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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2369 

To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide rebates 

for expenditures for energy efficient electrotechnologies that are used 

to replace fossil fuel-fired technologies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 5, 2021 

Mr. NORCROSS (for himself and Mr. MCKINLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program 

to provide rebates for expenditures for energy efficient 

electrotechnologies that are used to replace fossil fuelfired technologies, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Manu5 facturing in America through Responsible Transitions to 

6 Electric Act’’ or the ‘‘SMART Electric Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REBATE PROGRAM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT 

2 ELECTROTECHNOLOGIES. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) ENERGY EFFICIENT

5 ELECTROTECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘energy efficient 

6 electrotechnology’’ means— 

7 (A) any electric technology that, when used 

8 instead of a fossil fuel-fired technology in an in9 dustrial process results in— 

10 (i) energy efficiency, or production ef11 ficiency, gains; or 

12 (ii) environmental benefits; or 

13 (B) any electric technology that, when used 

14 instead of a fossil fuel-fired technology in an in15 dustrial application results in— 

16 (i) improvements in on-site logistics or 

17 material handling; and 

18 (ii) energy efficiency gains and envi19 ronmental benefits. 

20 (2) QUALIFIED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘qualified 

21 entity’’ means an industrial or manufacturing facil22 ity, commercial building, or a utility or energy serv23 ice company. 

24 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

25 the Secretary of Energy. 


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1 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es3 tablish a program to provide rebates in accordance with 

4 this section. 

5 (c) REBATES.—The Secretary may provide a rebate 

6 under the program established under subsection (b) to the 

7 owner or operator of a qualified entity for expenditures 

8 made by the owner or operator of the qualified entity for 

9 an energy efficient electrotechnology that is used to re10 place a fossil fuel-fired technology. 

11 (d) REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to receive a re12 bate under this section, the owner or operator of a quali13 fied entity shall submit to the Secretary an application 

14 demonstrating— 

15 (1) that the owner or operator of the qualified 

16 entity purchased an energy efficient electrotechnolo17 gy; 

18 (2) the energy efficiency gains, production effi19 ciency gains, and environmental benefits, as applica20 ble, resulting from use of the energy efficient elec21 trotechnology— 

22 (A) as measured by a qualified professional 

23 or verified by the energy efficient electrotech24 nology manufacturer, as applicable; or 

25 (B) as determined by the Secretary; 


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1 (3) that the fossil fuel-fired technology replaced 

2 by the energy efficient electrotechnology has been 

3 permanently decommissioned and scrapped; and 

4 (4) that all laborers and mechanics who were 

5 involved in the installation or maintenance, or con6 struction or renovation to support such installation 

7 or maintenance, of the energy efficient electrotech8 nology, or the decommissioning and scrapping of the 

9 fossil fuel-fired technology replaced by the energy ef10 ficient electrotechnology, and who were employed by 

11 the owner or operator of the qualified entity, or con12 tractors or subcontractors at any tier thereof, were 

13 paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 

14 projects of a character similar in the locality as de15 termined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance 

16 with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 

17 States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Davis18 Bacon Act’’). 

19 (e) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not provide a 

20 rebate under the program established under subsection (b) 

21 to an owner or operator of a qualified entity for expendi22 tures made by the owner or operator of the qualified entity 

23 for an energy efficient electrotechnology that is used to 

24 replace a fossil fuel-fired technology if the Secretary deterVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:33 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2369.IH H2369

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1 mines that such expenditures were necessary for the owner 

2 or operator to comply with Federal or State law. 

3 (f) AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF REBATE.—The amount 

4 of a rebate provided under this section shall be not less 

5 than 30 percent, and not more than 50 percent, of the 

6 overall cost of the energy efficient electrotechnology, in7 cluding installation costs. 

8 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

9 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

10 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 

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