,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #daa #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cdgd
 ,report ,no4 #aai-dha ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,may    
#ae1 #bjbe,mr4 ,weber of ,texas 7for    
himself and ,ms4 ,snchez7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,february #d1 #bjbf;,additional         
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,lawler1 ,ms4 ,scholten1 
,mrs4 ,torres of ,california1 ,mr4      
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mr4     
,garbarino1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4           
,budzinski1 ,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1   
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mrs4 ,miller of      
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,bacon1    
,mr4 ,gimenez1 ,mrs4 ,miller-,meeks1    
,mrs4 ,fletcher1 ,ms4 ,schrier1 ,mr4    
,murphy1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,ms4 ,barragn1   
,mr4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,moore of
 ,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,nehls1 ,mr4 ,turner  
of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,vindman1 ,mr4 ,messmer1 
,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,north   
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,kean1 ,mr4 ,hudson1    
,mr4 ,magaziner1 ,mr4 ,carter of        

,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,mr4 ,smith  
of ,new ,jersey1 and ,mr4 ,griffith     
,february #d1 #bjbf;,committed to the   
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to clarify that the
 installation of mechanical insulation  
property is an energy or water          
efficiency measure that may be used in  
,federal buildings for purposes of      
section #edc7;f7 of the ,national       
,energy ,conservation ,policy ,act1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,federal 
,mechanical ,insulation ,act4  #b4      
,installation of mechanical insulation  
property as an energy or water          
efficiency measure in ,federal buildings
  7a7 ,definition of mechanical         
insulation property ,section            
#edc7;f77#a7 of the ,national ,energy   
,conservation ,policy ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #hbec7;f77#a77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7,i7  
,mechanical insulation property ,the    

term mechanical insulation property     
means insulation materials1 facings1 and
 accessory products-- 7i7 placed in     
service-- 7,i7 in connection with a     
mechanical system2 and  7,,ii7 in a     
manner that meets or exceeds the minimum
 requirements of the ,american ,society 
of ,heating1 ,refrigerating and         
,air-,conditioning ,engineers ,standard 
#ij4a1 as in effect on the date of      
enactment of this subparagraph2 and     
7ii7 which result in a reduction in     
energy loss from the mechanical system4 
4  7b7 ,comprehensive energy and water  
evaluations ,section #edc7;f77#c77;,a7  
of the ,national ,energy ,conservation  
,policy ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4             
#hbec7;f77#c77;,a77 is amended by       
inserting 1 including identification of 
energy- and water-saving measures       
7including the installation of          
mechanical insulation property1 if      
applicable71 after a comprehensive      
energy and water evaluation4  ,february 
#d1 #bjbf;,committed to the ,committee  

of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed