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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3340 

To create jobs, increase energy efficiency, and promote technology transfer, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2010 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To create jobs, increase energy efficiency, and promote 

technology transfer, 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 ‘‘NIST Grants for En5 ergy Efficiency, New Job Opportunities, and Business So6 lutions Act of 2010’’ or the ‘‘NIST GREEN JOBS Act 

7 of 2010’’. 

8 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

9 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Over its 20-year existence, the Hollings 

2 Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program has 

3 proven its value to manufacturers as demonstrated 

4 by the resulting impact on jobs and the economies 

5 of all 50 States and the Nation as a whole. 

6 (2) The Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

7 Partnership Program has helped thousands of com8 panies reinvest in themselves through process im9 provement and business growth initiatives leading to 

10 more sales, new markets, and the adoption of tech11 nology to deliver new products and services. 

12 (3) Manufacturing is an increasingly important 

13 part of the construction sector as the industry moves 

14 to the use of more components and factory built sub15 assemblies. 

16 (4) Construction practices must become more 

17 efficient and precise if the United States is to con18 struct and renovate its building stock to reduce re19 lated carbon emissions to levels that are consistent 

20 with combating global warming. 

21 (5) Many companies involved in construction 

22 are small, without access to innovative manufac23 turing techniques, and could benefit from the type of 

24 training and business analysis activities that the 

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1 vides to the Nation’s manufacturers and their supply 

2 chains. 

3 (6) Broadening the competitiveness grant pro4 gram under section 25(f) of the National Institute 

5 of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

6 278k(f)) could help develop and diffuse knowledge 

7 necessary to capture a large portion of the estimated 

8 $100 billion dollars or more in energy savings if 

9 buildings in the United States met the level and 

10 quality of energy efficiency now found in buildings 

11 in certain other countries. 

12 (7) It is therefore in the national interest to ex13 pand the capabilities of the Manufacturing Exten14 sion Partnership to be supportive of the construction 

15 and green energy industries. 

16 SEC. 3. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH17 NOLOGY COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 25(f)(3) of the National 

19 Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

20 278k(f)(3)) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘to develop’’ in the first sen22 tence and inserting ‘‘to add capabilities to the MEP 

23 program, including the development of’’; and 

24 (2) by striking the last sentence and inserting 

25 ‘‘These themes— 


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1 ‘‘(A) shall be related to projects designed 

2 to increase the viability both of traditional man3 ufacturing sectors and other sectors, such as 

4 construction, that increasingly rely on manufac5 turing through the use of manufactured compo6 nents and manufacturing techniques, including 

7 supply chain integration and quality manage8 ment; 

9 ‘‘(B) shall be related to projects related to 

10 the transfer of technology based on the techno11 logical needs of manufacturers and available 

12 technologies from institutions of higher edu13 cation, laboratories, and other technology pro14 ducing entities; and 

15 ‘‘(C) may extend beyond these traditional 

16 areas to include projects related to construction 

17 industry modernization.’’. 

18 (b) SELECTION.—Section 25(f)(5) of the National In19 stitute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

20 278k(f)(5)) is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(5) SELECTION.—Awards under this section 

22 shall be peer reviewed and competitively awarded. 

23 The Director shall endeavor to select at least one 

24 proposal in each of the 9 statistical divisions of the 

25 United States (as designated by the Bureau of the 


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1 Census). The Director shall select proposals to re2 ceive awards that will— 

3 ‘‘(A) create jobs or train newly hired em4 ployees; 

5 ‘‘(B) promote technology transfer and com6 mercialization of environmentally focused mate7 rials, products, and processes; 

8 ‘‘(C) increase energy efficiency; and 

9 ‘‘(D) improve the competitiveness of indus10 tries in the region in which the Center or Cen11 ters are located.’’. 

12 (c) OTHER MODIFICATIONS.—Section 25(f) of the 

13 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

14 U.S.C. 278k(f)) is amended— 

15 (1) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(7) DURATION.—Awards under this section 

17 shall last no longer than 3 years. 

18 ‘‘(8) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.—In addition to 

19 manufacturing firms eligible to participate in the 

20 Centers program, awards under this subsection may 

21 be used by the Centers to assist small or medium22 sized construction firms. 

23 ‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

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1 thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com2 merce $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011 

3 through 2014 to carry out this subsection.’’. 

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