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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1247 

To develop and recruit new, high-value jobs to the United States, to encourage 

the repatriation of jobs that have been off-shored to other countries, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2011 

Mr. WARNER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To develop and recruit new, high-value jobs to the United 

States, to encourage the repatriation of jobs that have 

been off-shored to other countries, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘America Recruits Act of 2011’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Inbound investment program to recruit jobs to the United States. 


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Sec. 4. United States Economic Competitiveness Commission. 

Sec. 5. Improvements to Federal efforts to support job creation in manufacturing and services sectors. 

Sec. 6. Utilization of industry-approved certification assessments and standards 

to improve education and training program performance. 

Sec. 7. Feasibility assessment for manufacturing capacity improvement partnership. 

Sec. 8. Surveys of United States corporations with manufacturing facilities or 

customer service centers located in foreign countries. 

Sec. 9. National Academy of Sciences recommendations for improving advanced 

manufacturing. 

Sec. 10. Assessment of distortive economic policies. 

Sec. 11. Limitation on Government printing costs. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Between 1971 and 2011, the United States 

4 share of manufacturing output as a percentage of 

5 the world total has dropped by almost 10 percent, 

6 with 50 percent of this decline occurring during the 

7 last decade. 

8 (2) Manufacturing has been a source of good 

9 jobs and has historically provided wages and benefits 

10 nine percent above the average for American work11 ers. 

12 (3) The number of manufacturing sites in the 

13 United States fell from 397,552 in 2001 to 344,352 

14 by June 2010, leaving more than 50,000 factories 

15 far below capacity or vacant. 

16 (4) In 2010, the trade deficit of the United 

17 States in manufactured products with advanced 

18 technology was over $81,000,000,000. 


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1 (5) The percentage of Americans working in 

2 manufacturing fell from 12.5 percent in 1998 to 8.9 

3 percent in 2008, and is expected to decline to 7.4 

4 percent by 2018. 

5 (6) United States service industries, including 

6 information technology, financial services, profes7 sional and business services, transportation and lo8 gistics, utilities, and others employ more than 

9 90,000,000 Americans and have enjoyed significant 

10 growth over the last decade. 

11 (7) The unemployment rate in the United 

12 States has been greater than 8 percent since Janu13 ary 2009. 

(8) Exports currently support more than 1 14 ⁄3 of 

15 United States manufacturing jobs and more than 

16 $500,000,000,000 in services exports. The earnings 

17 of Americans who work for firms that export are 

18 more than 15 percent higher than those of similar 

19 workers at firms that do not export. 

20 (9) Ninety-five percent of the world’s con21 sumers of goods and services live outside the United 

22 States. 

23 (10) To create the next generation of high-value 

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1 turing and traded services sectors to support ex2 ports. 

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that Congress should— 

5 (1) take action to help companies create new 

6 manufacturing and services jobs in the United 

7 States, including an inbound investment program 

8 which would provide matching funds to States that 

9 seek to recruit companies to locate in their State; 

10 (2) encourage expedited consideration of export 

11 financing for companies that are already working 

12 with the Federal Government to increase their ex13 port capacity; 

14 (3) ensure industry-approved certification as15 sessments and standards are established for pro16 viders of education and workforce training programs 

17 in manufacturing and information technology; 

18 (4) establish policies that enable lawmakers to 

19 better understand the challenges facing American 

20 manufacturing, including— 

21 (A) metrics that measure the success of 

22 onshoring and manufacturing-related programs; 

23 (B) baseline and annual targets for high24 value job creation and job repatriation; and 


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1 (C) improvements to existing surveys of 

2 companies with overseas facilities; 

3 (5) establish an independent United States Eco4 nomic Competitiveness Commission to provide ongo5 ing assessments of the competitiveness of the United 

6 States in key sectors; 

7 (6) further exercise its oversight role by asking 

8 the National Academy of Sciences to assess the ef9 fectiveness of Federal research and development 

10 funding and programs that support advanced manu11 facturing; and 

12 (7) call upon the independent United States 

13 International Trade Commission and the Govern14 ment Accountability Office to contribute to a more 

15 comprehensive understanding of distortive or dis16 criminatory economic policies in global markets in 

17 order to better support and assist United States 

18 companies. 

19 SEC. 3. INBOUND INVESTMENT PROGRAM TO RECRUIT 

20 JOBS TO THE UNITED STATES. 

21 (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

23 of Commerce shall establish a program to award grants 

24 to States that are recruiting high-value jobs. Grants 

25 awarded under this section may be used to issue forgivable 


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1 loans to eligible entities that are deciding whether to locate 

2 eligible facilities in foreign countries or in the United 

3 States to assist such entities in locating such facilities in 

4 rural or distressed areas. 

5 (b) FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

7 out the program through the award of grants to 

8 States to provide loans described in subsection (c). 

9 (2) APPLICATION.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—A State seeking a 

11 grant under the program shall submit an appli12 cation to the Secretary in such manner and 

13 containing such information as the Secretary 

14 may require. Once the program is operational, 

15 any State may apply for a grant on an ongoing 

16 basis, until funds are exhausted. The Secretary 

17 may also establish a process for pre-clearing ap18 plications from States. The Secretary shall no19 tify all States of this grant opportunity once the 

20 program is operational. All information about 

21 the program and the State application process 

22 must be online and must be in a format that 

23 is easily understood and is widely accessible. 


