Sec. 103. Comparative study on carbon impact of raw materials
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall seek to enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (in this section referred to as the National Academies ) under which the National Academies shall conduct a study that compares the resource use, resource efficiency, and carbon impact of products made of raw materials (including plastic, bio-based plastic, steel, aluminum, glass, textiles, wood, and paper) across the life cycle, including the production, transportation, packaging use, and any method of recovery, of such products.
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Academies shall submit to Congress, the Administrator, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Commerce a report on the study conducted under subsection
(a)that includes— the findings of such study; and recommendations based on such findings— that address concerns associated with climate change, including life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of products made with raw materials; with respect to any knowledge gaps that may require further scientific inquiry and studies; and on potential educational efforts to help residential, commercial, and industrial consumers understand the climate carbon footprint of such residential, commercial, and industrial consumers.