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Calendar No. 605 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3396 

[Report No. 111–319] 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2010 

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. PRYOR, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts, and Mr. BAYH) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 

Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with amendments and an amendment to the title 

[Omit the parts struck through and insert the parts printed in italic] 

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supply Star Act of 

5 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SUPPLY STAR. 

7 The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended 

8 by inserting after section 324A (42 U.S.C. 6294a) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 324B. SUPPLY STAR PROGRAM. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 

12 Department of Energy a Supply Star program to identify 

13 and promote practices, recognize companies, and, as ap14 propriate, recognize products that use highly efficient sup15 ply chains in a manner that conserves energy, water, and 

16 other resources. 

17 ‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—In carrying out the program 

18 described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) consult with other appropriate agencies; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(2) coordinate efforts with the Energy Star 

22 program established under section 324A. 

23 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the Supply Star pro24 gram described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) promote practices, recognize companies, 

2 and, as appropriate, recognize products that comply 

3 with the Supply Star program as the preferred prac4 tices, companies, and products in the marketplace 

5 for maximizing supply chain efficiency; 

6 ‘‘(2) work to enhance industry and public 

7 awareness of the Supply Star program; 

8 ‘‘(3) collect and disseminate data on supply 

9 chain energy resource consumption; 

10 ‘‘(4) develop and disseminate metrics, proc11 esses, and analytical tools (including software) for 

12 evaluating supply chain energy resource use; 

13 ‘‘(5) develop guidance at the sector level for im14 proving supply chain efficiency; 

15 ‘‘(6) work with domestic and international orga16 nizations to harmonize approaches to analyzing sup17 ply chain efficiency, including the development of a 

18 consistent set of tools, templates, calculators, and 

19 databases; and 

20 ‘‘(7) work with industry, including small busi21 nesses, to improve supply chain efficiency through 

22 activities that include— 

23 ‘‘(A) developing and sharing best practices; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(B) providing opportunities to benchmark 

2 supply chain efficiency. 

3 ‘‘(d) EVALUATION.—In any evaluation of supply 

4 chain efficiency carried out by the Secretary, the Secretary 

5 shall consider energy and resourcecarried out by the Sec6 retary with respect to a specific product, the Secretary shall 

7 consider energy consumption and resource use throughout 

8 the entire lifecycle of a product, including production, 

9 transport, packaging, use, and disposal. 

10 ‘‘(e) GRANTS AND INCENTIVES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award 

12 grants or other forms of incentives on a competitive 

13 basis to eligible entities, as determined by the Sec14 retary, for the purposes of— 

15 ‘‘(A) studying supply chain energy resource 

16 efficiency; and 

17 ‘‘(B) demonstrating and achieving reduc18 tions in the energy resource consumption of 

19 commercial products through changes and im20 provements to the production supply and dis21 tribution chain of the products. 

22 ‘‘(2) USE OF INFORMATION.—Any information 

23 or data generated as a result of the grants or incen24 tives described in paragraph (1) shall be used to in25 form the development of the Supply Star Program. 


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1 ‘‘(f) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall use funds to 

2 support professional training programs to develop and 

3 communicate methods, practices, and tools for improving 

4 supply chain efficiency. 

5 ‘‘(g) EFFECT OF IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE.—For 

6 purposes of this section, the impact on climate change shall 

7 not be a factor in determining supply chain efficiency. 

8 ‘‘(h) EFFECT OF OUTSOURCING OF AMERICAN JOBS.— 

9 For purposes of this section, the outsourcing of American 

10 jobs in the production of a product shall not count as a 

11 positive factor in determining supply chain efficiency. 

12 ‘‘(g)(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 

14 section such sums as are necessary.’’. 


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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘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, recognize companies, and 

recognize products that use highly efficient supply chains 

in a manner that conserves energy, water, and other resources.’’. 


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Calendar No. 605 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3396 

[Report No. 111–319] 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

serves energy, water, and other resources. ly efficient supply chains in a manner that conpractices, companies, and products that use highSupply Star program to identify and promote to establish within the Department of Energy a 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 

Reported with amendments and an amendment to the 

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