To provide for energy efficiency in new construction.

SA 4535. Mr. LEVIN (for Mr. Pryor (for himself and Mr. Bingaman)) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 531, strike lines 7 through 13 and insert the following:

(3) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking “installations of the Department of Defense as may be designated” and inserting “installations of the Department of Defense and related to such vehicles and military support equipment of the Department of Defense as may be designated”;

(4) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and

(5) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:

“(e) Energy Efficiency in New Construction.--

“(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that energy efficient products meeting the Department's requirements, if cost effective over the life cycle of the product and readily available, be used in new facility construction by or for the Department carried out under this chapter.

“(2) In determining the energy efficiency of products, the Secretary shall consider products that--

“(A) meet or exceed Energy Star specifications; or

“(B) are listed on the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program Product Energy Efficiency Recommendations product list.”.