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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5387 
To provide for the establishment of clean technology consortia to enhance 
the economic, environmental, and energy security of the United States 
by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of 
clean technologies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2018 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. TONKO, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of clean technology con-
sortia to enhance the economic, environmental, and en-
ergy security of the United States by promoting domestic 
development, manufacture, and deployment of clean tech-
nologies, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Consortia-Led Energy 
and Advanced Manufacturing Networks Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CLEAN
TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘clean 
technology’’ means a technology, production process, 
or methodology that— 
(A) produces energy from solar, wind, geo-
thermal, biomass, tidal, wave, ocean, or another 
renewable energy source (as defined in section 
609 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 918c)); 
(B) more efficiently transmits, distributes, 
or stores energy; 
(C) enhances energy efficiency for build-
ings and industry, including combined heat and 
power; 
(D) enables the development of a Smart 
Grid (as described in section 1301 of the En-
ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 
(42 U.S.C. 17381)), including integration of re-
newable energy sources and distributed genera-
tion, demand response, demand side manage-
ment, and systems analysis; 
(E) produces an advanced or sustainable 
material with energy or energy efficiency appli-
cations; 
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(F) improves energy efficiency for trans-
portation, including electric vehicles; or 
(G) enhances water security through im-
proved water management, conservation, dis-
tribution, or end use applications. 
(2) ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING.—The term 
‘‘advanced manufacturing’’— 
(A) means a manufacturing process that 
makes extensive use of computer, high preci-
sion, or information technologies integrated 
with a high performance workforce in a produc-
tion system capable of furnishing a hetero-
geneous mix of products in small or large vol-
umes with either the efficiency of mass produc-
tion or the flexibility of custom manufacturing 
in order to respond quickly to customer de-
mands; and 
(B) includes both new ways to manufac-
ture existing products and the manufacture of 
new products emerging from new advanced 
technologies. 
(3) CLUSTER.—The term ‘‘cluster’’ means a 
network of entities directly involved in the research, 
development, finance, and commercial application of 
clean technologies and advanced manufacturing 
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whose geographic proximity facilitates the use and 
sharing of skilled human resources, infrastructure, 
research facilities, educational and training institu-
tions, venture capital, and input suppliers. 
(4) CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘consortium’’ 
means a clean technology consortium established in 
accordance with this Act. 
(5) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘project’’ means an 
activity with respect to which a consortium provides 
support under this Act. 
(6) QUALIFYING
ENTITY.—The term ‘‘quali-
fying entity’’ means— 
(A) an institution of higher education that 
has entered into a partnership agreement with 
a private-sector entity; 
(B) a Federal or State entity with a focus 
on developing clean technologies or clusters, as 
determined by the Secretary; 
(C) a nongovernmental organization with 
expertise in translational research, clean tech-
nology, or cluster development; or 
(D) any other entity determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
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(8) TRANSLATIONAL
RESEARCH.—The term 
‘‘translational research’’ means the coordination of 
basic or applied research with technical applications 
to enable promising discoveries or inventions to 
achieve commercial application. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CON-
SORTIA PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish and 
carry out a program to establish clean technology con-
sortia to enhance the economic, environmental, and energy 
security of the United States by promoting domestic devel-
opment, manufacture, and deployment of clean, state-of- 
the-art technologies. 
(b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out the 
program established under subsection (a) by leveraging 
the expertise and resources of private research commu-
nities, institutions of higher education, industry, venture 
capital, National Laboratories (as defined in section 2 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)), and 
other participants in technology innovation— 
(1) to support collaborative, cross-disciplinary 
research and development in clean technologies and 
advanced manufacturing; and 
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(2) to develop and accelerate the commercial 
application of innovative clean technologies and ad-
vanced manufacturing practices. 
(c) ROLE
OF
THE
SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) carry out and oversee all aspects of the pro-
gram established under subsection (a); 
(2) select recipients of grants for the establish-
ment and operation of consortia through a competi-
tive selection process; and 
(3) coordinate the innovation activities of con-
sortia with activities carried out by the Secretary of 
Energy, the Secretary of Defense, other Federal 
agency heads, industry, and institutions of higher 
education, including by annually— 
(A) issuing guidance regarding national 
clean technology and advanced manufacturing 
development priorities and strategic objectives; 
and 
(B) convening a conference relating to 
clean technology and advanced manufacturing, 
which shall bring together representatives of 
Federal agencies, industry, institutions of high-
er education, and other entities to share re-
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search and commercialization results, program 
plans, and opportunities for collaboration. 
(d) PURPOSES OF CONSORTIA.—The purposes of the 
consortia shall include— 
(1) promoting new innovative clean technologies 
that have demonstrated interest and potential for 
commercialization; 
(2) expanding advanced manufacturing capabili-
ties, networks, supply chains, and assets, in the area 
of clean technologies, that contribute to regional and 
national manufacturing competitiveness and poten-
tial for growth; 
(3) promoting job creation and entrepreneur-
ship through the establishment of new companies, 
the expansion of existing companies, and commer-
cialization of clean technologies; 
(4) providing technical or financial assistance to 
companies looking to invest in clean technologies, 
new products or services, or enhanced processes that 
will grow sales and jobs; 
(5) determining opportunities and challenges 
that companies are facing and how to improve their 
use or production of clean technologies; 
(6) assisting individual small- and medium-sized 
enterprises with adopting and utilizing new clean 
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technologies and related business and advanced 
manufacturing practices; 
(7) accelerating investment in and deployment 
of clean technologies through public-private partner-
ships; 
(8) encouraging partnering between and among 
emerging and established clean technology and ad-
vanced manufacturing enterprises; or 
(9) demonstrating a comprehensive and success-
ful model for commercialization of clean technologies 
for promotion and emulation. 
SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To receive a grant under this Act, 
a consortium shall submit to the Secretary an application 
in such manner, at such time, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary determines to be necessary. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A consortium shall be eligible to 
receive a grant under this Act if— 
(1) the consortium consists of— 
(A) one or more research universities that 
can demonstrate a significant annual clean 
technology research budget, entrepreneurial 
support programs, and technology licensing ex-
pertise; and 
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