An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 111-475 to require a GAO study of how much money and energy has been saved by American consumers as a result of the increased energy efficiency measures undertaken in title I of the bill (the Silver Star and Gold Star programs), and whether the savings are greater than the cost of the implementation of title I of the bill.

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   Inserted: (d) Comptroller General Study.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of a study of--

   Inserted: (1) how much money can reasonably be estimated to be saved by American consumers as a result of the energy efficiency measures undertaken pursuant to this title;

   Inserted: (2) how much energy can reasonably be estimated to be saved as a result of the energy efficiency measures undertaken pursuant to this title: and

   Inserted: (3) whether the savings from the energy efficiency measures undertaken pursuant to this title are greater than the cost of the implementation of this title.

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   Page 57, after line 2, insert the following new subsection:

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