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Calendar No. 298 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 701 

[Report No. 115–204] 

To improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing by 

designating and supporting manufacturing communities. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 22, 2017 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. CAPITO, 

Mr. KING, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mrs. 

FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

FEBRUARY 5, 2018 

Reported by Mr. THUNE, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing by designating and supporting manufacturing 

communities. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Made in America Man3 ufacturing Communities Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY SUPPORT

7 PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Manufacturing Community 

8 Support Program’’ means the program established 

9 under section 3(a). 

10 (2) PARTICIPATING AGENCY.—The term ‘‘par11 ticipating agency’’ means a Federal agency that 

12 elects to participate in the Manufacturing Commu13 nity Support Program. 

14 (3) PARTICIPATING PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘par15 ticipating program’’ means a program identified by 

16 a participating agency under section 3(c)(1)(C). 

17 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

18 the Secretary of Commerce. 

19 SEC. 3. PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE AND SUPPORT MANUFAC20 TURING COMMUNITIES. 

21 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall es22 tablish a program to improve the competitiveness of 

23 United States manufacturing— 

24 (1) by designating consortiums as manufac25 turing communities under subsection (b); and 


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1 (2) by supporting manufacturing communities, 

2 as so designated, under subsection (c). 

3 (b) DESIGNATION OF MANUFACTURING COMMU4 NITIES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (7), for purposes of the Manufacturing Com7 munity Support Program, the Secretary shall des8 ignate eligible consortiums as manufacturing com9 munities through a competitive process. 

10 (2) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUMS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible consortium 

12 is a consortium that— 

13 (i) represents a region defined by the 

14 consortium in accordance with subpara15 graph (B); 

16 (ii) includes at least one— 

17 (I) institution of higher edu18 cation; 

19 (II) a private sector entity; and 

20 (III) a government entity; 

21 (iii) may include one or more— 

22 (I) private sector partners; 

23 (II) institutions of higher edu24 cation; 

25 (III) government entities; 


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1 (IV) economic development and 

2 other community and labor groups; 

3 (V) financial institutions; or 

4 (VI) utilities; 

5 (iv) has, as a lead applicant— 

6 (I) a district organization (as de7 fined in section 300.3 of title 13, 

8 Code of Federal Regulations, or suc9 cessor regulation); 

10 (II) an Indian tribe (as defined 

11 in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter12 mination and Education Assistance 

13 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)) or a consor14 tium of Indian tribes; 

15 (III) a State or a political sub16 division of a State, including a special 

17 purpose unit of a State or local gov18 ernment engaged in economic or in19 frastructure development activities, or 

20 a consortium of political subdivisions; 

21 (IV) an institution of higher edu22 cation or a consortium of institutions 

23 of higher education; or 

24 (V) a public or private nonprofit 

25 organization or association that has 


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1 an application that is supported by a 

2 State, a political subdivision of a 

3 State, or a native community. 

4 (B) REGIONS.—Subject to approval by the 

5 Secretary, a consortium may define the region 

6 that it represents if the region— 

7 (i) is large enough to contain critical 

8 elements of the key technologies or supply 

9 chain prioritized by the consortium; and 

10 (ii) is small enough to enable close 

11 collaboration among members of the con12 sortium. 

13 (3) DURATION.—Each designation under para14 graph (1) shall be for a period of two years. 

15 (4) RENEWAL.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt of an ap17 plication submitted under subparagraph (B), 

18 the Secretary may renew a designation made 

19 under paragraph (1) for up to two additional 

20 two-year periods. Any designation as a manu21 facturing community or renewal of such des22 ignation that is in effect before the date of the 

23 enactment of this Act shall count toward the 

24 limit set forth in this subparagraph. 


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1 (B) APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL.—An eli2 gible consortium seeking a renewal under sub3 paragraph (A) shall submit an application to 

4 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 

5 and containing such information as the Sec6 retary may require. 

