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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2279 

To establish the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy 

and strategic national manufacturing policy for the United States, to 

provide manufacturing and industrial perspective and advice to the President, to provide for a comprehensive survey and cross administration 

management of efforts to ensure global leadership in manufacturing 

critical to the long-term economic health and national security of the 

United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2021 

Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. RYAN, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and 

Mr. FLEISCHMANN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Financial Services, 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 establish the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy and strategic national manufacturing policy for the United States, to provide manufacturing and 

industrial perspective and advice to the President, to 

provide for a comprehensive survey and cross administration management of efforts to ensure global leadership 

in manufacturing critical to the long-term economic 

health and national security of the United States, and 

for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy 

6 Act of 2021’’. 

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

8 as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL MANUFACTURING POLICY AND PRIORITIES 

Sec. 101. Findings. 

Sec. 102. Sense of Congress. 

TITLE II—OFFICE OF MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 

INNOVATION POLICY 

Sec. 201. Establishment. 

Sec. 202. Chief Manufacturing Officer; Associate Manufacturing Officers. 

Sec. 203. Policy planning, analysis, and advice. 

Sec. 204. National strategic plan for manufacturing and industrial innovation. 

Sec. 205. Additional Functions of the Chief Manufacturing Officer; Administrative Provisions. 

Sec. 206. Manufacturing and industrial innovation report. 

Sec. 207. Comptroller General Report. 

TITLE III—PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 

MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

Sec. 301. Establishment. 

Sec. 302. Membership. 

Sec. 303. Federal Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Survey. 

Sec. 304. Continuation of Committee. 

Sec. 305. Staff and consultant support. 

TITLE IV— FEDERAL STRATEGY AND COORDINATING COUNCIL 

ON MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

Sec. 401. Establishment. 

Sec. 402. Membership. 

Sec. 403. Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Efforts. 

Sec. 404. Coordination. 

Sec. 405. Administration. 

TITLE V—MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

POLICY INSTITUTE 


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Sec. 501. Establishment. 

Sec. 502. Incorporation. 

Sec. 503. Duties. 

Sec. 504. Consultation of Institute activities. 

Sec. 505. Annual Reports. 

Sec. 506. Sponsorship. 

TITLE VI—NATIONAL MEDAL OF MANUFACTURING AND 

INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

Sec. 601. Award. 

TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 701. Authorization of appropriations. 

1 TITLE I—NATIONAL MANUFAC2 TURING POLICY AND PRIOR3 ITIES 

4 SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress, recognizing the profound historical role 

6 that all aspects of manufacturing, including research and 

7 development, engineering, skilled trades, and production, 

8 has played in the economy and society of the United 

9 States, and in the economic and innovative standing of 

10 the United States in the global community, and the inter11 relations of robust manufacturing on economic, environ12 mental, national security, social, political, and institutional 

13 factors, finds that— 

14 (1) the general welfare, security, and economic 

15 health and stability of the United States require a 

16 long-term, substantial, coordinated, and multidisci17 plinary strategy and implementation of cohesive ob18 jectives to remain at the forefront of industrial inno19 vation; 


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1 (2) the large and complex innovative and tech2 nological capabilities of global supply chains and 

3 manufacturing economies, which influence the course 

4 of national and international manufacturing and in5 novative relevance, require appropriate attention, in6 cluding long-range inclusive planning and more im7 mediate program development, to encourage and 

8 support private manufacturing growth in the United 

9 States and participation in the public decision-mak10 ing process; 

11 (3) the innovative and manufacturing capabili12 ties of business in the United States, when properly 

13 fostered, applied, and supported, can effectively as14 sist in improving the quality of life of people in the 

15 United States, in anticipating and addressing emerg16 ing international, national, and local problems, and 

17 strengthening the international economic engage18 ment and pioneering leadership of the United States; 

19 (4) just as Federal funding for science and 

20 technology represents an investment in the future, 

21 strategically addressing gaps in the innovation pipe22 line of the United States would— 

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1 ity job-creating product production and capture 

2 domestic and global markets; and 

3 (B) strengthen the economic posture of the 

4 United States; and 

5 (5) the capabilities of the United States at both 

6 the Federal and State levels need enhanced strategic 

7 planning and influence over policy formulation for 

8 industrial innovation and technology development, as 

9 well as a means to ensure an adequate workforce. 

10 SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

11 (a) PRIORITY GOALS.—It is the sense of Congress 

12 that manufacturing and industrial innovation should in13 clude contributing to the following priority goals: 

14 (1) Taking concrete national action to rebuild, 

15 restore, and expand domestic manufacturing capa16 bilities, skills, and production capacity, including 

17 world-class infrastructure. 

18 (2) Rebuilding the industrial innovation com19 mons, to include common resources, technical knowl20 edge, and entrepreneurial opportunities associated 

21 with technical ideas. 

22 (3) Supporting domestic supply chains. 

23 (4) Expanding production capabilities, coopera24 tion, and knowledge. 


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1 (5) Revitalizing communities harmed by histor2 ical and poorly conceived, implemented, and enforced 

3 regulatory and trade policies. 

4 (6) Developing a strategy for innovation and es5 tablishment of manufacturing industries of the fu6 ture, including adoption and production of Industry 

7 4.0 technology to support domestic economic expan8 sion, particularly manufacturers with fewer than 800 

9 employees, and in traditionally underserved commu10 nities. 

11 (7) Contributing to national health and security 

12 and emergency readiness and resilience, including 

13 addressing environmental concerns. 

14 (8) Strengthening the economy of the United 

15 States and promoting full employment in high-qual16 ity, high-wage jobs through useful industrial and 

17 technological innovation. 

18 (9) Cultivating, utilizing, and enhancing aca19 demic and industrial thought-leadership with prac20 tical workforce development and training to the full21 est extent possible. 

22 (10) Implementing a national strategy that 

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1 ronmental, national security, and public health of 

2 the United States. 

3 (b) NATIONAL POLICY.—In view of the findings 

4 under section 101, it is the sense of Congress that the 

5 Federal Government and public and private institutions 

6 in the United States should pursue a national policy of 

7 manufacturing and industrial innovation that includes the 

8 following principles: 

9 (1) Ensuring global leadership in advanced 

10 manufacturing technologies critical to the long-term 

11 economic, environmental, national security, and pub12 lic health of the United States. 

13 (2) Restoring and strengthening the industrial 

14 commons of the United States, which include— 

15 (A) essential engineering and production 

16 skills; 

17 (B) infrastructure for research and devel18 opment, standardization, and metrology; 

19 (C) process innovations and manufacturing 

20 know-how; 

21 (D) equipment; and 

22 (E) suppliers that provide the foundation 

23 for the innovativeness and competitiveness of all 

24 manufacturers in the United States. 


