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 119 STAT. 614

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‘‘(iii) identify any potential environmental or economic effects that may result from greater substitution of recovered mineral component in those cement or concrete projects. ‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the study. ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Unless the study conducted under subsection (c) identifies any effects or other problems described in subsection (c)(2)(C)(iii) that warrant further review or delay, the Administrator and each agency head shall, not later than 1 year after the date on which the report under subsection (c)(3) is submitted, take additional actions under this Act to establish procurement requirements and incentives that provide for the use of cement and concrete with increased substitution of recovered mineral component in the construction and maintenance of cement or concrete projects— ‘‘(1) to realize more fully the energy savings and environmental benefits associated with increased substitution; and ‘‘(2) to eliminate barriers identified under subsection (c)(2)(B). ‘‘(e) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section affects the requirements of section 6002 (including the guidelines and specifications for implementing those requirements).’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding after the item relating to section 6004 the following: ‘‘Sec. 6005. Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.’’. SEC. 109. FEDERAL BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

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Section 305(a) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘CABO Model Energy Code, 1992 (in the case of residential buildings) or ASHRAE Standard 90.1–1989’’ and inserting ‘‘the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code (in the case of residential buildings) or ASHRAE Standard 90.1–2004’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(3)(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish, by rule, revised Federal building energy efficiency performance standards that require that— ‘‘(i) if life-cycle cost-effective for new Federal buildings— ‘‘(I) the buildings be designed to achieve energy consumption levels that are at least 30 percent below the levels established in the version of the ASHRAE Standard or the International Energy Conservation Code, as appropriate, that is in effect as of the date of enactment of this paragraph; and ‘‘(II) sustainable design principles are applied to the siting, design, and construction of all new and replacement buildings; and ‘‘(ii) if water is used to achieve energy efficiency, water conservation technologies shall be applied to the extent that the technologies are life-cycle cost-effective.

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