7 (C) MODIFICATIONS AUTHORIZED.—The 

8 Secretary may renew a designation under sub9 paragraph (A) for an eligible consortium that— 

10 (i) has changed its composition, either 

11 by adding or removing members; or 

12 (ii) as part of its application under 

13 subparagraph (B), submits a revision to 

14 the plan submitted under paragraph 

15 (5)(B)(iv) or the strategy submitted under 

16 paragraph (5)(B)(v). 

17 (D) EVALUATION FOR RENEWAL.—In de18 termining whether to renew a designation of an 

19 eligible consortium under paragraph (1), the 

20 Secretary shall assess the eligible consortium 

21 based upon— 

22 (i) the performance of the consortium 

23 against the terms of the consortium’s most 

24 recent designation under paragraph (1) 


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1 and any post-designation awards the con2 sortium may have received; 

3 (ii) the progress the consortium has 

4 made with respect to project-specific 

5 metrics the consortium proposed in the 

6 consortium’s application for the most re7 cent designation under paragraph (1), par8 ticularly with respect to those metrics that 

9 were designed to help communities track 

10 their own progress; 

11 (iii) whether any changes to the com12 position of the eligible consortium or revi13 sions to the plan or strategy described in 

14 subparagraph (C)(ii) would improve the 

15 competitiveness of United States manufac16 turing; and 

17 (iv) such other criteria as the Sec18 retary considers appropriate. 

19 (5) APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible consortium 

21 seeking a designation under paragraph (1) shall 

22 submit an application to the Secretary at such 

23 time and in such manner as the Secretary may 

24 require. 


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1 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub2 mitted to the Secretary under subparagraph (A) 

3 include— 

4 (i) a description of the regional 

5 boundaries of the consortium; 

6 (ii) a description of the manufacturing 

7 concentration of the consortium, including 

8 an assessment of how the manufacturing 

9 concentration of the consortium competi10 tively ranks nationally according to meas11 ures relating to employment, sales, location 

12 quotients for an industry’s level of con13 centration, or such other measures as the 

14 Secretary considers appropriate; 

15 (iii) an integrated assessment of the 

16 local industrial ecosystem of the region of 

17 the consortium, which may include assess18 ment of workforce and training, supplier 

19 network, research and innovation, infra20 structure or site development, trade and 

21 international investment, operational im22 provements, and capital access components 

23 needed for manufacturing activities in such 

24 region; 


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1 (iv) an evidence-based plan for devel2 oping components of such ecosystem (se3 lected by the consortium)— 

4 (I) by making specific invest5 ments to address gaps in such eco6 system; and 

7 (II) by making the manufac8 turing of the region of the consortium 

9 uniquely competitive; 

10 (v) a description of the investments 

11 the consortium proposes and the imple12 mentation strategy the consortium intends 

13 to use to address gaps in such ecosystem; 

14 (vi) a description of the outcome15 based metrics, benchmarks, and milestones 

16 that the consortium will track and the 

17 evaluation methods the consortium will use 

18 while designated as a manufacturing com19 munity to gauge performance of the strat20 egy of the consortium to improve the man21 ufacturing in the region of the consortium; 

22 and 

23 (vii) such other matters as the Sec24 retary considers appropriate. 


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1 (6) EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS.—The Sec2 retary shall evaluate each application received under 

3 paragraph (5) to determine— 

4 (A) whether the applicant demonstrates a 

5 significant level of regional cooperation in their 

6 proposal; and 

7 (B) how the manufacturing concentration 

8 of the applicant competitively ranks nationally 

9 according to measures described in paragraph 

10 (5)(B)(ii). 

11 (7) CERTAIN COMMUNITIES PREVIOUSLY REC12 OGNIZED.—Each consortium that was designated as 

13 a manufacturing community by the Secretary in car14 rying out the Investing in Manufacturing Commu15 nities Partnership initiative of the Department of 

16 Commerce before the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act shall be deemed a manufacturing community 

18 designated under this subsection if such consortium 

19 is still designated as a manufacturing community by 

20 the Secretary as part of such initiative. 

