23.000  Scope.

14.  Revise section 23.000 to read as follows:

23.000  Scope.

This part prescribes acquisition policies and procedures supporting the Government's program for ensuring a drug-free workplace, for protecting and improving the quality of the environment, and to foster markets for sustainable technologies, materials, products, and services, and encouraging the safe operation of vehicles by--

(a)  Reducing or preventing pollution;

(b)  Managing efficiently and reducing energy and water use in Government facilities;

(c)  Using renewable energy and renewable energy technologies;

(d)  Acquiring energy-efficient and water-efficient products and services, environmentally preferable (including EPEAT-registered, and non-toxic and less toxic) products, products containing recovered materials, non-ozone depleting products, and biobased products;

(e)  Requiring contractors to identify hazardous materials;

(f)  Encouraging contractors to adopt and enforce policies that ban text messaging while driving; and

(g)  Requiring contractors to comply with agency environmental management systems.