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1 (B) ELEMENTS.—Each application sub2 mitted by a State under subparagraph (A) shall 

3 include— 

4 (i) a description of the eligible entity 

5 the State proposes to assist in locating an 

6 eligible facility in a rural or distressed area 

7 of the State; 

8 (ii) a description of such facility, in9 cluding the number of high-value jobs re10 lating to such facility; 

11 (iii) a description of such rural or dis12 tressed area; 

13 (iv) a description of the resources of 

14 the State that the State has committed to 

15 assisting such corporation in locating such 

16 facility, including tax incentives provided, 

17 bonding authority exercised, and land 

18 granted; and 

19 (v) such other elements as the Sec20 retary considers appropriate. 

21 (C) NOTICE.—As soon as practicable after 

22 establishing the program under subsection (a), 

23 the Secretary shall notify all States of the 

24 grants available under the program and the 

25 process for applying for such grants. 


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1 (D) ONLINE SUBMISSION OF APPLICA2 TIONS.—The Secretary shall establish a mecha3 nism for the electronic submission of applica4 tions under subparagraph (A). Such mechanism 

5 shall utilize an Internet website and all infor6 mation on such website shall be in a format 

7 that is easily understood and widely accessible. 

8 (E) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Secretary 

9 may not make public any information submitted 

10 by a State to the Secretary under this para11 graph regarding the efforts of such State to as12 sist an eligible entity in locating an eligible fa13 cility in such State without the express consent 

14 of the State. 

15 (3) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall award 

16 grants under the program on a competitive basis to 

17 States that— 

18 (A) the Secretary determines are most 

19 likely to succeed with a grant under the pro20 gram in assisting an eligible entity in locating 

21 an eligible facility in a rural or distressed area; 

22 (B) if successful in assisting an eligible en23 tity as described in subparagraph (A), will cre24 ate the greatest number of high-value jobs in 

25 rural or distressed areas; 


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1 (C) have committed significant resources, 

2 to the extent of their ability as determined by 

3 the Secretary, to assisting eligible entities in lo4 cating eligible facilities in a rural or distressed 

5 areas; or 

6 (D) meet such other criteria as the Sec7 retary considers appropriate, including criteria 

8 relating to marketing plans, benefits to ongoing 

9 regional or State strategies for economic devel10 opment, and job growth. 

11 (4) LIMITATION ON COMPETITION BETWEEN

12 STATES.—The Secretary may not award a grant to 

13 a State under the program to assist an eligible enti14 ty in locating an eligible facility in such State if an15 other State is seeking to assist such eligible entity 

16 in locating such eligible facility in such other State. 

17 (5) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—For 

18 each grant awarded to a State under the program, 

19 the Secretary shall make available to such State the 

20 amount of such grant not later than 30 days after 

21 the date on which the Secretary awarded the grant. 

22 The total amount of grants awarded under this pro23 gram may not exceed $100,000,000. 

24 (c) LOANS FROM STATES TO CORPORATIONS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts received by a State 

2 under the program shall be used to provide assist3 ance to an eligible entity to locate an eligible facility 

4 in a rural or distressed area of the State. 

5 (2) LOANS.—A State receiving a grant under 

6 the program shall provide assistance under para7 graph (1) in the form of a single loan to a single 

8 eligible entity as described in paragraph (1) to cover 

9 the costs incurred by the eligible entity in locating 

10 the eligible facility as described in such paragraph. 

11 (3) LOAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Each loan 

12 provided under paragraph (2) shall have a term of 

13 5 years and shall bear interest at rates equal to the 

14 Federal long-term rate under section 1274(d)(1)(C) 

15 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

16 (4) AMOUNT.—The amount of a loan issued to 

17 an eligible entity under the program for the location 

18 of an eligible facility shall be an amount equal to not 

19 more than $5,000 per full-time equivalent employee 

20 to be employed at such facility. 

21 (5) REPAYMENT.—Repayment of a loan issued 

22 by a State to an eligible entity under the program 

23 shall be repaid in accordance with such schedule as 

24 the State shall establish in accordance with such 

25 rules as the Secretary shall prescribe for purposes of 


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1 the program. Such rules shall provide for the fol2 lowing: 

3 (A) Forgiveness of all or a portion of the 

4 loan, the amount of such forgiveness depending 

5 upon the following: 

6 (i) The performance of the borrower. 

7 (ii) The number or quality of the jobs 

8 at the facility located under the program. 

9 (B) Repayment of principal or interest, if 

10 any, at the end of the term of the loan. 

11 (d) EXISTING OFFICE.—To the degree practicable, 

12 the Secretary shall carry out the program through an of13 fice of the Department of Commerce that existed on the 

14 day before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

15 (e) ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

16 (1) ONGOING ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary 

17 shall conduct an ongoing assessment of the program. 

18 (2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Secretary may 

19 submit to Congress recommendations for such legis20 lative action as the Secretary considers appropriate 

21 to improve the program, including with respect to 

22 any findings of the Secretary derived by comparing 

23 the program established under subsection (a) with 

24 the programs and policies of governments of other 

25 countries used to recruit high-value jobs. 


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1 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) DISTRESSED.—The term ‘‘distressed’’, with 

3 respect to an area, means an area in the United 

4 States that, on the date on which the program is es5 tablished under subsection (a)— 

6 (A) is included in the most recent classi7 fication of labor surplus areas by the Secretary 

8 of Labor; and 

9 (B) has an unemployment rate equal to or 

10 great than 110 percent of the unemployment 

11 rate of the United States. 

12 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti13 ty’’ means an entity that employs not fewer than 50 

14 full-time equivalent employees in high-value jobs. 