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1 (3) Strengthening the technical, financial, and 

2 educational commons and assets necessary to ensure 

3 that the United States is the best positioned nation 

4 for the creation and production of advanced tech5 nologies and products emerging from national re6 search and development investments. 

7 (4) Capitalizing on the scientific and techno8 logical advances produced by researchers and 

9 innovators in the United States by developing capa10 ble and responsive institutions focused on advancing 

11 the technology and manufacturing readiness levels of 

12 those advances. 

13 (5) Supporting the discovery, invention, start14 up, ramp-up, scale-up, and transition of new prod15 ucts and manufacturing technologies to full-scale 

16 production in the United States. 

17 (6) Addressing the evolving needs of manufac18 turers for a diverse set of workers with the nec19 essary skills, training, and expertise as manufactur20 ers in the United States increase high-quality, high21 wage employment opportunities. 

22 (7) Improving and expanding manufacturing 

23 engineering and technology offerings within institu24 tions of higher education, including 4-year engineer25 ing technology programs at polytechnic institutes 


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1 and secondary schools, to be more closely aligned 

2 with the needs of manufacturers in the United 

3 States and the goal of strengthening the long-term 

4 competitiveness of such manufacturing. 

5 (8) Working collaboratively with Federal agen6 cies, State and local governments, Tribal govern7 ments, regional authorities, institutions of higher 

8 education, economic development organizations, and 

9 labor organizations that primarily represent workers 

10 in manufacturing to leverage their knowledge, re11 sources, applied research, experimental development, 

12 and programs to foster manufacturing in the United 

13 States so as to anticipate and prepare for emer14 gencies and global, national, and regional supply 

15 chain disruptions, including disruptions brought on 

16 and exacerbated by changing environmental and 

17 other circumstances. 

18 (9) Recognizing that, as changing cir19 cumstances require the periodic revision and adapta20 tion of this title, the Congress is responsible for— 

21 (A) identifying and interpreting the 

22 changes in those circumstances as they occur; 

23 and 

24 (B) affecting subsequent changes to this 

25 title as appropriate. 


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1 (c) PROCEDURES.—It is the sense of Congress that, 

2 in order to expedite and facilitate the implementation of 

3 the national policy described in subsection (b)— 

4 (1) Federal procurement policy should— 

5 (A) prioritize and encourage domestic 

6 manufacturing and robust domestic supply 

7 chains; 

8 (B) support means of expanding domestic 

9 manufacturing job creation; 

10 (C) enhance manufacturing workforce pre11 paredness; 

12 (D) prioritize the development of means to 

13 support diversity and inclusion throughout the 

14 manufacturing and industrial sector; 

15 (E) promote the consideration of, and sup16 port to, minority-owned and women-owned man17 ufacturing contractors of the Federal Govern18 ment; and 

19 (F) support the ingenuity and entrepre20 neurship of the United States by providing en21 hanced attention to manufacturing startups and 

22 small businesses in the United States; 

23 (2) Federal trade and monetary policies 

24 should— 


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1 (A) ensure that global competition in man2 ufacturing is free, open, and fair; 

3 (B) prioritize policies and investments that 

4 support domestic manufacturing growth and in5 novation; and 

6 (C) not be utilized to offshore poor manu7 facturing working conditions or destructive 

8 manufacturing environmental practices; 

9 (3) Federal policies and practices should rea10 sonably prioritize competitiveness for manufacturing 

11 and industrial innovation efforts in the United 

12 States, but should not sacrifice the quality of em13 ployment opportunities, including the health and 

14 safety of workers, pay, and benefits; 

15 (4) Federal manufacturing and industrial inno16 vation policies, practices, and priorities should rea17 sonably improve environmental sustainability within 

18 the manufacturing industry, while minimizing eco19 nomic impact; 

20 (5) Federal patent policies should be developed, 

21 based on uniform principles, which have as their ob22 jective to preserve incentives for industrial techno23 logical innovation and the application of procedures 

24 that will continue to assure the full use of beneficial 

25 technology to serve the public; 


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1 (6) Federal efforts should promote and support 

2 a strong system of intellectual property rights to in3 clude trade secrets, through both protection of intel4 lectual property rights and enforcement against in5 tellectual property theft, and broad engagement to 

6 limit foreign efforts to illegally or inappropriately 

7 utilize compromised intellectual property; 

8 (7) closer relationships should be encouraged 

9 among practitioners of scientific and technological 

10 research and development and those who apply those 

11 foundations to domestic commercial manufacturing; 

12 (8) the full use of the contributions of manufac13 turing and industrial innovation to support State 

14 and local government goals should be encouraged; 

15 (9) formal recognition should be accorded to 

16 those persons, the manufacturing and industrial in17 novation achievements of which contributed signifi18 cantly to the national welfare; and 

19 (10) departments, agencies, and instrumental20 ities of the Federal Government should establish 

21 procedures to ensure among them the systematic 

22 interchange of data, efforts, and findings developed 

23 under their programs. 


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1 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—To implement the national 

2 policy described in subsection (b), it is the sense of Con3 gress— 

4 (1) that— 

5 (A) the Federal Government should main6 tain integrated policy planning elements in the 

7 executive branch that assist agencies in such 

8 branch in— 

9 (i) identifying problems and objectives 

10 that could be addressed or enhanced by 

11 public policy; 

12 (ii) mobilizing industrial and innova13 tive manufacturing resources for national 

14 security and emergency response purposes; 

15 (iii) securing appropriate funding for 

16 programs so identified by the President or 

17 the Chief Manufacturing Officer; 

18 (iv) anticipating future concerns to 

19 which industrial and innovative manufac20 turing can contribute and devise industrial 

21 strategies for such purposes; and 

22 (v) reviewing systematically the manu23 facturing and industrial innovation policy 

24 and programs of the Federal Government 

25 and recommending legislative amendments 


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1 to those policies and programs when need2 ed; and 

3 (B) the elements described in subpara4 graph (A) should include a data collection, anal5 ysis, and advisory mechanism within the Execu6 tive Office of the President to provide the Presi7 dent with independent, expert judgment and as8 sessments of the complex manufacturing and 

9 industrial features involved; and 

10 (2) that it is the responsibility of the Federal 

11 Government to— 

12 (A) promote prompt, effective, reliable, and 

13 systematic dissemination of manufacturing and 

14 industrial information— 

15 (i) by such methods as may be appro16 priate; and 

17 (ii) through efforts conducted by non18 governmental organizations, including in19 dustrial groups, technical societies, and 

20 educational entities; 

21 (B) coordinate and develop a manufac22 turing industrial strategy and facilitate the 

23 close coupling of this manufacturing strategy 

24 with commercial manufacturing application; 

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1 (C) enhance domestic development and uti2 lization of such industrial information by 

3 prioritization of efforts with manufacturers, the 

4 production of which takes place in the United 

5 States. 

6 TITLE II—OFFICE OF MANUFAC7 TURING AND INDUSTRIAL IN8 NOVATION POLICY 

9 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT. 

