‘‘SEC. 456. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO IMPLE-
MENT INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS REDUCTION. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State; 
‘‘(B) a unit of local government; 
‘‘(C) a territory or possession of the United 
States; 
‘‘(D) a relevant State or local office, includ-
ing an energy office; 
‘‘(E) a tribal organization (as defined in 
section 3765 of title 38, United States Code); 
‘‘(F) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(G) a private entity; and 
‘‘(H) a trade association or technical soci-
ety. 
‘‘(2) EMISSIONS REDUCTION.—The term ‘emis-
sions reduction’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 454(a). 
‘‘(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
‘‘(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the 
program established under subsection (b). 
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‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 
the date of enactment of the CIT Act of 2019, the Secretary 
shall establish a program to provide technical assistance to 
eligible entities to promote the commercial application of 
emission reduction technologies developed through the pro-
gram established in section 454(b). 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall seek applications for technical assistance under 
the program on a periodic basis, but not less fre-
quently than once every 12 months. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITIES.—In selecting eligible entities 
for technical assistance under the program, the Sec-
retary shall give priority to an eligible entity— 
‘‘(A) carrying out a commercial application 
of technology that has the greatest potential for 
emissions reduction in nonpower industrial sec-
tors; 
‘‘(B) located in a State that has historically 
relied on industrial sectors for a substantial por-
tion of the State economy, as determined by the 
Secretary, taking into account employment data, 
per capita income, and other indicators of eco-
nomic output in the State; or 
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‘‘(C) located in a State that has experienced 
significant decline in the economic contribution 
of industry to the State.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 
the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–140; 121 Stat. 1494) (as amended by section 4(b)) 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
455 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 456. Technical assistance program to implement industrial emissions reduc-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 6. COORDINATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
OF ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR 
INDUSTRY. 
Section 6(a) of the American Energy Manufacturing 
Technical Corrections Act (42 U.S.C. 6351(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Industrial Technologies Pro-
gram’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Advanced 
Manufacturing Office’’; and 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘Office of Energy’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Office of Science’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 383 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4230 
[Report No. 116–477] 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 to establish a program to incentivize 
innovation and to enhance the industrial competi-
tiveness of the United States by developing tech-
nologies to reduce emissions of nonpower indus-
trial sectors, and for other purposes. 
AUGUST 14, 2020 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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