energy Management Program;
``(2) the Energy Star program established by section 324A
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a);
and
``(3) other efficiency programs of the Department of Energy
or the Environmental Protection Agency.
``(e) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary, in collaboration with the Administrator, shall
make available to the public an update to the Report to Congress on
Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007,
under section 1 of Public Law 109-431 (120 Stat. 2920), that provides--
``(1) a comparison and gap analysis of the estimates and
projections contained in the original report with new data
regarding the period from 2007 through 2014;
``(2) an analysis considering the impact of information
technologies (including virtualization and cloud computing) in
the public and private sectors;
``(3) an evaluation of the impact of the combination of
cloud platforms, mobile devices, social media, and big data on
data center energy usage; and
``(4) updated projections and recommendations for best
practices through fiscal year 2020.
``(f) Data Center Energy Practitioner Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in collaboration with key
stakeholders and the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, shall carry out 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.
``(2) Periodic evaluations.--Each Federal agency shall
consider having the data centers of the agency evaluated every
4 years by energy practitioners certified pursuant to the
program, whenever practicable, using certified practitioners
employed by the agency.
``(g) Open Data Initiative.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in collaboration with key
stakeholders and the Office of Management and Budget, shall
carry out an open data initiative for Federal data center
energy usage data to make such data available and accessible in
a manner that encourages further data center innovation,
optimization, and consolidation.
``(2) Model.--In carrying out the initiative, the Secretary
shall consider the use of the online Data Center Maturity
Model.
``(h) International Specifications and Metrics.--The Secretary, in
collaboration with key stakeholders, shall actively participate in
efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center
energy efficiency.
``(i) Data Center Utilization Metric.--The Secretary, in
collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facilitate the development
of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of a data
center (including equipment and facilities).
``(j) Protection of Proprietary Information.--The Secretary and the
Administrator shall not disclose any proprietary information or trade
secrets provided by any individual or company for the purposes of
carrying out this section or the programs and initiatives carried out
under this section.''.
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