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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8657 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides 

recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact 

of Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience 

and manufacturing and industrial innovation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2024 

Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report 

that provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of Department of Commerce 

programs related to supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Support 

5 for American Manufacturing Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PRO2 GRAMS RELATED TO CRITICAL SUPPLY 

3 CHAIN RESILIENCE AND MANUFACTURING 

4 AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

7 produce a report that— 

8 (1) identifies offices and bureaus of the Depart9 ment of Commerce with responsibilities related to— 

10 (A) critical supply chain resilience; and 

11 (B) manufacturing and industrial innova12 tion; 

13 (2) identifies the duties, responsibilities, pro14 grams, and expertise relevant to critical supply chain 

15 resilience and manufacturing and industrial innova16 tion of each covered office and bureau; 

17 (3) identifies and assesses the purpose, statu18 tory authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limita19 tions of each covered office and bureau; 

20 (4) identifies gaps between offices or bureaus 

21 with duplicative duties, responsibilities, programs, 

22 and expertise within the Department of Commerce 

23 that are implementing activities related to critical 

24 supply chain resilience and manufacturing and in25 dustrial innovation; and 


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1 (5) provides recommendations to improve the 

2 effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of each covered 

3 office and bureau, including recommendations to— 

4 (A) optimize operations within or across 

5 covered offices and bureaus; 

6 (B) improve coordination across covered 

7 offices and bureaus; and 

8 (C) improve coordination with Federal 

9 agencies implementing similar activities related 

10 to critical supply chain resilience and manufac11 turing and industrial innovation. 

12 (b) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRA13 TION.—The Secretary shall contract with the National 

14 Academy of Public Administration in producing the report 

15 under subsection (a). 

16 (c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 

17 days after the date on which the Secretary produces the 

18 report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to 

19 the appropriate committees of Congress— 

20 (1) the report produced under subsection (a); 

21 (2) recommendations for potential legislative ac22 tion addressing recommendations in the report pro23 duced under subsection (a); and 


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1 (3) a response from the Secretary to the rec2 ommendations included in the report produced under 

3 subsection (a). 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON6 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con7 gress’’ means— 

8 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

9 and Transportation of the Senate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com11 merce of the House of Representatives. 

12 (2) COVERED OFFICES AND BUREAUS.—The 

13 term ‘‘covered offices and bureaus’’ means offices 

14 and bureaus of the Department of Commerce identi15 fied under subsection (a)(1). 

16 (3) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘crit17 ical supply chain’’ means an end-to-end system that 

18 converts raw materials into finished products in crit19 ical sectors, including in— 

20 (A) the defense industrial base; 

21 (B) the public health and biological pre22 paredness industrial base; 

23 (C) the information and communications 

24 technology industrial base; 

25 (D) the energy sector industrial base; 


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1 (E) the transportation industrial base; and 

2 (F) agricultural supply chains. 

3 (4) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE.—The 

4 term ‘‘critical supply chain resilience’’ means miti5 gating gaps and vulnerabilities in critical supply 

6 chains, including by— 

7 (A) reducing risk of malicious sabotage or 

8 external or internal manipulation; and 

9 (B) improving the ability to withstand sup10 ply chain interruptions such as logistical chal11 lenges and workforce, materials, equipment, or 

12 product shortages. 

13 (5) MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVA14 TION.—The term ‘‘manufacturing and industrial in15 novation’’ means— 

16 (A) providing assistance, resources, or 

17 services to manufacturers or manufacturing 

18 workers in the United States; 

19 (B) offering expertise, improvements, re20 search and development, or other assistance in 

21 technological innovations or advanced manufac22 turing in partnership with or for use by manu23 facturers in the United States; or 


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1 (C) developing policy that substantially im2 pacts the manufacturing sector in the United 

3 States. 

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

5 the Secretary of Commerce. 

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