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“THE AMERICAN ENERGY MANUFACTURING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1880 on Dec. 5, 2012.
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THE AMERICAN ENERGY MANUFACTURING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT
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speech of
HON. RON KIND
of wisconsin
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 6582, the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act as it provides technical corrections and regulatory certainty to a number of domestic manufacturers. The legislation, which I am proud to cosponsor, has bi-
partisan and bi-cameral support, not to mention the support of manufacturers and the NGO community. More specifically I would like to thank Chairman Whitfield and Mr. Aderholt for including H.R. 482, the Water Heater Rating Improvement Act of 2011, or Section 3 of the underlying bill, that will fix a regulatory problem related to the test methodology that the Department of Energy uses to calculate the efficiency levels of water heaters, which the Department has acknowledged is broken. The legislation will also level the playing field for domestic water heater manufacturers vs. foreign manufacturers and provide the necessary regulatory and business certainty that domestic water heater manufacturers have been calling for over four years. This will also lead to significant energy saved by highly efficient U.S. produced water heaters, many of which were designed in my home state of Wisconsin. In addition, Mr. Speaker, the legislation has the potential of adding up to 1,000 jobs in domestic water heater factories, one of which is in Wisconsin, and thousands of more indirect jobs associated with the manufacturers supply chain.
Finally Mr. Speaker, I'd again like to thank Chairman Whitfield and Mr. Waxman for their hard work on the bill and steering an accommodative process, and Mr. Aderholt and Mr. Carnahan for their leadership on the legislation.
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