,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjac ,ms4
 ,esty introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition  
to the ,committees on ,science1 ,space1 
and ,technology1 ,education and the     
,workforce1 ,small ,business1 and       
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 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 ,economy1 ,energy1 and ,environment 
7,e#c7 ,initiative to ,support          
,sustainable ,manufacturing1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,e#c           
,initiative ,evaluation ,act4  #b4      
,economy1 ,energy1 and ,environment     
,initiative  7a7 ,comptroller ,general  
study and report  7#a7 ,study  7,a7 ,in 

general ,the ,comptroller ,general shall
 conduct a study regarding coordination 
of executive branch activities related  
to the ,economy1 ,energy1 and           
,environment 7,e#c7 ,initiative to      
,support ,sustainable ,manufacturing4   
7,b7 ,issues to be studied ,in          
conducting the study under subparagraph 
7,a71 the ,comptroller ,general shall   
evaluate--  7i7 the amount of ,federal  
financial1 personnel1 and other         
resources used by the ,department of    
,commerce1 the ,department of ,energy1  
the ,environmental ,protection ,agency1 
the ,department of ,labor1 the ,small   
,business ,administration1 and the      
,department of ,agriculture in          
supporting the activities of the        
,economy1 ,energy1 and ,environment     
7,e#c7 ,initiative to ,support          
,sustainable ,manufacturing2  7ii7 the  
results and accomplishments of the      
participating agencies' activities      
undertaken through such ,initiative to  
assist interested stakeholders2  7iii7  

barriers to more effective coordination 
among the agencies participating in such
 ,initiative2 and  7iv7 ways to increase
 effective assistance to the            
stakeholders4  7#b7 ,report ,not later  
than #a year after the date of enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general
 shall transmit to the ,congress a      
report summarizing the results of the   
study conducted under paragraph 7#a74   
7b7 ,continuation of initiative ,the    
,federal agencies that participate in   
the ,economy1 ,energy1 and ,environment 
7,e#c7 ,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    
#aj1 #bjaj1 for at least #c years after 
the date of enactment of this ,act4  7c7
 ,report ,not later than ,march #cast of
 each year1 the agencies participating  
in the ,initiative1 through the         
,interagency ,coordinating ,committee   

established under the memorandum of     
understanding that created the          
,initiative1 shall transmit to ,congress
 a report on the ,initiative4