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S. 506 - High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007

Environmental protection. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
Sponsor:
Frank Lautenberg
Summary:
A bill to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of high-performance green buildings, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
Status:
The bill has passed through committee and has been put on a legislative calendar.
There have been no votes on this bill.

High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007

S. 506 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
A bill to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of high-performance green buildings, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of high-performance green buildings, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007
  • High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007
Sponsor
Frank Lautenberg
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Environmental protection
  • Academic performance
  • Administrative procedure
  • Air conditioning
  • Air pollution
  • Auditing
  • Bicycles
  • Budgets
  • Building construction
  • Child health
  • Child safety
  • Children
  • Commuting
  • Congress
  • Congressional investigations
  • Congressional reporting requirements
  • Cost accounting
  • Education
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency management
  • Energy
  • Energy conservation
  • Energy efficiency
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Environmental assessment
  • Environmental health
  • Executive departments
  • Executive reorganization
  • Federal advisory bodies
  • Federal budgets
  • Federal employees
  • Federal installations
  • Federal office buildings
  • Finance
  • General Services Administration
  • Government employees
  • Government information
  • Government procurement
  • Government publicity
  • Green products
  • Hazardous substances
  • Heating
  • Indoor air pollution
  • Internet
  • Labor productivity
  • Landscape architecture
  • Law
  • Lighting
  • Maintenance and repair
  • Mass rapid transit
  • Medical care
  • Medicine
  • Natural resources
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Office of Management and Budget
  • Pest control
  • Planning-programming-budgeting
  • Public contracts
  • Recycling of waste products
  • Research and development
  • School buildings
  • School health programs
  • School personnel
  • Science policy
  • Solid wastes
  • Standards
  • Student transportation
  • Students
  • Technology
  • Telecommunication
  • Transportation
  • Walking
  • Waste reduction
  • Water conservation
  • Water resources
  • Web sites
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced2/06/2007
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced2/06/2007
2/06/2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2/06/2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1644-1645)
Put on a legislative calendar6/06/2007Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
12/12/2007Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-241.
Put on a legislative calendar12/12/2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

supported this bill

Engineers - type unknown [About]
Teachers unions [About]
Health & welfare policy [About]
12 times as much
$487,438
$985,115
$1,617,903
$3,090,456
$255,899
$255,899

opposed this bill

Building materials [About]
4 Organizations Supported and 1 Opposed; See Which Ones
4 Organizations Supported and 1 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007

4 organizations supported this bill

American Public Health Association
(n.d.). X. Inter-Section and Policy Updates. Retrieved n.d., from .
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
(n.d.). Letter to Sen. Lautenberg in Support of S.506, the High-Performance Green Buildings Act . Retrieved n.d., from .
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
(n.d.). Healthy Schools Network, Inc Invited Testimony. Retrieved n.d., from .
National Education Association
(n.d.). Letter to Senator Frank Lautenberg. Retrieved n.d., from .

1 organization opposed this bill

National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Association
(n.d.). The Monthly Washington Briefing for NLBMDA's Advocacy Team. Retrieved n.d., from .