10 There is established in the Executive Office of the 

11 President an Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Inno12 vation Policy (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Office’’) to 

13 serve as a source of manufacturing and industrial innova14 tion analysis and judgment for the President with respect 

15 to the major policies, plans, and programs of the Federal 

16 Government relating to manufacturing and industrial in17 novation. 

18 SEC. 202. CHIEF MANUFACTURING OFFICER; ASSOCIATE 

19 MANUFACTURING OFFICERS. 

20 (a) CHIEF MANUFACTURING OFFICER.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 

22 by a Director, to be known as the Chief Manufac23 turing Officer, who shall be— 

24 (A) appointed by the President, by and 

25 with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 


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1 (B) compensated at the rate provided for 

2 level II of the Executive Schedule under section 

3 5313 of title 5, United States Code. 

4 (2) FUNCTIONS.— 

5 (A) PRIMARY FUNCTION.—The primary 

6 function of the Chief Manufacturing Officer 

7 shall be to advise the President, and such agen8 cies within the Executive Office of the Presi9 dent as may be appropriate, on issues regarding 

10 and impacting manufacturing and industrial in11 novation efforts of the Federal Government, or 

12 of the private sector, that require attention at 

13 the highest levels of the Federal Government. 

14 (B) OTHER FUNCTIONS.—The Chief Man15 ufacturing Officer shall— 

16 (i) advise the President on manufac17 turing and industrial innovation consider18 ations relating to areas of national con19 cern, including— 

20 (I) the economy of the United 

21 States; 

22 (II) national security; 

23 (III) public health; 

24 (IV) the workforce of the United 

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1 (V) education; 

2 (VI) foreign relations (including 

3 trade and supply chain issues); 

4 (VII) the environment; and 

5 (VIII) technological innovation in 

6 the United States; 

7 (ii) convene stakeholders, including 

8 key industry stakeholders, academic stake9 holders, defense stakeholders, government 

10 stakeholders, and stakeholders from non11 profit organizations and labor organiza12 tions that primarily represent workers in 

13 manufacturing, to develop the national 

14 strategic plan required under section 204; 

15 (iii) evaluate the scale, quality, and ef16 fectiveness of the effort of the Federal 

17 Government to support manufacturing and 

18 industrial innovation by the Federal Gov19 ernment or by the private sector, and ad20 vise on appropriate actions; 

21 (iv) advise the President on the budg22 ets of agencies of the executive branch of 

23 the Federal Government with respect to 

24 issues concerning manufacturing and in25 dustrial innovation; 


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1 (v) assist the Director of the Office of 

2 Management and Budget with an annual 

3 review and analysis of the budget proposed 

4 by the President, with respect to manufac5 turing and industrial development by agen6 cies in the executive branch; 

7 (vi) aid the Director of the Office of 

8 Management and Budget and the heads of 

9 agencies of the executive branch of the 

10 Federal Government throughout the budg11 et development process, particularly with 

12 respect to developing budgets to support 

13 manufacturing and industrial development; 

14 (vii) assist the President in providing 

15 general leadership and coordination of ac16 tivities and policies of the Federal Govern17 ment relating to and impacting manufac18 turing and industrial innovation; and 

19 (viii) perform such other functions, 

20 duties, and activities as the President may 

21 assign. 

22 (3) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out the duties 

23 and functions under this Act, the Chief Manufac24 turing Officer may— 


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1 (A) except for the positions described in 

2 subsection (b), appoint such officers and em3 ployees as may be deemed necessary to perform 

4 the functions vested in the position and to pre5 scribe the duties of such officers and employees; 

6 (B) obtain services as authorized under 

7 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at 

8 rates not to exceed the rate prescribed for 

9 grade GS–15 of the General Schedule under 

10 section 5332 of title 5, United States Code; and 

11 (C) enter into contracts and other arrange12 ments for studies, analysis, and other services 

13 with public agencies and with private persons, 

14 organizations, or institutions, and make such 

15 payments as determined necessary to carry out 

16 the provisions of this title without legal consid17 eration, without performance bonds, and with18 out regard to section 6101 of title 41, United 

19 States Code. 

20 (b) ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may appoint 

22 not more than 5 Associate Directors, to be known as 

23 Associate Manufacturing Officers, by and with the 

24 advice and consent of the Senate, to carry out such 


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1 functions as may be prescribed by the Chief Manu2 facturing Officer. 

3 (2) COMPENSATION.—Each Associate Manufac4 turing Officer shall be compensated at a rate not to 

5 exceed that provided for level III of the Executive 

6 Schedule under section 5314 title 5, United States 

7 Code. 

8 SEC. 203. POLICY PLANNING, ANALYSIS, AND ADVICE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the provisions of 

10 this Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer shall— 

11 (1) monitor the status of technological develop12 ments, critical production capacity, skill availability, 

13 investment patterns, emerging defense needs, and 

14 other key indicators of manufacturing competitive15 ness to— 

16 (A) provide foresight for periodic updates 

17 to the national strategic plan required under 

18 section 204; and 

19 (B) guide investment decisions; 

20 (2) convene interagency and public-private 

21 working groups to align Federal policies that drive 

22 implementation of the national strategic plan re23 quired under section 204; 

24 (3) initiate and support translational research 

25 in engineering and manufacturing by entering into 


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1 contracts or making other arrangements (including 

2 grants, awards, cooperative agreements, loans, and 

3 other forms of assistance) to study that research 

4 and to assess the impact of that research on the eco5 nomic well-being, climate and environmental impact, 

6 public health, and national security of the United 

7 States; 

8 (4) advise the President on the extent to which 

9 the various programs, policies, and activities of the 

10 Federal Government are likely to affect the achieve11 ment of priority goals of the United States described 

12 in section 102(a); 

13 (5) provide the President with— 

14 (A) periodic reviews of Federal statutes 

15 and regulations that affect manufacturing and 

16 industrial innovation activities conducted by the 

17 Federal Government or the private sector, or 

18 which may interfere with desirable technological 

19 innovation; and 

20 (B) recommendations for the elimination, 

21 reform, or updating of such Federal statutes 

22 and regulations, as appropriate; 

23 (6) periodically survey the nature and needs of 

24 the policies relating to national manufacturing and 

25 industrial innovation and make recommendations to 


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1 the President, for review and submission to Con2 gress, for the timely and appropriate revision of the 

3 manufacturing and industrial innovation policies of 

4 the Federal Government; 

5 (7) perform such other duties and functions 

6 and make and furnish such studies and reports 

7 thereon, and recommendations with respect to mat8 ters of policy and legislation as the President may 

9 request; and 

10 (8) coordinate, as appropriate, Federal permit11 ting with respect to manufacturing and industrial in12 novation. 

