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Calendar No. 547 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1468 

[Report No. 113–247] 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Network for 

Manufacturing Innovation and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2013 

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. GRAHAM, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Mr. KIRK, Mr. COONS, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. KING, Mr. WICKER, 

Mr. LEVIN, Mr. REED, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Ms. AYOTTE, 

and Mr. UDALL of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

AUGUST 26, 2014 

Reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of August 5 (legislative 

day, August 1), 2014, by Mr. ROCKEFELLER, with an amendment 

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

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revitalize American 

3 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) In 2011, manufacturing contributed 

7 $1,800,000,000,000 to the Nation’s economy and 

8 accounted for 47 percent of all United States ex9 ports. 

10 (2) If ranked as its own country, the United 

11 States manufacturing sector would be the 10th larg12 est economy in the world. 

13 (3) American manufacturers employ more than 

14 11,000,000,000 Americans in jobs with wages and 

15 benefits that are one-third higher than the wages 

16 and benefits in other sectors. 

17 (4) Manufacturing has the highest multiplier ef18 fect, with every dollar in final sales of manufactured 

19 products resulting in $1.34 in output from other sec20 tors. 

21 (5) As the source of nearly one-third of the 

22 United States investment in research and develop23 ment manufacturing, firms drive innovation in the 

24 United States. 

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1 turing sector than the United States. Each of these 

2 countries has a positive trade balance in advanced 

3 manufacturing products. In contrast, the United 

4 States had an $81,000,000,000 trade deficit in 

5 2010. 

6 (7) The United States share of research and 

7 development spending dropped from 43.1 percent in 

8 1998 to 37.3 percent in 2008, while China’s share 

9 of research and development spending increased 

10 from 3 percent to 11.4 percent during the same pe11 riod. 

12 (8) According to a survey by the Council on 

13 Competitiveness, chief executive officers view the 

14 quality and availability of scientists, researchers, and 

15 engineers and the quality and availability of skilled 

16 production workers as the first and second most im17 portant drivers of competitiveness. 

18 (9) According to the Organization for Economic 

19 Co-Operation and Development, the United States 

20 ranked 27th out of 29 developed countries in the 

21 percentage of students who earned bachelor’s de22 grees in science and engineering in 2009. 

23 (10) Colleges in China and India award more 4- 

24 year engineering bachelor’s degrees than United 

25 States colleges. 


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1 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC2 TURING INNOVATION. 

3 The National Institute of Standards and Technology 

4 Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating section 34 as section 35; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after section 33 (15 U.S.C. 

8 278r) the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 34. NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION. 

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC11 TURING INNOVATION PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com13 merce shall establish within the Institute a program 

14 to be known as the ‘Network for Manufacturing In15 novation Program’ (referred to in this section as the 

16 ‘Program’). 

17 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES OF PROGRAM.—The purposes of 

18 the Program are— 

19 ‘‘(A) to improve the competitiveness of 

20 United States manufacturing and to increase 

21 domestic production; 

22 ‘‘(B) to stimulate United States leadership 

23 in advanced manufacturing research, innova24 tion, and technology; 

25 ‘‘(C) to facilitate the transition of innova26 tive technologies into scalable, cost-effective, 


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1 and high-performing manufacturing capabili2 ties; 

3 ‘‘(D) to facilitate access by manufacturing 

4 enterprises to capital-intensive infrastructure, 

5 including high-performance computing, in order 

6 to improve the speed with which such enter7 prises commercialize new processes and tech8 nologies; 

9 ‘‘(E) to accelerate the development of an 

10 advanced manufacturing workforce; 

11 ‘‘(F) to facilitate peer exchange of and the 

12 documentation of best practices in addressing 

13 advanced manufacturing challenges; and 

14 ‘‘(G) to leverage non-Federal sources of 

15 support to promote a stable and sustainable 

16 business model without the need for long-term 

17 Federal funding. 

18 ‘‘(3) SUPPORT.—The Secretary, acting through 

19 the Director, shall carry out the purposes set forth 

20 in paragraph (2) by supporting— 

21 ‘‘(A) the Network for Manufacturing Inno22 vation established under subsection (b); and 

23 ‘‘(B) the establishment of centers for man24 ufacturing innovation. 


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1 ‘‘(4) DIRECTOR.—The Secretary shall carry out 

2 the Program through the Director. 

3 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC4 TURING INNOVATION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Program, 

6 the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a network 

7 of centers for manufacturing innovation. 

8 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The network established 

9 under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘Network 

10 for Manufacturing Innovation’ (referred to in this 

11 section as the ‘Network’). 

12 ‘‘(c) CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec14 tion, a ‘center for manufacturing innovation’ is a 

15 center that— 

16 ‘‘(A) has been established by a person to 

17 address challenges in advanced manufacturing 

18 and to assist manufacturers in retaining or ex19 panding industrial production and jobs in the 

20 United States; 

21 ‘‘(B) has a predominant focus on a manu22 facturing process, novel material, enabling tech23 nology, supply chain integration methodology, 

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1 facturing, as determined by the Secretary, with 

2 the potential— 

3 ‘‘(i) to improve the competitiveness of 

4 United States manufacturing; 

5 ‘‘(ii) to accelerate investment in ad6 vanced manufacturing production capacity 

7 in the United States; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) to enable the commercial appli9 cation of new technologies or industry-wide 

10 manufacturing processes; and 

11 ‘‘(C) includes active participation among 

12 representatives from multiple industrial entities, 

13 research universities, community colleges, and 

14 such other entities as the Secretary considers 

15 appropriate, which may include career and tech16 nical education schools, Federal laboratories, 

17 State, local, and tribal governments, businesses, 

18 educational institutions, and nonprofit organiza19 tions. 

20 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—Activities of a center for 

21 manufacturing innovation may include the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) Research, development, and dem23 onstration projects, including proof-of-concept 

24 development and prototyping, to reduce the 

25 cost, time, and risk of commercializing new 


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1 technologies and improvements in existing tech2 nologies, processes, products, and research and 

3 development of materials to solve pre-competi4 tive industrial problems with economic or na5 tional security implications. 

