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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
To establish a minimum temperature for thermostats at the headquarters
of the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency,
and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
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Ms. ERNST introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
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A BILL
To establish a minimum temperature for thermostats at the
headquarters of the Department of Energy and the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lead by Example Act
5 of 2023’’.
6 SEC. 2. THERMOSTATS AT DOE AND EPA HEADQUARTERS.
7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy and the
8 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
9 shall set all thermostats in the 1 or more buildings com-
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1 prising the headquarters of the Department of Energy and
2 the Environmental Protection Agency, respectively, to not
3 lower than 78 degrees Fahrenheit when the air condi-
4 tioning system is in operation.
5 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date
6 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy and the
7 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
8 shall each submit to Congress a report describing the tem-
9 perature at which thermostats have been set in the 1 or
10 more buildings comprising the headquarters of the De-
11 partment of Energy and the Environmental Protection
12 Agency, respectively, during the period beginning on Janu-
13 ary 20, 2021, and ending on the date of enactment of this
14 Act.
