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S 1706 114th Congress Senate Energy Computers and information technology 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

Energy Efficient Government Technology Act

Introduced: July 7, 2015 Introduced by: Risch, James E. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 7, 2015
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Energy Efficient Government Technology Act

This bill amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to require 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 of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies. The OMB must establish performance goals for evaluating the efforts of federal agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, and use of the technology. The Chief Information Officers Council must recommend best practices for attaining the performance goals.

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;
  • 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;
  • carry out an open data initiative to make information about federal data center energy usage available and accessible in a manner that encourages data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation;
  • participate in efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center energy efficiency; and
  • facilitate in the development of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of a data center.
What's happening now July 7, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Related & companion bills 7
  • HR 873 Related bill To promote energy efficiency, and for other purposes.
  • HR 1268 Related bill Energy Efficient Government Technology Act
  • HR 2177 Related bill Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015
  • S 128 Related bill Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015
  • S 720 Related bill Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015
  • HR 8 Related bill North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015
  • S 2012 Related bill Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Jul 7, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1706: Energy Efficient Government Technology Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1706/
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