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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5156 

To provide for the establishment of a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to assist United States businesses 

with exporting clean energy technology products and services. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2010 

Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. RUSH, Mr. DINGELL, and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for the establishment of a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to 

assist United States businesses with exporting clean energy technology products and services. 

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 ‘‘Clean Energy Tech5 nology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 

6 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING 

2 AND EXPORT ASSISTANCE FUND. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

4 (1) the term ‘‘clean energy technology’’ means 

5 a technology that— 

6 (A) achieves substantial reductions in 

7 greenhouse gas emissions; 

8 (B) does not result in significant incre9 mental adverse effects on public health or the 

10 environment; and 

11 (C) does one or more of the following: 

12 (i) generates electricity or useful ther13 mal energy from a renewable resource; 

14 (ii) substantially increases the energy 

15 efficiency of buildings, industrial, or agri16 cultural processes, or of electricity trans17 mission, distribution, or end-use consump18 tion; or 

19 (iii) substantially increases the energy 

20 efficiency of the transportation system or 

21 increases utilization of transportation fuels 

22 that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emis23 sions that are substantially lower than 

24 those attributable to fossil fuel-based alter25 natives; and 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

2 of Commerce. 

3 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

4 a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export 

5 Assistance Fund, to be administered through the Inter6 national Trade Administration. The Secretary shall ad7 minister the Fund to promote policies that will reduce pro8 duction costs and encourage innovation, investment, and 

9 productivity in the clean energy technology sector, and im10 plement a national clean energy technology export strat11 egy. The purpose of the Fund is to ensure that United 

12 States clean energy technology firms, including clean en13 ergy technology parts suppliers and engineering and de14 sign firms, have the information and assistance they need 

15 to be competitive. 

16 (c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide infor17 mation, tools, and other assistance to United States busi18 nesses to promote clean energy technology manufacturing 

19 and facilitate the export of clean energy technology prod20 ucts and services. Such assistance shall include— 

21 (1) developing critical analysis of policies to re22 duce production costs and promote innovation, in23 vestment, and productivity in the clean energy tech24 nology sector; 


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1 (2) helping educate companies about how to tai2 lor their activities to specific markets with respect to 

3 their product slate, financing, marketing, assembly, 

4 and logistics; 

5 (3) helping United States companies learn 

6 about the export process and export opportunities in 

7 foreign markets; 

8 (4) helping United States companies to navi9 gate foreign markets; and 

10 (5) helping United States companies provide 

11 input regarding clean energy technology manufac12 turing and trade policy developments and trade pro13 motion. 

14 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than January 

15 1, 2015, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a 

16 report assessing the extent to which the program estab17 lished under this section— 

18 (1) has been successful in developing critical 

19 analysis of policies to reduce production costs and 

20 promote innovation, investment, and productivity in 

21 the clean energy technology sector; 

22 (2) has been successful in increasing the com23 petitiveness of United States clean energy technology 

24 firms in emerging markets; 


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1 (3) has been successful in assisting United 

2 States businesses, specifically small and medium3 sized firms, with exporting clean energy technology 

4 products and services; 

5 (4) has been successful in creating jobs in the 

6 United States; 

7 (5) has been successful in helping United States 

8 companies provide input regarding clean energy 

9 technology manufacturing and trade policy develop10 ments and trade promotion; and 

11 (6) should be continued. 

12 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

13 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car14 rying out this section $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

15 years 2011 through 2015. 

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