[Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7256 Introduced in House (IH)] 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7256 To require Federal agencies to procure electronic products meeting the requirements of the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 3, 2008 Mr. Bilbray introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require Federal agencies to procure electronic products meeting the requirements of the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Agency Environmental Procurement Act''. SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY. The Congress finds and declares that it is the policy of the United States that Federal agencies procure electronics products that meet high standards of environmental consciousness and energy efficiency. SEC. 3. DUTIES OF AGENCIES. The head of each agency shall-- (1) ensure that, when the agency is procuring a consumer electronic or information technology product to meet the agency's requirements, the agency meets at least 95 percent of those requirements with an Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)-registered product, unless there is no EPEAT standard for such product; (2) ensure that the Energy Star feature is enabled on agency computers and monitors; (3) ensure that the agency establishes and implements policies to extend the useful life of agency electronic equipment; and (4) ensure that the agency uses environmentally sound practices with respect to disposition of agency electronic equipment that has reached the end of its useful life. SEC. 4. DEFINITION. In this Act, the term ``agency'' means an executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, except that the term does not include the Government Accountability Office. <all>