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Union Calendar No. 446 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2996 

[Report No. 113–599, Part I] 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Network for 

Manufacturing Innovation and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 2, 2013 

Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and 

in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Ms. EDDIE

BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. DINGELL, 

Mr. HUNTER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Ms. ESTY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, 

Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. 

DUCKWORTH, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. HONDA, Mr. KIND, Mr. LONG, Mr. 

STUTZMAN, Mr. YOHO, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. COLE, Mr. VELA, 

Mr. KILDEE, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. CROWLEY, 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. NEAL, 

Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. KEATING, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. 

SOUTHERLAND, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. STIVERS, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. RENACCI, 

Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. KELLY of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. MESSER, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. 

BENTIVOLIO, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. LATTA, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 

GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. COOK, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 

STOCKMAN, Mr. JONES, Mr. KILMER, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. YARMUTH, 

Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. WOLF, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 

HULTGREN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 


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BUSTOS, Mr. BOUSTANY, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. 

ENYART, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. FLORES, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mrs. MCMORRIS

RODGERS, Mr. PETERS of California, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, 

Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MCKINLEY, and Ms. BONAMICI

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology with an 

amendment 

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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

The Committee on Appropriations discharged; committed to the Committee of 

the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 2, 2013] 

A BILL 

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


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) In 2012, manufacturers contributed $2.03 

trillion to the economy, or 1 9 ⁄8 of United States Gross 

10 Domestic Product. 

11 (2) For every $1.00 spent in manufacturing, an12 other $1.32 is added to the economy, the highest mul13 tiplier effect of any economic sector. 

14 (3) Manufacturing supports an estimated 

15 17,400,000 jobs in the United States—about 1 in 6 

16 private-sector jobs. More than 12,000,000 Americans 

17 (or 9 percent of the workforce) are employed directly 

18 in manufacturing. 

19 (4) In 2012, the average manufacturing worker 

20 in the United States earned $77,505 annually, in21 cluding pay and benefits. The average worker in all 

22 industries earned $62,063. 

23 (5) Taken alone, manufacturing in the United 

24 States would be the 8th largest economy in the world. 


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1 (6) Manufacturers in the United States perform 

2 two-thirds of all private-sector research and develop3 ment in the United States, driving more innovation 

4 than any other sector. 

5 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC6 TURING INNOVATION. 

7 The National Institute of Standards and Technology 

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

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

10 and 

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

12 278r) the following: 

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

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC15 TURING INNOVATION PROGRAM.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 

17 within the Institute a program to be known as the 

18 ‘Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program’ (re19 ferred to in this section as the ‘Program’). 

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

21 the Program are— 

22 ‘‘(A) to improve the competitiveness of 

23 United States manufacturing and to increase the 

24 production of goods manufactured predomi25 nantly within the United States; 


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1 ‘‘(B) to stimulate United States leadership 

2 in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, 

3 and technology; 

4 ‘‘(C) to facilitate the transition of innova5 tive technologies into scalable, cost-effective, and 

6 high-performing manufacturing capabilities; 

7 ‘‘(D) to facilitate access by manufacturing 

8 enterprises to capital-intensive infrastructure, 

9 including high-performance electronics and com10 puting, and the supply chains that enable these 

11 technologies; 

12 ‘‘(E) to accelerate the development of an ad13 vanced manufacturing workforce; 

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

15 documentation of best practices in addressing 

16 advanced manufacturing challenges; 

17 ‘‘(G) to leverage non-Federal sources of sup18 port to promote a stable and sustainable business 

19 model without the need for long-term Federal 

20 funding; and 

21 ‘‘(H) to create and preserve jobs. 

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

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

24 paragraph (2) by supporting— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the Network for Manufacturing Inno2 vation established under subsection (b); and 

3 ‘‘(B) the establishment of centers for manu4 facturing innovation. 

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

6 the Program through the Director. 

7 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC8 TURING INNOVATION.— 

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

10 Secretary shall establish a network of centers for man11 ufacturing innovation. 

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

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

14 for Manufacturing Innovation’ (referred to in this 

15 section as the ‘Network’). 

