WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Reclaiming the Solar Supply Chain Act to expand the solar manufacturing supply chain in the U.S., create jobs, and support our global competitiveness.
 
“China has gotten pretty good at taking our ideas, monetizing them, and using them to compete against American workers and businesses using unfair trade practices to undermine American manufacturing,” said Brown. “We need to couple strong trade enforcement with a strong manufacturing sector. By investing in American solar manufacturing, this legislation works to reduce our reliance on solar components made in the People’s Republic of China. It is our opportunity to fight back and invest in renewable energy technologies that will drive the next generation of U.S. economic growth and manufacturing to be developed in America, and to put people to work at good-paying jobs in Ohio.”
 
The Reclaiming the Solar Supply Chain Act would authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide $3 billion in grants and loans over the next 5 years to fund the construction of new U.S. facilities that manufacture solar components, as well as to retool, retrofit, or expand existing facilities that manufacture solar components. The legislation also supports good-paying union jobs by ensuring that any solar manufacturing facility in the U.S. that receives funding has strong labor protections for workers. Representative Val Demings (D-Fla.-10) has introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
 
This Act is endorsed by The Ultra Low-Carbon Solar Alliance, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Sierra Club, Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, and American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).
 
Yesterday, Brown led a bicameral letter to President Biden to express support for the Department of Commerce’s investigation into whether Chinese solar cells and modules are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) through Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia.
 

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