6 ‘‘(B) Development and implementation of 

7 education and training courses, materials, and 

8 programs. 

9 ‘‘(C) Development of innovative methodolo10 gies and practices for supply chain integration 

11 and introduction of new technologies into sup12 ply chains. 

13 ‘‘(D) Outreach and engagement with 

14 small- and medium-sized manufacturing enter15 prises, in addition to large manufacturing en16 terprises. 

17 ‘‘(E) Such other activities as the Sec18 retary, in consultation with Federal depart19 ments and agencies whose missions contribute 

20 to or are affected by advanced manufacturing, 

21 considers consistent with the purposes described 

22 in subsection (a)(2). 

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1 facturing centers under interagency review shall be 

2 considered centers for manufacturing innovation. 

3 ‘‘(d) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH AND

4 SUPPORT CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVA5 TION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Pro7 gram, the Secretary of Commerce shall award finan8 cial assistance to a person to assist the person in 

9 planning, establishing, or supporting a center for 

10 manufacturing innovation. 

11 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—A person seeking financial 

12 assistance under paragraph (1) shall submit to the 

13 Secretary an application therefor at such time, in 

14 such manner, and containing such information as 

15 the Secretary may require. 

16 ‘‘(3) OPEN PROCESS.—In soliciting applications 

17 for financial assistance under paragraph (1), the 

18 Secretary shall ensure an open process that will 

19 allow for the consideration of all applications rel20 evant to advanced manufacturing regardless of tech21 nology area. 

22 ‘‘(4) SELECTION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) COMPETITIVE, MERIT REVIEW.—In 

24 awarding financial assistance under paragraph 


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1 (1), the Secretary shall use a competitive, merit 

2 review process. 

3 ‘‘(B) COLLABORATION.—In awarding fi4 nancial assistance under paragraph (1), the 

5 Secretary shall, acting through the National 

6 Program Office established under subsection 

7 (e)(1), collaborate with Federal departments 

8 and agencies whose missions contribute to or 

9 are affected by advanced manufacturing. 

10 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting a 

11 person who submitted an application under 

12 paragraph (2) for an award of financial assist13 ance under paragraph (1) the Secretary shall 

14 consider, at a minimum, the following: 

15 ‘‘(i) The potential of the center for 

16 manufacturing innovation to advance do17 mestic manufacturing and the likelihood of 

18 economic impact in the predominant focus 

19 areas of the center for manufacturing in20 novation. 

21 ‘‘(ii) The commitment of continued fi22 nancial support, advice, participation, and 

23 other contributions from non-Federal 

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1 ness model without the need for long-term 

2 Federal funding. 

3 ‘‘(iii) How the center for manufac4 turing innovation will engage with small5 and medium-sized manufacturing enter6 prises, to improve the capacity of such en7 terprises to commercialize new processes 

8 and technologies. 

9 ‘‘(iv) How the center for manufac10 turing innovation will carry out educational 

11 and workforce activities that meet indus12 trial needs related to the predominant 

13 focus areas of the center for manufac14 turing innovation. 

15 ‘‘(v) How the center for manufac16 turing innovation will advance economic 

17 competitiveness. 

18 ‘‘(vi) How the center for manufac19 turing innovation will strengthen and lever20 age the assets of a region. 

21 ‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON PERIOD FOR AWARDS.— 

22 No award of financial assistance may be made under 

23 paragraph (1) to a center of manufacturing innova24 tion after the 7-year period beginning on the date on 


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1 which the Secretary first awards financial assistance 

2 to a center under such paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(e) NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Com5 merce shall establish, within the Institute, the Na6 tional Office of the Network for Manufacturing In7 novation Program (referred to in this section as the 

8 ‘National Program Office’), which shall oversee and 

9 carry out the Program. 

10 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Na11 tional Program Office are— 

12 ‘‘(A) to oversee the planning, management, 

13 and coordination of the Program; 

14 ‘‘(B) to enter into memorandums of under15 standing with Federal departments and agen16 cies, whose missions contribute to or are af17 fected by advanced manufacturing, to carry out 

18 the purposes described in subsection (a)(2); 

19 ‘‘(C) to develop, not later than 1 year after 

20 the date of the enactment of the Revitalize 

21 American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 

22 2013, and update not less frequently than once 

23 every 3 years thereafter, a strategic plan to 

24 guide the Program; 


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1 ‘‘(D) to establish such procedures, proc2 esses, and criteria as may be necessary and ap3 propriate to maximize cooperation and coordi4 nate the activities of the Program with pro5 grams and activities of other Federal depart6 ments and agencies whose missions contribute 

7 to or are affected by advanced manufacturing; 

8 ‘‘(E) to establish a clearinghouse of public 

9 information related to the activities of the Pro10 gram; and 

11 ‘‘(F) to act as a convener of the Network. 

12 ‘‘(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In developing and 

13 updating the strategic plan under paragraph (2)(C), 

14 the Secretary shall solicit recommendations and ad15 vice from a wide range of stakeholders, including in16 dustry, small- and medium-sized manufacturing en17 terprises, research universities, community colleges, 

18 and other relevant organizations and institutions. 

19 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 

20 shall transmit the strategic plan required under 

21 paragraph (2)(C) to the Committee on Commerce, 

22 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

23 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

24 House of Representatives. 


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1 ‘‘(5) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION

2 PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 

3 National Program Office incorporates the Hollings 

4 Manufacturing Extension Partnership into Program 

5 planning to ensure that the results of the Program 

6 reach small- and medium-sized entities. 

7 ‘‘(6) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government 

8 employee may be detailed to the National Program 

9 Office without reimbursement. Such detail shall be 

10 without interruption or loss of civil service status or 

11 privilege. 