21 (c) SUPPORT FOR DESIGNATED MANUFACTURING

22 COMMUNITIES.— 

23 (1) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

25 subparagraph (D), if a member of a consortium 


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1 designated as a manufacturing community 

2 under subsection (b) seeks financial or technical 

3 assistance under a participating program of a 

4 participating agency, the head of such agency 

5 may give preferential consideration to such 

6 member with respect to the awarding of such fi7 nancial or technical assistance if— 

8 (i) such head considers the award of 

9 the financial or technical assistance con10 sistent with the economic development 

11 strategy of the consortium; and 

12 (ii) the member otherwise meets all 

13 applicable requirements for the financial or 

14 technical assistance. 

15 (B) PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.—The Sec16 retary shall invite other Federal agencies to be17 come participating agencies of the Manufac18 turing Community Support Program. 

19 (C) PARTICIPATING PROGRAMS.—The head 

20 of each participating agency shall identify all 

21 programs administered by such participating 

22 agency that are applicable to the Manufacturing 

23 Community Support Program. 


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1 (D) MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE SAME

2 CONSORTIUM SEEKING THE SAME FINANCIAL

3 OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—If a participating 

5 agency receives applications for the same 

6 financial or technical assistance from more 

7 than one member of the same consortium 

8 designated as a manufacturing community 

9 under subsection (b), the head of such 

10 agency may determine how preference will 

11 be given under subparagraph (A), includ12 ing by requiring the consortium to select 

13 which of the members should be given 

14 preference. 

15 (ii) COORDINATION.—If the head of a 

16 participating agency determines that more 

17 than one member of a consortium should 

18 be given preference for financial or tech19 nical assistance under subparagraph (A), 

20 he or she may require such members to 

21 demonstrate coordination with each other 

22 in developing their applications for the fi23 nancial or technical assistance. 

24 (E) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 


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1 head of each participating agency shall submit 

2 a report to the Secretary that specifies how the 

3 head will give preferential consideration under 

4 subparagraph (A). 

5 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

6 may make a Federal point of contact available to 

7 each consortium designated as a manufacturing 

8 community under subsection (b) to help the mem9 bers of the consortium access Federal funds and 

10 technical assistance. 

11 (3) FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Under the Manufac13 turing Community Support Program, the head 

14 of a participating agency may award financial 

15 or technical assistance to a member of a consor16 tium designated as a manufacturing community 

17 under subsection (b) as he or she considers ap18 propriate for purposes of such program and 

19 consistent with the economic development strat20 egy of the consortium. 

21 (B) USE OF FUNDS.— 

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of fi23 nancial or technical assistance under sub24 paragraph (A) may use such financial or 

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1 ment in an ecosystem that will improve the 

2 competitiveness of United States manufac3 turing. 

4 (ii) INVESTMENTS SUPPORTED.—In5 vestments supported under this subpara6 graph may include— 

7 (I) infrastructure; 

8 (II) access to capital; 

9 (III) promotion of exports and 

10 foreign direct investment; 

11 (IV) equipment or facility up12 grades; 

13 (V) workforce training or retrain14 ing; 

15 (VI) energy or process efficiency; 

16 (VII) business incubators; 

17 (VIII) site preparation; 

18 (IX) advanced research; 

19 (X) supply chain development; 

20 and 

21 (XI) small business assistance. 

22 (4) COORDINATION.— 

23 (A) COORDINATION BY SECRETARY OF

24 COMMERCE.—The Secretary shall coordinate 


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1 with the heads of the participating agencies to 

2 identify programs under paragraph (1)(C). 

3 (B) INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION.—The 

4 heads of the participating agencies shall coordi5 nate with each other— 

6 (i) to leverage complementary activi7 ties, including from non-Federal sources, 

8 such as philanthropies; and 

9 (ii) to avoid duplication of efforts. 

10 (d) RECEIPT OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—The Sec11 retary may accept amounts transferred to the Secretary 

12 from the head of another participating agency to carry out 

13 this section. 

