HR 4393
111th Congress
House
Commerce
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Department of Commerce
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Technology transfer and commercialization
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to reduce the matching requirement for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program.
Introduced: December 16, 2009
Introduced by:
Peters, Gary C.
Democratic
· Michigan
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 24, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Dec 16, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Dec 16, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to reduce the matching funds requirement for participants in the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (providing services to small and mid-sized manufacturers) from not less than 50% of the costs incurred for the first three years and an increasing share for each of the last three years to no more than 50% of the costs incurred by a participating Regional Center for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish criteria to determine a Center's cost share.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
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