Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress
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Congress finds that— industries in the United States that use and produce fluorocarbons— contribute more than $158,000,000,000 annually in goods and services to the economy of the United States; and provide employment to more than 700,000 individuals, with an industry-wide payroll of more than $32,000,000,000; the support and promotion of the technological leadership of the United States in fluorocarbon production and related products, equipment, and other uses provided by this Act is expected— to create approximately 33,000 new manufacturing jobs in the United States; and to add approximately $12,500,000,000 per year to the economy of the United States; supporting and promoting the technological leadership of the United States in fluorocarbon production and related products, equipment, and other uses also creates a significant new export advantage for manufacturers of fluorinated compounds and related products and equipment in the United States; the new markets for fluorinated products and equipment created by this Act are expected to increase the share of the United States of the global fluorocarbon product and equipment market by 25 percent (to 9 percent from 7.2 percent); and this Act incentivizes the investment of approximately $5,000,000,000 in the United States through fiscal year 2025 to exploit the new markets for fluorinated products and equipment created by this Act.
It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator should provide for a safe hydrofluorocarbon transition by ensuring that heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration practitioners are positioned to comply with safe servicing, repair, disposal, or installation procedures.