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                                                       Calendar No. 292
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1874

                          [Report No. 116-157]

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of 
  General Services to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and 
    energy efficient lighting products and to issue guidance on the 
efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of those products, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2019

 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Johnson, and Ms. Hassan) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                            November 6, 2019

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of 
  General Services to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and 
    energy efficient lighting products and to issue guidance on the 
efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of those products, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Bulb Replacement Improving 
Government with High-efficiency Technology Act'' or the ``BRIGHT 
Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. GUIDANCE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) issue guidance to Federal agencies for the 
        procurement and use of the most life-cycle cost effective and 
        energy efficient lighting systems (as determined in accordance 
        with section 3313 of title 40, United States Code) to increase 
        the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of the Federal 
        Government; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) publish on the internet or otherwise make 
        available to State, local, and Tribal entities information on 
        ways to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and economy by 
        procuring and using the most life-cycle cost effective and 
        energy efficient lighting systems (as determined in accordance 
        with section 3313 of title 40, United States Code).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Report.--Not later than 5 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
Representatives a report on the implementation of this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act, including the efficiency, effectiveness, 
and economy of the transition to the most life-cycle cost effective and 
energy efficient lighting systems (as determined in accordance with 
section 3313 of title 40, United States Code).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. PROCUREMENT OF LIFE-CYCLE COST EFFECTIVE AND ENERGY 
              EFFICIENT LIGHTING SYSTEMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 3313 of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking subsection (h);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 
        as subsections (f) through (i), respectively;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by striking the section designation and 
        heading and all that follows through the end of subsection (c) 
        and inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``Sec. 3313. Procurement of life-cycle cost effective and 
              energy efficient lighting systems</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' 
        means the Administrator of General Services.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Lighting system.--The term `lighting system' 
        means the elements required to maintain a desired light level, 
        including lamps, light fixtures, fixture distribution, sensors 
        and control technologies, interior design elements, and 
        daylighting sources.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Procurement.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--To the maximum extent 
        practicable, the Administrator shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) procure the most life-cycle cost 
                effective and energy efficient lighting systems; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) ensure that procurements after the 
                date of enactment of the BRIGHT Act of lighting systems 
                or the individual components of lighting systems 
                maximize life-cycle cost effectiveness and energy 
                efficiency.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Use.--Each public building constructed, 
        altered, acquired, or leased by the Administrator shall be 
        equipped, to the maximum extent practicable as determined by 
        the Administrator, with the most life-cycle cost effective and 
        energy efficient lighting systems for each 
        application.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Maintenance of Public Buildings.--Each individual 
component of a lighting system, including a lamp or fixture, that is 
replaced by the Administrator in the normal course of maintenance of 
public buildings shall be replaced, to the maximum extent practicable, 
with the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting 
system possible for the application.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Considerations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Contracting options.--In carrying out this 
        section, the Administrator shall consider appropriate 
        contracting options for the procurement of the most life-cycle 
        cost effective and energy efficient lighting systems.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Procurement and use.--In making a 
        determination under this section concerning the practicability 
        of procuring and installing the most life-cycle cost effective 
        and energy efficient lighting system, the Administrator shall 
        consider--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the compatibility of the lighting 
                system with existing equipment, including consideration 
                of a cost effective retrofit;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) whether procurement and use of the 
                lighting system could result in interference with 
                productivity;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) the aesthetics relating to the use 
                of the lighting system; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) such other factors as the 
                Administrator determines to be appropriate.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Life-Cycle Cost Effective.--The Administrator shall 
use the procedures and methods established under section 544(a) of the 
National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8254(a)) in 
determining whether a lighting system is life-cycle cost 
effective.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                by striking ``lighting fixture or bulb'' and inserting 
                ``lighting system'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the 
                fixture or bulb is'' and inserting ``the lighting 
                system or the individual components of the lighting 
                system are''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking 
                ``fixture or bulb'' and inserting ``lighting 
                system'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by 
        inserting ``procurement and'' before ``use in public 
        buildings''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by 
        inserting ``procurement and'' before ``use of energy 
        efficient''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 33 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 3313 and inserting the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``3313. Procurement of life-cycle cost effective and energy 
                            efficient lighting systems.''.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bulb Replacement Improving 
Government with High-Efficiency Technology Act'' or the ``BRIGHT Act''.