13 (b) INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANUFACTURING AND IN14 DUSTRIAL INNOVATION PANEL.— 

15 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Chief Manufac16 turing Officer shall establish an Intergovernmental 

17 Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Panel (re18 ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Panel’’) within the Of19 fice, the purpose of which shall be to— 

20 (A) identify instances in which the policies 

21 of the Federal Government with respect to 

22 manufacturing and industrial innovation can 

23 help address problems at the State and local 

24 levels; 


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1 (B) identify instances in which the policies 

2 of the Federal Government unnecessarily im3 pede manufacturing and industry; 

4 (C) make recommendations for addressing 

5 the problems described in subparagraph (A); 

6 and 

7 (D) advise and assist the Chief Manufac8 turing Officer in identifying and fostering poli9 cies to facilitate the application to and incorpo10 ration of Federally funded research and devel11 opment into manufacturing and industrial inno12 vation in the United States, so as to maximize 

13 the application of such research. 

14 (2) COMPOSITION.—The Panel shall be com15 posed of— 

16 (A) the Chief Manufacturing Officer, or a 

17 representative of the Chief Manufacturing Offi18 cer; 

19 (B) not fewer than 10 members rep20 resenting the interests of the States, appointed 

21 by the Chief Manufacturing Officer after con22 sultation with State officials; 

23 (C) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 

24 for Standards and Technology; 


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1 (D) the Director of the National Institute 

2 of Standards and Technology; 

3 (E) the Deputy Assistant Secretary of De4 fense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base 

5 Policy; 

6 (F) the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

7 Employment and Training; 

8 (G) the Administrator of the Small Busi9 ness Administration; and 

10 (H) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for 

11 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

12 (3) CHAIR.—The Chief Manufacturing Officer, 

13 or the representative of the Chief Manufacturing Of14 ficer, shall serve as Chair of the Panel. 

15 (4) MEETINGS.—The Panel shall meet at the 

16 call of the Chair. 

17 (5) COMPENSATION.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

19 Panel shall be entitled to receive compensation 

20 at a rate not to exceed the daily rate prescribed 

21 for GS–15 of the General Schedule under sec22 tion 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for 

23 each day (including travel time) during which 

24 the member is engaged in the performance of 

25 the duties of the Panel. 


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1 (B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of 

2 the Panel who is serving away from the home 

3 or regular place of business of the member in 

4 the performance of the duties of the Panel shall 

5 be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 

6 in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as 

7 the expenses authorized by section 5703(b) of 

8 title 5, United States Code, for persons in gov9 ernment service employed intermittently. 

10 SEC. 204. NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR MANUFAC11 TURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION. 

12 (a) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

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

14 the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Manu15 facturing Officer shall, to the extent practicable, in 

16 accordance with section 202(a)(2)(B) and in con17 sultation with other agencies and private individuals 

18 as the Chief Manufacturing Officer determines nec19 essary, establish a national strategic plan for manu20 facturing and industrial innovation that identifies— 

21 (A) short-term, medium-term, and long22 term needs critical to the economy, national se23 curity, public health, workforce readiness, envi24 ronmental concerns, and priorities of the 


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1 United States manufacturing sector, including 

2 emergency readiness and resilience; and 

3 (B) situations and conditions that warrant 

4 special attention by the Federal Government re5 lating to— 

6 (i) any problems, constraints, or op7 portunities of manufacturing and indus8 trial innovation that— 

9 (I) are of national significance; 

10 (II) will occur or may emerge in 

11 the 4-year period following the estab12 lishment of the national strategic 

13 plan; and 

14 (III) are identified through basic 

15 research; 

16 (ii) an evaluation of activities and ac17 complishments of all agencies in the execu18 tive branch of the Federal Government 

19 that are related to carrying out such plan; 

20 (iii) opportunities for, and constraints 

21 on, manufacturing and industrial innova22 tion that can make a significant contribu23 tion to— 

24 (I) the resolution of problems 

25 identified under this paragraph; or 


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1 (II) the achievement of Federal 

2 program objectives or priority goals, 

3 including those described in section 

4 102(a); and 

5 (iv) recommendations for legislation, 

6 regulation, and budget proposals to carry 

7 out such plan. 

8 (2) REVISIONS.—Not later than 4 years after 

9 the establishment of the national strategic plan 

10 under paragraph (1), and every 4 years thereafter, 

11 the Chief Manufacturing Officer shall revise that 

12 plan so that the plan takes account of near- and 

13 long-term problems, constraints, and opportunities 

14 and changing national goals and circumstances. 

15 (b) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 

16 Chief Manufacturing Officer shall consult, as necessary, 

17 with officials of agencies in the executive branch of the 

18 Federal Government that administer programs or have re19 sponsibilities relating to the problems, constraints, and op20 portunities identified in the national strategic plan under 

21 subsection (a) in order to— 

22 (1) identify and evaluate actions that might be 

23 taken by the Federal Government, State, and local 

24 governments, or the private sector to deal with such 

25 problems, constraints, or opportunities; and 


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1 (2) ensure to the extent possible that actions 

2 identified under paragraph (1) are considered by 

3 each agency of the executive branch of the Federal 

4 Government in formulating the budget, programs, 

5 and legislative proposals of each such agency. 

6 (c) CONSULTATION WITH MANUFACTURING STAKE7 HOLDERS.—The Chief Manufacturing Officer shall con8 sult broadly with representatives from stakeholder con9 stituencies, including from technology fields, engineering 

10 fields, manufacturing fields, academic fields, worker train11 ing or credentialing programs, industrial sectors, business 

12 sectors, consumer sectors, defense sector, public interest 

13 sectors, and labor organizations which primarily represent 

14 workers in manufacturing to ensure information and per15 spectives from such consultations are incorporated within 

16 the problems, constraints, opportunities, and actions iden17 tified in the national strategic plan under subsection (a). 

18 (d) CONSULTATION WITH OMB.—The Chief Manu19 facturing Officer shall consult as necessary with officials 

20 of the Office of Management and Budget and other appro21 priate elements of the Executive Office of the President 

22 to ensure that the problems, constraints, opportunities, 

23 and actions identified under subsection (a) are fully con24 sidered in the development of legislative proposals and the 

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1 SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEF MANU2 FACTURING OFFICER; ADMINISTRATIVE PRO3 VISIONS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Manufacturing Officer, 

5 in addition to the other duties and functions under this 

6 title, shall serve— 

7 (1) on the Federal Strategy and Coordinating 

8 Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation 

9 established under title IV; and 

10 (2) as a member of the Domestic Policy Coun11 cil, the National Economic Council, and the Office 

12 of Science and Technology Policy Council. 

