[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 155 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      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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