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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5156 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2010 

Received 

AUGUST 5, 2010 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Energy Tech3 nology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 

4 2010’’. 

5 SEC. 2. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING 

6 AND EXPORT ASSISTANCE FUND. 

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

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

9 a technology related to the production, use, trans10 mission, storage, control, or conservation of energy 

11 that will contribute to a stabilization of atmospheric 

12 greenhouse gas concentrations through reduction, 

13 avoidance, or sequestration of energy-related emis14 sions and— 

15 (A) reduce the need for additional energy 

16 supplies by using existing energy supplies with 

17 greater efficiency or by transmitting, distrib18 uting, or transporting energy with greater effec19 tiveness through the infrastructure of the 

20 United States; or 

21 (B) diversify the sources of energy supply 

22 of the United States to strengthen energy secu23 rity and to increase supplies with a favorable 

24 balance of environmental effects if the entire 

25 technology system is considered; 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 and create clean energy technology sec16 tor jobs in the United States. 

17 (c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, consistent with the 

18 National Export Initiative, shall provide information, 

19 tools, and other assistance to United States businesses to 

20 promote clean energy technology manufacturing and facili21 tate the export of clean energy technology products and 

22 services. Such assistance shall include— 

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1 vestment, and productivity in the clean energy tech2 nology sector; 

3 (2) helping educate companies about how to tai4 lor their activities to specific markets with respect to 

5 their product slate, financing, marketing, assembly, 

6 and logistics; 

7 (3) helping United States companies learn 

8 about the export process and export opportunities in 

9 foreign markets; 

10 (4) helping United States companies to navi11 gate foreign markets; and 

12 (5) helping United States companies provide 

13 input regarding clean energy technology manufac14 turing and trade policy developments and trade pro15 motion. 

16 (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

17 (1) Not later than 180 days after the date of 

18 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit 

19 to the Congress a report indicating how the funds 

20 provided under this section will be used to— 

21 (A) focus on small and medium-sized 

22 United States businesses; 

23 (B) encourage the creation and mainte24 nance of the greatest number of clean energy 

25 technology jobs in the United States; and 


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1 (C) encourage the domestic production of 

2 clean energy technology products and services, 

3 including materials, components, equipment, 

4 parts, and supplies related in any way to the 

5 product or service. 

6 (2) Not later than January 1, 2015, the Sec7 retary shall transmit to the Congress a report as8 sessing the extent to which the program established 

9 under this section— 

10 (A) has been successful in developing crit11 ical analysis of policies to reduce production 

12 costs and promote innovation, investment, and 

13 productivity in the clean energy technology sec14 tor; 

15 (B) has been successful in increasing the 

16 competitiveness of United States clean energy 

17 technology firms in emerging markets; 

18 (C) has been successful in assisting United 

19 States businesses, specifically small and me20 dium-sized firms, with exporting clean energy 

21 technology products and services; 

22 (D) has been successful in creating jobs di23 rectly related to the clean energy technology 

24 sector in the United States, including specific 

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1 ration of those jobs and the methodology used 

2 by the Secretary to compile such information; 

3 (E) has been successful in helping United 

4 States companies provide input regarding clean 

5 energy technology manufacturing and trade pol6 icy developments and trade promotion; and 

7 (F) should be continued. 

8 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

10 appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this 

11 section $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

12 2011 through 2015. 

13 (2) LIMITATION.—No assistance provided using 

14 funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be 

15 provided in the form of a monetary grant. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2010. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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