,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #fda #aafth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #dgai    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,september #bd1 #bjbj,mr4     
,peters 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gardner1    
,mr4 ,coons1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,booker1
 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4      
,menendez1 and ,mr4 ,bennet7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,december #ae1 #bjbj,reported by ,mr4 
,wicker1 with an amendment,strike out   
all after the enacting clause and insert
 the part printed in italic  ,a ,,bill  
,to provide1 temporarily1 authority for 
the ,secretary of ,commerce to waive    
cost sharing requirements for the       
,hollings ,manufacturing ,extension     
,partnership1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,helping ,manufacturers ,respond
 to ,,covid-#ai ,act of #bjbj4  #b4     
,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      
7e77#b7 of section #be of the ,national 
,institute of ,standards and ,technology
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bghk7 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 7as 
defined in subsection 7a7 of such       
section7 to the degree that such funds  
are derived from amounts specifically   
appropriated for the ,hollings          
,manufacturing ,extension ,partnership  
for fiscal year #bjba4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,helping
 ,manufacturers ,respond to ,,covid-#ai 
,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,temporary waiver of
 ,hollings ,manufacturing ,extension    
,partnership cost sharing requirement   
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,commerce may waive all or a portion of 
the requirements of subsection 7e77#b7  
of section #be of the ,national         

,institute of ,standards and ,technology
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bghk7 with respect
 to the provision under such section by 
the ,secretary of capital and annual    
operating and maintenance funds required
 to establish and support an eligible   
,center to the degree that such funds   
are derived from amounts specifically   
appropriated for the ,hollings          
,manufacturing ,extension ,partnership  
for fiscal year #bjba4  7b7 ,eligible   
,center defined ,in this section1 the   
term eligible ,center means a ,center   
7as defined in section #be7;a7 of the   
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4         
#bghk7a777 that has demonstrated to the 
,secretary of ,commerce that it is      
unable or significantly restricted in   
its ability to meet cost share          
requirements due to ,coronavirus        
,disease #bjai 7,,covid-#ai74  ,december
 #ae1 #bjbj,reported with an amendment