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MAPLight.org, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
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Contributions By Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Akaka, DanielDHI$33,316$0
Alexander, LamarRTN$17,800$1,000
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$2,450$0
Baucus, MaxDMT$62,549$0
Bayh, EvanDIN$47,050$0
Bennett, RobertRUT$4,200$0
Biden, JosephDDE$1,000$1,250
Bingaman, JeffDNM$24,600$560
Bond, ChristopherRMO$6,499$0
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$44,300$0
Brown, SherrodDOH$45,750$250
Brownback, SamuelRKS$1,500$0
Bunning, JimRKY$4,900$2,000
Burr, RichardRNC$12,430$6,809
Byrd, RobertDWV$21,500$0
Cantwell, MariaDWA$35,500$0
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$59,950$0
Carper, ThomasDDE$22,780$2,000
Casey, RobertDPA$69,225$0
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$18,950$12,000
Clinton, HillaryDNY$96,510$6,000
Coburn, ThomasROK$2,500$1,000
Cochran, ThadRMS$7,200$0
Coleman, NormRMN$39,350$9,200
Collins, SusanRME$6,800$2,000
Conrad, KentDND$41,300$0
Corker, BobRTN$15,550$1,250
Cornyn, JohnRTX$85,412$3,000
Craig, LarryRID$1,000$0
Crapo, MichaelRID$750$0
DeMint, JimRSC$27,550$1,500
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$44,250$13,200
Dole, ElizabethRNC$21,250$7,050
Domenici, PeteRNM$4,650$2,300
Dorgan, ByronDND$33,500$0
Durbin, RichardDIL$51,075$0
Ensign, JohnRNV$12,068$1,000
Enzi, MichaelRWY$2,000$0
Feingold, RussellDWI$32,322$0
Feinstein, DianneDCA$25,850$0
Graham, LindseyRSC$33,600$1,000
Grassley, CharlesRIA$28,650$1,000
Gregg, JuddRNH$8,150$0
Hagel, CharlesRNE$0$0
Harkin, ThomasDIA$35,350$0
Hatch, OrrinRUT$17,600$4,000
Hutchison, KayRTX$30,750$0
Inhofe, JamesROK$7,700$1,250
Inouye, DanielDHI$43,550$0
Isakson, JohnRGA$26,000$7,300
Johnson, TimDSD$31,500$0
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$39,600$0
Kerry, JohnDMA$27,050$0
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$32,350$0
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
Kyl, JonRAZ$13,450$16,350
Landrieu, MaryDLA$67,910$1,000
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$41,500$0
Leahy, PatrickDVT$3,250$0
Levin, CarlDMI$32,000$0
Lieberman, JosephICT$19,450$28,500
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$35,850$0
Lott, TrentRMS$9,900$0
Lugar, RichardRIN$18,575$2,800
Martinez, MelRFL$27,000$0
McCain, JohnRAZ$4,500$2,000
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$37,650$0
McConnell, MitchRKY$50,550$8,000
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$307,057$28,000
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$34,700$0
Murkowski, LisaRAK$16,550$5,000
Murray, PattyDWA$83,350$0
Nelson, BenDNE$37,600$1,000
Nelson, BillDFL$44,050$0
Obama, BarackDIL$39,700$0
Pryor, MarkDAR$25,082$0
Reed, JohnDRI$23,540$0
Reid, HarryDNV$50,600$0
Roberts, PatRKS$2,310$0
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$31,800$0
Salazar, KenDCO$47,460$0
Sanders, BernardIVT$38,600$0
Schumer, CharlesDNY$25,050$21,500
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$37,825$2,000
Shelby, RichardRAL$58,750$1,000
Smith, GordonROR$18,750$9,600
Snowe, OlympiaRME$11,400$1,000
Specter, ArlenDPA$71,163$9,750
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$38,950$0
Stevens, TedRAK$7,250$0
Sununu, JohnRNH$29,050$0
Tester, JonDMT$15,800$0
Thomas, CraigRWY$7,000$0
Thune, JohnRSD$25,740$5,750
Vitter, DavidRLA$45,700$7,400
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$14,018$11,580
Warner, JohnRVA$2,000$0
Webb, JimDVA$24,290$1,750
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$22,400$0
Wicker, RogerRMS$23,300$0
Wyden, RonDOR$19,050$4,000

