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handle is hein.crs/crsahqm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS20935 Updated July 3, 2001 Energy Efficiency in Congressional Buildings Fred Sissine Specialist in Energy Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Summary This report describes energy efficiency requirements applicable to congressional buildings and the energy saving activities being undertaken in the Capitol complex. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) has the authority and responsibility to provide energy services and implement energy efficiency measures in congressional buildings. Congress has used legislative appropriations bills to establish energy efficiency measures under AOC. In the early 1990s, Congress funded an energy efficient lighting initiative for congressional buildings. In 1998, Congress set a goal for 2005 to improve energy efficiency by 20%. A brief comparison with the 30% energy efficiency goal of the executive branch suggests that the current goal for AOC is lower in absolute percentage, but calls for a higher rate of improvement. Also, AOC does not currently have access to the funding and staff resources that the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program provides for executive branch agencies. Authority By law, the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) operates and maintains the Capitol complex's buildings and grounds.1 Specifically: The Architect is charged with the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the U.S. Capitol and adjacent buildings and grounds - some 285 acres that include the Capitol Building, the House and Senate office buildings, the three Library of Congress buildings, the Supreme Court, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, the Capitol power plant, the Capitol Police headquarters, and the Robert A. Taft Memorial.2 1 The legal responsibilities of the AOC appear in several titles of the United States Code. For more details, see: CRS Report RS20189. Architect of the Capitol: Appointment, Duties, and Operations, by Mildred Amer and Paul Rundquist. 2 CRS Report RS20189, p. 2. Congressional Research Service CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Library of Congress

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