13 (b) ADVICE TO NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.—For 

14 the purpose of ensuring the optimal contribution of manu15 facturing and industrial innovation to the national secu16 rity of the United States, the Chief Manufacturing Officer, 

17 at the request of the President, shall advise the National 

18 Security Council in such matters concerning manufac19 turing and industrial innovation as may be related to na20 tional security. 

21 (c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—In exercising the functions 

23 under this Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer— 

24 (A) shall— 

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1 tic Policy Council, the National Security 

2 Advisor, the Assistant to the President for 

3 Economic Policy and Director of the Na4 tional Economic Council, the Director of 

5 the Office of Science and Technology Pol6 icy, the Director of the Office of Manage7 ment and Budget, and the heads of other 

8 agencies in the executive branch of the 

9 Federal Government; 

10 (ii) utilize the services of consultants, 

11 establish such advisory panels, and, to the 

12 extent practicable, consult with— 

13 (I) State and local government 

14 agencies; 

15 (II) appropriate professional 

16 groups; 

17 (III) representatives of industry, 

18 universities, consumers, labor organi19 zations that primarily represent work20 ers in manufacturing; and 

21 (IV) such other public interest 

22 groups, organizations, and individuals 

23 as may be necessary; 

24 (iii) hold such hearings in various 

25 parts of the United States as necessary to 


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1 determine the views of the agencies, 

2 groups, and organizations described in 

3 paragraph (2), and of the general public, 

4 concerning national needs and trends in 

5 manufacturing and industrial innovation; 

6 and 

7 (iv) utilize, with the heads of public 

8 and private agencies and organizes, to the 

9 fullest extent possible the services, per10 sonnel, equipment, facilities, and informa11 tion (including statistical information) of 

12 public and private agencies and organiza13 tions, and individuals, in order to avoid the 

14 duplication of efforts and expenses; and 

15 (B) may transfer funds made available 

16 pursuant to this Act to other agencies in the ex17 ecutive branch of the Federal Government as 

18 reimbursement for the utilization of such per19 sonnel, services, facilities, equipment, and infor20 mation. 

21 (2) FURNISHMENT OF INFORMATION.—Each 

22 department, agency, and instrumentality of the exec23 utive branch of the Federal Government, including 

24 any independent agency, shall furnish the Chief 


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1 Manufacturing Officer such information as nec2 essary to carry out this title. 

3 SEC. 206. MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

4 REPORT. 

5 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter, 

7 the President shall submit to Congress a Manufacturing 

8 and Industrial Innovation Report (referred to in this Act 

9 as the ‘‘report’’), which shall be prepared by the Chief 

10 Manufacturing Officer, with appropriate assistance from 

11 agencies in the executive branch of the Federal Govern12 ment and such consultants and contractors as the Chief 

13 Manufacturing Officer determines necessary. 

14 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report required 

15 under subsection (a) shall draw upon the most recent na16 tional strategic plan established under section 204 and 

17 shall include, to the extent practicable and within the limi18 tations of available knowledge and resources— 

19 (1) a review of developments of national signifi20 cance in manufacturing and industrial innovation; 

21 (2) the significant effects of trends at the time 

22 of the submission of the report and projected trends 

23 in manufacturing and industrial innovation on the 

24 economy, workforce, and environmental, health and 


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1 national security, and other requirements of the 

2 United States; 

3 (3) a review and appraisal of selected manufac4 turing and industrial innovation related programs, 

5 policies, and activities of the Federal Government, 

6 including procurement; 

7 (4) an inventory and forecast of critical and 

8 emerging national problems, the resolution of which 

9 might be substantially assisted by manufacturing 

10 and industrial innovation in the United States; 

11 (5) the identification and assessment of manu12 facturing and industrial innovation measures that 

13 can contribute to the resolution of the problems de14 scribed in paragraph (4) in light of the related eco15 nomic, workforce, environmental, public health, and 

16 national security considerations; 

17 (6) at the time of the submission of the report, 

18 and as projected, the manufacturing and industrial 

19 resources, including specialized manpower, that 

20 could contribute to the resolution of the problems 

21 described in paragraph (4); and 

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1 tribute to the resolution of the problems described in 

2 paragraph (4). 

3 (c) PREPARATION OF REPORT.—In preparing each 

4 report required under subsection (a), the Chief Manufac5 turing Officer shall make maximum use of relevant data 

6 available from agencies in the executive branch of the Fed7 eral Government. 

8 (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The Chief 

9 Manufacturing Officer shall ensure that the report is 

10 made available to the public. 

11 SEC. 207. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT. 

12 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

14 shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

15 Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Appro16 priations of the Senate, the Committee on Science, Space, 

17 and Technology of the House of Representatives, the Com18 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep19 resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives, and make available to the pub21 lic, a report— 

22 (1) containing an assessment of the efforts of 

23 the Office to implement or advance the priority goals 

24 described in section 102(a); and 


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1 (2) providing recommendations on how to im2 prove the efforts described in paragraph (1). 

3 TITLE III—PRESIDENT’S ADVI4 SORY COMMITTEE ON MANU5 FACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 

6 INNOVATION 

7 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT. 

8 The President shall establish within the Executive 

9 Office of the President the President’s Advisory Com10 mittee on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation (re11 ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Committee’’), which shall— 

12 (1) promote regular communication between the 

13 Federal Government and the manufacturing sector 

14 in the United States, including significant commu15 nication with representatives of manufacturers with 

16 fewer than 800 employees; 

17 (2) advise the Chief Manufacturing Officer on 

18 policies and programs of the Federal, State, and 

19 local governments that affect manufacturing in the 

20 United States; 

21 (3) provide a forum for discussing and pro22 posing solutions to industry-related problems; and 

23 (4) promote efforts to ensure that the United 

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1 SEC. 302. MEMBERSHIP. 

2 (a) COMPOSITION.—The Committee shall consist 

3 of— 

4 (1) the Chief Manufacturing Officer; and 

5 (2) not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 

6 other members, who shall be appointed by the Presi7 dent not more than 60 days after the date on which 

8 the Chief Manufacturing Officer assumes office. 

