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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 265
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-145
ENERGY EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY ACT
OCTOBER 23, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1420]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill H.R. 1420, to amend the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 to promote energy efficiency via information
and computing technologies, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment, and
recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of H.R. 1420 is to amend the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (EISA, Public Law 110-140) to promote
energy efficiency through information and computing technologies.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
According to the Department of Energy (DOE), with more than
350,000 buildings and 600,000 fleet vehicles, the Federal Govern-
ment is our nation's largest energy consumer. By ensuring account-
ability at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) level, H.R.
1420 aims for all Federal agencies to take concrete steps to reduce
energy consumption of Federal data centers.
According to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Center
of Expertise for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers, Federal data
centers alone consume more than six billion kilowatt hours of en-
ergy each year, and the total cost to supply that energy surpasses
$600 million per year. The surging demand for data storage has led
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