Energy and Commerce; Science, Space, and Technology
Co-Sponsors: 1 – 1 Republican
This bill aides small and medium-sized American manufacturers with less than $100 million in sales and fewer than 500 employees with adopting smart manufacturing technologies by expanding existing technical assistance programs to provide education and awareness of opportunities in smart technology to those companies. Additionally, it expands the Industrial Assessment Centers within the Department of Energy to include smart technologies and practices in their training and tools to better serve manufacturers. The bill also requires that the Department of Energy develops a national plan to improve smart technology innovation and application. This bill improves energy efficiency, creates jobs, and fosters a more competitive position for manufacturers in the market place.
(Summarized from Welch press release)
This bill addresses Green New Deal goals 2(F)p.8 to invest in existing manufacturing and industry to transition to clean manufacturing, 4(A)p.11 to provide adequate capital to organizations, and 4(N)p.14 to ensure businesspersons are free from unfair business practices.
This bill addresses Green Real Deal goal 2(G)p.5 to create a regulatory atmosphere to encourage clean energy technologies.