9 (b) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the Committee 

10 appointed by the President under subsection (a)(2) shall— 

11 (1) be capable of critically assessing the poli12 cies, priorities, programs, and activities of the 

13 United States, with respect to the findings and poli14 cies described in title I; 

15 (2) collectively constitute a balanced composi16 tion with respect to— 

17 (A) technology, engineering, manufacturing 

18 fields; 

19 (B) academic, industrial, and governmental 

20 experience, 

21 (C) the business sector, the consumer sec22 tor, the defense sector, the public interest sec23 tor, and labor organizations that primarily rep24 resent workers in manufacturing; and 

25 (D) regional diversity; and 


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1 (3) each be qualified and distinguished in not 

2 less than 1 of— 

3 (A) engineering; 

4 (B) technology; 

5 (C) entrepreneurship; 

6 (D) manufacturing; 

7 (E) trade; 

8 (F) information dissemination; 

9 (G) education; 

10 (H) worker training or credentialing; 

11 (I) labor organizations that primarily rep12 resent workers in manufacturing; 

13 (J) public affairs; and 

14 (K) public policy. 

15 (c) CHAIR.—The President shall appoint 1 member 

16 of the Committee to serve as Chair and another member 

17 to serve as Vice Chair, for such periods as the President 

18 may determine appropriate. 

19 (d) COMPENSATION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Com21 mittee who is not an employee of the Federal Gov22 ernment shall be entitled to receive compensation at 

23 a rate not to exceed the daily rate prescribed for 

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1 ing travel time) during which the member is engaged 

2 in the performance of the duties of the Committee. 

3 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the 

4 Committee who is serving away from the home or 

5 regular place of business of the member in the per6 formance of the duties of the Committee may be al7 lowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

8 subsistence, in the same manner as the expenses au9 thorized by section 5703(b) of title 5, United States 

10 Code, for persons in government service employed 

11 intermittently. 

12 SEC. 303. FEDERAL MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL IN13 NOVATION SURVEY. 

14 (a) DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall— 

16 (A) survey, examine, and analyze the over17 all context of the manufacturing and industrial 

18 innovation efforts of the Federal Government, 

19 including the mission, goals, personnel, funding, 

20 organization, facilities, and activities of those 

21 efforts; and 

22 (B) in carrying out subparagraph (A), take 

23 adequate account of the interests of individuals 

24 and groups that may be affected by Federal 

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1 grams, including, as appropriate, by consulting 

2 with those individuals and groups. 

3 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the 

4 functions of the Committee under this section, the 

5 Committee shall consider the need for— 

6 (A) organizational reform, including insti7 tutional realignment or establishment designed 

8 to place within a single cabinet-level department 

9 (either within an existing agency or a new cabi10 net-level department) with missions that are 

11 primarily or solely devoted to manufacturing 

12 and industrial innovation; 

13 (B) improvements in existing programs 

14 and policies of manufacturing and industrial in15 novation of the Federal Government, including 

16 consideration of the appropriate role to be 

17 played by the private sector; 

18 (C) improved manufacturing and industrial 

19 innovation assessment in the executive branch 

20 of the Federal Government; 

21 (D) improved methods for effecting devel22 opment of manufacturing capabilities, especially 

23 capabilities arising from Federally funded re24 search; 


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1 (E) stimulating more effective Federal2 State and Federal-industry liaison and coopera3 tion in manufacturing and industrial innovation 

4 policy, including the formation of Federal-State 

5 mechanisms for the mutual pursuit of the 

6 shared goal of growing and improving manufac7 turing; 

8 (F) reforming any Federal regulation or 

9 administrative practice or procedure that may 

10 have the effect of slowing technological innova11 tion or opportunities for the use of technological 

12 innovation; 

13 (G) improvements to Federal research and 

14 development activities to make those activities 

15 more responsive to industrial needs; 

16 (H) ways of strengthening the competency 

17 of academic institutions in the United States 

18 for education and workforce training to better 

19 foster manufacturing and industrial innovation, 

20 capacity, and diversity; 

21 (I) ways of effectively integrating manufac22 turing and industrial innovation into the na23 tional and international policies of the United 

24 States; 


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1 (J) manufacturing and industrial innova2 tion designed to meet community and individual 

3 needs; 

4 (K) maintaining the quality and quantity 

5 of adequate manufacturing and industrial inno6 vation manpower; 

7 (L) improved systems for planning and 

8 analyzing Federal manufacturing and industrial 

9 innovation programs; 

10 (M) long-range study, analysis, and plan11 ning with respect to the application of manufac12 turing and industrial innovation to major na13 tional problems or concerns; and 

14 (N) identifying unnecessary or duplicative 

15 regulations. 

16 (b) REPORT.— 

17 (1) TO THE PRESIDENT.— 

18 (A) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 1 

19 year after the date on which every member of 

20 the Committee has been appointed under sec21 tion 302(a), the Committee shall submit to the 

22 President an interim report on the activities 

23 and operations of the Committee, as of the date 

24 on which the interim report is submitted. 


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1 (B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 

2 years after the date on which every member of 

3 the Committee has been appointed under sec4 tion 302(a), the Committee shall submit to the 

5 President a final report on the activities, find6 ings, conclusions, and recommendations of the 

7 Committee, including any necessary supporting 

8 data and material. 

9 (2) TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 days 

10 after the date on which the President receives the 

11 final report required under paragraph (1)(B), the 

12 President shall submit to Congress— 

13 (A) the interim report submitted under 

14 paragraph (1)(A); 

15 (B) the final report submitted under para16 graph (1)(B); and 

17 (C) any comments on, observations of, and 

18 recommendations with respect to the reports de19 scribed in this paragraph that the President de20 termines appropriate. 

21 SEC. 304. CONTINUATION OF COMMITTEE. 

22 (a) TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding section 14 of 

23 the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the 

24 Committee shall terminate not later than 90 days after 

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1 section 303(b)(2), unless the President, before the expira2 tion of the 90-day period, makes a determination that it 

3 is advantageous for the Committee to continue in being. 

4 (b) CONTINUATION OF COMMITTEE.—If the Presi5 dent determines that it is advantageous for the Committee 

6 to continue in being under subsection (a)— 

7 (1) the Committee shall exercise functions pre8 scribed by the President; and 

9 (2) the members of the Committee shall serve 

10 at the pleasure of the President. 

11 SEC. 305. STAFF AND CONSULTANT SUPPORT. 

12 (a) FUNCTIONS.—In the performance of the duties 

13 described in section 303(a), the Committee may— 

14 (1) select, appoint, employ, and fix the com15 pensation of specialists and other experts necessary 

16 to carry out those duties; 

17 (2) select, appoint, and employ, subject to the 

18 civil service laws, officers and employees necessary to 

19 carry out those duties; and 

20 (3) provide for the participation of civilian and 

21 military personnel detailed to the Committee pursu22 ant to subsection (b) of this section to carry out the 

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1 (b) SUPPORT.—Upon request of the Committee, the 

2 head of any agency, department, or instrumentality in the 

3 executive branch of the Federal Government may— 

4 (1) furnish to the Committee necessary infor5 mation to carry out the functions of the Committee 

6 that is available to, or procurable by, such depart7 ment, agency, or instrumentality; and 

8 (2) detail to temporary duty with the Com9 mittee on a reimbursable basis personnel within the 

10 administrative jurisdiction of the head of the agency, 

11 department, or instrumentality that the Committee 

12 needs or believes to be useful to carry out the duties 

13 of the Committee. 