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

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

18 a ‘center for manufacturing innovation’ is a center 

19 that— 

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

21 group of persons to address challenges in ad22 vanced manufacturing and to assist manufactur23 ers in retaining or expanding industrial produc24 tion and jobs in the United States; 


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1 ‘‘(B) has a predominant focus on a manu2 facturing process, novel material, enabling tech3 nology, supply chain integration methodology, or 

4 another relevant aspect of advanced manufac5 turing, such as nanotechnology applications, ad6 vanced ceramics, photonics and optics, compos7 ites, biobased and advanced materials, flexible 

8 hybrid technologies, and tool development for 

9 microelectronics; 

10 ‘‘(C) as determined by the Secretary, has 

11 the potential— 

12 ‘‘(i) to improve the competitiveness of 

13 United States manufacturing, including key 

14 advanced manufacturing technologies such 

15 as nanotechnology, advanced ceramics, 

16 photonics and optics, composites, biobased 

17 and advanced materials, flexible hybrid 

18 technologies, and tool development for 

19 microelectronics; 

20 ‘‘(ii) to accelerate non-Federal invest21 ment in advanced manufacturing produc22 tion capacity in the United States; or 

23 ‘‘(iii) to enable the commercial appli24 cation of new technologies or industry-wide 

25 manufacturing processes; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) includes active participation among 

2 representatives from multiple industrial entities, 

3 research universities, community colleges, and 

4 such other entities as the Secretary considers ap5 propriate, which may include industry-led con6 sortia, career and technical education schools, 

7 Federal laboratories, State, local, and tribal gov8 ernments, businesses, educational institutions, 

9 and nonprofit organizations. 

10 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—Activities of a center for man11 ufacturing innovation may include the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) Research, development, and dem13 onstration projects, including proof-of-concept 

14 development and prototyping, to reduce the cost, 

15 time, and risk of commercializing new tech16 nologies and improvements in existing tech17 nologies, processes, products, and research and 

18 development of materials to solve precompetitive 

19 industrial problems with economic or national 

20 security implications. 

21 ‘‘(B) Development and implementation of 

22 education, training, and workforce recruitment 

23 courses, materials, and programs. 

24 ‘‘(C) Development of innovative methodolo25 gies and practices for supply chain integration 


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1 and introduction of new technologies into supply 

2 chains. 

3 ‘‘(D) Outreach and engagement with small 

4 and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, 

5 including women and minority owned manufac6 turing enterprises, in addition to large manufac7 turing enterprises. 

8 ‘‘(E) Such other activities as the Secretary, 

9 in consultation with Federal departments and 

10 agencies whose missions contribute to or are af11 fected by advanced manufacturing, considers 

12 consistent with the purposes described in sub13 section (a)(2). 

14 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING

15 INNOVATION.— 

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

17 Manufacturing Innovation Institute and other 

18 manufacturing centers formally recognized as 

19 manufacturing innovation centers pursuant to 

20 Federal law or executive actions, or under pend21 ing interagency review for such recognition as of 

22 the date of enactment of the Revitalize American 

23 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, 

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1 novation, but such centers shall not receive any 

2 financial assistance under subsection (d). 

3 ‘‘(B) NETWORK PARTICIPATION.—A manu4 facturing center that is substantially similar to 

5 those established under this subsection but that 

6 does not receive financial assistance under sub7 section (d) may, upon request of the center, be 

8 recognized as a center for manufacturing innova9 tion by the Secretary for purposes of participa10 tion in the Network. 

11 ‘‘(d) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH AND SUP12 PORT CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Pro14 gram, the Secretary shall award financial assistance 

15 to a person or group of persons to assist the organiza16 tion in planning, establishing, or supporting a center 

17 for manufacturing innovation. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—A person or group of per19 sons seeking financial assistance under paragraph (1) 

20 shall submit to the Secretary an application therefor 

21 at such time, in such manner, and containing such 

22 information as the Secretary may require. The appli23 cation shall, at a minimum, describe the specific 

24 sources and amounts of non-Federal financial support 

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1 sought, as well as the anticipated sources and 

2 amounts of non-Federal financial support during the 

3 period for which the center could be eligible for con4 tinued Federal financial assistance under this section. 

