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BRIGHT Act

Introduced: June 13, 2019 Introduced by: Peters, Gary C. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Nov 6, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.
Nov 6, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-157.
Jun 19, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bulb Replacement Improving Government with High-efficiency Technology Act or the BRIGHT Act

This bill revises and sets forth provisions related to the procurement of lighting systems.

The General Services Administration (GSA) shall (1) issue guidance to federal agencies for the procurement and use of the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting systems; and (2) publish or otherwise make available to state, local, and tribal entities information on ways of improving efficiency, effectiveness, and economy by procuring and using such lighting systems.

The GSA must (1) procure the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting systems, and (2) ensure that procurements of lighting systems or their individual components maximize life-cycle cost effectiveness and energy efficiency.

Each public building that is constructed, altered, acquired, or leased by GSA must be equipped with the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting systems. Each individual component of a lighting system that is replaced in the normal course of the maintenance of public buildings shall be replaced with the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting system possible.

The bill modifies requirements for the use of energy efficient lighting systems.

What's happening now November 6, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 292.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Jun 18, 2019
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Johnson, Ron
Wisconsin · Jun 13, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1874: Bulb Replacement Improving Government with High-Efficiency Technology Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1874/
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"S. 1874: Bulb Replacement Improving Government with High-Efficiency Technology Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1874/.
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S. 1874, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1874/.
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