14 (c) COMMITTEE DETAIL.— 

15 (1) CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE.—An individual who is 

16 detailed to temporary duty to the Committee under 

17 subsection (b)(2) may not experience as a result of 

18 being assigned to the detail— 

19 (A) with respect to an individual who is a 

20 civilian employee, a loss of seniority, pay, or 

21 other employee status; and 

22 (B) with respect to an individual who is a 

23 member of the military, a loss of— 

24 (i) status, rank, officer, or grade; or 


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1 (ii) any emolument, perquisite, right, 

2 privilege, or benefit incident to military 

3 personnel that is detailed and made pursu4 ant to an agreement between the Chair 

5 and the head of the relevant department, 

6 agency, or instrumentality, in accordance 

7 with the provisions of subchapter III of 

8 chapter 33, title 5, United States Code. 

9 TITLE IV— FEDERAL STRATEGY 

10 AND COORDINATING COUN11 CIL ON MANUFACTURING 

12 AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVA13 TION 

14 SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT. 

15 There is established in the executive branch of the 

16 Federal Government the Federal Strategy and Coordi17 nating Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innova18 tion (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Council’’). 

19 SEC. 402. MEMBERSHIP. 

20 (a) COMPOSITION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be com22 posed of the following: 

23 (A) The President, who shall serve as 

24 Chair of the Council. 

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1 (C) The Secretary of Commerce. 

2 (D) The Secretary of Defense. 

3 (E) The Secretary of Education. 

4 (F) The Secretary of Energy. 

5 (G) The Secretary of Health and Human 

6 Services. 

7 (H) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

8 Development. 

9 (I) The Secretary of Labor. 

10 (J) The Secretary of State. 

11 (K) The Secretary of Transportation. 

12 (L) The Secretary of Treasury. 

13 (M) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

14 (N) The Administrator of the Environ15 mental Protection Agency. 

16 (O) The Administrator of the National 

17 Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

18 (P) The Administrator of the Small Busi19 ness Administration. 

20 (Q) The Director of the National Science 

21 Foundation. 

22 (R) The Director of the Office of Manage23 ment and Budget. 

24 (S) The Assistant to the President for 

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1 (T) The United States Trade Representa2 tive. 

3 (U) The National Security Advisor. 

4 (V) The Assistant to the President for 

5 Economic Policy. 

6 (W) The Director of the Domestic Policy 

7 Council. 

8 (X) The Chair of the Council of Economic 

9 Advisers. 

10 (Y) The Chief Manufacturing Officer. 

11 (2) ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS.—The Presi12 dent may, from time to time and as necessary, ap13 point officials in the executive branch of the Federal 

14 Government to serve as members of the Council. 

15 (b) MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President or the Chief 

17 Manufacturing Officer may convene meetings of the 

18 Council. 

19 (2) PRESIDING OFFICER.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara21 graph (B), the President shall preside over the 

22 meetings of the Council. 

23 (B) EXCEPTION.—If the President is not 

24 present at a meeting of the Council, the Vice 

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1 present at a meeting of the Council, the Chief 

2 Manufacturing Officer) shall preside and be 

3 considered the chair of the Council. 

4 SEC. 403. COUNCIL ON MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 

5 INNOVATION EFFORTS. 

6 (a) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.— 

7 (1) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 

8 (A) consider problems and developments, 

9 including concerns regarding the workforce con10 cerns, in manufacturing and industrial innova11 tion and related activities of more than 1 agen12 cy in the executive branch of the Federal Gov13 ernment; 

14 (B) coordinate the manufacturing and in15 dustrial innovation policy-making process; 

16 (C) harmonize the Federal permitting 

17 process related to manufacturing and industrial 

18 innovation, as appropriate; 

19 (D) ensure manufacturing and industrial 

20 innovation policy decisions and programs are 

21 consistent with the priority goals of the United 

22 States described in section 102(a); 

23 (E) help implement the priority goals de24 scribed in section 102(a) across the Federal 

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1 (F) ensure manufacturing and industrial 

2 innovation are considered in the development 

3 and implementation of Federal policies and pro4 grams; 

5 (G) achieve more effective use of 

6 foundational aspects of manufacturing and in7 dustrial innovation, particularly scientific, engi8 neering, and technological resources and facili9 ties of agencies in the executive branch of the 

10 Federal Government, including the elimination 

11 of efforts that have been unwarrantedly dupli12 cated; 

13 (H) identify— 

14 (i) threats to and vulnerabilities of 

15 supply chains; 

16 (ii) workforce skills; and 

17 (iii) aspects of supply chains and 

18 workforce skills requiring additional em19 phasis; and 

20 (I) further international cooperation on 

21 manufacturing and industrial innovation poli22 cies that enhance the policies of the United 

23 States and internationally agreed upon policies. 

24 (2) OTHER DUTIES.—The Chief Manufacturing 

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1 or appropriate to implement the functions described 

2 in paragraph (1). 

3 SEC. 404. COORDINATION. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENT TO COORDINATE.—The head of 

5 each agency in the executive branch of the Federal Gov6 ernment, without regard to whether the head of the agency 

7 is a member of the Council, shall— 

8 (1) coordinate manufacturing and industrial in9 novation policy with the Council; and 

10 (2) share information on manufacturing and in11 dustrial innovation policy-related budget requests 

12 with the Council. 

13 (b) BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Council 

14 shall develop for submission to the Director of the Office 

15 of Management and Budget recommendations for the 

16 budgets of agencies in the executive branch of the Federal 

17 Government relating to manufacturing and industrial in18 novation policy that reflect the priority goals described in 

19 section 102(a). 

20 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Council shall provide 

21 advice to the Director of the Office of Management and 

22 Budget concerning the budget proposals of agencies in the 

23 executive branch of the Federal Government concerning 

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1 SEC. 405. ADMINISTRATION. 

2 (a) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL SCIENCE AND

3 TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL.—In carrying out the duties of 

4 the Council, the Council shall consult with the National 

5 Science and Technology Council, as necessary. 

6 (b) AD COMMITTEES; TASKS FORCES, INTERAGENCY

7 GROUPS.—The Council may function through established 

8 or ad hoc committees, task forces, or interagency groups. 

9 (c) REQUIREMENT TO COOPERATE.—Each agency in 

10 the executive branch of the Federal Government shall— 

11 (1) cooperate with the Council; and 

12 (2) provide assistance, information, and advice 

13 to the Council, as the Council may request, to the 

14 extent permitted by law. 