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

6 for financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Sec7 retary shall ensure an open process that will allow for 

8 the consideration of all applications relevant to ad9 vanced manufacturing regardless of technology area. 

10 ‘‘(4) SELECTION.— 

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

12 awarding financial assistance under paragraph 

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

14 review process that includes peer review by a di15 verse group of individuals with relevant expertise 

16 from both the private and public sectors. 

17 ‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION IN PROCESS.— 

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No political ap19 pointee may participate on a peer review 

20 panel. The Secretary shall implement a con21 flict of interest policy that ensures public 

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1 viduals that participate in the merit selec2 tion process. 

3 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—For purposes of 

4 this subparagraph, the term ‘political ap5 pointee’ means any individual who— 

6 ‘‘(I) is employed in a position de7 scribed under sections 5312 through 

8 5316 of title 5, United States Code, 

9 (relating to the Executive Schedule); 

10 ‘‘(II) is a limited term appointee, 

11 limited emergency appointee, or non12 career appointee in the Senior Execu13 tive Service, as defined under para14 graphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of 

15 section 3132(a) of title 5, United 

16 States Code; or 

17 ‘‘(III) is employed in a position 

18 in the executive branch of the Govern19 ment of a confidential or policy-deter20 mining character under schedule C of 

21 subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the 

22 Code of Federal Regulations. 

23 ‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, TRANS24 PARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—For each 


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1 award of financial assistance under paragraph 

2 (1), the Secretary shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) make publicly available at the 

4 time of the award a description of the bases 

5 for the award, including an explanation of 

6 the relative merits of the winning applicant 

7 as compared to other applications received, 

8 if applicable; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) develop and implement metrics10 based performance measures to assess the ef11 fectiveness of the activities funded. 

12 ‘‘(D) COLLABORATION.—In awarding fi13 nancial assistance under paragraph (1), the Sec14 retary shall, acting through the National Pro15 gram Office established under subsection (f)(1), 

16 collaborate with Federal departments and agen17 cies whose missions contribute to or are affected 

18 by advanced manufacturing. 

19 ‘‘(E) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting a per20 son who submitted an application under para21 graph (2) for an award of financial assistance 

22 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall con23 sider, at a minimum, the following: 

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

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1 mestic manufacturing and the likelihood of 

2 economic impact, including the creation or 

3 preservation of jobs, in the predominant 

4 focus areas of the center for manufacturing 

5 innovation. 

6 ‘‘(ii) The commitment of continued fi7 nancial support, advice, participation, and 

8 other contributions from non-Federal 

9 sources, to provide leverage and resources to 

10 promote a stable and sustainable business 

11 model without the need for long-term Fed12 eral funding. 

13 ‘‘(iii) Whether the financial support 

14 provided to the center for manufacturing 

15 innovation from non-Federal sources sig16 nificantly exceeds the requested Federal fi17 nancial assistance. 

18 ‘‘(iv) How the center for manufac19 turing innovation will increase the non20 Federal investment in advanced manufac21 turing research in the United States. 

22 ‘‘(v) How the center for manufacturing 

23 innovation will engage with small and me24 dium-sized manufacturing enterprises, to 

25 improve the capacity of such enterprises to 


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1 commercialize new processes and tech2 nologies. 

3 ‘‘(vi) How the center for manufac4 turing innovation will carry out edu5 cational and workforce activities that meet 

6 industrial needs related to the predominant 

7 focus areas of the center. 

8 ‘‘(vii) How the center for manufac9 turing innovation will advance economic 

10 competitiveness and generate substantial 

11 benefits to the Nation that extend beyond 

12 the direct return to participants in the Pro13 gram. 

14 ‘‘(viii) Whether the predominant focus 

15 of the center for manufacturing innovation 

16 is a manufacturing process, novel material, 

17 enabling technology, supply chain integra18 tion methodology, or other relevant aspect of 

19 advanced manufacturing that has not al20 ready been commercialized, marketed, dis21 tributed, or sold by another entity. 