15 (3) ELIGIBLE FACILITY.—The term ‘‘eligible fa16 cility’’ means a facility at which— 

17 (A) an eligible entity employs not fewer 

18 than 50 full-time equivalent employees in high19 value jobs; 

20 (B) with respect to a rural or distressed 

21 area, the mean of the wages provided by the eli22 gible entity to individuals employed at such fa23 cility is greater than the mean wage for the 

24 county in which the rural or distressed area is 

25 located; and 


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1 (C) forms part of a manufacturing supply 

2 chain by deriving at least the majority of its 

3 revenues from— 

4 (i) goods production; or 

5 (ii) providing product design, engi6 neering, marketing, or information tech7 nology services to manufacturers. 

8 (4) HIGH-VALUE JOB DEFINED.—The term 

9 ‘‘high-value job’’ means a job that— 

10 (A) exists within an eligible facility; 

11 (B) contributes to the value of a manufac12 tured product; and 

13 (C) has a North American Industrial Clas14 sification that corresponds with manufacturing, 

15 software publishers, computer systems design, 

16 or related codes, and is higher than the mean 

17 hourly wage in the country. 

18 (5) RURAL.—The term ‘‘rural’’, with respect to 

19 an area, means any area in the United States which, 

20 as confirmed by the latest decennial census, is not 

21 located within— 

22 (A) a city, town, or incorporated area that 

23 has a population of greater than 20,000 inhab24 itants; or 


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1 (B) an urbanized area contiguous and ad2 jacent to a city or town that has a population 

3 of greater than 50,000 inhabitants. 

4 SEC. 4. UNITED STATES ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS 

5 COMMISSION. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com7 mission to be known as the ‘‘United States Economic 

8 Competitiveness Commission’’ (referred to in this section 

9 as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

10 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 

12 composed of 12 members appointed as follows: 

13 (A) Three members appointed by the ma14 jority leader of the Senate. 

15 (B) Three members appointed by the mi16 nority leader of the Senate. 

17 (C) Three members appointed by the 

18 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

19 (D) Three members appointed by the mi20 nority leader of the House of Representatives. 

21 (2) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—Each 

22 member of the Commission shall be appointed not 

23 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act. 


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1 (3) TERMS.—Each member of the Commission 

2 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years and may 

3 serve not more than 3 terms. 

4 (4) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commis5 sion shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in 

6 the same manner in which the original appointment 

7 was made. 

8 (5) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 

9 least once each month at the call of the chairperson 

10 or a majority of its members. The Commission shall 

11 hold at least 1 meeting in corporation in each of 6 

12 months per year. 

13 (6) QUORUM.—Eight members of the Commis14 sion shall constitute a quorum, except that if a ma15 jority of members in the quorum have been ap16 pointed by a leader of the same political party, the 

17 quorum shall include not fewer than 3 members ap18 pointed by a leader of the other political party. 

19 (7) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.— 

20 The Commission shall elect a chairperson and vice 

21 chairperson from among its members. The term of 

22 office of the chairperson and vice chairperson shall 

23 be 2 years. 

24 (c) DUTIES.— 


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1 (1) ONGOING ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES

2 COMPETITIVENESS.— 

3 (A) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Com4 mission shall conduct an ongoing independent 

5 assessment of the competitiveness of the United 

6 States in the global economy in order to offer 

7 recommendations to the Government for the im8 provement of United States competitiveness 

9 over time. 

10 (B) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the as11 sessment required by subparagraph (A), the 

12 Commission shall, on an ongoing basis— 

13 (i) assess the competitiveness of the 

14 United States in all sectors of the global 

15 economy, including sectors relating to 

16 manufacturing, aerospace, communica17 tions, information technology, energy, life 

18 sciences, biotechnology, and such other sec19 tors as the Commission considers appro20 priate; 

21 (ii) identify, including through use of 

22 the Technology Database Mapping Pro23 gram developed under paragraph (2)— 

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1 oping technologies in each sector of 

2 the global economy; and 

3 (II) new and developing process 

4 technologies, including manufacturing 

5 process technologies that can be used 

6 by United States corporations to gain 

7 a competitive advantage in such sec8 tors of the global economy; and 

9 (iii) identify measures to take advan10 tage of the markets and technologies iden11 tified under subclauses (I) and (II) of 

12 clause (ii), respectively, to give the United 

13 States a competitive advantage in such sec14 tors of the global economy, including, as 

15 appropriate, measures to encourage and fa16 cilitate the development, acquisition, and 

17 use of technologies described in such sub18 clauses. 

19 (2) TECHNOLOGY DATABASE MAPPING PRO20 GRAM.—The Commission shall develop a detailed, 

21 accurate, and comprehensive computer program 

22 database, to be known as the ‘‘Technology Database 

23 Mapping Program’’, to identify and keep track of 

24 new and developing technologies described in sub25 clauses (I) and (II) of paragraph (1)(B)(ii). 


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1 (3) REPOSITORY.—The Commission shall serve 

2 as an independent repository for information about 

3 technological developments in global markets. 

4 (4) REPORTS.— 

5 (A) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The Commission 

6 shall submit to Congress, at such periodic fre7 quency as the Commission considers appro8 priate, a report on the competitiveness of the 

9 United States in the global economy. 

10 (B) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted 

11 pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall include the 

12 following: 

13 (i) The findings of the Commission 

14 with respect to the most recent assessment 

15 carried out pursuant to clause (i) of para16 graph (1)(B). 

17 (ii) A description of the markets and 

18 technologies identified pursuant to clause 

19 (ii) of such paragraph. 

