Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID–19 Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4719
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2020-09-24
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations

Industrial policy and productivity

Manufacturing

Technology transfer and commercialization
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 641.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID-19 Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to use amounts appropriated for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program for FY2021 to provide more than 50% of the capital and annual operating and maintenance funds to establish and support a manufacturing extension center. Under current law, this provision of funding is capped at 50%.</p> <p>A manufacturing extension center works to transfer manufacturing technology and best business practices. </p>

action_date: 2020-12-15
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p><b>Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID-19 Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to use amounts appropriated for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program for FY2021 to provide more than 50% of the capital and annual operating and maintenance funds to establish and support a manufacturing extension center that is unable to meet cost share requirements due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Under current law, this provision of funding is capped at 50%.</p> <p>A manufacturing extension center works to transfer manufacturing technology and best business practices. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4719 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 24, 2020 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Gardner , Mr. Coons , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Booker , Mr. Kaine , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Menendez , and Mr. Bennet ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To provide, temporarily, authority for the Secretary of Commerce to waive cost sharing requirements for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID–19 Act of 2020 . 2. Temporary waiver of Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership cost sharing requirement The Secretary of Commerce may waive all or a portion of the requirements of subsection (e)(2) of section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k ) with respect to the provision under such section by the Secretary of capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to establish and support a Center (as defined in subsection (a) of such section) to the degree that such funds are derived from amounts specifically appropriated for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership for fiscal year 2021.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 641 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4719 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 24, 2020 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Gardner , Mr. Coons , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Booker , Mr. Kaine , Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Menendez , and Mr. Bennet ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation December 15, 2020 Reported by Mr. Wicker , with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To provide, temporarily, authority for the Secretary of Commerce to waive cost sharing requirements for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID–19 Act of 2020 . 2. Temporary waiver of Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership cost sharing requirement The Secretary of Commerce may waive all or a portion of the requirements of subsection (e)(2) of section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k ) with respect to the provision under such section by the Secretary of capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to establish and support a Center (as defined in subsection (a) of such section) to the degree that such funds are derived from amounts specifically appropriated for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership for fiscal year 2021.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID–19 Act of 2020 . 2. Temporary waiver of Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership cost sharing requirement (a) In general The Secretary of Commerce may waive all or a portion of the requirements of subsection (e)(2) of section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k ) with respect to the provision under such section by the Secretary of capital and annual operating and maintenance funds required to establish and support an eligible Center to the degree that such funds are derived from amounts specifically appropriated for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership for fiscal year 2021. (b) Eligible Center defined In this section, the term eligible Center means a Center (as defined in section 25(a) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k(a) )) that has demonstrated to the Secretary of Commerce that it is unable or significantly restricted in its ability to meet cost share requirements due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19).

December 15, 2020 Reported with an amendment