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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1709 

To require the Committee on Technology of the National Science and Technology Council to develop and update a national manufacturing competitiveness strategic plan, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2013 

Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. COONS, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. BLUNT) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To require the Committee on Technology of the National 

Science and Technology Council to develop and update 

a national manufacturing competitiveness strategic plan, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Manufac5 turing Competitiveness Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS 

2 STRATEGIC PLAN. 

3 Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthor4 ization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6622) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (7) 

6 and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(7) develop and update a national manufac8 turing competitiveness strategic plan in accordance 

9 with subsection (c).’’; and 

10 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS

13 STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

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

15 the date of the enactment of the American Manufac16 turing Competitiveness Act of 2013, the President 

17 shall submit to Congress, and publish on an Internet 

18 website that is accessible to the public, the strategic 

19 plan developed under paragraph (2). 

20 ‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT.—The Committee shall de21 velop (and update as required under paragraph (8)), 

22 in coordination with the National Economic Council, 

23 a strategic plan to improve Government coordination 

24 and provide long-term guidance for Federal pro25 grams and activities in support of United States 


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1 manufacturing competitiveness, including advanced 

2 manufacturing research and development. 

3 ‘‘(3) COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON.—In developing 

4 and updating the strategic plan, the Secretary of 

5 Commerce, or a designee of the Secretary, shall 

6 serve as the chairperson of the Committee. 

7 ‘‘(4) GOALS.—The goals of such strategic plan 

8 shall be to— 

9 ‘‘(A) promote growth, job creation, sus10 tainability, and competitiveness in the United 

11 States manufacturing sector; 

12 ‘‘(B) support the development of a skilled 

13 manufacturing workforce; 

14 ‘‘(C) enable innovation and investment in 

15 domestic manufacturing; and 

16 ‘‘(D) support national security. 

17 ‘‘(5) CONTENTS.—Such strategic plan shall— 

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

19 long-term objectives to meet the goals of the 

20 plan, including research and development objec21 tives, the anticipated timeframe for achieving 

22 the objectives, and the metrics for use in assess23 ing progress toward the objectives; 

24 ‘‘(B) describe the progress made in achiev25 ing the objectives from prior strategic plans, inVerDate Mar 15 2010 19:06 Nov 18, 2013 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1709.IS S1709

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1 cluding a discussion of why specific objectives 

2 were not met; 

3 ‘‘(C) specify the role, including the pro4 grams and activities, of each relevant Federal 

5 agency in meeting the objectives of the strategic 

6 plan; 

7 ‘‘(D) describe how the Federal agencies 

8 and federally funded research and development 

9 centers supporting advanced manufacturing re10 search and development will foster the transfer 

11 of research and development results into new 

12 manufacturing technologies and United States 

13 based manufacturing of new products and proc14 esses for the benefit of society to ensure na15 tional, energy, and economic security; 

16 ‘‘(E) describe how such Federal agencies 

17 and centers will strengthen all levels of manu18 facturing education and training programs to 

19 ensure an adequate, well-trained workforce; 

20 ‘‘(F) describe how such Federal agencies 

21 and centers will assist small- and medium-sized 

22 manufacturers in developing and implementing 

23 new products and processes; 


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1 ‘‘(G) take into consideration and include a 

2 discussion of the analysis conducted under 

3 paragraph (6); and 

4 ‘‘(H) solicit public input (which may be ac5 complished through the establishment of an ad6 visory panel under paragraph (7)), including 

7 the views of a wide range of stakeholders, and 

8 consider relevant recommendations of Federal 

9 advisory committees. 

10 ‘‘(6) PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of developing 

12 such strategic plan, the Committee, in collabo13 ration with Federal departments and agencies 

14 whose missions contribute to or are affected by 

15 manufacturing, shall conduct an analysis of fac16 tors that impact the competitiveness and 

17 growth of the United States manufacturing sec18 tor, including— 

19 ‘‘(i) research, development, innova20 tion, transfer of technologies to the mar21 ketplace, and commercialization activities 

22 in the United States; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the adequacy of the industrial 

24 base for maintaining national security; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the state and capabilities of the 

2 domestic manufacturing workforce; 

3 ‘‘(iv) export opportunities and domes4 tic trade enforcement policies; 

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

7 ‘‘(vi) the state of emerging tech8 nologies and markets; and 

9 ‘‘(vii) efforts and policies related to 

10 manufacturing promotion undertaken by 

11 competing nations. 

12 ‘‘(B) RELIANCE ON EXISTING INFORMA13 TION.—To the extent practicable, in completing 

14 the analysis under subparagraph (A), the Com15 mittee shall use existing information and the re16 sults of previous studies and reports. 

17 ‘‘(7) ADVISORY PANEL.— 

18 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The chairperson 

19 of the Committee may appoint an advisory 

20 panel of private sector and nonprofit leaders to 

21 provide input, perspective, and recommenda22 tions to assist in the development of the stra23 tegic plan under this subsection. 

24 ‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP.—The panel shall have 

25 no more than 15 members, and shall include 


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1 representatives of manufacturing businesses, 

2 labor representatives of the manufacturing 

3 workforce, academia, and groups representing 

4 interests affected by manufacturing activities. 

5 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL ADVISORY

6 COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Com7 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), other than section 

8 14 of such Act, shall apply to the Advisory 

9 Panel. 

10 ‘‘(8) UPDATES.—Not later than May 1, 2018, 

11 and not less frequently than once every 4 years 

12 thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress, 

13 and publish on an Internet website that is accessible 

14 to the public, an update of the strategic plan trans15 mitted under paragraph (1). Such updates shall be 

16 developed in accordance with the procedures set 

17 forth under this subsection. 

18 ‘‘(9) REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER STRATEGY IN

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

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

21 Code, the President shall include information re22 garding the consistency of the budget with the goals 

23 and recommendations included in the strategic plan 


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1 developed under this subsection applying to that fis2 cal year.’’. 

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