Sec. 164. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BUILDING ENERGY SURVEY AND REPORT
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## SEC. 164 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BUILDING ENERGY SURVEY AND REPORT ###
(a)In General The Postmaster General shall conduct an energy survey, as defined in section 551(5) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, for the purposes of— ####
(1)determining the maximum potential cost effective energy savings that may be achieved in a representative sample of buildings owned or leased by the United States Postal Service in different areas of the country; ####
(2)making recommendations for cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in those buildings and in other similar United States Postal Service buildings; and ####
(3)identifying barriers which may prevent the United States Postal Service from complying with energy management goals, including Executive Orders No. 12003 and 12579. ###
(b)Implementation ####
(1)The Postmaster General shall transmit to the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a plan for implementing this section. ####
(2)The Postmaster General shall designate buildings to be surveyed in the project so as to obtain a sample of United States Postal Service facilities of the types and in the climates that consume the major portion of the energy consumed by the United States Postal Service. ####
(3)For the purposes of this section, an improvement shall be considered cost effective if the cost of the energy saved or displaced by the improvement exceeds the cost of the improvement over the remaining life of the facility or the remaining term of a lease of a building leased by the United States Postal Service. ###
(c)Report As soon as practicable after the completion of the project carried out under this section, the Postmaster General shall transmit a report of the findings and conclusions of the survey to the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives. **[**[42 U.S.C. 8262h note](/us/usc/t42/s8262h)**]**
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BUILDING ENERGY SURVEY AND REPORT
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