14 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Made in America Manu16 facturing Communities Act of 2017’’. 

17 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act: 

19 (1) MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY SUPPORT PRO20 GRAM.—The term ‘‘Manufacturing Community Sup21 port Program’’ means the program established under 

22 section 3(a). 

23 (2) PARTICIPATING AGENCY.—The term ‘‘partici24 pating agency’’ means a Federal agency that elects to 


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1 participate in the Manufacturing Community Sup2 port Program. 

3 (3) PARTICIPATING PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘par4 ticipating program’’ means a program identified by 

5 a participating agency under section 3(c)(1)(C). 

6 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of Commerce. 

8 SEC. 3. PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE AND SUPPORT MANUFAC9 TURING COMMUNITIES. 

10 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall es11 tablish a program to improve the competitiveness of United 

12 States manufacturing— 

13 (1) by designating consortiums as manufac14 turing communities under subsection (b); and 

15 (2) by supporting manufacturing communities, 

16 as so designated, under subsection (c). 

17 (b) DESIGNATION OF MANUFACTURING COMMU18 NITIES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (7), for purposes of the Manufacturing Commu21 nity Support Program, the Secretary shall designate 

22 eligible consortiums as manufacturing communities 

23 through a competitive process. 

24 (2) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUMS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible consortium is 

2 a consortium that— 

3 (i) represents a region defined by the 

4 consortium in accordance with subpara5 graph (B); 

6 (ii) includes at least one— 

7 (I) institution of higher edu8 cation; 

9 (II) a private sector entity; and 

10 (III) a government entity; 

11 (iii) may include one or more— 

12 (I) private sector partners; 

13 (II) institutions of higher edu14 cation; 

15 (III) government entities; 

16 (IV) economic development and 

17 other community and labor groups; 

18 (V) financial institutions; or 

19 (VI) utilities; 

20 (iv) has, as a lead applicant— 

21 (I) a district organization (as de22 fined in section 300.3 of title 13, Code 

23 of Federal Regulations, or successor 

24 regulation); 


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1 (II) an Indian tribe (as defined 

2 in section 4 of the Indian Self-Deter3 mination and Education Assistance 

4 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)) or a consortium 

5 of Indian tribes; 

6 (III) a State or a political sub7 division of a State, including a special 

8 purpose unit of a State or local govern9 ment engaged in economic or infra10 structure development activities, or a 

11 consortium of political subdivisions; 

12 (IV) an institution of higher edu13 cation or a consortium of institutions 

14 of higher education; or 

15 (V) a public or private nonprofit 

16 organization or association that has an 

17 application that is supported by a 

18 State, a political subdivision of a 

19 State, or a native community. 

20 (B) REGIONS.—Subject to approval by the 

21 Secretary, a consortium may define the region 

22 that it represents if the region— 

23 (i) is large enough to contain critical 

24 elements of the key technologies or supply 

25 chain prioritized by the consortium; and 


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1 (ii) is small enough to enable close col2 laboration among members of the consor3 tium. 

4 (3) DURATION.—Each designation under para5 graph (1) shall be for a period of two years. 

6 (4) RENEWAL.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt of an ap8 plication submitted under subparagraph (B), the 

9 Secretary may renew a designation made under 

10 paragraph (1) for up to two additional two-year 

11 periods. Any designation as a manufacturing 

12 community or renewal of such designation that 

13 is in effect before the date of the enactment of 

14 this Act shall count toward the limit set forth in 

15 this subparagraph. 

16 (B) APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL.—An eligi17 ble consortium seeking a renewal under subpara18 graph (A) shall submit an application to the 

19 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 

20 containing such information as the Secretary 

21 may require. 

22 (C) MODIFICATIONS AUTHORIZED.—The 

23 Secretary may renew a designation under sub24 paragraph (A) for an eligible consortium that— 


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1 (i) has changed its composition, either 

2 by adding or removing members; or 

3 (ii) as part of its application under 

4 subparagraph (B), submits a revision to the 

5 plan submitted under paragraph (5)(B)(iv) 

6 or the strategy submitted under paragraph 

7 (5)(B)(v). 