SEC. 2. GUIDANCE.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of General Services shall--
            (1) issue guidance to Federal agencies for the procurement 
        and use of the most life-cycle cost effective and energy 
        efficient lighting systems (as determined in accordance with 
        section 3313 of title 40, United States Code) to increase the 
        efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of the Federal 
        Government; and
            (2) publish on the internet or otherwise make available to 
        State, local, and Tribal entities information on ways to 
        improve efficiency, effectiveness, and economy by procuring and 
        using the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient 
        lighting systems (as determined in accordance with section 3313 
        of title 40, United States Code).

SEC. 3. PROCUREMENT OF LIFE-CYCLE COST EFFECTIVE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT 
              LIGHTING SYSTEMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3313 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (h);
            (2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as 
        subsections (f) through (i), respectively;
            (3) by striking the section designation and heading and all 
        that follows through the end of subsection (c) and inserting 
        the following:
``Sec. 3313. Procurement of life-cycle cost effective and energy 
              efficient lighting systems
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
        Administrator of General Services.
            ``(2) Lighting system.--The term `lighting system' means 
        the elements required to maintain a desired light level, 
        including lamps, light fixtures, fixture distribution, sensors 
        and control technologies, interior design elements, and 
        daylighting sources.
    ``(b) Procurement.--
            ``(1) In general.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
        Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) procure the most life-cycle cost effective 
                and energy efficient lighting systems; and
                    ``(B) ensure that procurements after the date of 
                enactment of the BRIGHT Act of lighting systems or the 
                individual components of lighting systems maximize 
                life-cycle cost effectiveness and energy efficiency.
            ``(2) Use.--Each public building constructed, altered, 
        acquired, or leased by the Administrator shall be equipped, to 
        the maximum extent practicable as determined by the 
        Administrator, with the most life-cycle cost effective and 
        energy efficient lighting systems for each application.
    ``(c) Maintenance of Public Buildings.--Each individual component 
of a lighting system, including a lamp or fixture, that is replaced by 
the Administrator in the normal course of maintenance of public 
buildings shall be replaced, to the maximum extent practicable, with 
the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting system 
possible for the application.
    ``(d) Considerations.--
            ``(1) Contracting options.--In carrying out this section, 
        the Administrator shall consider appropriate contracting 
        options for the procurement of the most life-cycle cost 
        effective and energy efficient lighting systems.
            ``(2) Procurement and use.--In making a determination under 
        this section concerning the practicability of procuring and 
        installing the most life-cycle cost effective and energy 
        efficient lighting system, the Administrator shall consider--
                    ``(A) the compatibility of the lighting system with 
                existing equipment, including consideration of a cost 
                effective retrofit;
                    ``(B) whether procurement and use of the lighting 
                system could result in interference with productivity;
                    ``(C) the aesthetics relating to the use of the 
                lighting system; and
                    ``(D) such other factors as the Administrator 
                determines to be appropriate.
    ``(e) Life-cycle Cost Effective.--The Administrator shall use the 
procedures and methods established under section 544(a) of the National 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8254(a)) in determining 
whether a lighting system is life-cycle cost effective.'';
            (4) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``lighting fixture or bulb'' and inserting 
                ``lighting system'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the fixture or 
                bulb is'' and inserting ``the lighting system or the 
                individual components of the lighting system are''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fixture or 
                bulb'' and inserting ``lighting system'';
            (5) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
        ``procurement and'' before ``use in public buildings''; and
            (6) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
        ``procurement and'' before ``use of energy efficient''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 33 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
3313 and inserting the following:

``3313. Procurement of life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient 
                            lighting systems.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 292

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1874

                          [Report No. 116-157]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of 
  General Services to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and 
    energy efficient lighting products and to issue guidance on the 
efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of those products, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 6, 2019

                       Reported with an amendment