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 PUBLIC LAW 110–140—DEC. 19, 2007

121 STAT. 1611

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‘‘(B) SYSTEM AND GUIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall— ‘‘(i) select or develop the building energy use benchmarking system required under this paragraph for each type of building; and ‘‘(ii) issue guidance for use of the system. ‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Each energy manager shall post the information entered into, or generated by, a benchmarking system under this subsection, on the webbased tracking system under paragraph (7)(B). The energy manager shall update such information each year, and shall include in such reporting previous years’ information to allow changes in building performance to be tracked over time. ‘‘(9) FEDERAL AGENCY SCORECARDS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue semiannual scorecards for energy management activities carried out by each Federal agency that includes— ‘‘(i) summaries of the status of implementing the various requirements of the agency and its energy managers under this subsection; and ‘‘(ii) any other means of measuring performance that the Director considers appropriate. ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall make the scorecards required under this paragraph available to Congress, other Federal agencies, and the public through the Internet. ‘‘(10) FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION.— ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection. ‘‘(B) FUNDING OPTIONS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this subsection, a Federal agency may use any combination of— ‘‘(I) appropriated funds made available under subparagraph (A); and ‘‘(II) private financing otherwise authorized under Federal law, including financing available through energy savings performance contracts or utility energy service contracts. ‘‘(ii) COMBINED FUNDING FOR SAME MEASURE.—A Federal agency may use any combination of appropriated funds and private financing described in clause (i) to carry out the same measure under this subsection. ‘‘(C) IMPLEMENTATION.—Each Federal agency may implement the requirements under this subsection itself or may contract out performance of some or all of the requirements. ‘‘(11) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This subsection shall not be construed to require or to obviate any contractor savings guarantees.’’.

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