12 ‘‘(f) REPORTING AND AUDITING.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

15 Commerce shall require recipients of financial 

16 assistance under subsection (d)(1) to annually 

17 submit a report to the Secretary that describes 

18 the finances and performance of the center for 

19 manufacturing innovation for which such assist20 ance was awarded. 

21 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted 

22 under subparagraph (A) shall include— 

23 ‘‘(i) an accounting of expenditures of 

24 amounts awarded to the recipient under 

25 subsection (d)(1); and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) a description of the performance 

2 of the center for manufacturing innovation 

3 with respect to— 

4 ‘‘(I) its goals, plans, financial 

5 support, and accomplishments; and 

6 ‘‘(II) how the center for manu7 facturing innovation has furthered the 

8 purposes described in subsection 

9 (a)(2). 

10 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently 

12 than once each year, the Secretary shall submit 

13 a report to Congress that describes the per14 formance of the Program during the most re15 cent 1-year period. 

16 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted 

17 under subparagraph (A) shall include, for the 

18 period covered by the report— 

19 ‘‘(i) a summary and assessment of the 

20 reports received by the Secretary under 

21 paragraph (1); 

22 ‘‘(ii) an accounting of the funds ex23 pended by the Secretary under the Pro24 gram; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) an assessment of the Program 

2 with respect to the purposes described in 

3 subsection (a)(2). 

4 ‘‘(3) TRIENNIAL ASSESSMENT BY GAO.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently 

6 than once every 3 years, the Comptroller Gen7 eral of the United States shall submit to Con8 gress an assessment of the operation of the 

9 Program during the most recent 3-year period. 

10 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each assessment sub11 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall include, 

12 for the period covered by the report— 

13 ‘‘(i) a review of the management, co14 ordination, and industry utility of the Pro15 gram; 

16 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the extent to 

17 which the Program has furthered the pur18 poses described in subsection (a)(2); and 

19 ‘‘(iii) such recommendations for legis20 lative and administrative action as the 

21 Comptroller General considers appropriate 

22 to improve the Program. 

23 ‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— 

24 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND CON25 TRACTS.—The Secretary of Commerce may appoint 


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1 such personnel and enter into such contracts, finan2 cial assistance agreements, and other agreements as 

3 the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to 

4 carry out the Program including support for re5 search and development activities involving a center 

6 for manufacturing innovation. 

7 ‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 

8 may transfer to other Federal agencies such sums as 

9 the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to 

10 carry out the Program. 

11 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY OF OTHER AGENCIES.—In the 

12 event that the Secretary exercises the authority to 

13 transfer funds to another agency under paragraph 

14 (2), such agency may award and administer all as15 pects of financial assistance awards under this sec16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(4) USE OF RESOURCES.—In furtherance of 

18 the purposes of the Program, the Secretary may use, 

19 with the consent of a covered entity and with or 

20 without reimbursement, the land, services, equip21 ment, personnel, and facilities of such covered entity. 

22 ‘‘(5) ACCEPTANCE OF RESOURCES.—In addition 

23 to amounts appropriated to carry out the Program, 

24 the Secretary may accept funds, services, equipment, 


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1 personnel, and facilities from any covered entity to 

2 carry out the Program. 

3 ‘‘(6) COVERED ENTITY.—For purposes of this 

4 subsection, a covered entity is any Federal depart5 ment, Federal agency, instrumentality of the United 

6 States, State, local government, tribal government, 

7 Territory or possession of the United States, or of 

8 any political subdivision thereof, or international or9 ganization, or any public or private entity or indi10 vidual. 

11 ‘‘(h) PATENTS.—Chapter 18 of title 35, United 

12 States Code, shall not apply if financial assistance is 

13 awarded under this section solely for the purpose of plan14 ning, establishing, or supporting new or existing centers 

15 for manufacturing innovation. 

16 ‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 

17 ‘‘(1) NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVA18 TION FUND.— 

19 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab20 lished in the Treasury of the United States a 

21 fund to be known as the ‘Network for Manufac22 turing Innovation Fund’ (referred to in this 

23 paragraph as the ‘Fund’). 

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1 sets of the Fund, amounts appropriated or oth2 erwise made available to carry out the Program. 

3 ‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited 

4 in the Fund shall be available to the Secretary 

5 of Commerce, at the discretion of the Secretary, 

6 or the Secretary’s delegee, to carry out the Pro7 gram without further appropriation and without 

8 fiscal year limitation. 

9 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There is authorized to be appropriated 

11 $600,000,000 to the Secretary of Commerce to carry 

12 out this section. 

13 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Sec14 retary of Commerce may use not more than 5 per15 cent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to para16 graph (2) to pay the salaries, expenses, and other 

17 administrative costs incurred by the Secretary under 

18 this section. 

19 ‘‘(4) RESCISSION.—There is hereby rescinded, 

20 from appropriated discretionary funds that remain 

21 available for obligation as of the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, $600,000,000.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

2 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘rare 

3 earth monopoly’’ means the domination of the market for 

4 rare earth elements, including— 

5 (1) rare earth oxides, metals, alloys, and 

6 magnets; 

7 (2) integrated systems that include rare earth 

8 components, including wind turbines, motors, and 

9 catalysts for green technology lighting and transpor10 tation in commercial products; and 

11 (3) oxide, metal, or alloy-based rare earth mate12 rials, magnets, components and systems for guided 

13 ordinance, stealth and drone technologies, interro14 gating and targeting lasers, radar, sonar, and weap15 ons systems used by the United States military. 

16 (b) SURVEY.—The Secretary of Commerce shall con17 duct a survey that— 

18 (1) measures the economic impact of China’s 

19 rare earth monopoly on the United States and other 

20 affected nations to determine the magnitude of eco21 nomic and intellectual property loss resulting from 

22 China’s rare earth monopoly; and 

23 (2) looks beyond gross economic figures of 

24 value added goods and identifies specific tech25 nologies, industries, and defense systems that are 


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1 now primarily produced in, or are likely to relocate 

2 or migrate to, China. 

