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Shown Here: Introduced in House (07/31/2013)
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.
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
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.
