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[CITE: 42USC8258b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
             CHAPTER 91--NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICY
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--FEDERAL ENERGY INITIATIVE
 
                    Part B--Federal Energy Management
 
Sec. 8258b. Survey of energy saving potential


(a) In general

    The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Interagency Energy 
Management Task Force established under section 8257 of this title, 
carry out an energy survey for the purposes of--
        (1) determining the maximum potential cost effective energy 
    savings that may be achieved in a representative sample of buildings 
    owned or leased by the Federal Government in different areas of the 
    country;
        (2) making recommendations for cost effective energy efficiency 
    and renewable energy improvements in those buildings and in other 
    similar Federal buildings; and
        (3) identifying barriers which may prevent an agency's ability 
    to comply with section 8253 of this title and other energy 
    management goals.

(b) Implementation

    (1) The Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on 
Government Operations, and the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation of the House of Representatives, within 180 days after 
October 24, 1992, a plan for implementing this section.
    (2) The Secretary shall designate buildings to be surveyed in the 
project so as to obtain a sample of the buildings of the types and in 
the climates that is representative of buildings owned or leased by 
Federal agencies in the United States that consume the major portion of 
the energy consumed in Federal buildings. Such sample shall include, 
where appropriate, the following types of Federal facility space:
        (A) Housing.
        (B) Storage.
        (C) Office.
        (D) Services.
        (E) Schools.
        (F) Research and Development.
        (G) Industrial.
        (H) Prisons.
        (I) Hospitals.

    (3) For purposes of this section, an improvement shall be considered 
cost effective if the cost of the energy saved or displaced by the 
improvement exceeds the cost of the improvement over the remaining life 
of a Federal building or the remaining term of a lease of a building 
leased by the Federal Government as determined by the life cycle costing 
methodology developed under section 8254 of this title.

(c) Personnel

    (1) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall utilize 
personnel who are--
        (A) employees of the Department of Energy; or
        (B) selected by the agencies utilizing the buildings which are 
    being surveyed under this section.

    (2) Such personnel shall be detailed for the purpose of carrying out 
this section without any reduction of salary or benefits.

(d) Report

    As soon as practicable after the completion of the project carried 
out under this section, the Secretary shall transmit a report of the 
findings and conclusions of the project to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on 
Government Operations, and the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation of the House of Representatives, and the agencies who own 
the buildings involved in such project. Such report shall include an 
analysis of the probability of each agency achieving the 20 percent 
reduction goal established under section 8253(a) of this title.

(Pub. L. 95-619, title V, Sec. 550, as added Pub. L. 102-486, title I, 
Sec. 152(h)(2), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2850.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 550 of Pub. L. 95-619 was classified to section 8260 
of this title prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 
100-615.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.
    Committee on Government Operations of House of Representatives 
treated as referring to Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of 
House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a 
note preceding section 21 of Title 2. Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Government 
Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One 
Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.
    Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 
104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8253 of this title.