3 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce 

5 shall submit a report to Congress that contains the results 

6 of the survey conducted under subsection (a). The report 

7 shall contain recommendations on how the United States 

8 should— 

9 (1) initiate direct dialogue with affected nations 

10 to assess the short- and long-term economic con11 sequences of China’s rare earth monopoly and re12 lated trade practices; and 

13 (2) promote cooperative resolutions to facilitate 

14 partnership structures that will offset imbalances 

15 caused by China’s rare earth monopoly. 

16 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revitalize American 

18 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014’’. 

19 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

20 Congress finds the following: 

21 (1) In 2011, manufacturing contributed 

22 $1,800,000,000,000 to the Nation’s economy and ac23 counted for 47 percent of all United States exports. 


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1 (2) If ranked as its own country, the United 

2 States manufacturing sector would be the 10th largest 

3 economy in the world. 

4 (3) American manufacturers employ more than 

5 11,000,000 Americans in jobs with wages and benefits 

6 that are one-third higher than the wages and benefits 

7 in other sectors. 

8 (4) Manufacturing has the highest multiplier ef9 fect, with every dollar in final sales of manufactured 

10 products resulting in $1.34 in output from other sec11 tors. 

12 (5) As the source of nearly one-third of the 

13 United States investment in research and develop14 ment, manufacturing firms drive innovation in the 

15 United States. 

16 (6) Countries such as Korea, Japan, and Ger17 many have a larger share of the advanced manufac18 turing sector than the United States. Each of these 

19 countries has a positive trade balance in advanced 

20 manufacturing products. In contrast, the United 

21 States had an $81,000,000,000 trade deficit in goods 

22 with advanced technology products in 2013. 

23 (7) The United States share of research and de24 velopment spending dropped from 43.1 percent in 

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1 research and development spending increased from 3 

2 percent to 11.4 percent during the same period. 

3 (8) According to a survey by the Council on 

4 Competitiveness, chief executive officers view the qual5 ity and availability of scientists, researchers, and en6 gineers and the quality and availability of skilled 

7 production workers as the first and second most im8 portant drivers of competitiveness. 

9 (9) According to the Organization for Economic 

10 Co-Operation and Development, the United States 

11 ranked 27th out of 29 developed countries in the per12 centage of students who earned bachelor’s degrees in 

13 science and engineering in 2009. 

14 (10) Colleges in China and India award more 4- 

15 year engineering bachelor’s degrees than United 

16 States colleges. 

17 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC18 TURING INNOVATION. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The National Institute of Stand20 ards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) by redesignating section 34 as section 35; 

23 and 

24 (2) by inserting after section 33 (15 U.S.C. 

25 278r) the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 34. NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION. 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC3 TURING INNOVATION PROGRAM.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 

5 shall establish within the Institute a program to be 

6 known as the ‘Network for Manufacturing Innovation 

7 Program’ (referred to in this section as the ‘Pro8 gram’). 

9 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES OF PROGRAM.—The purposes of 

10 the Program are— 

11 ‘‘(A) to improve measurably the competi12 tiveness of United States manufacturing and to 

13 increase domestic production; 

14 ‘‘(B) to stimulate United States leadership 

15 in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, 

16 and technology that has a strong potential to 

17 generate substantial benefits to the Nation that 

18 extend significantly beyond the direct return to 

19 participants in the Program; 

20 ‘‘(C) to facilitate the transition of innova21 tive and transformative technologies into scal22 able, cost-effective, and high-performing manu23 facturing capabilities; 

24 ‘‘(D) to facilitate access by manufacturing 

25 enterprises to capital-intensive infrastructure, 

26 including high-performance computing, in order 


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1 to improve the speed with which such enterprises 

2 commercialize new processes and technologies; 

3 ‘‘(E) to accelerate measurably the develop4 ment of an advanced manufacturing workforce; 

5 ‘‘(F) to facilitate peer exchange of and the 

6 documentation of best practices in addressing 

7 advanced manufacturing challenges; and 

8 ‘‘(G) to leverage non-Federal sources of sup9 port to promote a stable and sustainable business 

10 model without the need for long-term Federal 

11 funding. 

12 ‘‘(3) SUPPORT.—The Secretary, acting through 

13 the Director, shall carry out the purposes set forth in 

14 paragraph (2) by supporting— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Network for Manufacturing Inno16 vation established under subsection (b); and 

17 ‘‘(B) the establishment of centers for manu18 facturing innovation. 

19 ‘‘(4) DIRECTOR.—The Secretary shall carry out 

20 the Program through the Director. 

21 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC22 TURING INNOVATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Program, the 

24 Secretary of Commerce shall establish a network of 

25 centers for manufacturing innovation. 


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1 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The network established 

2 under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘Network 

3 for Manufacturing Innovation’ (referred to in this 

4 section as the ‘Network’). 

5 ‘‘(c) CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 

7 a ‘center for manufacturing innovation’ is a center 

8 that— 

9 ‘‘(A) has been established by a person or 

10 group of persons to address challenges in ad11 vanced manufacturing and to assist manufactur12 ers in retaining or expanding industrial produc13 tion and jobs in the United States; 

14 ‘‘(B) has a predominant focus on a manu15 facturing process, novel material, enabling tech16 nology, supply chain integration methodology, or 

17 another relevant aspect of advanced manufac18 turing, as determined by the Secretary, with the 

19 potential— 

20 ‘‘(i) to improve the competitiveness of 

21 United States manufacturing; 

22 ‘‘(ii) to accelerate non-Federal invest23 ment in advanced manufacturing produc24 tion capacity in the United States; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) to increase measurably the non2 Federal investment in advanced manufac3 turing research; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) to enable the commercial applica5 tion of new technologies or industry-wide 

6 manufacturing processes; and 

7 ‘‘(C) includes active participation among 

8 representatives from multiple industrial entities, 

9 research universities, community colleges, and 

10 such other entities as the Secretary considers ap11 propriate, which may include industry-led con12 sortia, career and technical education schools, 

13 Federal laboratories, State, local, and tribal gov14 ernments, businesses, educational institutions, 

15 and nonprofit organizations. 

