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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6212 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 
a loan guarantee program to assist small business concerns that manufac-
ture clean energy technologies in the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 
Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. INSLEE, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
KISSELL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mrs. 
DAHLKEMPER, Ms. BEAN, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. CLAY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. 
TONKO, and Ms. PINGREE of Maine) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to establish a loan guarantee program to assist 
small business concerns that manufacture clean energy 
technologies in the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Small Business Clean 
Energy Financing Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall establish a program 
under which the Administrator is authorized to guarantee 
the loans of small business concerns that manufacture a 
clean energy technology in the United States. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Except as otherwise specified 
in this section and to the extent practicable, the Adminis-
trator shall carry out the program under subsection (a) 
in a manner similar to the loan program under section 
7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘‘clean energy technology’’ means a technology re-
lated to the production, use, transmission, storage, 
control, or conservation of energy that will con-
tribute to a stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse 
gas concentrations through reduction, avoidance, or 
sequestration of energy-related emissions 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-
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tiveness through the infrastructure of the 
United States; or 
(B) diversify the sources of the energy sup-
ply of the United States to strengthen energy 
security and to increase supplies with a favor-
able balance of environmental effects if the en-
tire technology system is considered. 
(2) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
that term under section 3(a) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 
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