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INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 183
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-80
SMART MANUFACTURING LEADERSHIP ACT
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 715]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 715) to improve the productivity and energy ef-
ficiency of the manufacturing sector by directing the Secretary of
Energy, in coordination with the National Academies and other ap-
propriate Federal agencies, to develop a national smart manufac-
turing plan and to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized
manufacturers in implementing smart manufacturing programs,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do
pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 715 is to improve the productivity and energy
efficiency of the manufacturing sector by directing the Secretary of
Energy, in coordination with the National Academies and other ap-
propriate Federal agencies, to develop a national smart manufac-
turing plan and to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized
manufacturers in implementing smart manufacturing programs.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Smart manufacturing uses technology to integrate all aspects of
manufacturing, allowing for real-time management of energy, pro-
ductivity and costs across factories and companies. The industrial
sector represents roughly 20 percent of the U.S. economy and ac-
counts for one-third of domestic energy consumption. In a 2012 re-
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