22 ‘‘(ix) How the center for manufac23 turing innovation will strengthen and lever24 age the assets of a region. 


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1 ‘‘(x) How the center for manufacturing 

2 will encourage the education and training 

3 of veterans and individuals with disabil4 ities. 

5 ‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS ON AWARDS.— 

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

7 assistance may be made under paragraph (1) to 

8 a center of manufacturing innovation after the 

9 7-year period beginning on the date on which the 

10 Secretary first awards financial assistance to 

11 that center under that paragraph. 

12 ‘‘(B) MATCHING FUNDS AND PREF13 ERENCES.—The total Federal financial assist14 ance awarded to a center of manufacturing inno15 vation, including the financial assistance under 

16 paragraph (1), in a given year shall not exceed 

17 50 percent of the total funding of the center in 

18 that year, except that the Secretary may make 

19 an exception in the case of large capital facilities 

20 or equipment purchases. The Secretary shall give 

21 weighted preference to applicants seeking less 

22 than the maximum Federal share of funds al23 lowed under this paragraph. 

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

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1 ufacturing innovation under paragraph (1) shall 

2 decrease after the second year of funding for the 

3 center, and shall continue to decrease thereafter 

4 in each year in which financial assistance is 

5 provided, unless the Secretary determines that— 

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

7 stated goals and metrics under this section; 

8 ‘‘(ii) unforeseen circumstances have al9 tered the center’s anticipated funding; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) the center can identify future 

11 non-Federal funding sources that would 

12 warrant a temporary exemption from the 

13 limitations established in this subpara14 graph. 

15 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 

16 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in 

17 paragraph (2), no funds are authorized to be appro18 priated by the Revitalize American Manufacturing 

19 and Innovation Act of 2014 for carrying out this sec20 tion. 

21 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.— 

22 ‘‘(A) NIST INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL SERV23 ICES ACCOUNT.—The Secretary may use not to 

24 exceed $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

25 2015 through 2024 to carry out this section from 


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1 amounts appropriated to the Institute for Indus2 trial Technical Services. 

3 ‘‘(B) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE

4 ENERGY ACCOUNT.—The Secretary of Energy 

5 may transfer to the Institute not to exceed 

6 $250,000,000 for the period encompassing fiscal 

7 years 2015 through 2024 for the Secretary to 

8 carry out this section from amounts appro9 priated for advanced manufacturing research 

10 and development within the Energy Efficiency 

11 and Renewable Energy account for the Depart12 ment of Energy. 

13 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es15 tablish, within the Institute, the National Office of the 

16 Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program (re17 ferred to in this section as the ‘National Program Of18 fice’), which shall oversee and carry out the Program. 

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

20 Program Office are— 

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

22 and coordination of the Program; 

23 ‘‘(B) to enter into memorandums of under24 standing with Federal departments and agencies 

25 whose missions contribute to or are affected by 


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1 advanced manufacturing, to carry out the pur2 poses described in subsection (a)(2); 

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

4 the date of enactment of the Revitalize American 

5 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, and 

6 update not less frequently than once every 3 

7 years thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the 

8 Program; 

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

10 and criteria as may be necessary and appro11 priate to maximize cooperation and coordinate 

12 the activities of the Program with programs and 

13 activities of other Federal departments and agen14 cies whose missions contribute to or are affected 

15 by advanced manufacturing; 

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

17 information related to the activities of the Pro18 gram; and 

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

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

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

22 the Secretary shall solicit recommendations and ad23 vice from a wide range of stakeholders, including in24 dustry, small and medium-sized manufacturing enter25 prises, research universities, community colleges, and 


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1 other relevant organizations and institutions on an 

2 ongoing basis. 

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

4 the Secretary shall transmit the strategic plan re5 quired under paragraph (2)(C) to the Committee on 

6 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

7 and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

8 of the House of Representatives. 

9 ‘‘(5) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION

10 PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 

11 National Program Office incorporates the Hollings 

12 Manufacturing Extension Partnership into Program 

13 planning to ensure that the results of the Program 

14 reach small and medium-sized entities. 

