[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2968. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Beginning on page 132, strike line 22 and all that follows 
     through page 133, line 4, and insert the following:
       (5) Smart manufacturing.--The term ``smart manufacturing'' 
     means advanced technologies in information, automation, 
     monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and networking 
     that--
       (A) digitally--
       (i) simulate manufacturing production lines;
       (ii) operate computer-controlled manufacturing equipment;
       (iii) monitor and communicate production line status; and
       (iv) manage and optimize energy productivity and cost 
     throughout production;
       (B) model, simulate, and optimize the energy efficiency of 
     a factory building;
       (C) monitor and optimize building energy performance;
       (D) model, simulate, and optimize the design of energy 
     efficient and sustainable products, including the use of 
     digital prototyping and additive manufacturing to enhance 
     product design;
       (E) connect manufactured products in networks to monitor 
     and optimize the performance of the networks, including 
     automated network operations; and
       (F) digitally connect the supply chain network.
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