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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3083 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program for the award 
of grants to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and 
medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce 
clean energy technology, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2009 
Mr. BOCCIERI (for himself, Mr. SPACE, Mr. DRIEHAUS, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 
Ms. FUDGE, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KILROY, Ms. SUTTON, and Mr. 
PERRIELLO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science and Technology 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program 
for the award of grants to States to establish revolving 
loan funds for small and medium-sized manufacturers 
to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy 
technology, 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 ‘‘Investments for Manu-
facturing Progress and Clean Technology Act of 2009’’ 
or the ‘‘IMPACT Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURING REVOLVING 
LOAN FUND PROGRAM. 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 26 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 27. CLEAN ENERGY MANUFACTURING REVOLVING 
LOAN FUND PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) To develop the long-term manufacturing 
capacity of the United States. 
‘‘(2) To create jobs through the retooling and 
expansion of manufacturing facilities to produce 
clean energy technology products and energy effi-
cient products. 
‘‘(3) To improve the long-term competitiveness 
of domestic manufacturing by increasing the energy 
efficiency of manufacturing facilities. 
‘‘(4) To assist small and medium-sized manu-
facturers diversify operations to respond to emerging 
clean energy technology product markets. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT.— 
The term ‘clean energy technology product’ means 
technology products relating to the following: 
‘‘(A) Wind turbines. 
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‘‘(B) Solar energy. 
‘‘(C) Fuel cells. 
‘‘(D) Advanced batteries, battery systems, 
or storage devices. 
‘‘(E) Biomass equipment. 
‘‘(F) Geothermal equipment. 
‘‘(G) Advanced biofuels. 
‘‘(H) Ocean energy equipment. 
‘‘(I) Carbon capture and storage. 
‘‘(J) Such other products as the Secretary 
determines— 
‘‘(i) relate to the production, use, 
transmission, storage, control, or conserva-
tion of energy; 
‘‘(ii) reduce greenhouse gas concentra-
tions; 
‘‘(iii) achieve the earliest and max-
imum emission reductions within a reason-
able period per dollar invested; 
‘‘(iv) result in the fewest non-green-
house gas environmental impacts; and 
‘‘(v) either— 
‘‘(I) reduce the need for addi-
tional energy supplies by— 
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‘‘(aa) using existing energy 
supplies with greater efficiency; 
or 
‘‘(bb) by transmitting, dis-
tributing, or transporting energy 
with 
greater 
effectiveness 
through the infrastructure of the 
United States; or 
‘‘(II) diversity the sources of en-
ergy supply of the United States— 
‘‘(aa) to strengthen energy 
security; and 
‘‘(bb) to increase supplies 
with a favorable balance of envi-
ronmental effects if the entire 
technology system is considered. 
‘‘(2) ENERGY EFFICIENT PRODUCT.—The term 
‘energy efficient product’ means a product that, as 
determined by the Secretary in consultation with the 
Secretary of Energy— 
‘‘(A) consumes significantly less energy 
than the average amount that all similar prod-
ucts consumed on the day before the date of the 
enactment of this Act; or 
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‘‘(B) is a component, system, or group of 
subsystems that is designed, developed, and 
validated to optimize the energy efficiency of a 
product. 
‘‘(3) HOLLINGS
MANUFACTURING
EXTENSION 
CENTER.—The term ‘Hollings Manufacturing Exten-
sion Center’ means a center established under sec-
tion 25. 
‘‘(4) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING PARTNERSHIP 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘Hollings Manufacturing Part-
nership Program’ means the program established 
under sections 25 and 26. 
‘‘(5) PROGRAM.—The term ‘Program’ means 
the grant program established pursuant to sub-
section (c)(1). 
‘‘(6) REVOLVING LOAN FUND.—The term ‘re-
volving loan fund’ means a revolving loan fund de-
scribed in subsection (d). 
‘‘(7) SECRETARY.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided, the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of 
Commerce. 
‘‘(8) SMALL
OR
MEDIUM-SIZED
MANUFAC-
TURER.—The term ‘small or medium-sized manufac-
turer’ means a manufacturer that employs fewer 
than 500 full-time equivalent employees at a manu-
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