--- kind: "section" citation: "42 U.S.C. § 8262g" title: "42" title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare" number: "8262g" heading: "Procurement and identification of energy efficient products" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/8262g" units: - "Chapter 91 — National Energy Conservation Policy" - "Subchapter III — Federal Energy Initiative" - "Part B — Federal Energy Management" --- # §8262g. Procurement and identification of energy efficient products - (a) **Procurement—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of General Services, the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Defense, and the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Defense Logistics [Agency](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1), each shall undertake a program to include energy efficient products in carrying out their procurement and supply functions. - (b) **Identification program—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of General Services, the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Defense, and the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Defense Logistics [Agency](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1), in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Energy, each shall implement, in conjunction with carrying out their procurement and supply functions, a program to identify and designate those energy efficient products that offer significant potential savings, using, to the extent practicable, the [life cycle cost](/usc/42/8259.md?p=7) methods and procedures developed under [section 8254 of this title](/usc/42/8254.md). The [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Energy shall, to the extent necessary to carry out this section and after consultation with the aforementioned [agency](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1) heads, provide estimates of the degree of relative energy efficiency of products. - (c) **Guidelines—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) for Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of General Services, the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Energy, the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Defense, and the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Defense Logistics [Agency](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1), shall issue guidelines to encourage the acquisition and use by all [Federal agencies](/usc/42/8241.md?p=1) of products identified pursuant to this section. The [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Defense and the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Defense Logistics [Agency](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1) shall consider, and place emphasis on, the acquisition of such products as part of the [Agency](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1)’s ongoing review of military specifications. - (d) **Report to Congress—** Not later than December 31 of 1993 and thereafter as part of the report required under [section 8258(b) of this title](/usc/42/8258.md?p=b), the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Energy, in consultation with the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) for Federal Procurement Policy, the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of General Services, the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Defense, and the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Defense Logistics [Agency](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1), shall report on the progress, status, activities, and results of the programs under subsections [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), and [(c)](#c). The report shall include— - (1) the types and functions of each product identified under [subsection (b)](#b), and efforts undertaken by the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of General Services, the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Defense, and the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Defense Logistics [Agency](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1) to encourage the acquisition and use of such products; - (2) the actions taken by the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of General Services, the [Secretary](/usc/42/8241.md?p=6) of Defense, and the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Defense Logistics [Agency](/usc/42/8259.md?p=1) to identify products under [subsection (b)](#b), the barriers which inhibit implementation of identification of such products, and recommendations for legislative action, if necessary; - (3) progress on the development and issuance of guidelines under [subsection (c)](#c); - (4) an indication of whether energy cost savings technologies identified by the Advanced Building Technology Council, under [section 1701j–2(h) of title 12](/usc/12/1701j–2.md?p=h), have been used in the identification of products under [subsection (b)](#b); - (5) an estimate of the potential cost savings to the Federal Government from acquiring products identified under [subsection (b)](#b) with respect to which energy is a significant component of [life cycle cost](/usc/42/8259.md?p=7), based on the quantities of such products that could be utilized throughout the Government; and - (6) the actual quantities acquired of products described in [paragraph (5)](#d-5). ## Source credit (Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 161, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2858; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1052(c), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 718.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act which comprises this chapter. ### Amendments 1995—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–66 substituted “thereafter as part of the report required under section 8258(b) of this title,” for “of each year thereafter,” in introductory provisions. ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Termination of Reporting Requirements For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which the 12th item on page 85 identifies a reporting provision which, as subsequently amended, is contained in subsec. (d) of this section), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. ### Executive Documents ### Executive Order No. 12845 Ex. Ord. No. 12845, Apr. 21, 1993, 58 F.R. 21887, which required Federal agencies to procure computer equipment that met EPA Energy Star requirements for energy efficiency, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13123, § 604, June 3, 1999, 64 F.R. 30859, formerly set out as a note under section 8251 of this title.