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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5156 
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 
APRIL 27, 2010 
Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. RUSH, Mr. DINGELL, and Ms. ESHOO) intro-
duced 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 subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee 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 
2010’’. 
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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 that— 
(A) achieves substantial reductions in 
greenhouse gas emissions; 
(B) does not result in significant incre-
mental adverse effects on public health or the 
environment; and 
(C) does one or more of the following: 
(i) generates electricity or useful ther-
mal energy from a renewable resource; 
(ii) substantially increases the energy 
efficiency of buildings, industrial, or agri-
cultural processes, or of electricity trans-
mission, distribution, or end-use consump-
tion; or 
(iii) substantially increases the energy 
efficiency of the transportation system or 
increases utilization of transportation fuels 
that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emis-
sions that are substantially lower than 
those attributable to fossil fuel-based alter-
natives; and 
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(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-
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. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide infor-
mation, tools, and other assistance to United States busi-
nesses to promote clean energy technology manufacturing 
and facilitate the export of clean energy technology prod-
ucts 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; 
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(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; 
(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) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than January 
1, 2015, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a 
report assessing the extent to which the program estab-
lished under this section— 
(1) has been successful in developing critical 
analysis of policies to reduce production costs and 
promote innovation, investment, and productivity in 
the clean energy technology sector; 
(2) has been successful in increasing the com-
petitiveness of United States clean energy technology 
firms in emerging markets; 
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(3) has been successful in assisting United 
States businesses, specifically small and medium- 
sized firms, with exporting clean energy technology 
products and services; 
(4) has been successful in creating jobs in the 
United States; 
(5) has been successful in helping United States 
companies provide input regarding clean energy 
technology manufacturing and trade policy develop-
ments and trade promotion; and 
(6) should be continued. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2011 through 2015. 
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