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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 544 

To require the President to develop a comprehensive national manufacturing 

strategy, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 13, 2013 

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

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To require the President to develop a comprehensive national 

manufacturing strategy, 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 ‘‘Rebuild American 

5 Manufacturing Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY. 

7 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.— 

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

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 


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1 President shall develop a comprehensive national 

2 manufacturing strategy. 

3 (2) BIENNIAL REVISIONS.—Not less frequently 

4 than once every 2 years after the date on which the 

5 President completes the strategy required by para6 graph (1), the President shall revise such strategy. 

7 (b) GOALS OF STRATEGY.—The President shall in8 clude in the national manufacturing strategy required by 

9 subsection (a) short- and long-term goals for United 

10 States manufacturing, including goals— 

11 (1) to increase the aggregate number of manu12 facturing jobs in the United States so that such 

13 number is not less than 20 percent of the sum of all 

14 nonfarm jobs in the United States; 

15 (2) to identify emerging technologies to 

16 strengthen the competitiveness of United States 

17 manufacturing in the global marketplace; and 

18 (3) to strengthen the manufacturing sectors of 

19 the United States in which the United States is 

20 most competitive in the global economy. 

21 (c) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The national manu22 facturing strategy required by subsection (a) shall include 

23 the following: 


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1 (1) A survey of all persons with headquarters in 

2 the United States that maintain manufacturing fa3 cilities outside of the United States to identify— 

4 (A) the categories of products manufac5 tured at such facilities; and 

6 (B) the number of manufacturing jobs lo7 cated at such facilities. 

8 (2) A survey of all Federal agencies that pro9 vide assistance to United States manufacturers, in10 cluding the following: 

11 (A) The Department of Commerce. 

12 (B) The Department of Defense. 

13 (C) The Department of Energy. 

14 (D) The Department of Labor. 

15 (E) The Department of the Treasury. 

16 (F) The Small Business Administration. 

17 (G) The Office of Management and Budg18 et. 

19 (H) The Office of Science and Technology 

20 Policy. 

21 (I) The Office of the United States Trade 

22 Representative. 

23 (J) The National Science Foundation. 

24 (K) Such other Federal agencies as the 

25 President considers appropriate. 


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1 (3) A survey of manufacturing goods produced 

2 in the United States and where such goods are pro3 duced. 

4 (4) The number of people in the United States 

5 employed by manufacturers operating in the United 

6 States. 

7 (5) An evaluation of the global competitiveness 

8 of United States manufacturing, including the fol9 lowing: 

10 (A) A comparison of the manufacturing 

11 policies and strategies of the United States with 

12 the policies and strategies of other countries, 

13 including the countries that are the top 5 trad14 ing partners of the United States. 

15 (B) A comparison of the productivity of 

16 each sector of the manufacturing industry in 

17 the United States with comparable sectors of 

18 manufacturing industries in other countries. 

19 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The President shall in20 clude in the national manufacturing strategy required by 

21 subsection (a) recommendations for achieving the goals in22 cluded in the strategy pursuant to subsection (b). Such 

23 recommendations may include proposals as follows: 

24 (1) Actions to be taken by the President, Con25 gress, State, local, and territorial governments, the 


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1 private sector, universities, industry associations, 

2 and other stakeholders. 

3 (2) Ways to improve Government policies, co4 ordination among entities developing such policies, 

5 and Government interaction with the manufacturing 

6 sector, including interagency communications re7 garding the effects of proposed or active Government 

8 regulations or other executive actions on the United 

9 States manufacturing sector and its workforce. 

10 (3) How each Federal agency surveyed under 

11 subsection (c)(2) can best support the national man12 ufacturing strategy required by subsection (a). 

13 (4) Adoption of strategies that have been imple14 mented by other countries and proven successful. 

15 (e) SUBMITTAL OF STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 

16 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and each 

17 time the President revises under paragraph (2) of sub18 section (a) the strategy required by paragraph (1) of such 

19 subsection, the President shall submit to Congress such 

20 strategy. 

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