I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4393 
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to reduce the matching requirement 
for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2009 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. DINGELL, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
RYAN of Ohio, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Mr. COSTELLO, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mr. STU-
PAK, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of 
Florida, Mr. HARE, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CAR-
NEY, Mr. CAMP, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. DENT, Mr. MIL-
LER of North Carolina, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, 
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
LIPINSKI, Mr. REYES, Mr. WELCH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. SIMP-
SON, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. LATOURETTE, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, 
Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. PLATTS, and Mr. MINNICK) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science and Technology 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to reduce the 
matching requirement for participants in the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Manufacturing Extension Partnership serv-
ices are available in all 50 States and at 392 loca-
tions. 
(2) The Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
delivers critical services to small and midsized manu-
facturers, providing access to public and private re-
sources that enhance growth, improve productivity, 
and expand capacity. 
(3) The Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
helps manufacturers position themselves as strong 
long-term competitors in domestic and international 
markets. 
(4) Of the 7 million jobs lost in the recession 
as of February 2009, over 2 million were from the 
manufacturing sector, and the Manufacturing Ex-
tension Partnership reported creating or retaining 
over 57,000 manufacturing jobs in the most recent 
surveyed year. 
(5) The Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
has delivered $1.44 billion in cost savings annually 
and $10.5 billion in increased or retained sales in a 
single year. 
(6) Every dollar contributed by the Federal 
Government to the Manufacturing Extension Part-
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nership is matched 2-to-1 by State and local govern-
ments and participating manufacturers. 
(7) The recession has strained many State 
budgets, and 23 State Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership Centers reported a decrease or elimi-
nation of State funding in 2009. 
(8) When a State decreases or eliminates fund-
ing for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, 
the cost-share burden is shifted to small manufac-
turers who are unlikely to be able to afford increased 
contributions during an economic downturn, and the 
availability of Manufacturing Extension Partnership 
services is jeopardized. 
(9) A reduction in the matching requirement 
for participants in the Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership will greatly alleviate the burden on 
State budgets and small manufacturers and preserve 
the Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s ability 
to provide critical services to small manufacturers 
and create much-needed jobs in the manufacturing 
sector. 
SEC. 2. HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNER-
SHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 25(c) of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(c)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, unless oth-
erwise determined under paragraph (3)(C)’’ before 
the period at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘not less than 50 per-
cent of the costs incurred for the first 3 
years and an increasing share for each of 
the last 3 years’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli-
cant’s share of the costs incurred (in this 
subsection referred to as ‘cost share’)’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘For purposes of the 
preceding sentence, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respec-
tively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall by rule establish 
appropriate criteria to be considered in deter-
mining a Center’s cost share. A Center’s cost 
share shall in no case exceed 50 percent of the 
costs incurred by such Center. The Secretary 
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