8 (D) EVALUATION FOR RENEWAL.—In deter9 mining whether to renew a designation of an eli10 gible consortium under paragraph (1), the Sec11 retary shall assess the eligible consortium based 

12 upon— 

13 (i) the performance of the consortium 

14 against the terms of the consortium’s most 

15 recent designation under paragraph (1) and 

16 any post-designation awards the consortium 

17 may have received; 

18 (ii) the progress the consortium has 

19 made with respect to project-specific metrics 

20 the consortium proposed in the consortium’s 

21 application for the most recent designation 

22 under paragraph (1), particularly with re23 spect to those metrics that were designed to 

24 help communities track their own progress; 


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1 (iii) whether any changes to the com2 position of the eligible consortium or revi3 sions to the plan or strategy described in 

4 subparagraph (C)(ii) would improve the 

5 competitiveness of United States manufac6 turing; and 

7 (iv) such other criteria as the Secretary 

8 considers appropriate. 

9 (5) APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible consortium 

11 seeking a designation under paragraph (1) shall 

12 submit an application to the Secretary at such 

13 time and in such manner as the Secretary may 

14 require. 

15 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub16 mitted to the Secretary under subparagraph (A) 

17 shall include— 

18 (i) a description of the regional bound19 aries of the consortium; 

20 (ii) a description of the manufacturing 

21 concentration of the consortium, including 

22 an assessment of how the manufacturing 

23 concentration of the consortium competi24 tively ranks nationally according to meas25 ures relating to employment, sales, location 


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1 quotients for an industry’s level of con2 centration, or such other measures as the 

3 Secretary considers appropriate; 

4 (iii) an integrated assessment of the 

5 local industrial ecosystem of the region of 

6 the consortium, which may include assess7 ment of workforce and training, such as 

8 that involving women and underrepresented 

9 minorities, supplier network, research and 

10 innovation, infrastructure or site develop11 ment, trade and international investment, 

12 operational improvements, and capital ac13 cess components needed for manufacturing 

14 activities in such region; 

15 (iv) an evidence-based plan for devel16 oping components of such ecosystem (se17 lected by the consortium)— 

18 (I) by making specific investments 

19 to address gaps in such ecosystem; and 

20 (II) by making the manufacturing 

21 of the region of the consortium unique22 ly competitive; 

23 (v) a description of the investments the 

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1 tion strategy the consortium intends to use 

2 to address gaps in such ecosystem; 

3 (vi) a description of the outcome-based 

4 metrics, benchmarks, and milestones that 

5 the consortium will track and the evalua6 tion methods the consortium will use while 

7 designated as a manufacturing community 

8 to gauge performance of the strategy of the 

9 consortium to improve the manufacturing 

10 in the region of the consortium; and 

11 (vii) such other matters as the Sec12 retary considers appropriate. 

13 (6) EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS.—The Sec14 retary shall evaluate each application received under 

15 paragraph (5) to determine— 

16 (A) whether the applicant demonstrates a 

17 significant level of regional cooperation in their 

18 proposal; and 

19 (B) how the manufacturing concentration of 

20 the applicant competitively ranks nationally ac21 cording to measures described in paragraph 

22 (5)(B)(ii). 

23 (7) CERTAIN COMMUNITIES PREVIOUSLY RECOG24 NIZED.—Each consortium that was designated as a 

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1 rying out the Investing in Manufacturing Commu2 nities Partnership initiative of the Department of 

3 Commerce before the date of the enactment of this Act 

4 shall be deemed a manufacturing community des5 ignated under this subsection if such consortium is 

6 still designated as a manufacturing community by 

7 the Secretary as part of such initiative. 