15 ‘‘(6) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government em16 ployee may be detailed to the National Program Of17 fice without reimbursement. Such detail shall be with18 out interruption or loss of civil service status or 

19 privilege. 

20 ‘‘(g) REPORTING AND AUDITING.— 

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

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re23 quire each recipient of financial assistance under 

24 subsection (d)(1) to annually submit a report to 

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1 formance of the center for manufacturing inno2 vation for which such assistance was awarded. 

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

4 under subparagraph (A) shall include— 

5 ‘‘(i) an accounting of expenditures of 

6 amounts awarded to the recipient under 

7 subsection (d)(1); and 

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

9 performance measures developed and imple10 mented by the Secretary under this section, 

11 a description of the performance of the cen12 ter for manufacturing innovation with re13 spect to— 

14 ‘‘(I) its goals, plans, financial 

15 support, and accomplishments; and 

16 ‘‘(II) how the center for manufac17 turing innovation has furthered the 

18 purposes described in subsection (a)(2). 

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

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

21 once each year until December 31, 2024, the Sec22 retary shall submit a report to Congress that de23 scribes the performance of the Program during 

24 the most recent 1-year period. 


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

2 under subparagraph (A) shall include, for the pe3 riod covered by the report— 

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

5 reports received by the Secretary under 

6 paragraph (1); 

7 ‘‘(ii) an accounting of the funds ex8 pended by the Secretary under the Program, 

9 including any temporary exemptions grant10 ed from the requirements of subsection 

11 (d)(5)(C); 

12 ‘‘(iii) an assessment of the participa13 tion in, and contributions to, the Network 

14 by any centers for manufacturing innova15 tion not receiving financial assistance 

16 under subsection (d)(1); and 

17 ‘‘(iv) an assessment of the Program 

18 with respect to meeting the purposes de19 scribed in subsection (a)(2). 

20 ‘‘(3) ASSESSMENTS BY GAO.— 

21 ‘‘(A) ASSESSMENTS.—Not less frequently 

22 than once every 2 years, the Comptroller General 

23 shall submit to Congress an assessment of the op24 eration of the Program during the most recent 2- 

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1 ‘‘(B) FINAL ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 

2 December 31, 2024, the Comptroller General 

3 shall submit to Congress a final report regarding 

4 the overall success of the Program. 

5 ‘‘(C) ELEMENTS.—Each assessment sub6 mitted under subparagraph (A) or (B) shall in7 clude, for the period covered by the report— 

8 ‘‘(i) a review of the management, co9 ordination, and industry utility of the Pro10 gram; 

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

12 which the Program has furthered the pur13 poses described in subsection (a)(2); 

14 ‘‘(iii) such recommendations for legis15 lative and administrative action as the 

16 Comptroller General considers appropriate 

17 to improve the Program; and 

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

19 prior recommendations for improvement 

20 made by the Comptroller General have been 

21 implemented or adopted. 

22 ‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND CON24 TRACTS.—The Secretary may appoint such personnel 

25 and enter into such contracts, financial assistance 


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1 agreements, and other agreements as the Secretary 

2 considers necessary or appropriate to carry out the 

3 Program, including support for research and develop4 ment activities involving a center for manufacturing 

5 innovation. 

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

7 transfer to other Federal agencies such sums as the 

8 Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to carry 

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

10 to reimburse or otherwise pay for the costs of finan11 cial assistance incurred or commitments of financial 

12 assistance made prior to the date of enactment of the 

13 Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation 

14 Act of 2014. 

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

16 event that the Secretary exercises the authority to 

17 transfer funds to another agency under paragraph 

18 (2), such agency may accept such funds to award and 

19 administer, under the same conditions and con20 straints applicable to the Secretary, all aspects of fi21 nancial assistance awards under this section. 

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

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

24 the consent of a covered entity and with or without 


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1 reimbursement, the land, services, equipment, per2 sonnel, and facilities of such covered entity. 

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

4 to amounts appropriated to carry out the Program, 

5 the Secretary may accept funds, services, equipment, 

6 personnel, and facilities from any covered entity to 

7 carry out the Program, subject to the same conditions 

8 and constraints otherwise applicable to the Secretary 

9 under this section. 

