[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 81287-81288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23399]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 8, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10829 of October 3, 2024

                
National Manufacturing Day, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                American workers and the unions who fight for them 
                represent the best of our country. They help power our 
                economy and strengthen our middle class. On National 
                Manufacturing Day, we celebrate the ingenuity, grit, 
                drive, and determination of the American worker. We 
                thank them for their contributions, and we recommit to 
                investing in their productivity and success.

                There have always been competing visions for the future 
                of America. Some envision a future in which the failed 
                trickle-down policies that hurt working families for 
                more than 40 years are continued. When I think about 
                our future, I see an America where we grow the economy 
                from the middle out and the bottom up--not the top 
                down. I see an America where working people finally 
                have a fair shot. Above all, I see a future that is 
                made right here in America.

                That is why my Administration has invested in American 
                manufacturing to restore the backbone of our Nation: 
                the middle class. Together, we are doing what has 
                always worked best in this country--investing in all of 
                America and in all Americans. My Investing in America 
                agenda--including my Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 
                CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act--is 
                revitalizing American manufacturing. So far, we have 
                attracted over $910 billion in private sector 
                investment in manufacturing and clean energy nationwide 
                and seen spending on factory construction soar to new 
                records, roughly triple the pre-pandemic average. These 
                investments are helping create hundreds of thousands of 
                jobs--including over 700,000 manufacturing jobs--
                building new semiconductor fabs, electric vehicle and 
                battery factories, and so much more, here in America. 
                And we are working with employers, unions, community 
                colleges, high schools, and other partners to ensure 
                American workers are trained for the good manufacturing 
                jobs we are generating.

                We have also made sure that Federal funds support 
                American manufacturing. ``Buy American'' has been the 
                law of the land since the 1930s. Past administrations 
                said a lot but did not do a lot. On my watch, Federal 
                projects have been made with American products and 
                built by American workers. I fought for the passage of 
                the ``Build America, Buy America Act,'' which 
                established domestic content preferences in Federal 
                infrastructure spending, as part of the Bipartisan 
                Infrastructure Law. I signed the ``Federal Research and 
                Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and 
                United States Jobs'' Executive Order, directing Federal 
                agencies to prioritize domestic manufacturing when it 
                comes to research, development, innovation, and 
                bringing inventions to market. My Administration also 
                made the strongest changes to Buy American rules in 
                nearly seven decades by increasing the domestic content 
                threshold for Federal procurement from 55 percent to 65 
                percent in 2024. I also announced new requirements for 
                lumber, glass, fiber optic cables, and other 
                construction materials used in Federal infrastructure 
                projects to be made in America. And we will keep 
                working to ensure that American taxpayer dollars are 
                invested in American workers.

                Growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, I learned a basic 
                value set--money does not determine your worth, and all 
                anyone wants is a fair shot. When

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                I look at the economy, I see it through the eyes of 
                Scranton. That is why I came into office determined to 
                write a new chapter in our American comeback story--one 
                where we can take pride in knowing that we can still 
                get big things done in this great Nation.

                During National Manufacturing Day, may we rededicate 
                ourselves to writing that story by making the phrase 
                ``Made in America'' not just a slogan but a reality.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 4, 
                2024, as National Manufacturing Day. I thank our 
                manufacturing workers for all that they do to 
                strengthen our Nation, encourage all Americans to look 
                for ways to get involved in their communities, and call 
                on everyone to join me in participating in National 
                Manufacturing Day and, most importantly, buying 
                American.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                third day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                ninth.
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