20 (iii) A description of the measures 

21 identified pursuant to clause (iii) of such 

22 paragraph and any factors affecting the 

23 implementation of such measures, includ24 ing factors relating to the following: 


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1 (I) Proposed trade agreements 

2 and the enforcement of existing trade 

3 agreements. 

4 (II) Taxation. 

5 (III) Government procurement 

6 and Government regulations. 

7 (IV) The United States patent 

8 system. 

9 (V) Intellectual property laws 

10 and the enforcement of such laws. 

11 (VI) Education, including voca12 tional training. 

13 (VII) Research and development 

14 programs. 

15 (VIII) Infrastructure develop16 ment, with emphasis on improvements 

17 necessary to attract new jobs. 

18 (iv) Recommendations for national 

19 priorities for advanced research projects 

20 for industries of the future. 

21 (C) AD HOC REPORTS.—The Commission 

22 shall submit to Congress such other reports as 

23 are requested by members of Congress or con24 gressional committees. 

25 (d) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 


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1 (1) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Commis2 sion may hold such hearings, sit and act at such 

3 times and places, take such testimony, and receive 

4 such evidence as the Commission considers advisable 

5 to carry out this section. The Commission may ad6 minister oaths or affirmations to witnesses appear7 ing before it. 

8 (2) POWERS OF MEMBERS AND AGENTS.—Any 

9 member or agent of the Commission may, if author10 ized by the Commission, take any action which the 

11 Commission is authorized to take under this section. 

12 (3) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

13 The Commission may secure directly from any Fed14 eral department or agency such information as the 

15 Commission considers necessary to enable it to carry 

16 out this section. Upon request of the chairperson of 

17 the Commission, the head of such department or 

18 agency shall, to the extent authorized by law, fur19 nish such information to the Commission. 

20 (4) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may 

21 use the United States mails in the same manner and 

22 under the same conditions as other departments and 

23 agencies of the Federal Government. 

24 (5) GIFTS, BEQUESTS, AND DEVISES.—The 

25 Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts, 


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1 bequests, or devises of services or property, both real 

2 and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facili3 tating the work of the Commission. Gifts, bequests, 

4 or devises of money and proceeds from sales of other 

5 property received as gifts, bequests, or devises shall 

6 be deposited in the Treasury of the United States 

7 and shall be available for disbursement upon order 

8 of the chairperson of the Commission. 

9 (6) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.— 

10 Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis11 trator of the General Services Administration shall 

12 provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, 

13 the administrative support services necessary for the 

14 Commission to carry out its responsibilities under 

15 this section. 

16 (7) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—To the extent or 

17 in the amounts provided in advance in appropriation 

18 Acts, the Commission may contract with and com19 pensate government and private agencies or corpora20 tions to enable the Commission to discharge its du21 ties under this section. 

22 (e) COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

23 (1) SERVICE WITHOUT PAY.—The members of 

24 the Commission shall serve without pay. 


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1 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall 

2 receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

3 subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 

4 under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 

5 State Code. 

6 (3) STAFF.— 

7 (A) DIRECTOR.— 

8 (i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara9 graph (C) and to the extent provided in 

10 advance in appropriation Acts, the Com11 mission shall appoint and fix the com12 pensation of a director. 

13 (ii) DUTIES.—The director of the 

14 Commission shall be responsible for the ad15 ministration and coordination of the duties 

16 of the Commission and shall perform such 

17 other duties as the Commission may direct. 

18 (B) STAFF.—In accordance with rules 

19 agreed upon by the Commission, subject to sub20 paragraph (C), and to the extent provided in 

21 advance in appropriation Acts, the director may 

22 appoint and fix the compensation of such addi23 tional personnel as may be necessary to enable 

24 the Commission to carry out its duties. 


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1 (C) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL

2 SERVICE LAWS.—The director and staff of the 

3 Commission may be appointed without regard 

4 to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 

5 governing appointments in the competitive serv6 ice and may be compensated without regard to 

7 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 

8 of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica9 tion and General Schedule pay rates, except 

10 that— 

11 (i) compensation fixed under subpara12 graph (A)(i) may not exceed $150,000 per 

13 year; and 

14 (ii) compensation fixed under sub15 paragraph (B) may not exceed a rate equal 

16 to the daily equivalent of the annual rate 

17 of basic pay for level V of the Executive 

18 States Code. 

19 (4) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—In accord20 ance with rules agreed upon by the Commission and 

21 to the extent provided in advance in appropriation 

22 Acts, the director may procure the services of ex23 perts and consultants under section 3109(b) of title 

24 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 

25 not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate 


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1 of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule 

2 under section 5316 of such title. 

3 (5) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.— 

4 Upon request of the Commission, the head of any 

5 Federal department or agency may detail, without 

6 reimbursement from the Commission, any of the 

7 personnel of that department or agency to the Com8 mission to assist it in carrying out its duties under 

9 this section. Such detailee shall retain the rights, 

10 status, and privileges of their regular employment 

11 without interruption. 

12 (f) TERMINATION.—The authority for the Commis13 sion provided in this section shall terminate and the Com14 mission shall be dissolved on September 30, 2016. 

15 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

16 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

17 $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 

18 2016. 

