national Trade Administration. The Secretary shall ad-
minister the Fund to promote policies that will reduce pro-
duction costs and encourage innovation, investment, and 
productivity in the clean energy technology sector, and im-
plement a national clean energy technology export strat-
egy. The purpose of the Fund is to ensure that United 
States clean energy technology firms, including clean en-
ergy technology parts suppliers and engineering and de-
sign firms, have the information and assistance they need 
to be competitive and create clean energy technology sec-
tor jobs in the United States. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, consistent with the 
National Export Initiative, shall provide information, 
tools, and other assistance to United States businesses to 
promote clean energy technology manufacturing and facili-
tate the export of clean energy technology products and 
services. Such assistance shall include— 
(1) developing critical analysis of policies to re-
duce production costs and promote innovation, in-
vestment, and productivity in the clean energy tech-
nology sector; 
(2) helping educate companies about how to tai-
lor their activities to specific markets with respect to 
their product slate, financing, marketing, assembly, 
and logistics; 
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(3) helping United States companies learn 
about the export process and export opportunities in 
foreign markets; 
(4) helping United States companies to navi-
gate foreign markets; and 
(5) helping United States companies provide 
input regarding clean energy technology manufac-
turing and trade policy developments and trade pro-
motion. 
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit 
to the Congress a report indicating how the funds 
provided under this section will be used to— 
(A) focus on small and medium-sized 
United States businesses; 
(B) encourage the creation and mainte-
nance of the greatest number of clean energy 
technology jobs in the United States; and 
(C) encourage the domestic production of 
clean energy technology products and services, 
including materials, components, equipment, 
parts, and supplies related in any way to the 
product or service. 
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(2) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Sec-
retary shall transmit to the Congress a report as-
sessing the extent to which the program established 
under this section— 
(A) has been successful in developing crit-
ical analysis of policies to reduce production 
costs and promote innovation, investment, and 
productivity in the clean energy technology sec-
tor; 
(B) has been successful in increasing the 
competitiveness of United States clean energy 
technology firms in emerging markets; 
(C) has been successful in assisting United 
States businesses, specifically small- and me-
dium-sized firms, with exporting clean energy 
technology products and services; 
(D) has been successful in creating jobs di-
rectly related to the clean energy technology 
sector in the United States, including specific 
information as to the nature, location, and du-
ration of those jobs and the methodology used 
by the Secretary to compile such information; 
(E) has been successful in helping United 
States companies provide input regarding clean 
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energy technology manufacturing and trade pol-
icy developments and trade promotion; and 
(F) should be continued. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this 
section $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2013 through 2017. 
(2) LIMITATION.—No assistance provided using 
funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be 
provided in the form of a monetary grant. 
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