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

11 subsection, a covered entity is any Federal depart12 ment, Federal agency, instrumentality of the United 

13 States, State, local government, tribal government, 

14 territory, or possession of the United States, or of any 

15 political subdivision thereof, or international organi16 zation, or any public or private entity or individual. 

17 ‘‘(i) PATENTS.—Chapter 18 of title 35, United States 

18 Code, shall apply to any funding agreement (as defined in 

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

20 for manufacturing innovation.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADVANCED MANU22 FACTURING. 

23 Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthoriza24 tion Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6622) is amended— 


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

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

3 the Committee shall consult with the National Eco4 nomic Council.’’; 

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

6 and inserting the following: 

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

8 plan for advanced manufacturing in accordance with 

9 subsection (c).’’; and 

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

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADVANCED MAN13 UFACTURING.— 

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

15 to Congress, and publish on an Internet website that 

16 is accessible to the public, the strategic plan developed 

17 under paragraph (2). 

18 ‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT.—The Committee shall de19 velop, and update as required under paragraph (4), 

20 in coordination with the National Economic Council, 

21 a strategic plan to improve Government coordination 

22 and provide long-term guidance for Federal programs 

23 and activities in support of United States manufac24 turing competitiveness, including advanced manufac25 turing research and development. 


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

2 paragraph (2) shall— 

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

4 long-term objectives, including research and de5 velopment objectives, the anticipated time frame 

6 for achieving the objectives, and the metrics for 

7 use in assessing progress toward the objectives; 

8 ‘‘(B) describe the progress made in achiev9 ing the objectives from prior strategic plans, in10 cluding a discussion of why specific objectives 

11 were not met; 

12 ‘‘(C) specify the role, including the pro13 grams and activities, of each relevant Federal 

14 agency in meeting the objectives of the strategic 

15 plan; 

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

17 Federally funded research and development cen18 ters supporting advanced manufacturing re19 search and development will foster the transfer of 

20 research and development results into new man21 ufacturing technologies and United States-based 

22 manufacturing of new products and processes for 

23 the benefit of society to ensure national, energy, 

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1 ‘‘(E) describe how such Federal agencies 

2 and centers will strengthen all levels of manufac3 turing education and training programs to en4 sure an adequate, well-trained workforce; 

5 ‘‘(F) describe how such Federal agencies 

6 and centers will assist small and medium-sized 

7 manufacturers in developing and implementing 

8 new products and processes; 

9 ‘‘(G) analyze factors that impact innovation 

10 and competitiveness for United States advanced 

11 manufacturing, including— 

12 ‘‘(i) technology transfer and commer13 cialization activities; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the adequacy of the national secu15 rity industrial base; 

16 ‘‘(iii) the capabilities of the domestic 

17 manufacturing workforce; 

18 ‘‘(iv) export opportunities and trade 

19 policies; 

20 ‘‘(v) financing, investment, and tax21 ation policies and practices; 

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1 ‘‘(vii) advanced manufacturing re2 search and development undertaken by com3 peting nations; and 

4 ‘‘(viii) the capabilities of the manufac5 turing workforce of competing nations; and 

6 ‘‘(H) elicit and consider the recommenda7 tions of a wide range of stakeholders, including 

8 representatives from diverse manufacturing com9 panies, academia, and other relevant organiza10 tions and institutions. 

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

12 and not less frequently than once every 4 years there13 after, the President shall submit to Congress, and 

14 publish on an Internet website that is accessible to the 

15 public, an update of the strategic plan submitted 

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

17 in accordance with the procedures set forth under this 

18 subsection. 

19 ‘‘(5) REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER STRATEGY IN

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

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

22 Code, the President shall include information regard23 ing the consistency of the budget with the goals and 

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1 oped under this subsection applying to that fiscal 

2 year. 

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

4 Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Com5 mittee of the President’s Council of Advisors on 

6 Science and Technology shall provide input, perspec7 tive, and recommendations to assist in the develop8 ment and updates of the strategic plan under this 

9 subsection.’’. 

