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[CITE: 10USC2410c]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
            CHAPTER 141--MISCELLANEOUS PROCUREMENT PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 2410c. Preference for energy efficient electric equipment

    (a) When cost effective, in establishing a new requirement for 
electric equipment referred to in subsection (b) and in procuring 
electric equipment referred to in that subsection, the Secretary of a 
military department or the head of a Defense Agency, as the case may be, 
shall provide a preference for the procurement of the most energy 
efficient electric equipment available that meets the requirement or the 
need for the procurement, as the case may be.
    (b) Subsection (a) applies to the following electric equipment:
        (1) Electric lamps.
        (2) Electric ballasts.
        (3) Electric motors.
        (4) Electric refrigeration equipment.

(Added Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title III, Sec. 384(a)(1)(A), Oct. 23, 
1992, 106 Stat. 2392.)

                          Codification

    Another section 2410c was renumbered section 2410j of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Section 384(a)(2) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by paragraph (1) [enacting this section] shall apply to 
procurements for which solicitations are issued on or after the date 
that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 
1992].''


  Electric Lighting and Refrigeration Equipment Demonstration Programs

    Section 384(b)-(d) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that:
    ``(b)  Electric  Lighting  Demonstration  Program.--(1) The 
Secretary of Defense shall conduct a demonstration program for using 
energy efficient electric lighting equipment.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall designate 50 facilities owned or leased by 
the Department of Defense for participation in the demonstration program 
under this subsection.
    ``(3) The head of each facility designated pursuant to paragraph (2) 
and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall jointly audit the 
electric lighting equipment at the facility in order--
        ``(A) to identify any potential improvements that would increase 
    the energy efficiency of electric lighting at that facility; and
        ``(B) to determine the costs of, and the savings that would 
    result from, such improvements.
    ``(4) Except as provided in subsection (d)(4), on the basis of the 
results of the audit the head of the facility shall promptly convert to 
the use of electric lighting equipment at the facility that is more 
energy efficient than the existing electric lighting equipment to the 
extent that the conversion is cost effective.
    ``(5) Energy efficient electric lighting equipment used under the 
demonstration program may include compact fluorescent lamps, energy 
efficient electric ballasts and fixtures, and other energy efficient 
electric lighting equipment.
    ``(c) Refrigeration Equipment Demonstration Program.--(1) The 
Secretary of Defense shall conduct a demonstration program for using 
energy efficient refrigeration equipment.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall designate 50 facilities owned or operated 
by the Department of Defense for participation in the demonstration 
program under this subsection.
    ``(3) The head of each facility designated pursuant to paragraph (2) 
and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall jointly audit the 
refrigeration equipment at the facility in order--
        ``(A) to identify any potential improvements that would increase 
    the energy efficiency of the refrigeration equipment at that 
    facility; and
        ``(B) to determine the costs of, and the savings that would 
    result from, such improvements.
    ``(4) Except as provided in subsection (d)(4), on the basis of the 
results of the audit the head of the facility shall promptly convert to 
the use of refrigeration equipment at the facility that is more energy 
efficient than the existing refrigeration equipment to the extent that 
the conversion is cost effective.
    ``(d) General Provisions for Demonstration Programs.--(1) The 
Secretary of Defense shall make the designations under subsections 
(b)(2) and (c)(2) not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 1992].
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense may designate a facility described in 
subsections (b)(2) and (c)(2) for participation in the demonstration 
program under subsection (b) and the demonstration program under 
subsection (c).
    ``(3) The audits required by subsections (b)(3) and (c)(3) shall be 
completed not later than January 1, 1994.
    ``(4) The head of a facility may not carry out a conversion 
described in subsection (b)(4) or (c)(4) if the conversion prevents the 
head of the facility from carrying out other improvements relating to 
energy efficiency that are more cost effective than that conversion.''
