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PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 2857 servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258) after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) REQUIREMENTS AT FEDERAL FACILITIES.—(1) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the departments and agencies described under subsection (a)(1) shall upgrade their energy management capabilities by— (A) designating facility energy supervisors; (B) encouraging facility energy supervisors to become trained energy managers; and (C) increasing the overall number of trained energy managers within such department or agency to a sufficient level to ensure effective implementation of this Act. (2) Departments ana agencies described in subsection (a)(1) may hire trained energy managers to be facility energy supervisors. Trained energy managers, including those who are facility supervisors as well as other trained personnel, shall focus their efforts on improving energy efficiency in the following facilities— (A) department or agency facilities identified as most costly to operate or most ener^r inefficient; or (B) other facilities identified by the department or agency head as having significant energy savings potential. (d) ANNUAL REPORT TO SECRETARY AND CONGRESS. — Each department and agency listed in subsection (a)(1) shall report to the Secretary on the status and implementation of the requirements of this section. The Secretary shall include a summary of each such report in the annual report to Congress as required under section 548(b) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258). SEC. 158. ENERGY AUDIT TEAMS. 42 USC 8262d. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. — The Secretary shall assemble from existing personnel with appropriate expertise, and with particular utilization of the national laboratories, and make available to all Federal agencies, one or more energy audit teams which shall be equipped with instruments and other advanced equipment needed to perform energy audits of Federal facilities. (b) MONITORING PROGRAMS.— The Secretary shall also assist in establishing, at each site that has utilizea an energy audit team, a program for monitoring the implementation of energy efficiency improvements based upon energy audit team recommendations, and for recording the operating history of such improvements. SEC. 159. FEDERAL ENERGY COST ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT. 42 USC 8262e. (a) GUIDELINES.— Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the (Jffice of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Secretary, the Administrator of General Services, and the Secretary of Defense, shall establish guidelines to be employed by each Federal agency to assess accurate energy consumption for all buildings or facilities which the agency owns, operates, manages or leases, where the Government pays utilities separate from the lease and the Government operates the leased space. Such guidelines are to be used in reports required under section 548 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8258). Each agency shall implement such guidelines no later than 120 days after their establishment. Each facility energy manager shall maintain energy consumption and energy cost records for review by the Inspector General, the Congress, and the general public.