16 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—Activities of a center for man17 ufacturing innovation may include the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) Research, development, and dem19 onstration projects, including proof-of-concept 

20 development and prototyping, to reduce the cost, 

21 time, and risk of commercializing new tech22 nologies and improvements in existing tech23 nologies, processes, products, and research and 

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1 industrial problems with economic or national 

2 security implications. 

3 ‘‘(B) Development and implementation of 

4 education and training courses, materials, and 

5 programs. 

6 ‘‘(C) Development of workforce recruitment 

7 programs and initiatives. 

8 ‘‘(D) Development of innovative methodolo9 gies and practices for supply chain integration 

10 and introduction of new technologies into supply 

11 chains. 

12 ‘‘(E) Development or updating of industry13 led, shared-vision technology roadmaps for the 

14 development of technologies underpinning next15 generation or transformational innovations. 

16 ‘‘(F) Outreach and engagement with small17 and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, in 

18 addition to large manufacturing enterprises. 

19 ‘‘(G) Such other activities as the Secretary, 

20 in consultation with Federal departments and 

21 agencies whose missions contribute to or are af22 fected by advanced manufacturing, considers 

23 consistent with the purposes described in sub24 section (a)(2). 


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1 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING

2 INNOVATION.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The National Additive 

4 Manufacturing Innovation Institute and manu5 facturing centers formally recognized or under 

6 pending interagency review on the date of enact7 ment of the Revitalize American Manufacturing 

8 and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be considered 

9 centers for manufacturing innovation, but such 

10 centers shall not receive any preference for finan11 cial assistance under subsection (d) solely on the 

12 basis of being considered centers for manufac13 turing innovation under this paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(B) NETWORK PARTICIPATION.—A manu15 facturing center that is substantially similar to 

16 those established under this subsection but that 

17 does not receive financial assistance under sub18 section (d) may, upon request of the center, be 

19 recognized as a center by the Secretary for pur20 poses of participation in the Network. 

21 ‘‘(d) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH AND SUP22 PORT CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Pro24 gram, the Secretary of Commerce shall award finan25 cial assistance to a person to assist the person in 


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1 planning, establishing, or supporting a center for 

2 manufacturing innovation. 

3 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—A person seeking financial 

4 assistance under paragraph (1) shall submit to the 

5 Secretary an application therefor at such time, in 

6 such manner, and containing such information as the 

7 Secretary may require. The application shall, at a 

8 minimum, describe the specific sources and amounts 

9 of non-Federal financial support for the center on the 

10 date financial assistance is sought, as well as the an11 ticipated sources and amounts of non-Federal finan12 cial support during the period for which the center 

13 could be eligible for continued Federal financial as14 sistance under this section. 

15 ‘‘(3) OPEN PROCESS.—In soliciting applications 

16 for financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Sec17 retary shall ensure an open process that will allow for 

18 the consideration of all applications relevant to ad19 vanced manufacturing regardless of technology area. 

20 ‘‘(4) SELECTION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) COMPETITIVE, MERIT REVIEW.—In 

22 awarding financial assistance under paragraph 

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1 verse group of individuals with relevant exper2 tise. 

3 ‘‘(B) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, TRANS4 PARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—For each 

5 award of financial assistance under paragraph 

6 (1), the Secretary shall— 

7 ‘‘(i) make publicly available at the 

8 time of the award a description of the bases 

9 for the award, including an explanation of 

10 the relative merits of the winning applicant 

11 as compared to other applications received, 

12 if applicable; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) develop and implement metrics14 based performance measures to assess the ef15 fectiveness of the activities funded. 

16 ‘‘(C) COLLABORATION.—In awarding finan17 cial assistance under paragraph (1), the Sec18 retary shall, acting through the National Pro19 gram Office established under subsection (e)(1), 

20 collaborate with Federal departments and agen21 cies whose missions contribute to or are affected 

22 by advanced manufacturing. 

23 ‘‘(D) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting a per24 son who submitted an application under para25 graph (2) for an award of financial assistance 


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1 under paragraph (1) the Secretary shall con2 sider, at a minimum, the following: 

3 ‘‘(i) The potential of the center for 

4 manufacturing innovation to advance do5 mestic manufacturing and the likelihood of 

6 economic impact in the predominant focus 

7 areas of the center for manufacturing inno8 vation. 

9 ‘‘(ii) The commitment of continued fi10 nancial support, advice, participation, and 

11 other contributions from non-Federal 

12 sources, to provide leverage and resources to 

13 promote a stable and sustainable business 

14 model without the need for long-term Fed15 eral funding. 

16 ‘‘(iii) Whether the financial support 

17 provided to the center from non-Federal 

18 sources significantly outweighs the requested 

19 Federal financial assistance. 

20 ‘‘(iv) How the center for manufac21 turing innovation will increase the non22 Federal investment in advanced manufac23 turing research in the United States 

24 ‘‘(v) How the center for manufacturing 

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1 dium-sized manufacturing enterprises, to 

2 improve the capacity of such enterprises to 

3 commercialize new processes and tech4 nologies. 

5 ‘‘(vi) How the center for manufac6 turing innovation will carry out edu7 cational and workforce activities that meet 

8 industrial needs related to the predominant 

9 focus areas of the center for manufacturing 

10 innovation. 

11 ‘‘(vii) How the center for manufac12 turing innovation will advance economic 

13 competitiveness both globally and domesti14 cally and generate substantial benefits to 

15 the Nation that extend beyond the direct re16 turn to participants in the Program. 

17 ‘‘(viii) Whether the predominant focus 

18 of the center for manufacturing innovation 

19 is a manufacturing process, novel material, 

20 enabling technology, supply chain integra21 tion methodology, or other relevant aspect of 

22 advanced manufacturing that has not al23 ready been commercialized, marketed, dis24 tributed, or sold by another entity. 


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1 ‘‘(ix) How the center for manufac2 turing innovation will strengthen and lever3 age the assets of a region. 