15 (d) ASSISTANCE TO COUNCIL.—For the purpose of 

16 carrying out the provisions of this section, the head of 

17 each agency that is a member of the Council shall furnish 

18 necessary assistance and resources to the Council, which 

19 may include— 

20 (1) detailing employees of the agency to the 

21 Council to perform such functions, consistent with 

22 the purposes of this section, as the Chair may assign 

23 to those detailees; 

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1 (3) upon the request of the Chair, undertake 

2 special studies for the Council that come within the 

3 functions herein assigned as necessary to fulfill the 

4 duties of the Council described in section 403. 

5 TITLE V—MANUFACTURING AND 

6 INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

7 POLICY INSTITUTE 

8 SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT. 

9 There shall be established a Federally funded re10 search and development center to be known as the ‘‘Manu11 facturing and Industrial Innovation Policy Institute’’ (re12 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Institute’’). 

13 SEC. 502. INCORPORATION. 

14 The Institute shall be— 

15 (1) administered as a separate entity by an or16 ganization managing a Federally funded research 

17 and development center on the date of enactment of 

18 this Act; or 

19 (2) incorporated as a nonprofit membership 

20 corporation. 

21 SEC. 503. DUTIES. 

22 The duties of the Institute shall include the following: 

23 (1) The assembly of timely and authoritative in24 formation relating to significant manufacturing and 

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1 search, development, and their applications in the 

2 United States and abroad, including information re3 lating to— 

4 (A) the developments identified in the most 

5 recent report submitted to Congress by the 

6 President under section 206; and 

7 (B) projections and strategies identified in 

8 the most recent national strategic plan estab9 lished under section 204(a). 

10 (2) The development and maintenance of rel11 evant informational and analytical tools. 

12 (3) The analysis and interpretation of the infor13 mation described in paragraph (1), with particular 

14 attention to the scope and content of the Federal 

15 manufacturing and industrial innovation policy port16 folio that affects interagency and national issues. 

17 (4) The initiation of studies and analysis of 

18 available manufacturing and industrial innovation 

19 alternatives to ensure the long-term strength of the 

20 United States in the development and application of 

21 manufacturing and industrial innovation. 

22 (5) The determination of appropriate roles of 

23 the Federal Government, State governments, private 

24 industry, and institutes of higher education in the 


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1 development and application of manufacturing and 

2 industrial innovation. 

3 (6) The provision, upon the request of the Chief 

4 Manufacturing Officer, of technical support and as5 sistance— 

6 (A) to the committees and panels of the 

7 Federal Strategy and Coordinating Council on 

8 Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation estab9 lished under section 401 that provide advice to 

10 agencies in the executive branch of the Federal 

11 Government on manufacturing and industrial 

12 innovation; and 

13 (B) to the interagency committees and 

14 panels of the Federal Government concerned 

15 with manufacturing and industrial innovation. 

16 SEC. 504. CONSULTATION OF INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES. 

17 In carrying out the duties described in section 503, 

18 personnel of the Institute shall— 

19 (1) consult widely with representatives from— 

20 (A) private industry; 

21 (B) labor organizations that primarily rep22 resent workers in manufacturing; 

23 (C) institutions of higher education, in24 cluding worker training and credentialing pro25 grams; and 


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1 (D) nonprofit institutions that reflect ra2 cial, ethnic, gender, and regional diversity; and 

3 (2) to the maximum extent practicable, incor4 porate information and perspectives derived from 

5 consultations under paragraph (1). 

6 SEC. 505. ANNUAL REPORTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

9 the Institute shall submit to the President a report on the 

10 activities of the Institute. 

11 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The President shall prescribe 

12 requirements for the report submitted under subsection 

13 (a). 

14 SEC. 506. SPONSORSHIP. 

15 (a) SPONSOR.—The Director of the National Insti16 tute of Standards and Technology shall be the sponsor of 

17 the Institute. 

18 (b) AGREEMENT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

20 Institute of Standards and Technology, in consulta21 tion with the Chief Manufacturing Officer, shall 

22 enter into a sponsoring agreement with respect to 

23 the Institute that requires the Institute carry out 

24 functions determined by the Chief Manufacturing 


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1 Officer that are consistent with the duties described 

2 to in section 503. 

3 (2) CONSISTENCY WITH REQUIREMENTS PRE4 SCRIBED BY ADMINISTRATOR FOR FEDERAL PRO5 CUREMENT POLICY.—The Administrator for Federal 

6 Procurement Policy shall prescribe general require7 ments for the sponsoring agreement entered into 

8 under paragraph (1). 

9 TITLE VI—NATIONAL MEDAL OF 

10 MANUFACTURING AND IN11 DUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

12 SEC. 601. AWARD. 

13 (a) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The President shall from 

14 time to time award a medal, to be known as the ‘‘National 

15 Medal of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation’’, on 

16 the basis of recommendations received from the National 

17 Academies of Sciences, the Chief Manufacturing Officer, 

18 or on the basis of such other information and evidence 

19 as the President determines appropriate, to individuals 

20 who in the judgment of the President are deserving of spe21 cial recognition by reason of outstanding contributions to 

22 knowledge in manufacturing and industrial innovation. 

23 (b) NUMBER.—Not more than 20 individuals may be 

24 awarded a medal under this section in any one calendar 

25 year. 


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1 (c) CITIZENSHIP.—An individual may not be awarded 

2 a medal under this section unless at the time such award 

3 is made the individual— 

4 (1) is a citizen or other national of the United 

5 States; or 

6 (2) is an individual lawfully admitted to the 

7 United States for permanent residence who— 

8 (A) has filed an application for petition for 

9 naturalization in the manner prescribed by sec10 tion 334(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 

11 Act (8 U.S.C. 1445(b)); and 

12 (B) is not permanently ineligible to become 

13 a citizen of the United States. 

14 (d) CEREMONIES.—The presentation of the award 

15 shall be made by the President with such ceremonies as 

16 determined proper, including attendance by appropriate 

17 Members of Congress. 

18 TITLE VII—GENERAL 

19 PROVISIONS 

20 SEC. 701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

21 There are authorized to be appropriated— 

22 (1) for fiscal year 2022— 

23 (A) $5,000,000, for the purpose of car24 rying out title II; 


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1 (B) $5,000,000, for the purpose of car2 rying out title III; 

3 (C) $5,000,000, for the purpose of car4 rying out title IV; and 

5 (D) $5,000,000, for the purpose of car6 rying out title V; and 

7 (2) for each fiscal year thereafter, for the pur8 pose of carrying out titles II through V, such sums 

9 as may be necessary. 

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