19 SEC. 5. IMPROVEMENTS TO FEDERAL EFFORTS TO SUP20 PORT JOB CREATION IN MANUFACTURING 

21 AND SERVICES SECTORS. 

22 (a) BASELINE AND ANNUAL TARGETS.—Each year, 

23 the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a baseline and 

24 target levels for— 


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1 (1) high-value job creation and high-value job 

2 growth in United States manufacturing and infor3 mation technology; and 

4 (2) repatriating high-value jobs to the United 

5 States. 

6 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENCOURAGE REPATRI7 ATION OF HIGH-VALUE JOBS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec10 retary of Commerce shall, in consultation with rel11 evant Federal agencies, develop recommendations for 

12 such executive or legislative action as the Secretary 

13 considers appropriate— 

14 (A) to expand the scope of high-value jobs 

15 performed by companies in the United States in 

16 order to create new jobs in the United States, 

17 including efforts— 

18 (i) to serve the United States domes19 tic market; 

20 (ii) to increases exports from the 

21 United States to overseas; and 

22 (iii) to identify and support develop23 ments in emerging sectors; 

24 (B) to expand the scope of engineering 

25 work performed by companies in the United 


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1 States in order to create new jobs in the United 

2 States, including efforts described in subpara3 graph (A); 

4 (C) to assess— 

5 (i) the effectiveness of current laws on 

6 companies based in the United States in 

7 terms of the effect on marginal decisions 

8 on where to locate capacity expansions; 

9 and 

10 (ii) if United States domestic or glob11 al growth occurs, how can legislation facili12 tate United States-based companies ex13 panding their United States-based manu14 facturing, not solely their foreign-based 

15 manufacturing operations; and 

16 (D) to encourage United States corpora17 tions with production or services located in a 

18 foreign country to repatriate such production or 

19 services to the United States, including foreign 

20 earnings, for the purpose of increasing invest21 ment and job creation in the United States. 

22 (2) ELEMENTS.—The recommendations re23 quired by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

24 (A) An assessment of the effectiveness of 

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1 foreign earnings to the United States and in in2 vesting foreign earnings in the United States, 

3 including an estimate of the loss of revenue to 

4 the United States from any existing policies. 

5 (B) An assessment of the feasibility and 

6 advisability of additional legislative action to 

7 encourage the repatriation of manufacturing 

8 production or services to the United States. 

9 (C) An estimate of the potential impacts of 

10 the legislative action described in subparagraph 

11 (B). 

12 (D) Development of recommendations re13 garding legislative action described in subpara14 graph (B). 

15 (3) REPORT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

17 days after the date of the enactment of this 

18 Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to 

19 Congress the recommendations required by 

20 paragraph (1). 

21 (B) PUBLICATION.—Upon submission of 

22 the report pursuant to subparagraph (A), the 

23 Secretary shall make such report available to 

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1 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF REPATRIATION TASK

2 FORCES.— 

3 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Com4 merce may establish such task forces as the Sec5 retary considers necessary to meet the baseline and 

6 target levels established under subsection (a) and, to 

7 the extent possible, implement the recommendations 

8 issued under subsection (b). 

9 (2) COOPERATION.—To the degree practicable, 

10 each task force established pursuant to paragraph 

11 (1) shall cooperate with— 

12 (A) the President’s Council on Innovation 

13 and Competitiveness in the development of the 

14 agenda required by section 1006(d)(1) of the 

15 America COMPETES Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 3718(d)(1)); and 

17 (B) other relevant efforts to improve 

18 United States competitiveness. 

19 (3) MEMBERSHIP.—Each task force established 

20 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be composed of 

21 members appointed by the Secretary as follows: 

22 (A) At least 1 representative of each of the 

23 following: 

24 (i) The Office of the Secretary of 

25 Commerce. 


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1 (ii) The Economic Development Ad2 ministration. 

3 (iii) The International Trade Adminis4 tration. 

5 (iv) The United States Patent and 

6 Trademark Office. 

7 (v) The National Institute of Stand8 ards and Technology. 

9 (vi) The Bureau of Industry and Se10 curity. 

11 (B) Not fewer than 3 representatives of 

12 the private sector, including different industries 

13 representing the manufacturing sector, as the 

14 Secretary considers appropriate. 

15 (4) DUTIES.—Each task force established pur16 suant to paragraph (1) shall— 

17 (A) identify United States corporations 

18 with production or services located in a foreign 

19 country that are interested in repatriating 

20 goods or services production to the United 

21 States; 

22 (B) identify the unique needs of each cor23 poration described in subparagraph (A) that are 

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1 (C) advise and assist corporations de2 scribed in subparagraph (A) and State and 

3 local governments to promote and facilitate re4 patriation opportunities; 

5 (D) act as an impartial advocate for all 

6 State and local governments choosing to com7 pete for facilities or jobs being repatriated; 

8 (E) to the maximum extent practicable, 

9 work with Federal agencies to provide the tech10 nical assistance necessary to corporations de11 scribed in subparagraph (A) and State and 

12 local governments to facilitate the repatriation 

13 of facilities or jobs to the United States; 

14 (F) educate corporations described in sub15 paragraph (A) and State and local governments 

16 on— 

17 (i) each task force established pursu18 ant to paragraph (1); and 

19 (ii) all Federal assistance available to 

20 facilitate repatriation of facilities and jobs 

21 relating to the manufacturing and informa22 tion technology sectors; 

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1 (i) encourage the offshoring of United 

2 States manufacturing and information 

3 technology jobs or facilities; or 

4 (ii) that discourage repatriation of 

5 such jobs or facilities; and 

6 (H) work closely with the President and 

7 relevant agencies to change the policies and reg8 ulations identified pursuant to subparagraph 

9 (G) to discourage offshoring of United States 

10 manufacturing and traded services and to en11 courage the repatriation of manufacturing and 

12 services. 

