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Sep 11 2013

Dr. Coburn Offers Amendments to the Energy Efficiency Bill

Dr. Coburn offered the following amendments to the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013, S.1392:

Amendment #1867 - Obamacare Income Verification

Requires Exchanges Verify Income and Eligibility Before Obamacare Subsidies Are Dispensed. Additional information here. 

Amendment #1868 - Turn Out the Lights 

Requires that all federal office buildings turn off their lights at the end of the day. Additional information here.

Amendment #1869 - Actual Savings

Requires the Secretary of Energy to certify that Federal energy efficiency projects are cost efficient. Additional information here.

Amendment #1870 - Duplication

Adopts GAO’s recommendations for identifying and evaluating the 94 duplicative energy efficiency programs.  Requires each affected Department to eliminate all programs that are not authorized by statute and to recommend further consolidation through legislative action. Additional information here.

Amendment #1873 - Supply Star

Strikes the provision relating to the establishment of the Supply Star program. Additional information here.

Amendment #1874 - Bankruptcy

Requires the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study to determine the number of companies that have received taxpayer assistance and subsequently filed for bankruptcy. Additional information here.

Amendment #1875 - Energy Star

Provides for the consolidation and greater oversight of the Energy Star program. Additional information here.

Amendment #1930 - Data Centers

Requires certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans. Additional information here.

Amendment #1897 - Small Business

Applies small business review panel provisions from the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) to Department of Energy. Additional information here. 

Amendment #1898 - Union Activities

Prohibits the funding of union activities by Department of Energy employees on official federal time. Additional information here.

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