S. 1617: Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act of 2009
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S. 1617: Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-08-06 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-330.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-08-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-330. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act of 2009
Plain summary
Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act of 2009 or the IMPACT Act of 2009 - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to states to establish revolving loan funds to provide loans to small and medium-sized manufacturers for producing clean energy technology and energy efficient products and for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing facilities; and (2) include within the activities of Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology the establishment of a clean energy manufacturing supply chain initiative.
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Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · 6 cosponsors
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Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
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- A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s1617.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s1617 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111