13 (d) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORTS.—In carrying out 

14 the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall, to 

15 the degree practicable, coordinate with any existing efforts 

16 to improve the competitiveness of the United States in the 

17 global economy and to strengthen the manufacturing and 

18 information technology-related sectors of the United 

19 States. 

20 (e) HIGH-VALUE JOB DEFINED.—In this section, the 

21 term ‘‘high-value job’’ has the meaning given the term in 

22 section 3(f). 


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1 SEC. 6. UTILIZATION OF INDUSTRY-APPROVED CERTIFI2 CATION ASSESSMENTS AND STANDARDS TO 

3 IMPROVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PRO4 GRAM PERFORMANCE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce, in 

6 cooperation with the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 

7 Education, and the heads of other relevant Federal agen8 cies and industry partners, shall take such actions as may 

9 be necessary to ensure that industry-approved certification 

10 assessments and standards are established and available 

11 to providers of education and training programs in manu12 facturing and information technology not later than 2 

13 years after the date of the enactment of this Act in order 

14 to improve the performance of training programs and to 

15 ensure that individuals who complete such training have 

16 the skills necessary to enter high-skill, high-demand occu17 pations in manufacturing and information technology. 

18 (b) ACTIVITIES.—To ensure that education and 

19 training providers have access to industry-approved certifi20 cation assessments and standards pursuant to subsection 

21 (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall— 

22 (1) create an initial list of high-skill, high-de23 mand manufacturing and information technology oc24 cupations where academically accredited degrees are 

25 not required for job entrance; 


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1 (2) catalogue existing current, industry-ap2 proved training and education program standards 

3 that have accompanying objective certification as4 sessments, which may be the products of Federal 

5 agencies, State agencies, local workforce investment 

6 boards, community and technical colleges, appren7 ticeships, industry associations, or localized industry 

8 formations within or across States or education or9 ganizations, or any other institution the Secretary 

10 considers appropriate; 

11 (3) identify industry-approved training and edu12 cation program standards that do not have a certifi13 cation assessment to measure the competency of 

14 those completing training, and where such assess15 ments do not exist, work with relevant Federal agen16 cies, State agencies, education and training organi17 zations, and representatives of affected industries 

18 and industry-approved skills standards accrediting 

19 bodies to create objective certification assessments 

20 for industries that have substantial current or future 

21 employment, as determined by the Secretary; 

22 (4) identify training and education programs 

23 that do not implement industry-approved standards 

24 and accompanying certification assessments, and 

25 where neither standards nor assessments exist, work 


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1 with relevant Federal agencies, State agencies, edu2 cation and training organizations, and representa3 tives of the affected industries and industry-ap4 proved skills standards accrediting bodies to create 

5 industry-recognized standards and objective certifi6 cation assessments for industries that have substan7 tial current or future employment, as determined by 

8 the Secretary; 

9 (5) include within the catalogue required by 

10 paragraph (2) any training or education program 

11 standards or certification assessments created under 

12 paragraph (3) or (4); and 

13 (6) not less frequently than once every 3 years, 

14 review the catalogue required by paragraph (2) to 

15 ensure training and education programs and accom16 panying certification assessments are current and 

17 continue to have industry-approval, and in any case 

18 in which training and education programs have lost 

19 industry-approval, work with the effected industries, 

20 related Federal agencies, and education and training 

21 organizations— 

22 (A) to identify existing standards and as23 sessments that are appropriate; or 

24 (B) to create them. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall evaluate 

2 the assessments and standards described in sub3 section (a) by assessing— 

4 (A) how accurately the assessments de5 scribed in such subsection measure the com6 petency of workers who have completed edu7 cation and training programs described in such 

8 subsection; and 

9 (B) the satisfaction of manufacturing and 

10 information technology companies with the 

11 quality of such assessments and standards. 

12 (2) COLLECTION OF DATA.—In evaluating as13 sessments and standards under paragraph (1), the 

14 Secretary shall work with relevant agencies and in15 dustry organizations to collect the following data: 

16 (A) The number of students taking each 

17 occupational assessment annually. 

18 (B) The number of students demonstrating 

19 competency on each assessment on the first, 

20 second, or third attempt, annually. 

21 (C) The number of assessed students em22 ployed in the occupation for which they were 

23 trained. 

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1 vey, through an existing annual industry survey if 

2 practicable, of a sample of manufacturing and infor3 mation technology firms to assess— 

4 (A) satisfaction with the assessments and 

5 standards described in subsection (a); and 

6 (B) labor shortages by each high-skill, 

7 high-demand occupation. 

8 (4) PUBLICATION OF RESULTS.—Not less fre9 quently than once each year, the Secretary shall 

10 publish the results of the evaluations carried out 

11 under paragraph (1) and the surveys carried out 

12 under paragraph (3). In publishing such results, the 

13 Secretary shall disaggregate data by State and 

14 where possible by county, State and local workforce 

15 investment board, and training or education pro16 vider. 

17 (d) SEAL.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Sec18 retary shall establish a Department of Commerce Certifi19 cation of Excellence that the Secretary shall make avail20 able to education and training providers that use the as21 sessments and standards described in such subsection and 

22 who show strong evidence of success in placing students 

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1 the Secretary shall establish a process for revocation of 

2 the seal if the quality of the assessment is not maintained. 

3 (e) INNOVATION AWARDS.—In carrying out this sec4 tion, the Secretary may collaborate with relevant Federal 

5 agencies to issue awards to providers of training and edu6 cation programs described in subsection (a) to encourage 

7 innovative and promising practices for the purpose of de8 veloping, improving, and implementing the most successful 

9 methods for addressing the education and training needs 

10 of participants in career and technical education pro11 grams, including through existing programs at such agen12 cies. 

