Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds that— the Federal Government is the largest consumer of energy in the United States; Federal agencies are expected to meet, by law, Executive order, and mandate, stringent energy efficiency and conservation targets; the utility energy service contract (referred to in this section as UESC ) was developed to provide Federal agencies an effective means to implement energy efficiency, renewable energy and water efficiency projects, and has been used successfully to invest nearly $2,700,000,000 in property at Federal facilities; the General Services Administration, which manages more than 9,600 Federal properties and is the lead agency for procuring utility services for the Federal Government, has determined that UESCs may extend beyond a 10-year period under the law; the Federal Energy Management Program, which oversees the UESC program and is a principal office guiding agencies to use funding more effectively in meeting Federal and agency-specific energy and resource management objectives, has determined that UESCs may extend beyond a 10-year period under the law; extensive precedent exists for Federal agencies to contract for energy saving services using contracts with term limits of more than 10 years but not to exceed 25 years; a number of Federal agencies, contrary to congressional intent, have sought to limit UESC term limits to periods of less than 10 years; and greater flexibility with UESCs will help reduce the operational cost of Federal agencies, ultimately saving money for taxpayers.