6 1 panel, the criteria and procedures by which it will select pro 2 posals for awards, and an identification of the State or munici 3 pal buildings for which grants are to be sought. 4 (b) The Panel is authorized to allocate grants to States 5 and municipalities from funds appropriated for those pur6 poses, in accordance with criteria established by the Panel 7 for State and municipal programs. 8 (c) Grants to States and municipalities shall be on a 9 3-to-1 Federal to State or municipality matching basis and 10 may not be used for any other purpose. Grants may not ex 11 ceed $10,000,000 Federal share for any one State nor 12 $6,000,000 Federal share for any one municipality out of one year's appropriation under this Act. 13 14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 15 SEC. 7. (a) The Administrator of the General Services 16 Administration, Governor or executive responsible for the 17 administration of a grant under this Act shall file with the 18 Administrator in such form as he may prescribe, reports or 19 answers in writing to such specific questions, surveys, or 20 questionnaires as may be necessary to enable the Adminis21 trator to carry out his function under this Act and to evalu22 ate the effectiveness of the program in promoting energy 23 conservation. 24 (b) The Administrator of the General Services Admin 7 1 istration and the Governors and executives administering 2 grants under this Act shall keep such records as the Admin3 istrator may prescribe in order to assure an effective audit 4 of the disposition of the funds provided under this Act. 5 (c) The Administrator and the Comptroller General of 6 the United States, or any of their duly authorized repre7 sentatives, shall have access, for the purpose of audit and 8 examination to any books, documents, papers, and records 9 of any State or municipality which receives a grant under 10 this Act that are pertinent to the grant received. 11 12 273 13 REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION SEC. 8. (a) The Administrator shall, not later than one 14 year after the enactment of this Act, submit a report to the 15 President and to the Congress presenting the results of this 16 program. A second report shall be submitted not later than two years after enactment of this Act. 17 18 (b) The Administrator shall disseminate to the public, 19 in such form and in such manner as he deems most effective, 20 results of this program which promise to further promote 21 conservation of energy on a wide scale. Each grantee shall 22 be required, as a condition of the grant, to make available to 23 any interested person the complete breakdown of cost infor 8 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 1 2 SEC. 9. There are authorized to be appropriated such 3 sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 4 Act, not to exceed $30,000,000 for the Federal program, 5 $60,000,000 for the State program, and $60,000,000 for the 6 municipal program for each of the fiscal years ending 7 June 30, 1976 and June 30, 1977, to remain available until 8 expended. 62-963 O-76-2 94TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2045 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 27 (legislative day, JUNE 6), 1975 Mr. RANDOLPH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Works A BILL To insure that Federal buildings and certain buildings assisted with Federal funds employ the best practicable energy conservation and management practices; and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Facilities Energy 4 Conservation and Utilization Act of 1975". FINDINGS AND PURPOSES SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds that (1) the consumption of energy in buildings, includ ing Federal buildings and federally assisted buildings, has a significant impact on the United States' use of energy; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 (2) the energy conservation practices adopted for the design, construction, renovation, and operation of these buildings will have a beneficial effect on the United States overall supply of energy; (3) energy utilization over the economic life of these buildings must be considered, in addition to the initial cost of such buildings; and (4) the design of these buildings must take into consideration the efficient use of energy over the economic life of the building. (b) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the 12 United States to assure that the best practicable energy con13 servation and utilization practices are employed in Federal 14 and federally assisted buildings. DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. As used in this Act, the term (a) "Federal agency" means an executive department, a Government corporation, or an independent establishment in the executive branch; (b) "Federal building" means any building which is constructed or renovated by a Federal agency, or which is leased by a Federal agency and more than 66 per centum of the net assignable area of which is used by |