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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1468 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       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.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Revitalize American 
Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In 2011, manufacturing contributed 
        $1,800,000,000,000 to the Nation's economy and accounted for 47 
        percent of all United States exports.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) If ranked as its own country, the United 
        States manufacturing sector would be the 10th largest economy 
        in the world.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) American manufacturers employ more than 
        11,000,000,000 Americans in jobs with wages and benefits that 
        are one-third higher than the wages and benefits in other 
        sectors.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Manufacturing has the highest multiplier 
        effect, with every dollar in final sales of manufactured 
        products resulting in $1.34 in output from other 
        sectors.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) As the source of nearly one-third of the 
        United States investment in research and development 
        manufacturing, firms drive innovation in the United 
        States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Countries such as Korea, Japan, and Germany 
        have a larger share of the advanced manufacturing sector than 
        the United States. Each of these countries has a positive trade 
        balance in advanced manufacturing products. In contrast, the 
        United States had an $81,000,000,000 trade deficit in 
        2010.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The United States share of research and 
        development spending dropped from 43.1 percent in 1998 to 37.3 
        percent in 2008, while China's share of research and 
        development spending increased from 3 percent to 11.4 percent 
        during the same period.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) According to a survey by the Council on 
        Competitiveness, chief executive officers view the quality and 
        availability of scientists, researchers, and engineers and the 
        quality and availability of skilled production workers as the 
        first and second most important drivers of 
        competitiveness.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) According to the Organization for Economic Co-
        Operation and Development, the United States ranked 27th out of 
        29 developed countries in the percentage of students who earned 
        bachelor's degrees in science and engineering in 
        2009.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) Colleges in China and India award more 4-year 
        engineering bachelor's degrees than United States 
        colleges.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING 
              INNOVATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating section 34 as section 35; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after section 33 (15 U.S.C. 278r) 
        the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 34. NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Establishment of Network for Manufacturing 
Innovation Program.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall 
        establish within the Institute a program to be known as the 
        `Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program' (referred to in 
        this section as the `Program').</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Purposes of program.--The purposes of the 
        Program are--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) to improve the competitiveness of 
                United States manufacturing and to increase domestic 
                production;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) to stimulate United States 
                leadership in advanced manufacturing research, 
                innovation, and technology;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) to facilitate the transition of 
                innovative technologies into scalable, cost-effective, 
                and high-performing manufacturing 
                capabilities;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) to facilitate access by 
                manufacturing enterprises to capital-intensive 
                infrastructure, including high-performance computing, 
                in order to improve the speed with which such 
                enterprises commercialize new processes and 
                technologies;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) to accelerate the development of an 
                advanced manufacturing workforce;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) to facilitate peer exchange of and 
                the documentation of best practices in addressing 
                advanced manufacturing challenges; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(G) to leverage non-Federal sources of 
                support to promote a stable and sustainable business 
                model without the need for long-term Federal 
                funding.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Support.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        Director, shall carry out the purposes set forth in paragraph 
        (2) by supporting--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the Network for Manufacturing 
                Innovation established under subsection (b); 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the establishment of centers for 
                manufacturing innovation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Director.--The Secretary shall carry out the 
        Program through the Director.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Establishment of Network for Manufacturing 
Innovation.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--As part of the Program, the 
        Secretary of Commerce shall establish a network of centers for 
        manufacturing innovation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Designation.--The network established under 
        paragraph (1) shall be known as the `Network for Manufacturing 
        Innovation' (referred to in this section as the 
        `Network').</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Centers for Manufacturing Innovation.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, a 
        `center for manufacturing innovation' is a center that--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) has been established by a person to 
                address challenges in advanced manufacturing and to 
                assist manufacturers in retaining or expanding 
                industrial production and jobs in the United 
                States;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) has a predominant focus on a 
                manufacturing process, novel material, enabling 
                technology, supply chain integration methodology, or 
                another relevant aspect of advanced manufacturing, as 
                determined by the Secretary, with the potential--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) to improve the 
                        competitiveness of United States 
                        manufacturing;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) to accelerate investment in 
                        advanced manufacturing production capacity in 
                        the United States; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) to enable the commercial 
                        application of new technologies or industry-
                        wide manufacturing processes; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) includes active participation among 
                representatives from multiple industrial entities, 
                research universities, community colleges, and such 
                other entities as the Secretary considers appropriate, 
                which may include career and technical education 
                schools, Federal laboratories, State, local, and tribal 
                governments, businesses, educational institutions, and 
                nonprofit organizations.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Activities.--Activities of a center for 
        manufacturing innovation may include the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Research, development, and 
                demonstration projects, including proof-of-concept 
                development and prototyping, to reduce the cost, time, 
                and risk of commercializing new technologies and 
                improvements in existing technologies, processes, 
                products, and research and development of materials to 
                solve pre-competitive industrial problems with economic 
                or national security implications.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Development and implementation of 