4 ‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS ON AWARDS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No award of financial 

6 assistance may be made under paragraph (1) to 

7 a center of manufacturing innovation after the 

8 7-year period beginning on the date on which the 

9 Secretary first awards financial assistance to a 

10 center under that paragraph. 

11 ‘‘(B) MATCHING FUNDS AND WEIGHTED

12 PREFERENCES.—The total Federal financial as13 sistance awarded to a center of manufacturing 

14 innovation, including the financial assistance 

15 under paragraph (1), in a given year shall not 

16 exceed 50 percent of the total funding of the cen17 ter in that year. The Secretary may give a 

18 weighted preference to applicants seeking less 

19 than the maximum amount of funding allowed 

20 under this paragraph. 

21 ‘‘(C) FUNDING DECREASE.—The amount of 

22 financial assistance provided to a center of man23 ufacturing innovation under paragraph (1) shall 

24 decrease after the second year of funding for a 

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1 in each year in which financial assistance is 

2 provided, unless the Secretary determines that— 

3 ‘‘(i) the center is otherwise meeting its 

4 stated goals and metrics under this Act; 

5 ‘‘(ii) unforeseen circumstances have al6 tered the center’s anticipated funding; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the center can identify future 

8 non-Federal funding sources that would 

9 warrant a temporary exemption from the 

10 limitations established in this subpara11 graph. 

12 ‘‘(D) AWARD LIMIT.—No more than 15 cen13 ters of manufacturing innovation may receive fi14 nancial assistance under paragraph (1) in any 

15 single year. 

16 ‘‘(e) NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Com18 merce shall establish, within the Institute, the Na19 tional Office of the Network for Manufacturing Inno20 vation Program (referred to in this section as the ‘Na21 tional Program Office’), which shall oversee and carry 

22 out the Program. 

23 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the National 

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1 ‘‘(A) to oversee the planning, management, 

2 and coordination of the Program; 

3 ‘‘(B) to enter into memorandums of under4 standing with Federal departments and agencies, 

5 whose missions contribute to or are affected by 

6 advanced manufacturing, to carry out the pur7 poses described in subsection (a)(2); 

8 ‘‘(C) to develop, not later than 1 year after 

9 the date of the enactment of the Revitalize Amer10 ican Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, 

11 and update not less frequently than once every 2 

12 years thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the 

13 Program; 

14 ‘‘(D) to establish such procedures, processes, 

15 and criteria as may be necessary and appro16 priate to maximize cooperation and coordinate 

17 the activities of the Program with programs and 

18 activities of other Federal departments and agen19 cies whose missions contribute to or are affected 

20 by advanced manufacturing; 

21 ‘‘(E) to establish a clearinghouse of public 

22 information related to the activities of the Pro23 gram; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In developing and 

2 updating the strategic plan under paragraph (2)(C), 

3 the Secretary shall solicit recommendations and ad4 vice from a wide range of stakeholders, including in5 dustry, small- and medium-sized manufacturing en6 terprises, research universities, community colleges, 

7 and other relevant organizations and institutions on 

8 an ongoing basis. 

9 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Upon completion, 

10 the Secretary shall transmit the strategic plan re11 quired under paragraph (2)(C) to the Committee on 

12 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

13 and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

14 of the House of Representatives. 

15 ‘‘(5) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION

16 PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 

17 National Program Office incorporates the Hollings 

18 Manufacturing Extension Partnership into Program 

19 planning to ensure that the results of the Program 

20 reach small- and medium-sized entities. 

21 ‘‘(6) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government em22 ployee may be detailed to the National Program Of23 fice without reimbursement. Such detail shall be with24 out interruption or loss of civil service status or 

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1 ‘‘(f) REPORTING AND AUDITING.— 

2 ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com4 merce shall require each recipient of financial 

5 assistance under subsection (d)(1) to annually 

6 submit a report to the Secretary that describes 

7 the finances and performance of the center for 

8 manufacturing innovation for which such assist9 ance was awarded. 

10 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted 

11 under subparagraph (A) shall include— 

12 ‘‘(i) an accounting of expenditures of 

13 amounts awarded to the recipient under 

14 subsection (d)(1); and 

15 ‘‘(ii) consistent with the metrics-based 

16 performance measures developed and imple17 mented by the Secretary under this section, 

18 a description of the performance of the cen19 ter for manufacturing innovation with re20 spect to— 

21 ‘‘(I) its goals, plans, financial 

22 support, and accomplishments; and 

23 ‘‘(II) how the center for manufac24 turing innovation has furthered or 


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1 failed to meet the purposes described in 

2 subsection (a)(2). 

3 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 

5 once each year, the Secretary shall submit a re6 port to Congress that describes the performance 

7 of the Program during the most recent 1-year pe8 riod. 

9 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted 

10 under subparagraph (A) shall include, for the pe11 riod covered by the report— 

12 ‘‘(i) a summary and assessment of the 

13 reports received by the Secretary under 

14 paragraph (1); 

15 ‘‘(ii) an accounting of the funds ex16 pended by the Secretary under the Program, 

17 including any temporary exemptions grant18 ed from the requirements of subsection 

19 (d)(5)(C); 

20 ‘‘(iii) an assessment of the participa21 tion in, and contributions to, the Network 

22 by any centers for manufacturing innova23 tion not receiving financial assistance 

24 under subsection (d)(1); and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) an assessment of the Program 

2 with respect to meeting the purposes de3 scribed in subsection (a)(2). 

4 ‘‘(3) BIENNIAL ASSESSMENT BY GAO.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 

6 once every 2 years, the Comptroller General of 

7 the United States shall submit to Congress an 

8 assessment of the operation of the Program dur9 ing the most recent 2-year period, including a 

10 final report regarding the overall success of the 

11 Program. 

12 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each assessment sub13 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall include, for 

14 the period covered by the report— 

15 ‘‘(i) a review of the management, co16 ordination, and industry utility of the Pro17 gram; 

18 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the extent to 

19 which the Program has furthered the pur20 poses described in subsection (a)(2); 

21 ‘‘(iii) such recommendations for legis22 lative and administrative action as the 

23 Comptroller General considers appropriate 

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1 ‘‘(iv) an assessment as to whether any 

2 prior recommendations for improvement 

3 made by the Comptroller General have been 

4 implemented or adopted. 

