diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index e3aac3e51deb..f5cb36a3ad56 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ receiver/activedirectorydsreceiver/                      @open-telemetry/collect
 receiver/aerospikereceiver/                              @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @djaglowski @antonblock
 receiver/apachereceiver/                                 @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @djaglowski
 receiver/awscloudwatchreceiver/                          @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @djaglowski @schmikei
+receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver                    @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @lewis262626 @jpkrohling @kovrus
 receiver/awscontainerinsightreceiver/                    @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @Aneurysm9 @pxaws
 receiver/awsecscontainermetricsreceiver/                 @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @Aneurysm9
 receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/                            @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @Aneurysm9
@@ -238,4 +239,4 @@ receiver/zookeeperreceiver/                              @open-telemetry/collect
 
 testbed/                                                 @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @open-telemetry/collector-approvers
 testbed/mockdatareceivers/mockawsxrayreceiver/           @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @willarmiros
-testbed/mockdatasenders/mockdatadogagentexporter/        @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @boostchicken
\ No newline at end of file
+testbed/mockdatasenders/mockdatadogagentexporter/        @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @boostchicken
diff --git a/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc1652c6c3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver
+
+go 1.19
diff --git a/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver/receiver.go
index e69de29bb2d1..2c847a1f9160 100644
--- a/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var (
+	defaultPollInterval = time.Minute
+)
+
+// Config is the overall config structure for the awscloudwatchmetricsreceiver
+type Config struct {
+	Region       string        `mapstructure:"region"`
+	Profile      string        `mapstructure:"profile"`
+	IMDSEndpoint string        `mapstructure:"imds_endpoint"`
+	PollInterval time.Duration `mapstructure:"poll_interval"`
+}
+
+var (
+	errNoLogsConfigured    = errors.New("no metrics configured")
+	errNoRegion            = errors.New("no region was specified")
+	errInvalidPollInterval = errors.New("poll interval is incorrect, it must be a duration greater than one second")
+)