8 (c) SUPPORT FOR DESIGNATED MANUFACTURING COM9 MUNITIES.— 

10 (1) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

12 subparagraph (D), if a member of a consortium 

13 designated as a manufacturing community 

14 under subsection (b) seeks financial or technical 

15 assistance under a participating program of a 

16 participating agency, the head of such agency 

17 may give preferential consideration to such 

18 member with respect to the awarding of such fi19 nancial or technical assistance if— 

20 (i) such head considers the award of 

21 the financial or technical assistance con22 sistent with the economic development strat23 egy of the consortium; and 


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1 (ii) the member otherwise meets all ap2 plicable requirements for the financial or 

3 technical assistance. 

4 (B) PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.—The Sec5 retary shall invite other Federal agencies to be6 come participating agencies of the Manufac7 turing Community Support Program. 

8 (C) PARTICIPATING PROGRAMS.—The head 

9 of each participating agency shall identify all 

10 programs administered by such participating 

11 agency that are applicable to the Manufacturing 

12 Community Support Program. 

13 (D) MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE SAME

14 CONSORTIUM SEEKING THE SAME FINANCIAL OR

15 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

16 (i) IN GENERAL.—If a participating 

17 agency receives applications for the same fi18 nancial or technical assistance from more 

19 than one member of the same consortium 

20 designated as a manufacturing community 

21 under subsection (b), the head of such agen22 cy may determine how preference will be 

23 given under subparagraph (A), including by 

24 requiring the consortium to select which of 

25 the members should be given preference. 


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1 (ii) COORDINATION.—If the head of a 

2 participating agency determines that more 

3 than one member of a consortium should be 

4 given preference for financial or technical 

5 assistance under subparagraph (A), he or 

6 she may require such members to dem7 onstrate coordination with each other in de8 veloping their applications for the financial 

9 or technical assistance. 

10 (E) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 

12 each participating agency shall submit a report 

13 to the Secretary that specifies how the head will 

14 give preferential consideration under subpara15 graph (A). 

16 (2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

17 may make a Federal point of contact available to 

18 each consortium designated as a manufacturing com19 munity under subsection (b) to help the members of 

20 the consortium access Federal funds and technical as21 sistance. 

22 (3) FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Under the Manufac24 turing Community Support Program, the head 

25 of a participating agency may award financial 


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1 or technical assistance to a member of a consor2 tium designated as a manufacturing community 

3 under subsection (b) as he or she considers ap4 propriate for purposes of such program and con5 sistent with the economic development strategy of 

6 the consortium. 

7 (B) USE OF FUNDS.— 

8 (i) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of finan9 cial or technical assistance under subpara10 graph (A) may use such financial or tech11 nical assistance to support an investment in 

12 an ecosystem that will improve the competi13 tiveness of United States manufacturing. 

14 (ii) INVESTMENTS SUPPORTED.—In15 vestments supported under this subpara16 graph may include— 

17 (I) infrastructure; 

18 (II) access to capital; 

19 (III) promotion of exports and 

20 foreign direct investment; 

21 (IV) equipment or facility up22 grades; 

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1 cluding that of women and underrep2 resented minorities; 

3 (VI) energy or process efficiency; 

4 (VII) business incubators; 

5 (VIII) site preparation; 

6 (IX) advanced research; 

7 (X) supply chain development; 

8 and 

9 (XI) small business assistance. 

10 (4) COORDINATION.— 

11 (A) COORDINATION BY SECRETARY OF COM12 MERCE.—The Secretary shall coordinate with the 

13 heads of the participating agencies to identify 

14 programs under paragraph (1)(C). 

15 (B) INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION.—The 

16 heads of the participating agencies shall coordi17 nate with each other— 

18 (i) to leverage complementary activi19 ties, including from non-Federal sources, 

20 such as philanthropies; and 

21 (ii) to avoid duplication of efforts. 

22 (d) RECEIPT OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—The Sec23 retary may accept amounts transferred to the Secretary 

24 from the head of another participating agency to carry out 

25 this section. 


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Calendar No. 298 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 701 

[Report No. 115–204] 

A BILL 

To improve the competitiveness of United States 

manufacturing communities. manufacturing by designating and supporting 

FEBRUARY 5, 2018 

Reported with an amendment 


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