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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 502 
To provide for the establishment of a Clean Energy Technology Manufac-
turing and Export Assistance Fund to assist United States businesses 
with exporting clean energy technology products and services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2011 
Ms. MATSUI (for herself and Mr. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of a Clean Energy Tech-
nology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to 
assist United States businesses with exporting clean en-
ergy technology products and services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Energy Tech-
nology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 
2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING 
AND EXPORT ASSISTANCE FUND. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘clean energy technology’’ means 
a technology related to the production, use, trans-
mission, storage, control, or conservation of energy 
that will contribute to a stabilization of atmospheric 
greenhouse gas concentrations through reduction, 
avoidance, or sequestration of energy-related emis-
sions and— 
(A) reduce the need for additional energy 
supplies by using existing energy supplies with 
greater efficiency or by transmitting, distrib-
uting, or transporting energy with greater effec-
tiveness through the infrastructure of the 
United States; or 
(B) diversify the sources of energy supply 
of the United States to strengthen energy secu-
rity and to increase supplies with a favorable 
balance of environmental effects if the entire 
technology system is considered; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Commerce. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export 
Assistance Fund, to be administered through the Inter-
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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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