# CLEAN Future Act (federal Buy Clean) and policy resources

**URL:** https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clean-future-act-federal-buy-clean-and-policy-resources/3059
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**Created:** [March 10, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clean-future-act-federal-buy-clean-and-policy-resources/3059 "2021-03-10T18:16:03Z")
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### Author: ![martintorres](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.carbonleadershipforum.org/martintorres/32/103_2.png) [@martintorres](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/martintorres)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clean-future-act-federal-buy-clean-and-policy-resources/3059/1 "2021-03-10T18:16:03Z")

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Buy Clean continues to grow! The US House Committee on Energy & Commerce released the current [CLEAN Future Act](https://energycommerce.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/ec-leaders-introduce-the-clean-future-act-comprehensive-legislation-to) with language referencing Buy Clean, committing to embodied carbon tracking and reduction target setting. [Building Transparency](https://www.buildingtransparency.org/en/) will support these efforts with Buy Clean compliance sortability and Product Category Rule sortability.

The [Green Building Advisory Committee (GBAC)](https://rmi.org/press-release/the-us-federal-government-takes-the-lead-on-low-embodied-carbon-buildings/) to the US General Services Administration (GSA) has approved a [series of procurement principles](https://www.gsa.gov/governmentwide-initiatives/federal-highperformance-buildings/policy/green-building-advisory-committee/advice-letters-and-resolutions). The GBAC has recommended: (1) that the GSA require [environmental product declarations](https://www.environdec.com/all-about-epds) (EPDs) for 75% of materials by cost or weight, with global warming potential falling in the best-performing 80% of functionally equivalent products; and (2) that whole-building life cycle assessments are performed for projects over $3 million to demonstrate a 20% carbon reduction compared to a functionally equivalent baseline.

Check out these guidebooks on [Buy Clean Policy](https://carbonleadershipforum.org/what-is-a-buy-clean-policy/) and [US Federal Climate Policy](https://carbonleadershipforum.org/climate-policy-playbook-us-federal/). We’re working on Buy Clean initiatives in Austin, TX! 🙂