Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007

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Introduced

7 June 2007

Last action

19 December 2007 · Committee

Status

For Further Action See H.R.6.

Summary

Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007 - Requires federal agencies, annually, to inventory and report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue guidance and provide assistance to agencies regarding such inventories. Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to include in any such inventory any emission or biological sequestration of GHG associated with land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service. Requires the Administrator to promulgate annual reduction targets for federal government GHG emissions for FY2010-FY2050. Requires agencies to develop plans to achieve such targets. Requires the Forest Service, BLM, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to identify management strategies concerning net biological sequestration and reduction of the impacts of global warming. Requires the Forest Service to study the opportunities of urban and wildland-urban interface forestry programs to enhance net biological sequestration of GHGs. Authorizes a pilot project under which agencies and legislative branch offices may purchase GHG offsets and renewable energy certificates Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to prohibit agencies from acquiring light duty motor vehicles or medium duty passenger vehicles that fail to meet the numerical Greenhouse Gas Exhaust Mass Emission Requirement set out in the California Code of Regulations. Requires the Administrator to annually issue guidance identifying vehicles that satisfy such requirements. Sets forth provisions concerning the fully burdened cost of fuel and federal procurement of Energy Star products. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to require the Secretary of Energy to establish federal building energy efficiency performance standards. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to require agencies, annually, to: (1) benchmark the energy efficiency performance of certain federal buildings; and (2) recommission or retrocommission 20% of such buildings annually. Requires agencies to ensure that any large capital energy investment in an existing building employs the most energy efficient designs, systems, equipment, and controls that are life-cycle cost effective. Prohibits agencies from entering into contracts to lease space in buildings that have not earned the Energy Star label or for the procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel for specified mobility-related uses unless the associated lifecycle GHG emissions will be less than or equal to emissions from fuel from conventional petroleum sources. Limits a contract for public utilities of renewable energy to not more than 20 years.

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Timeline

7 June 2007
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2007
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Source: Committee
7 June 2007
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2007
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
7 June 2007
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 June 2007
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Source: Committee
12 June 2007
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
12 June 2007
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
26 June 2007
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Source: Committee
28 June 2007
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Source: Committee
3 August 2007
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 187.
Source: Calendars
3 August 2007
Committee
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Source: Committee
3 August 2007
Discharge
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Source: Discharge
3 August 2007
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-297, Part I.
Source: Committee
3 August 2007
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-297, Part I.
Source: Committee
19 December 2007
Committee
For Further Action See H.R.6.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to → Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
related to ← Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/2635
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/2635
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