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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. 

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 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUPPLY STAR. 

2 The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended 

3 by inserting after section 324A (42 U.S.C. 6294a) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 324B. SUPPLY STAR PROGRAM. 

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

7 Department of Energy a Supply Star program to identify 

8 and promote practices, companies, and, as appropriate, 

9 products that use highly efficient supply chains in a man10 ner that conserves energy, water, and other resources. 

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

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

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

14 and 

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

16 program established under section 324A. 

17 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the Supply Star pro18 gram described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) promote practices, companies, and, as ap20 propriate, products that comply with the Supply 

21 Star program as the preferred practices, companies, 

22 and products in the marketplace for maximizing 

23 supply chain efficiency; 

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

25 awareness of the Supply Star program; 


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

2 chain energy resource consumption; 

3 ‘‘(4) develop and disseminate metrics, proc4 esses, and analytical tools (including software) for 

5 evaluating supply chain energy resource use; 

6 ‘‘(5) develop guidance at the sector level for im7 proving supply chain efficiency; 

8 ‘‘(6) work with domestic and international orga9 nizations to harmonize approaches to analyzing sup10 ply chain efficiency, including the development of a 

11 consistent set of tools, templates, calculators, and 

12 databases; and 

13 ‘‘(7) work with industry, including small busi14 nesses, to improve supply chain efficiency through 

15 activities that include— 

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

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) providing opportunities to benchmark 

19 supply chain efficiency. 

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

21 chain efficiency carried out by the Secretary, the Secretary 

22 shall consider energy and resource use throughout the en23 tire lifecycle of a product, including production, transport, 

24 packaging, use, and disposal. 

25 ‘‘(e) GRANTS AND INCENTIVES.— 


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

2 grants or other forms of incentives on a competitive 

3 basis to eligible entities, as determined by the Sec4 retary, for the purposes of— 

5 ‘‘(A) studying supply chain energy resource 

6 efficiency; and 

7 ‘‘(B) demonstrating and achieving reduc8 tions in the energy resource consumption of 

9 commercial products through changes and im10 provements to the production supply and dis11 tribution chain of the products. 

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

13 or data generated as a result of the grants or incen14 tives described in paragraph (1) shall be used to in15 form the development of the Supply Star Program. 

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

17 support professional training programs to develop and 

18 communicate methods, practices, and tools for improving 

19 supply chain efficiency. 

20 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

22 such sums as are necessary.’’. 

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