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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6212 

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 

a loan guarantee program to assist small business concerns that manufacture clean energy technologies in the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 

Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. INSLEE, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 

KISSELL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mrs. 

DAHLKEMPER, Ms. BEAN, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. CLAY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. 

TONKO, and Ms. PINGREE of Maine) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a loan guarantee program to assist 

small business concerns that manufacture clean energy 

technologies in the United States, 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 ‘‘Small Business Clean 

5 Energy Financing Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 

4 Small Business Administration shall establish a program 

5 under which the Administrator is authorized to guarantee 

6 the loans of small business concerns that manufacture a 

7 clean energy technology in the United States. 

8 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Except as otherwise specified 

9 in this section and to the extent practicable, the Adminis10 trator shall carry out the program under subsection (a) 

11 in a manner similar to the loan program under section 

12 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)). 

13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi14 nitions apply: 

15 (1) CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

16 ‘‘clean energy technology’’ means a technology re17 lated to the production, use, transmission, storage, 

18 control, or conservation of energy that will con19 tribute to a stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse 

20 gas concentrations through reduction, avoidance, or 

21 sequestration of energy-related emissions and— 

22 (A) reduce the need for additional energy 

23 supplies by using existing energy supplies with 

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1 tiveness through the infrastructure of the 

2 United States; or 

3 (B) diversify the sources of the energy sup4 ply of the United States to strengthen energy 

5 security and to increase supplies with a favor6 able balance of environmental effects if the en7 tire technology system is considered. 

8 (2) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

9 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 

10 that term under section 3(a) of the Small Business 

11 Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 

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