13 SEC. 7. FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR MANUFACTURING 

14 CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP. 

15 (a) ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION.—Not later than 

16 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

17 Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the President 

18 of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, shall— 

19 (1) assess the feasibility and advisability of cre20 ating a partnership to improve the manufacturing 

21 capacity of the United States; and 

22 (2) evaluate options for integration of global 

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1 tate participation by United States businesses in the 

2 global marketplace. 

3 (b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Commerce shall sub4 mit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

5 Transportation of the Senate that contains the results of 

6 the assessment and evaluation carried out under sub7 section (a). 

8 SEC. 8. SURVEYS OF UNITED STATES CORPORATIONS WITH 

9 MANUFACTURING FACILITIES OR CUSTOMER 

10 SERVICE CENTERS LOCATED IN FOREIGN 

11 COUNTRIES. 

12 (a) IMPROVEMENTS TO SURVEYS CARRIED OUT BY

13 BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

16 of Commerce, in cooperation with other Federal 

17 agencies, shall improve existing annual surveys and 

18 5-year benchmark surveys conducted by the Bureau 

19 of Economic Analysis to gather information about 

20 all companies in the United States that own or oper21 ate manufacturing or information technology facili22 ties, including customer service facilities outside of 

23 the United States, to identify— 

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1 such facilities by category and by type of prod2 uct or service; 

3 (B) the total employment at such facilities, 

4 disaggregated by type of activity or occupation, 

5 including the number of full-time employees, 

6 part-time employees, contractors, and any other 

7 personnel not included on payroll which con8 tribute to such facility; 

9 (C) information relevant to geolocate such 

10 facilities within the supply chain; and 

11 (D) such other information as the Sec12 retary considers may assist in the development 

13 of such surveys. 

14 (2) STANDARDIZATION.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—In improving surveys 

16 as required by paragraph (1), the Secretary 

17 shall establish a policy to ensure that the find18 ings of the Secretary with respect to each such 

19 survey, across all types of companies, use 

20 standardized data elements, models, and out21 come-based analysis in a manner that assists 

22 the Federal Government in better tracking data 

23 gathered by the surveys described in such para24 graph. 


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1 (B) NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSI2 FICATION SYSTEM.—The policy established 

3 under subparagraph (A) may include require4 ments for the use of the North American Indus5 try Classification System and related product 

6 classification systems developed by the Bureau 

7 of the Census. 

8 (3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall re9 quire the Director of the Bureau of Economic Anal10 ysis, the Director of the Bureau of the Census, the 

11 Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and such 

12 other heads of bureaus, offices, and agencies of the 

13 Department of Commerce and other Federal agen14 cies that are responsible for collecting and analyzing 

15 data relevant to the surveys described in paragraph 

16 (1) to share aggregate-level data with each entity 

17 collecting data in support of the survey or as part 

18 of the surveys described in paragraph (1). 

19 (4) USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR MORE EFFI20 CIENT DATA COLLECTION.—To the degree prac21 ticable, the Secretary shall use technology to in22 crease the efficiency of data collected for the surveys 

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1 (b) DATABASE.—The Secretary shall make available 

2 all of the aggregate-level data generated through the sur3 veys described in subsection (a)(1) to— 

4 (1) the Data.gov Internet website, or any suc5 cessor Federal Internet website that centralizes Gov6 ernment-wide data and statistics or seeks to improve 

7 the performance of the Federal Government; and 

8 (2) the Internet website of the Department of 

9 Commerce. 

10 (c) REPORTS.— 

11 (1) FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS.—The Secretary 

12 shall submit to Congress the findings and analysis of 

13 the Secretary with respect to the surveys improved 

14 under subsection (a) along with other reports the 

15 Secretary is otherwise required to submit to Con16 gress. 

17 (2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—As soon as prac18 ticable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

19 the Secretary shall submit to Congress specific 

20 short-term and long-term recommendations regard21 ing— 

22 (A) longitudinal trends in United States 

23 manufacturing and the creation or repatriation 

24 of manufacturing and information technology 

25 jobs to the United States; 


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1 (B) legislative action to improve the com2 petitiveness of United States manufacturing 

3 and information technology, including specific 

4 recommendations which relate to ongoing ef5 forts of the Federal Government to improve the 

6 competitiveness of United States manufacturing 

7 and information technology; and 

8 (C) such other criteria as the Secretary 

9 considers appropriate, including coordination 

10 with ongoing regional or State strategies for 

11 economic development and job growth. 

12 (d) CONFIDENTIALITY PROTECTIONS.—Notwith13 standing any other provision of this section, all data col14 lected through the surveys improved under subsection (a) 

15 shall remain subject to the confidentiality protections es16 tablished with respect to such surveys under the provisions 

17 of law authorizing or requiring such surveys. 

18 (e) PENALTY.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

19 of law, a corporation that is invited to participate in a 

20 survey described in subsection (a)(1) but refuses to par21 ticipate in such survey shall not be eligible to enter into 

22 any contract or to renew any contract with the United 

23 States, receive any grant from the Federal Government, 

24 or act as a subcontractor or subgrantee with respect to 

25 such a contract or grant. 


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1 SEC. 9. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES RECOMMENDA2 TIONS FOR IMPROVING ADVANCED MANU3 FACTURING. 

4 (a) AGREEMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Com6 merce shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Na7 tional Academy of Sciences to perform the services covered 

8 by this section. 

