Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2010

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 27, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund, to be administered through the International Trade Administration, to ensure that U.S. clean energy technology firms have the information and assistance they need to be competitive and to create clean energy technology sector jobs; and (2) administer the Fund to promote policies that will reduce production costs and encourage innovation, investment, and productivity in the clean energy technology sector, and implement a national clean energy technology export strategy.

Defines "clean energy technology" to mean a technology related to the production, use, transmission, storage, control, or conservation of energy that will contribute to a stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations through reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of energy-related emissions and: (1) reduce the need for additional energy supplies by using existing supplies with greater efficiency or by transmitting, distributing, or transporting energy with greater effectiveness through U.S. infrastructure; or (2) diversify the sources of the energy supply to strengthen energy security and to increase supplies with a favorable balance of environmental effects if the entire technology system is considered.

Directs the Secretary, consistent with the National Export Initiative, to provide information, tools, and other assistance to U.S. businesses to promote clean energy technology manufacturing and facilitate the export of clean energy technology products and services. Requires such assistance to include: (1) developing critical analysis of policies to reduce production costs and promote innovation, investment, and productivity in the clean energy technology sector; (2) helping educate companies about how to tailor their activities to specific markets with respect to their product slate, financing, marketing, assembly, and logistics; and (3) helping U.S. companies learn about the export process and export opportunities in foreign markets, navigate foreign markets, and provide input regarding clean energy technology manufacturing and trade policy developments and trade promotion.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on how funds will be used to: (1) focus on small and medium-sized U.S. businesses; (2) encourage the creation and maintenance of the greatest number of clean energy technology jobs in the United States; and (3) encourage the domestic production of clean energy technology products and services.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by January 1, 2015, on whether the assistance program should be continued and an assessment of the extent to which it has been successful in: (1) developing critical analysis of policies to reduce production costs and promote innovation, investment, and productivity in the clean energy technology sector; (2) assisting U.S. businesses with exporting clean energy technology products and services; (3) creating jobs directly related to the clean energy technology sector in the United States; and (4) helping U.S. companies provide input regarding clean energy technology manufacturing and trade policy developments and trade promotion.

Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015. Prohibits funding appropriated pursuant to this Act from being provided in the form of a monetary grant.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5156 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5156

     To provide for the establishment of a Clean Energy Technology 
   Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to assist United States 
    businesses with exporting clean energy technology products and 
                               services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2010

    Ms. Matsui (for herself, Mr. Rush, Mr. Dingell, and Ms. Eshoo) 
 introduced 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 committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for the establishment of a Clean Energy Technology 
   Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund to assist United States 
    businesses with exporting clean energy technology products and 
                               services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Energy Technology 
Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2010''.

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 incremental 
                adverse effects on public health or the environment; 
                and
                    (C) does one or more of the following:
                            (i) generates electricity or useful thermal 
                        energy from a renewable resource;
                            (ii) substantially increases the energy 
                        efficiency of buildings, industrial, or 
                        agricultural processes, or of electricity 
                        transmission, distribution, or end-use 
                        consumption; or
                            (iii) substantially increases the energy 
                        efficiency of the transportation system or 
                        increases utilization of transportation fuels 
                        that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions 
                        that are substantially lower than those 
                        attributable to fossil fuel-based alternatives; 
                        and
            (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 International Trade Administration. The Secretary shall 
administer the Fund to promote policies that will reduce production 
costs and encourage innovation, investment, and productivity in the 
clean energy technology sector, and implement a national clean energy 
technology export strategy. The purpose of the Fund is to ensure that 
United States clean energy technology firms, including clean energy 
technology parts suppliers and engineering and design firms, have the 
information and assistance they need to be competitive.
    (c) Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide information, tools, 
and other assistance to United States businesses to promote clean 
energy technology manufacturing and facilitate the export of clean 
energy technology products and services. Such assistance shall 
include--
            (1) developing critical analysis of policies to reduce 
        production costs and promote innovation, investment, and 
        productivity in the clean energy technology sector;
            (2) helping educate companies about how to tailor 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 navigate foreign 
        markets; and
            (5) helping United States companies provide input regarding 
        clean energy technology manufacturing and trade policy 
        developments and trade promotion.
    (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 established 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 competitiveness 
        of United States clean energy technology firms in emerging 
        markets;
            (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 developments and trade promotion; and
            (6) should be continued.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $15,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015.
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