42 U.S.C. § 8262g | Procurement and identification of energy efficient products

(a)

Procurement

The Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, each shall undertake a program to include energy efficient products in carrying out their procurement and supply functions.

(b)

Identification program

section 8254 of this titleThe Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, each shall implement, in conjunction with carrying out their procurement and supply functions, a program to identify and designate those energy efficient products that offer significant potential savings, using, to the extent practicable, the life cycle cost methods and procedures developed under . The Secretary of Energy shall, to the extent necessary to carry out this section and after consultation with the aforementioned agency heads, provide estimates of the degree of relative energy efficiency of products.

(c)

Guidelines

The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall issue guidelines to encourage the acquisition and use by all Federal agencies of products identified pursuant to this section. The Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall consider, and place emphasis on, the acquisition of such products as part of the Agency’s ongoing review of military specifications.

(d)

Report to Congress

section 8258(b) of this titleNot later than December 31 of 1993 and thereafter as part of the report required under , the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall report on the progress, status, activities, and results of the programs under subsections (a), (b), and (c). The report shall include—

(1)

the types and functions of each product identified under subsection (b), and efforts undertaken by the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency to encourage the acquisition and use of such products;

(2)

the actions taken by the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency to identify products under subsection (b), the barriers which inhibit implementation of identification of such products, and recommendations for legislative action, if necessary;

(3)

progress on the development and issuance of guidelines under subsection (c);

(4)

section 1701j–2(h) of title 12 an indication of whether energy cost savings technologies identified by the Advanced Building Technology Council, under , have been used in the identification of products under subsection (b);

(5)

an estimate of the potential cost savings to the Federal Government from acquiring products identified under subsection (b) with respect to which energy is a significant component of life cycle cost, based on the quantities of such products that could be utilized throughout the Government; and

(6)

the actual quantities acquired of products described in paragraph (5).

Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 161Oct. 24, 1992106 Stat. 2858 Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1052(c)Dec. 21, 1995109 Stat. 718(, , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

Pub. L. 104–66 section 8258(b) of this title1995—Subsec. (d). substituted “thereafter as part of the report required under ,” for “of each year thereafter,” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting Requirements

May 15, 2000section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66 section 1113 of Title 31For termination, effective , of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which the 12th item on page 85 identifies a reporting provision which, as subsequently amended, is contained in subsec. (d) of this section), see , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance.

Executive Documents

Executive Order No. 12845

Apr. 21, 1993June 3, 1999section 8251 of this titleEx. Ord. No. 12845, , 58 F.R. 21887, which required Federal agencies to procure computer equipment that met EPA Energy Star requirements for energy efficiency, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13123, § 604, , 64 F.R. 30859, formerly set out as a note under .