5 ‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— 

6 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND CON7 TRACTS.—The Secretary of Commerce may appoint 

8 such personnel and enter into such contracts, finan9 cial assistance agreements, and other agreements as 

10 the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to 

11 carry out the Program, including support for research 

12 and development activities involving a center for 

13 manufacturing innovation. 

14 ‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may 

15 transfer to other Federal agencies such sums as the 

16 Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to carry 

17 out the Program. No funds so transferred may be used 

18 to reimburse or otherwise pay for the costs of finan19 cial assistance incurred or commitments of financial 

20 assistance made prior to the date of enactment of the 

21 Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation 

22 Act of 2014. 

23 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY OF OTHER AGENCIES.—In the 

24 event that the Secretary exercises the authority to 

25 transfer funds to another agency under paragraph 


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1 (2), such agency may award and administer, under 

2 the same conditions and constraints applicable to the 

3 Secretary, all aspects of financial assistance awards 

4 under this section. 

5 ‘‘(4) USE OF RESOURCES.—In furtherance of the 

6 purposes of the Program, the Secretary may use, with 

7 the consent of a covered entity and with or without 

8 reimbursement, the land, services, equipment, per9 sonnel, and facilities of such covered entity. 

10 ‘‘(5) ACCEPTANCE OF RESOURCES.—In addition 

11 to amounts appropriated to carry out the Program, 

12 the Secretary may accept funds, services, equipment, 

13 personnel, and facilities from any covered entity to 

14 carry out the Program, subject to the same conditions 

15 and constraints otherwise applicable to the Secretary 

16 under this section. 

17 ‘‘(6) COVERED ENTITY.—For purposes of this 

18 subsection, a covered entity is any Federal depart19 ment, Federal agency, instrumentality of the United 

20 States, State, local government, tribal government, 

21 Territory or possession of the United States, or of any 

22 political subdivision thereof, or international organi23 zation, or any public or private entity or individual. 

24 ‘‘(h) PATENTS.—Chapter 18 of title 35, United States 

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1 section 201 of that title) awarded to new or existing centers 

2 for manufacturing innovation. 

3 ‘‘(i) FUNDING.— 

4 ‘‘(1) NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVA5 TION FUND.— 

6 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab7 lished in the Treasury of the United States a 

8 fund to be known as the ‘Network for Manufac9 turing Innovation Fund’ (referred to in this sub10 section as the ‘Fund’). 

11 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—There shall be deposited 

12 in the Fund, which shall constitute the assets of 

13 the Fund, amounts appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available to carry out the Program. 

15 ‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited in 

16 the Fund shall be available to the Secretary of 

17 Commerce, at the discretion of the Secretary, or 

18 the Secretary’s designee, to carry out the Pro19 gram without further appropriation and without 

20 fiscal year limitation. 

21 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 There is authorized to be appropriated $300,000,000 

23 to the Secretary of Commerce to be deposited in the 

24 Fund established under paragraph (1) to carry out 

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1 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Sec2 retary of Commerce may use not more than 5 percent 

3 of the amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

4 (2) to pay the salaries and expenses of those Federal 

5 employees in the National Program Office. 

6 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.—Notwith7 standing any other provision of law, in addition to 

8 any funds appropriated under paragraph (2), the 

9 Secretary of Commerce may use not more than 10 

10 percent of the funds of any economic development, 

11 manufacturing, or small business assistance program, 

12 except for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Pro13 gram, to carry out the Program established in this 

14 section. 

15 ‘‘(5) RESCISSION.—There is hereby rescinded, 

16 from appropriated discretionary funds that remain 

17 available for obligation as of the date of the enact18 ment of the Revitalize American Manufacturing and 

19 Innovation Act of 2014, $300,000,000. 

20 ‘‘(j) CONSOLIDATION OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

21 TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIA (AMTECH) PROGRAM.—The Sec22 retary is directed to merge the Advanced Manufacturing 

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1 cal year 2013 and 2014, into the Program established in 

2 this section. 

3 ‘‘(k) SUNSET.—The authority to provide financial as4 sistance to establish or support a center for manufacturing 

5 innovation under subsection (i) terminates effective Decem6 ber 31, 2024, but the Program and the Network established 

7 under this section may continue to operate, subject to the 

8 availability of appropriations, if the Secretary determines 

9 that the purposes in subsection (a)(2) are being met.’’. 

10 (b) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE PROGRAM; TECHNOLOGY

11 INNOVATION PROGRAM.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 28 of the National In13 stitute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

14 278n) is repealed. 

15 (2) TRANSITION.—Notwithstanding the repeal 

16 made by paragraph (1), the Director shall carry out 

17 section 28 of the National Institute of Standards and 

18 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n) as that section was 

19 in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 

20 this Act, with respect to applications for grants, coop21 erative agreements, or contracts under that section 

22 submitted before that date. 

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1 (A) Section 2(d) of the National Institute of 

2 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

3 272(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 25, 26, 

4 and 28’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 25 and 26’’. 

5 (B) Section 10(h)(1) of the National Insti6 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

7 278(h)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, including 

8 the Program established under section 28,’’. 

9 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

10 that the industry-led consortia envisioned under the Ad11 vanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech) 

12 Program should participate in the centers for manufac13 turing innovation established under section 34 of the Na14 tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.). 

16 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

17 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘rare 

18 earth monopoly’’ means the domination of the market for 

19 rare earth elements, including— 

20 (1) rare earth oxides, metals, alloys, and 

21 magnets; 

22 (2) integrated systems that include rare earth 

23 components, including wind turbines, motors, elec24 tronics, and catalysts for green technology lighting 

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1 (3) oxide, metal, or alloy-based rare earth mate2 rials, magnets, components and systems for guided or3 dinance, stealth and drone technologies, interrogating 

4 and targeting lasers, radar, sonar, and weapons sys5 tems used by the United States military. 

