[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3396 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3396

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish within the 
  Department of Energy a Supply Star program to identify and promote 
  practices, companies, and products that use highly efficient supply 
 chains in a manner that conserves energy, water, and other resources.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2010

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Pryor, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Brown of 
Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish within the 
  Department of Energy a Supply Star program to identify and promote 
  practices, companies, and products that use highly efficient supply 
 chains in a manner that conserves energy, water, and other resources.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supply Star Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. SUPPLY STAR.

    The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by inserting 
after section 324A (42 U.S.C. 6294a) the following:

``SEC. 324B. SUPPLY STAR PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established within the Department of 
Energy a Supply Star program to identify and promote practices, 
companies, and, as appropriate, products that use highly efficient 
supply chains in a manner that conserves energy, water, and other 
resources.
    ``(b) Coordination.--In carrying out the program described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) consult with other appropriate agencies; and
            ``(2) coordinate efforts with the Energy Star program 
        established under section 324A.
    ``(c) Duties.--In carrying out the Supply Star program described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) promote practices, companies, and, as appropriate, 
        products that comply with the Supply Star program as the 
        preferred practices, companies, and products in the marketplace 
        for maximizing supply chain efficiency;
            ``(2) work to enhance industry and public awareness of the 
        Supply Star program;
            ``(3) collect and disseminate data on supply chain energy 
        resource consumption;
            ``(4) develop and disseminate metrics, processes, and 
        analytical tools (including software) for evaluating supply 
        chain energy resource use;
            ``(5) develop guidance at the sector level for improving 
        supply chain efficiency;
            ``(6) work with domestic and international organizations to 
        harmonize approaches to analyzing supply chain efficiency, 
        including the development of a consistent set of tools, 
        templates, calculators, and databases; and
            ``(7) work with industry, including small businesses, to 
        improve supply chain efficiency through activities that 
        include--
                    ``(A) developing and sharing best practices; and
                    ``(B) providing opportunities to benchmark supply 
                chain efficiency.
    ``(d) Evaluation.--In any evaluation of supply chain efficiency 
carried out by the Secretary, the Secretary shall consider energy and 
resource use throughout the entire lifecycle of a product, including 
production, transport, packaging, use, and disposal.
    ``(e) Grants and Incentives.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may award grants or other 
        forms of incentives on a competitive basis to eligible 
        entities, as determined by the Secretary, for the purposes of--
                    ``(A) studying supply chain energy resource 
                efficiency; and
                    ``(B) demonstrating and achieving reductions in the 
                energy resource consumption of commercial products 
                through changes and improvements to the production 
                supply and distribution chain of the products.
            ``(2) Use of information.--Any information or data 
        generated as a result of the grants or incentives described in 
        paragraph (1) shall be used to inform the development of the 
        Supply Star Program.
    ``(f) Training.--The Secretary shall use funds to support 
professional training programs to develop and communicate methods, 
practices, and tools for improving supply chain efficiency.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary.''.
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