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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2447 

To direct the Committee on Technology under the National Science and 

Technology Council to develop a national manufacturing competitiveness 

strategic plan, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 20, 2013 

Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. 

WOLF, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. HULTGREN, and Mr. RYAN of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 

Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 

Commerce and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined 

by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 

within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Committee on Technology under the National 

Science and Technology Council to develop a national 

manufacturing competitiveness strategic plan, and for 

other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Manufac5 turing Competitiveness Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS 

2 STRATEGIC PLAN. 

3 Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthor4 ization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6622) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (7) 

6 and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(7) develop and update a national manufac8 turing competitiveness strategic plan in accordance 

9 with subsection (c).’’; and 

10 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS

13 STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall de15 velop, and update every 4 years, a strategic plan to 

16 improve Government coordination and provide long17 term guidance for Federal programs and activities in 

18 support of United States manufacturing competitive19 ness, including advanced manufacturing research 

20 and development. 

21 ‘‘(2) COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON.—In developing 

22 and updating the strategic plan, the Secretary of 

23 Commerce, or a designee of the Secretary, shall 

24 serve as the chairperson of the Committee. 

25 ‘‘(3) GOALS.—The goals of such strategic plan 

26 shall be to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) promote growth, including job cre2 ation, sustainability, and competitiveness, in the 

3 United States manufacturing sector; 

4 ‘‘(B) support the development of a skilled 

5 manufacturing workforce; 

6 ‘‘(C) enable innovation and investment in 

7 domestic manufacturing; and 

8 ‘‘(D) support national security. 

9 ‘‘(4) CONTENTS.—Such strategic plan shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) specify and prioritize near-term and 

11 long-term objectives to meet the goals of the 

12 plan, including research and development objec13 tives, the anticipated timeframe for achieving 

14 the objectives, and the metrics for use in assess15 ing progress toward the objectives; 

16 ‘‘(B) describe the progress made in achiev17 ing the objectives from prior strategic plans, in18 cluding a discussion of why specific objectives 

19 were not met; 

20 ‘‘(C) specify the role, including the pro21 grams and activities, of each Federal agency in 

22 meeting the objectives of the strategic plan; 

23 ‘‘(D) describe how the Federal agencies 

24 and federally funded research and development 

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1 search and development will foster the transfer 

2 of research and development results into new 

3 manufacturing technologies and United States 

4 based manufacturing of new products and proc5 esses for the benefit of society to ensure na6 tional, energy, and economic security; 

7 ‘‘(E) describe how such Federal agencies 

8 and centers will strengthen all levels of manu9 facturing education and training programs to 

10 ensure an adequate, well-trained workforce; 

11 ‘‘(F) describe how such Federal agencies 

12 and centers will assist small- and medium-sized 

13 manufacturers in developing and implementing 

14 new products and processes; 

15 ‘‘(G) take into consideration and include a 

16 discussion of the analysis conducted under 

17 paragraph (5); and 

18 ‘‘(H) take into consideration the rec19 ommendations of a wide range of stakeholders, 

20 including representatives from diverse manufac21 turing sectors and companies, academia, exist22 ing Federal advisory committees, such as the 

23 Defense Science Board, the President’s Council 

24 of Advisors on Science and Technology, the 

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1 partment of Commerce, and the Labor Advisory 

2 Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade 

3 Policy, and other relevant organizations and in4 stitutions. 

5 ‘‘(5) PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of developing 

7 such strategic plan, the Committee shall con8 duct an analysis of factors that impact the com9 petitiveness and growth of the United States 

10 manufacturing sector, including— 

11 ‘‘(i) research, development, innova12 tion, technology transfer, and commer13 cialization activities in the United States; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the adequacy of the industrial 

15 base for maintaining national security; 

16 ‘‘(iii) the state and capabilities of the 

17 domestic manufacturing workforce; 

18 ‘‘(iv) trade, trade enforcement, and in19 tellectual property policies; 

20 ‘‘(v) financing, investment, and tax21 ation policies and practices; 

22 ‘‘(vi) the state of emerging tech23 nologies and markets; and 


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1 ‘‘(vii) efforts and policies related to 

2 manufacturing promotion undertaken by 

3 competing nations. 

4 ‘‘(B) RELIANCE ON EXISTING INFORMA5 TION.—To the extent practicable, in completing 

6 the analysis under subparagraph (A), the Com7 mittee shall use existing information and the re8 sults of previous studies and reports. 

9 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

10 of enactment of the American Manufacturing Competitive11 ness Act of 2013, the Director shall transmit the strategic 

12 plan developed under subsection (b)(7) to the Committee 

13 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

14 and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 

15 the House of Representatives and shall transmit subse16 quent updates to those committees as appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER STRATEGY IN THE

18 BUDGET.—In preparing the budget for a fiscal year under 

19 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Presi20 dent shall include information regarding the consistency 

21 of the budget with the goals and recommendations in22 cluded in the strategic plan developed under subsection 

23 (b)(7) applying to that fiscal year.’’. 

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