To clarify the definition of the term "smart manufacturing".

SA 2968. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; as follows:

Beginning on page 132, strike line 22 and all that follows
through page 133, line 4, and insert the following:
(5) Smart manufacturing.--The term ``smart manufacturing''
means advanced technologies in information, automation,
monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and networking
that--
(A) digitally--
(i) simulate manufacturing production lines;
(ii) operate computer-controlled manufacturing equipment;
(iii) monitor and communicate production line status; and
(iv) manage and optimize energy productivity and cost
throughout production;
(B) model, simulate, and optimize the energy efficiency of
a factory building;
(C) monitor and optimize building energy performance;
(D) model, simulate, and optimize the design of energy
efficient and sustainable products, including the use of
digital prototyping and additive manufacturing to enhance
product design;
(E) connect manufactured products in networks to monitor
and optimize the performance of the networks, including
automated network operations; and
(F) digitally connect the supply chain network.
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