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Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID–19 Act of 2020

S. 4719 · 116th Congress · Sep 24, 2020 · Lineage

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.