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 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 2861 on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a plan for implementing this section. (2) The Postmaster Oeneral shall designate buildings to be surveyed in the project so as to obtain a sample of United States Postal Service facilities of the types and in the climates that consume the msgor portion of the energy consumed by the United States Postal Service. (3) For the purposes of this section, an improvement shall be considered cost effective if the cost of the energy saved or displaced by the improvement exceeds the cost of the improvement over the remaining life of the facility or the remaining term of a lease of a building leased by the United States Postal Service. (c) REPORT. —As soon as practicable after the completion of the project carried out under tnis section, the Postmaster General shall transmit a report of the findings and conclusions of the survey to the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives. SEC. 165. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE ENERGY MANAGEMENT 42 USC 82621. REPORT. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than January 1 of each year thereafter, the Postmaster General shall submit a report to the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives on the United States Postal Service's building management program as it relates to energy efficiency. The report shall include, but not be limited to— (1) a description of actions taken to reduce energy consumption; (2) future plans to reduce energy consumption; (3) an assessment of the success of the energy conservation program; (4) a statement of energy costs incurred in operating and maintaining all United States Postal Service facilities; and (5) the status of the energy efficient procurement program established under section 163. SEC. 166. ENERGY MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNITED 42 USC 8262J. STATES POSTAL SERVICE. (a) ENERGY MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR POSTAL FACILI- TIES.— (1) The Postmaster General shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that each United States Postal Service facility meets the energy management requirements for Federal buildings and agencies specified in section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253). (2) The Postmaster General may exclude from the requirements of such section any facility or collection of facilities, and the associated energy consumption and gross square footage if the Postmaster General finds that compliance with the requirements of such section would be impracticable. A finding of impracticability shall be based on the ener^ intensiveness of activities carried out in such facility

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