[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2873 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2873

  To evaluate and authorize the continuation of the activities of the 
Economy, Energy, and Environment (E3) Initiative to Support Sustainable 
                 Manufacturing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2013

   Ms. Esty introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
  Science, Space, and Technology, Education and the Workforce, Small 
 Business, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To evaluate and authorize the continuation of the activities of the 
Economy, Energy, and Environment (E3) Initiative to Support Sustainable 
                 Manufacturing, and for other purposes.

    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 ``E3 Initiative Evaluation Act''.

SEC. 2. ECONOMY, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE.

    (a) Comptroller General Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--
                    (A) In general.--The Comptroller General shall 
                conduct a study regarding coordination of executive 
                branch activities related to the Economy, Energy, and 
                Environment (E3) Initiative to Support Sustainable 
                Manufacturing.
                    (B) Issues to be studied.--In conducting the study 
                under subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General shall 
                evaluate--
                            (i) the amount of Federal financial, 
                        personnel, and other resources used by the 
                        Department of Commerce, the Department of 
                        Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
                        the Department of Labor, the Small Business 
                        Administration, and the Department of 
                        Agriculture in supporting the activities of the 
                        Economy, Energy, and Environment (E3) 
                        Initiative to Support Sustainable 
                        Manufacturing;
                            (ii) the results and accomplishments of the 
                        participating agencies' activities undertaken 
                        through such Initiative to assist interested 
                        stakeholders;
                            (iii) barriers to more effective 
                        coordination among the agencies participating 
                        in such Initiative; and
                            (iv) ways to increase effective assistance 
                        to the stakeholders.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit 
        to the Congress a report summarizing the results of the study 
        conducted under paragraph (1).
    (b) Continuation of Initiative.--The Federal agencies that 
participate in the Economy, Energy, and Environment (E3) Initiative to 
Support Sustainable Manufacturing shall continue such participation 
under the same terms and conditions as specified in the memorandum of 
understanding signed by the agencies on September 10, 2010, for at 
least 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Report.--Not later than March 31st of each year, the agencies 
participating in the Initiative, through the Interagency Coordinating 
Committee established under the memorandum of understanding that 
created the Initiative, shall transmit to Congress a report on the 
Initiative.
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