United States S 2137: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019
Status: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 116-143. (as of 2019-10-23)
State: United States · Session: 116 · Bill: S 2137
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Advisory bodies, Air quality, Alternative and renewable resources, Architecture, Building construction, Climate change and greenhouse gases, Computers and information technology, Congressional oversight, Department of Energy, Educational facilities and institutions, Elementary and secondary education, Employment and training programs, Energy efficiency and conservation, Energy prices, Environmental technology, Executive agency funding and structure, Federal officials, Government buildings, facilities, and property, Government information and archives, Government lending and loan guarantees, Government studies and investigations, Higher education, Housing finance and home ownership, Industrial facilities, Industrial policy and productivity, Lighting, heating, cooling, Manufacturing, Oil and gas, Performance measurement, Public contracts and procurement, Public utilities and utility rates, Public-private cooperation, Research administration and funding, Research and development, Residential rehabilitation and home repair, Small business, Solid waste and recycling, Telephone and wireless communication, Water quality, Water use and supply
Sponsors: ROB PORTMAN, Angus King, Christopher A. Coons, Elizabeth A. Warren, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Margaret Wood Hassan, Mark R. Warner, Michael F. Bennet, ROGER F. WICKER, SUSAN MARGARET COLLINS
Bill Text
II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2137 To promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 17, 2019 Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BENNET, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 ‘‘Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 5 2019’’. 6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 7 this Act is as follows: 8 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Jul 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\S2137.IS S2137kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2137 IS TITLE I—BUILDINGS Subtitle A—Building Energy Codes Sec. 101. Greater energy efficiency in building codes. Sec. 102. Cost-effective codes implementation for efficiency and resilience. Sec. 103. Commercial building energy consumption information sharing. Subtitle B—Worker Training and Capacity Building Sec. 111. Building training and assessment centers. Sec. 112. Career skills training. Subtitle C—School Buildings Sec. 121. Coordination of energy retrofitting assistance for schools. TITLE II—INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY AND COMPETITIVENESS Subtitle A—Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Sec. 201. Purposes. Sec. 202. Future of Industry program and industrial research and assessment centers. Sec. 203. Sustainable manufacturing initiative. Sec. 204. Conforming amendments. Subtitle B—Extended Product System Rebate Program Sec. 211. Extended Product System Rebate Program. Subtitle C—Transformer Rebate Program Sec. 221. Energy Efficient Transformer Rebate Program. TITLE III—FEDERAL AGENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY Sec. 301. Energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies. Sec. 302. Energy efficient data centers. TITLE IV—REGULATORY PROVISIONS Subtitle A—Third-Party Certification Under Energy Star Program Sec. 401. Third-Party Certification Under Energy Star Program. Subtitle B—Federal Green Buildings Sec. 411. High-performance green Federal buildings. Subtitle C—Energy and Water Performance Requirements for Federal Buildings Sec. 421. Energy and water performance requirements for Federal buildings. Sec. 422. Federal Energy Management Program. Sec. 423. Federal building energy efficiency performance standards; certifi- cation system and level for green buildings. Sec. 424. Enhanced energy efficiency underwriting. TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Jul 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\S2137.IS S2137kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 2137 IS Sec. 501. Budgetary effects. Sec. 502. Advance appropriations required. SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 1 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-2 retary of Energy. 3 TITLE I—BUILDINGS 4 Subtitle A—Building Energy Codes 5 SEC. 101. GREATER ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDING 6 CODES. 7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 303 of the Energy Con-8 servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6832) is amend-9 ed— 10 (1) by striking paragraph (14) and inserting 11 the following: 12 ‘‘(14) MODEL BUILDING ENERGY CODE.—The 13 term ‘model building energy code’ means a voluntary 14 building energy code or standard developed and up-15 dated by interested persons, such as the code or 16 standard developed by— 17 ‘‘(A) the Council of American Building Of-18 ficials, or its legal successor, International Code 19 Council, Inc.; 20 ‘‘(B) the American Society of Heating, Re-21 frigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers; or 22 ‘‘(C) other appropriate organizations.’’; 23 and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Jul 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2137.IS S2137kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 2137 IS (2) by adding at the end the following: 1 ‘‘(17) IECC.—The term ‘IECC’ means the 2 International Energy Conservation Code. 3 ‘‘(18) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 4 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 5 Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-6 termination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).’’. 7 (b) STATE BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY 8 CODES.—Section 304 of the Energy Conservation and 9 Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6833) is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 ‘‘SEC. 304. UPDATING STATE BUILDING ENERGY EFFI-12 CIENCY CODES. 13 ‘‘(a) VOLUNTARY CODES AND STANDARDS.—Not-14 withstanding any other provision of this section, any 15 model building code or standard established under section 16 304 shall not be binding on a State, local government, or 17 Indian tribe as a matter of Federal law. 18 ‘‘(b) ACTION BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall— 19 ‘
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