,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcgc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ai1     
#bjbc,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to establish a minimum         
temperature for thermostats at the      
headquarters of the ,department of      
,energy and the ,environmental          
,protection ,agency1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,lead by ,example   
,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,thermostats at     
,,doe and ,,epa headquarters  7a7 ,in   
general ,the ,secretary of ,energy and  
the ,administrator of the ,environmental
 ,protection ,agency shall set all      
thermostats in the #a or more buildings 
comprising the headquarters of the      
,department of ,energy and the          
,environmental ,protection ,agency1     
respectively1 to not lower than #gh     
degrees ,fahrenheit when the air        

conditioning system is in operation4    
7b7 ,reports ,not later than #ij days   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,energy and the 
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall each submit to
 ,congress a report describing the      
temperature at which thermostats have   
been set in the #a or more buildings    
comprising the headquarters of the      
,department of ,energy and the          
,environmental ,protection ,agency1     
respectively1 during the period         
beginning on ,january #bj1 #bjba1 and   
ending on the date of enactment of this 
,act4