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
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That Opposed
Akaka, DanielDHI$33,316$0
Alexander, LamarRTN$17,800$1,000
Allard, WayneRCO$0$0
Barrasso, JohnRWY$2,450$0
Baucus, MaxDMT$62,549$0
Bayh, EvanDIN$47,050$0
Bennett, RobertRUT$4,200$0
Biden, JosephDDE$1,000$1,250
Bingaman, JeffDNM$24,600$560
Bond, ChristopherRMO$6,499$0
Boxer, BarbaraDCA$44,300$0
Brown, SherrodDOH$45,750$250
Brownback, SamuelRKS$1,500$0
Bunning, JimRKY$4,900$2,000
Burr, RichardRNC$12,430$6,809
Byrd, RobertDWV$21,500$0
Cantwell, MariaDWA$35,500$0
Cardin, BenjaminDMD$59,950$0
Carper, ThomasDDE$22,780$2,000
Casey, RobertDPA$69,225$0
Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$18,950$12,000
Clinton, HillaryDNY$96,510$6,000
Coburn, ThomasROK$2,500$1,000
Cochran, ThadRMS$7,200$0
Coleman, NormRMN$39,350$9,200
Collins, SusanRME$6,800$2,000
Conrad, KentDND$41,300$0
Corker, BobRTN$15,550$1,250
Cornyn, JohnRTX$85,412$3,000
Craig, LarryRID$1,000$0
Crapo, MichaelRID$750$0
DeMint, JimRSC$27,550$1,500
Dodd, ChristopherDCT$44,250$13,200
Dole, ElizabethRNC$21,250$7,050
Domenici, PeteRNM$4,650$2,300
Dorgan, ByronDND$33,500$0
Durbin, RichardDIL$51,075$0
Ensign, JohnRNV$12,068$1,000
Enzi, MichaelRWY$2,000$0
Feingold, RussellDWI$32,322$0
Feinstein, DianneDCA$25,850$0
Graham, LindseyRSC$33,600$1,000
Grassley, CharlesRIA$28,650$1,000
Gregg, JuddRNH$8,150$0
Hagel, CharlesRNE$0$0
Harkin, ThomasDIA$35,350$0
Hatch, OrrinRUT$17,600$4,000
Hutchison, KayRTX$30,750$0
Inhofe, JamesROK$7,700$1,250
Inouye, DanielDHI$43,550$0
Isakson, JohnRGA$26,000$7,300
Johnson, TimDSD$31,500$0
Kennedy, EdwardDMA$39,600$0
Kerry, JohnDMA$27,050$0
Klobuchar, AmyDMN$32,350$0
Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
Kyl, JonRAZ$13,450$16,350
Landrieu, MaryDLA$67,910$1,000
Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$41,500$0
Leahy, PatrickDVT$3,250$0
Levin, CarlDMI$32,000$0
Lieberman, JosephICT$19,450$28,500
Lincoln, BlancheDAR$35,850$0
Lott, TrentRMS$9,900$0
Lugar, RichardRIN$18,575$2,800
Martinez, MelRFL$27,000$0
McCain, JohnRAZ$4,500$2,000
McCaskill, ClaireDMO$37,650$0
McConnell, MitchRKY$50,550$8,000
Menéndez, RobertDNJ$307,057$28,000
Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$34,700$0
Murkowski, LisaRAK$16,550$5,000
Murray, PattyDWA$83,350$0
Nelson, BenDNE$37,600$1,000
Nelson, BillDFL$44,050$0
Obama, BarackDIL$39,700$0
Pryor, MarkDAR$25,082$0
Reed, JohnDRI$23,540$0
Reid, HarryDNV$50,600$0
Roberts, PatRKS$2,310$0
Rockefeller, JohnDWV$31,800$0
Salazar, KenDCO$47,460$0
Sanders, BernardIVT$38,600$0
Schumer, CharlesDNY$25,050$21,500
Sessions, JeffersonRAL$37,825$2,000
Shelby, RichardRAL$58,750$1,000
Smith, GordonROR$18,750$9,600
Snowe, OlympiaRME$11,400$1,000
Specter, ArlenDPA$71,163$9,750
Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$38,950$0
Stevens, TedRAK$7,250$0
Sununu, JohnRNH$29,050$0
Tester, JonDMT$15,800$0
Thomas, CraigRWY$7,000$0
Thune, JohnRSD$25,740$5,750
Vitter, DavidRLA$45,700$7,400
Voinovich, GeorgeROH$14,018$11,580
Warner, JohnRVA$2,000$0
Webb, JimDVA$24,290$1,750
Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$22,400$0
Wicker, RogerRMS$23,300$0
Wyden, RonDOR$19,050$4,000

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Engineers - type unknown$1,617,903
Teachers unions$985,115
Health & welfare policy$487,438

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Building materials$255,899
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