10 SEC. 5. REGIONAL INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

11 Section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno12 vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) is amended to read 

13 as follows: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 27. REGIONAL INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

15 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

16 a regional innovation program to encourage and support 

17 the development of regional innovation strategies, including 

18 regional innovation clusters. 

19 ‘‘(b) CLUSTER GRANTS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program es21 tablished under subsection (a), the Secretary may 

22 award grants on a competitive basis to eligible recipi23 ents for activities relating to the formation and devel24 opment of regional innovation clusters. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Grants awarded 

2 under this subsection may be used for activities deter3 mined appropriate by the Secretary, including the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(A) Feasibility studies. 

6 ‘‘(B) Planning activities. 

7 ‘‘(C) Technical assistance. 

8 ‘‘(D) Developing or strengthening commu9 nication and collaboration between and among 

10 participants of a regional innovation cluster. 

11 ‘‘(E) Attracting additional participants to 

12 a regional innovation cluster. 

13 ‘‘(F) Facilitating market development of 

14 products and services developed by a regional in15 novation cluster, including through demonstra16 tion, deployment, technology transfer, and com17 mercialization activities. 

18 ‘‘(G) Developing relationships between a re19 gional innovation cluster and entities or clusters 

20 in other regions. 

21 ‘‘(H) Interacting with the public and State 

22 and local governments to meet the goals of the 

23 cluster. 

24 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 

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1 ‘‘(A) a State; 

2 ‘‘(B) an Indian tribe; 

3 ‘‘(C) a city or other political subdivision of 

4 a State; 

5 ‘‘(D) an entity that— 

6 ‘‘(i) is a nonprofit organization, an in7 stitution of higher education, a public-pri8 vate partnership, a science or research park, 

9 a Federal laboratory, or an economic devel10 opment organization or similar entity; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) has an application that is sup12 ported by a State or a political subdivision 

13 of a State; or 

14 ‘‘(E) a consortium of any of the entities de15 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 

16 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible recipient 

18 shall submit an application to the Secretary at 

19 such time, in such manner, and containing such 

20 information and assurances as the Secretary 

21 may require. 

22 ‘‘(B) COMPONENTS.—The application shall 

23 include, at a minimum, a description of the re24 gional innovation cluster supported by the pro25 posed activity, including a description of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) whether the regional innovation 

2 cluster is supported by the private sector, 

3 State and local governments, and other rel4 evant stakeholders; 

5 ‘‘(ii) how the existing participants in 

6 the regional innovation cluster will encour7 age and solicit participation by all types of 

8 entities that might benefit from participa9 tion, including newly formed entities and 

10 those rival existing participants; 

11 ‘‘(iii) the extent to which the regional 

12 innovation cluster is likely to stimulate in13 novation and have a positive impact on re14 gional economic growth and development; 

15 ‘‘(iv) whether the participants in the 

16 regional innovation cluster have access to, 

17 or contribute to, a well-trained workforce; 

18 ‘‘(v) whether the participants in the re19 gional innovation cluster are capable of at20 tracting additional funds from non-Federal 

21 sources; and 

22 ‘‘(vi) the likelihood that the partici23 pants in the regional innovation cluster will 

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1 funds under this subsection have been ex2 pended. 

3 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Sec4 retary shall give special consideration to appli5 cations from regions that contain communities 

6 negatively impacted by trade. 

7 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary 

8 shall give special consideration to an eligible recipient 

9 who agrees to collaborate with local workforce invest10 ment area boards. 

11 ‘‘(6) COST SHARE.—The Secretary may not pro12 vide more than 50 percent of the total cost of any ac13 tivity funded under this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(7) OUTREACH TO RURAL COMMUNITIES.—The 

15 Secretary shall conduct outreach to public and pri16 vate sector entities in rural communities to encourage 

17 those entities to participate in regional innovation 

18 cluster activities under this subsection. 

19 ‘‘(8) FUNDING.—The Secretary may accept funds 

20 from other Federal agencies to support grants and ac21 tivities under this subsection. 

