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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3523 

To reauthorize the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 23, 2010 

Mr. KOHL (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership Program, 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 ‘‘Hollings Manufac5 turing Extension Partnership Program Reauthorization 

6 Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF HOLLINGS MANUFAC2 TURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP PRO3 GRAM. 

4 (a) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PART5 NERSHIP PROGRAM COST-SHARING.—Section 25(c) of the 

6 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

7 U.S.C. 278k(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(7) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (3), and 

10 (5), for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2013, 

11 the Secretary may not provide a Center with more 

12 than 50 percent of the costs incurred by such Center 

13 and may not require that a Center’s cost share ex14 ceed 50 percent. 

15 ‘‘(8) Not later than 2 years after the date of 

16 the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 

17 submit a report to Congress on the cost share re18 quirements under the Centers program, which 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) analyze various cost share structures, 

21 including— 

22 ‘‘(i) the cost share structure in place 

23 before the date of the enactment of this 

24 paragraph; 

25 ‘‘(ii) the cost share structure in place 

26 under paragraph (7); and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the effect of such cost share 

2 structures on individual Centers and the 

3 overall program; and 

4 ‘‘(B) include a recommendation for struc5 turing the cost share requirement after fiscal 

6 year 2013 to best provide for the long-term sus7 tainability of the program.’’. 

8 (b) STATE INCENTIVE PROGRAM.—Section 25 of 

9 such Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘(g) STATE INCENTIVE PROGRAM.—If a State pro12 vides financial support to a Center in excess of 25 percent 

13 of the capital and annual operating and maintenance 

14 funds required to create and maintain such Center, the 

15 Secretary shall provide such Center assistance that is— 

16 ‘‘(1) in addition to assistance otherwise pro17 vided to such Center under this section; and 

18 ‘‘(2) in an amount determined according to a 

19 formula the Secretary shall establish for purposes of 

20 this subsection.’’. 

21 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

23 appropriated to carry out subsections (a) through 

24 (e) of such section 25— 

25 (A) $145,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 


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1 (B) $155,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

2 (C) $165,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

3 (D) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 

4 and 

5 (E) $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 

6 (2) COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.—There is 

7 authorized to be appropriated to carry out sub8 section (f) of such section $5,000,000 for each of 

9 the fiscal years 2011 through 2015. 

10 (3) STATE INCENTIVE PROGRAM.—There is au11 thorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection 

12 (g) of such section, as added by subsection (b) of 

13 this section, $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

14 2011 through 2015. 

15 (d) DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Such section 25 (15 U.S.C. 

17 278k) is further amended by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(h) DESIGNATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION

21 PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.—The program under this 

22 section shall be known as the ‘Hollings Manufac23 turing Extension Partnership Program’. 

24 ‘‘(2) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION

25 CENTERS.—The Regional Centers for the Transfer 


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1 of Manufacturing Technology created and supported 

2 under subsection (a) shall be known as the ‘Hollings 

3 Manufacturing Extension Centers’ (in this Act re4 ferred to as the ‘Centers’).’’. 

5 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO CONSOLI6 DATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005.—Division B of 

7 title II of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 

8 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2879; 15 U.S.C. 

9 278k note) is amended under the heading ‘‘INDUS10 TRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES’’ by striking ‘‘2007: 

11 Provided further, That’’ and all that follows through 

12 ‘‘Extension Centers.’’ and inserting ‘‘2007.’’. 

13 (3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 25(a) of 

14 the National Institute of Standards and Technology 

15 Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(a)) is amended in the matter 

16 preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Regional Cen17 ters for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘regional centers for the transfer of 

19 manufacturing technology’’. 

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