[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3213. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Peters) 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; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title II, insert the following:

     SEC. 23__. REPORT ON USING SMART TECHNOLOGIES TO ADVANCE 
                   ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND GRID MODERNIZATION.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Energy 
     and Natural Resource and Finance of the Senate and the 
     Committees on Natural Resources and Financial Services of the 
     House of Representatives a report that includes 
     recommendations of the Secretary regarding measures 
     (including measures to be enacted by Congress) that could be 
     carried out throughout the United States to use smart 
     technologies to advance energy efficiency and grid 
     modernization in the 21st century energy economy, unless a 
     similar report and recommendations are included in a separate 
     analysis prepared and submitted to Congress by not later than 
     1 year after that date of enactment, such as the Quadrennial 
     Energy Review under section 801 of the Department of Energy 
     Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7321) (as amended by section 
     4402(a)).
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