                education and training courses, materials, and 
                programs.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Development of innovative 
                methodologies and practices for supply chain 
                integration and introduction of new technologies into 
                supply chains.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) Outreach and engagement with small- 
                and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, in addition 
                to large manufacturing enterprises.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) Such other activities as the 
                Secretary, in consultation with Federal departments and 
                agencies whose missions contribute to or are affected 
                by advanced manufacturing, considers consistent with 
                the purposes described in subsection (a)(2).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Additional centers for manufacturing 
        innovation.--The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation 
        Institute and pending manufacturing centers under interagency 
        review shall be considered centers for manufacturing 
        innovation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Financial Assistance To Establish and Support 
Centers for Manufacturing Innovation.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--In carrying out the Program, 
        the Secretary of Commerce shall award financial assistance to a 
        person to assist the person in planning, establishing, or 
        supporting a center for manufacturing innovation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Application.--A person seeking financial 
        assistance under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary an 
        application therefor at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may 
        require.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Open process.--In soliciting applications 
        for financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
        shall ensure an open process that will allow for the 
        consideration of all applications relevant to advanced 
        manufacturing regardless of technology area.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Selection.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Competitive, merit review.--In 
                awarding financial assistance under paragraph (1), the 
                Secretary shall use a competitive, merit review 
                process.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Collaboration.--In awarding 
                financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
                shall, acting through the National Program Office 
                established under subsection (e)(1), collaborate with 
                Federal departments and agencies whose missions 
                contribute to or are affected by advanced 
                manufacturing.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Considerations.--In selecting a 
                person who submitted an application under paragraph (2) 
                for an award of financial assistance under paragraph 
                (1) the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum, the 
                following:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) The potential of the center 
                        for manufacturing innovation to advance 
                        domestic manufacturing and the likelihood of 
                        economic impact in the predominant focus areas 
                        of the center for manufacturing 
                        innovation.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) The commitment of continued 
                        financial support, advice, participation, and 
                        other contributions from non-Federal sources, 
                        to provide leverage and resources to promote a 
                        stable and sustainable business model without 
                        the need for long-term Federal 
                        funding.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) How the center for 
                        manufacturing innovation will engage with 
                        small- and medium-sized manufacturing 
                        enterprises, to improve the capacity of such 
                        enterprises to commercialize new processes and 
                        technologies.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) How the center for 
                        manufacturing innovation will carry out 
                        educational and workforce activities that meet 
                        industrial needs related to the predominant 
                        focus areas of the center for manufacturing 
                        innovation.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) How the center for 
                        manufacturing innovation will advance economic 
                        competitiveness.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vi) How the center for 
                        manufacturing innovation will strengthen and 
                        leverage the assets of a region.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Limitation on period for awards.--No award 
        of financial assistance may be made under paragraph (1) to a 
        center of manufacturing innovation after the 7-year period 
        beginning on the date on which the Secretary first awards 
        financial assistance to a center under such 
        paragraph.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) National Program Office.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Commerce 
        shall establish, within the Institute, the National Office of 
        the Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program (referred to 
        in this section as the `National Program Office'), which shall 
        oversee and carry out the Program.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Functions.--The functions of the National 
        Program Office are--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) to oversee the planning, management, 
                and coordination of the Program;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) to enter into memorandums of 
                understanding with Federal departments and agencies, 
                whose missions contribute to or are affected by 
                advanced manufacturing, to carry out the purposes 
                described in subsection (a)(2);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) to develop, not later than 1 year 
                after the date of the enactment of the Revitalize 
                American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013, and 
                update not less frequently than once every 3 years 
                thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the 
                Program;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) to establish such procedures, 
                processes, and criteria as may be necessary and 
                appropriate to maximize cooperation and coordinate the 
                activities of the Program with programs and activities 
                of other Federal departments and agencies whose 
                missions contribute to or are affected by advanced 
                manufacturing;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) to establish a clearinghouse of 
                public information related to the activities of the 
                Program; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) to act as a convener of the 
                Network.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Recommendations.--In developing and updating 
        the strategic plan under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall 
        solicit recommendations and advice from a wide range of 
        stakeholders, including industry, small- and medium-sized 
        manufacturing enterprises, research universities, community 
        colleges, and other relevant organizations and 
        institutions.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Report to congress.--The Secretary shall 
        transmit the strategic plan required under paragraph (2)(C) to 
        the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
        the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Hollings manufacturing extension 
        partnership.--The Secretary shall ensure that the National 
        Program Office incorporates the Hollings Manufacturing 
        Extension Partnership into Program planning to ensure that the 
        results of the Program reach small- and medium-sized 
        entities.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) Detailees.--Any Federal Government employee 
        may be detailed to the National Program Office without 
        reimbursement. Such detail sh
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