22 ‘‘(c) REGIONAL INNOVATION RESEARCH AND INFORMA23 TION PROGRAM.— 

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1 tablish a regional innovation research and informa2 tion program— 

3 ‘‘(A) to gather, analyze, and disseminate in4 formation on best practices for regional innova5 tion strategies (including regional innovation 

6 clusters), including information relating to how 

7 innovation, productivity, and economic develop8 ment can be maximized through such strategies; 

9 ‘‘(B) to provide technical assistance, includ10 ing through the development of technical assist11 ance guides, for the development and implemen12 tation of regional innovation strategies (includ13 ing regional innovation clusters); 

14 ‘‘(C) to support the development of relevant 

15 metrics and measurement standards to evaluate 

16 regional innovation strategies (including re17 gional innovation clusters), including the extent 

18 to which such strategies stimulate innovation, 

19 productivity, and economic development; and 

20 ‘‘(D) to collect and make available data on 

21 regional innovation cluster activity in the 

22 United States, including data on— 

23 ‘‘(i) the size, specialization, and com24 petitiveness of regional innovation clusters; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the regional domestic product 

2 contribution, total jobs and earnings by key 

3 occupations, establishment size, nature of 

4 specialization, patents, Federal research 

5 and development spending, and other rel6 evant information for regional innovation 

7 clusters; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) supply chain product and service 

9 flows within and between regional innova10 tion clusters. 

11 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary may 

12 award research grants on a competitive basis to sup13 port and further the goals of the program established 

14 under this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—Data 

16 and analysis compiled by the Secretary under the 

17 program established in this subsection shall be made 

18 available to other Federal agencies, State and local 

19 governments, and nonprofit and for-profit entities. 

20 ‘‘(4) REGIONAL INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM.— 

21 The Secretary shall incorporate data and analysis re22 lating to any grant under subsection (b) into the pro23 gram established under this subsection. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent 

2 practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that the activi3 ties carried out under this section are coordinated 

4 with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, other pro5 grams at the Department of Commerce or other Fed6 eral agencies. 

7 ‘‘(2) COLLABORATION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ex9 plore and pursue collaboration with other Fed10 eral agencies, including through multiagency 

11 funding opportunities, on regional innovation 

12 strategies. 

13 ‘‘(B) SMALL BUSINESSES.—The Secretary 

14 shall ensure that such collaboration with Federal 

15 agencies prioritizes the needs and challenges of 

16 small businesses. 

17 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

19 the date of enactment of the Revitalize American 

20 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, the Sec21 retary shall enter into a contract with an inde22 pendent entity, such as the National Academy of 

23 Sciences, to conduct an evaluation of the program es24 tablished under subsection (a). 


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1 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The evaluation shall in2 clude— 

3 ‘‘(A) whether the program is achieving its 

4 goals; 

5 ‘‘(B) any recommendations for how the pro6 gram may be improved; and 

7 ‘‘(C) a recommendation as to whether the 

8 program should be continued or terminated. 

9 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 ‘‘(1) REGIONAL INNOVATION CLUSTER.—The 

11 term ‘regional innovation cluster’ means a geographi12 cally bounded network of similar, synergistic, or com13 plementary entities that— 

14 ‘‘(A) are engaged in or with a particular 

15 industry sector and its related sectors; 

16 ‘‘(B) have active channels for business 

17 transactions and communication; 

18 ‘‘(C) share specialized infrastructure, labor 

19 markets, and services; and 

20 ‘‘(D) leverage the region’s unique competi21 tive strengths to stimulate innovation and create 

22 jobs. 

23 ‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means one of the 

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1 American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

2 Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession 

3 of the United States. 

4 ‘‘(g) FUNDING.— 

5 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in 

6 paragraph (2), no funds are authorized to be appro7 priated by the Revitalize American Manufacturing 

8 and Innovation Act of 2014 for carrying out this sec9 tion. 

10 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may use not to 

11 exceed $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 

12 through 2019 to carry out this section from amounts 

13 appropriated for economic development assistance 

14 programs.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 446 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2996 

[Report No. 113–599, Part I] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish 

for other purposes. the Network for Manufacturing Innovation and 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Science, Space, and 

Technology with an amendment 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 

The Committee on Appropriations discharged; committed 

the Union and ordered to be printed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 


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