6 (b) SURVEY.—The Secretary of Commerce shall con7 duct a survey that— 

8 (1) measures the economic impact of China’s 

9 rare earth monopoly on the United States and other 

10 affected nations to determine the magnitude of eco11 nomic and intellectual property loss resulting from 

12 China’s rare earth monopoly; and 

13 (2) looks beyond gross economic figures of value 

14 added goods and identifies specific technologies, in15 dustries, and defense systems that are now primarily 

16 produced in, or are likely to relocate or migrate to, 

17 China. 

18 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

19 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 

20 submit a report to Congress that contains the results of the 

21 survey conducted under subsection (b). The report shall con22 tain recommendations on how the United States should— 

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1 sequences of China’s rare earth monopoly and related 

2 trade practices; and 

3 (2) promote cooperative resolutions to facilitate 

4 partnership structures that will offset imbalances 

5 caused by China’s rare earth monopoly. 

6 SEC. 5. REPORT ON COMPETITIVENESS OF UNITED STATES 

7 IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 

8 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

9 of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the 

10 Under Secretary for International Trade, shall submit to 

11 Congress a report that— 

12 (1) identifies the 20 industries in the United 

13 States in which United States persons export the most 

14 goods or services; 

15 (2) evaluates the competitiveness of the United 

16 States in such industries in global markets; 

17 (3) identifies domestic regulatory and policy bar18 riers to increasing exports by United States persons 

19 operating in such industries; 

20 (4) identifies foreign barriers that impede the ac21 cess of United States persons operating in such indus22 tries to foreign markets; and 

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1 (A) to reduce barriers described in para2 graphs (3) and (4); and 

3 (B) to improve the competitiveness of the 

4 United States in these industries in foreign mar5 kets. 

6 SEC. 6. NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADVANCED MANU7 FACTURING. 

8 Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthoriza9 tion Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6622) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

11 following: ‘‘In furtherance of the Committee’s work, 

12 the Committee shall consult with the National Eco13 nomic Council.’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (7) 

15 and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(7) develop and update a national strategic 

17 plan for advanced manufacturing in accordance with 

18 subsection (c).’’; and 

19 (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADVANCED MAN22 UFACTURING.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit 

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1 is accessible to the public, the strategic plan developed 

2 under paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT.—The Committee shall de4 velop and update as required under paragraph (4), in 

5 coordination with the National Economic Council, a 

6 strategic plan to improve Government coordination 

7 and provide long-term guidance for Federal programs 

8 and activities in support of United States manufac9 turing competitiveness, including advanced manufac10 turing research and development. 

11 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan described in 

12 paragraph (2) shall— 

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

14 long-term objectives, including research and de15 velopment objectives, the anticipated time frame 

16 for achieving the objectives, and the metrics for 

17 use in assessing progress toward the objectives; 

18 ‘‘(B) describe the progress made in achiev19 ing the objectives from prior strategic plans, in20 cluding a discussion of why specific objectives 

21 were not met; 

22 ‘‘(C) specify the role, including the pro23 grams and activities, of each relevant Federal 

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1 ‘‘(D) describe how the Federal agencies and 

2 Federally funded research and development cen3 ters supporting advanced manufacturing re4 search and development will foster the transfer of 

5 research and development results into new man6 ufacturing technologies and United States based 

7 manufacturing of new products and processes for 

8 the benefit of society to ensure national, energy, 

9 and economic security; 

10 ‘‘(E) describe how such Federal agencies 

11 and centers will strengthen all levels of manufac12 turing education and training programs to en13 sure an adequate, well-trained workforce; 

14 ‘‘(F) describe how such Federal agencies 

15 and centers will assist small- and medium-sized 

16 manufacturers in developing and implementing 

17 new products and processes; 

18 ‘‘(G) analyze factors that impact innovation 

19 and competitiveness for United States advanced 

20 manufacturing, including— 

21 ‘‘(i) technology transfer and commer22 cialization activities; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the adequacy of the national secu24 rity industrial base; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the capabilities of the domestic 

2 manufacturing workforce; 

3 ‘‘(iv) export opportunities and trade 

4 policies; 

5 ‘‘(v) financing, investment, and tax6 ation policies and practices; 

7 ‘‘(vi) emerging technologies and mar8 kets; and 

9 ‘‘(vii) advanced manufacturing re10 search and development undertaken by com11 peting nations; and 

12 ‘‘(H) elicit and consider the recommenda13 tions of a wide range of stakeholders, including 

14 representatives from diverse manufacturing com15 panies, academia, and other relevant organiza16 tions and institutions. 

17 ‘‘(4) UPDATES.—Not later than May 1, 2018, 

18 and not less frequently than once every 4 years there19 after, the President shall submit to Congress, and 

20 publish on an Internet website that is accessible to the 

21 public, an update of the strategic plan submitted 

22 under paragraph (1). Such updates shall be developed 

23 in accordance with the procedures set forth under this 

24 subsection. 


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1 ‘‘(5) REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER STRATEGY IN

2 THE BUDGET.—In preparing the budget for a fiscal 

3 year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

4 Code, the President shall include information regard5 ing the consistency of the budget with the goals and 

6 recommendations included in the strategic plan devel7 oped under this subsection applying to that fiscal 

8 year. 

9 ‘‘(6) AMP STEERING COMMITTEE INPUT.—The 

10 Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Com11 mittee of the President’s Council of Advisors on 

12 Science and Technology shall provide input, perspec13 tive, and recommendations to assist in the develop14 ment and updates of the strategic plan under this 

15 subsection.’’. 


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Calendar No. 547 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1468 

[Report No. 113–247] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish 

for other purposes. the Network for Manufacturing Innovation and 

AUGUST 26, 2014 

Reported with an amendment 


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