9 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under an agreement be11 tween the Secretary and the National Academy of 

12 Sciences under this section, the National Academy 

13 of Sciences shall develop recommendations for im14 proving the competitive capabilities of United States 

15 industrial facilities. 

16 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study shall include the 

17 following: 

18 (A) Consideration of the benefits of— 

19 (i) the innovative application of ad20 vanced manufacturing technologies, proc21 esses, and methods for product design and 

22 production, including rapid development of 

23 prototypes, scalability of new products, and 

24 technology; 


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1 (ii) commercialization of research 

2 funded by university research programs; 

3 and 

4 (iii) such other issues as the National 

5 Academy of Sciences considers relevant to 

6 improving the competitive capabilities of 

7 United States industrial facilities. 

8 (B) An analysis of the issues in imple9 menting improvements to United States indus10 trial facilities. 

11 (C) Recommendations on how the issues 

12 described in subparagraph (B) can be mitigated 

13 or promoted. 

14 (3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing rec15 ommendations pursuant to paragraph (1), the Na16 tional Academy of Sciences shall consider the fol17 lowing: 

18 (A) The ongoing efforts of the President to 

19 create jobs in the United States by improving 

20 the ability of United States manufacturing fa21 cilities to compete in the global economy. 

22 (B) The reorganization of Federal depart23 ments and agencies. 

24 (C) Measures undertaken by Congress to 

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1 (c) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the devel2 opment of the recommendations under this section, the 

3 Secretary of Commerce shall submit to Congress a report 

4 describing such recommendations. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com7 merce to carry out this section such sums as may be nec8 essary to carry out this section. 

9 SEC. 10. ASSESSMENT OF DISTORTIVE ECONOMIC POLI10 CIES. 

11 (a) BIENNIAL REPORT OF UNITED STATES INTER12 NATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act and not less 

15 frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the 

16 United States International Trade Commission shall 

17 submit a report to Congress and the President that 

18 quantifies the effects of distortive or discriminatory 

19 economic policies of foreign countries, inclusive of 

20 any overarching policy or systematic approach, such 

21 as discrimination against United States companies, 

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1 nancial policies, and intellectual property theft in 

2 terms of their potential adverse effect on the eco3 nomic or commercial interests of United States in4 dustries, producers, and employees as outlined in the 

5 National Trade Estimate. The Commission shall as6 sess the effects of countries, practices, and indus7 tries in the National Trade Estimate, and other ex8 isting trade reports if appropriate, that are commer9 cially significant and pose the greatest potential op10 portunity or threat to the United States over the 

11 next 10 years. 

12 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 

13 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

14 (A) Qualitative indicators of specific poli15 cies and practices that may be unfair, distor16 tive, or anti-competitive carried out by specific 

17 foreign countries and an assessment of the rel18 ative significance of such policies and practices. 

19 (B) An assessment of resources spent in 

20 foreign countries that are being used to pre21 clude exports of United States goods and serv22 ices, United States interests, or to support the 

23 development of technologies, manufacturing 

24 base, and businesses that compete directly with 

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1 (3) FACILITATION.—To assist in the prepara2 tion of each report required by paragraph (1), the 

3 Commission shall facilitate the reporting by inter4 ested persons of distortive economic policies and 

5 practices, where possible. 

6 (b) REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE

7 UNITED STATES.—Not later than 1 year after the initial 

8 International Trade Commission report which includes the 

9 requirements under this section, the Comptroller General 

10 of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 

11 that— 

12 (1) assesses the effectiveness of— 

13 (A) the recommendations carried out or 

14 implemented by trade agencies including actions 

15 taken to mitigate distortive economic policies 

16 and practices of countries, with emphasis on the 

17 most egregious problems; and 

18 (B) recommendations identified by such 

19 agencies that were not carried out or were un20 successful; 

21 (2) identifies gaps in trade or foreign economic 

22 policies of the United States which should be ad23 dressed by the Executive Branch or by legislation; 

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1 (3) identifies agencies or programs which have 

2 successfully implemented policies to discourage dis3 tortive economic activities, including— 

4 (A) specific steps taken by each program 

5 to reduce such policies and practices; 

6 (B) recommendations on how these entities 

7 can improve their awareness and monitoring of 

8 distortive economic policies or practices and de9 velop programs to discourage their use; and 

10 (C) other information which may help in11 form efforts to develop programs to combat 

12 these policies and practices. 

13 SEC. 11. LIMITATION ON GOVERNMENT PRINTING COSTS. 

14 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage16 ment and Budget shall coordinate with the heads of Fed17 eral departments and independent agencies— 

18 (1) to determine which Government publications 

19 could be available on Government Internet websites 

20 and no longer printed; 

21 (2) to devise a strategy to reduce overall Gov22 ernment printing costs over the 10-year period be23 ginning on October 1, 2010, except that the Director 

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1 ficiaries, and other populations in areas with limited 

2 Internet access or use continue to remain available; 

3 (3) to establish government-wide Federal guide4 lines on employee printing; 

5 (4) to issue on the Office of Management and 

6 Budget’s public website the results of a cost-benefit 

7 analysis on implementing a digital signature system 

8 and on establishing employee printing identification 

9 systems, such as the use of individual employee 

10 cards or codes; and 

11 (5) to monitor the amount of printing done by 

12 Federal employees, except that the Director of the 

13 Office of Management and Budget shall ensure that 

14 Federal employee printing costs unrelated to na15 tional defense, homeland security, border security, 

16 national disasters, and other emergencies do not ex17 ceed $860,000,000 annually. 

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