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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4719 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 641
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4719

  To provide, temporarily, authority for the Secretary of Commerce to 
    waive cost sharing requirements for the Hollings Manufacturing 
             Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 2020

   Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Coons, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
    Booker, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Bennet) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

                           December 15, 2020

               Reported by Mr. Wicker, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
  To provide, temporarily, authority for the Secretary of Commerce to 
    waive cost sharing requirements for the Hollings Manufacturing 
             Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Manufacturers 
Respond to COVID-19 Act of 2020''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION 
              PARTNERSHIP COST SHARING REQUIREMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Secretary of Commerce may waive all or a portion of 
the requirements of subsection (e)(2) of section 25 of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) with respect 
to the provision under such section by the Secretary of capital and 
annual operating and maintenance funds required to establish and 
support a Center (as defined in subsection (a) of such section) to the 
degree that such funds are derived from amounts specifically 
appropriated for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership for 
fiscal year 2021.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Manufacturers Respond to 
COVID-19 Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION 
              PARTNERSHIP COST SHARING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce may waive all or a 
portion of the requirements of subsection (e)(2) of section 25 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) 
with respect to the provision under such section by the Secretary of 
capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to 
establish and support an eligible Center to the degree that such funds 
are derived from amounts specifically appropriated for the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership for fiscal year 2021.
    (b) Eligible Center Defined.--In this section, the term ``eligible 
Center'' means a Center (as defined in section 25(a) of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(a))) that has 
demonstrated to the Secretary of Commerce that it is unable or 
significantly restricted in its ability to meet cost share requirements 
due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
                                                       Calendar No. 641

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4719

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To provide, temporarily, authority for the Secretary of Commerce to 
    waive cost sharing requirements for the Hollings Manufacturing 
             Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 15, 2020

                       Reported with an amendment
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