118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1153 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the National Manufacturing Advisory Council within the Department of Commerce, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Manufac3 turing Advisory Council for the 21st Century Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Advisory 

7 Council’’ means the National Manufacturing Advi8 sory Council established under subsection (b). 

9 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON10 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con11 gress’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

13 and Transportation of the Senate; 

14 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

15 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

16 (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

17 Resources of the Senate; 

18 (D) the Committee on Armed Services of 

19 the Senate; 

20 (E) the Committee on Appropriations of 

21 the Senate; 

22 (F) the Committee on Small Business and 

23 Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 

24 (G) the Committee on Energy and Com25 merce of the House of Representatives; 
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1 (H) the Committee on Education and 

2 Labor of the House of Representatives; 

3 (I) the Committee on Science, Space, and 

4 Technology of the House of Representatives; 

5 (J) the Committee on Armed Services of 

6 the House of Representatives; 

7 (K) the Committee on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives; and 

9 (L) the Committee on Small Business of 

10 the House of Representatives. 

11 (3) ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA.—The 

12 term ‘‘economically distressed area’’ means an area 

13 that meets 1 or more of the requirements described 

14 in section 301(a) of the Public Works and Economic 

15 Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161(a)). 

16 (4) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ 

17 means an area located outside a metropolitan statis18 tical area, as designated by the Office of Manage19 ment and Budget. 

20 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Commerce. 

22 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

23 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in con24 sultation with the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of De25 fense, the Secretary of Energy, the United States Trade 
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1 Representative, and the Secretary of Education, shall es2 tablish within the Department of Commerce the National 

3 Manufacturing Advisory Council. 

4 (c) MISSION.—The mission of the Advisory Council 

5 shall be to— 

6 (1) provide a forum for— 

7 (A) regular communication between the 

8 Federal Government and the manufacturing 

9 sector, including manufacturing workers, in the 

10 United States; and 

11 (B) discussing and proposing solutions to 

12 problems relating to the manufacturing sector 

13 in the United States, including the manufac14 turing workforce, supply chain interruptions, 

15 and regulatory and other logistical challenges; 

16 (2) advise the Secretary regarding policies and 

17 programs of the Federal Government that affect 

18 manufacturing, including the manufacturing work19 force, in the United States; and 

20 (3) annually produce a national strategic plan, 

21 as described in subsection (g), that provides rec22 ommendations to the Secretary and the appropriate 

23 committees of Congress regarding how to help the 

24 United States remain the preeminent destination 

25 throughout the world for investment in manufac-
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1 turing, which shall be based on the execution of the 

2 duties of the Advisory Council. 

3 (d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Advisory Council 

4 shall include the following: 

5 (1) Meeting not less frequently than once every 

6 180 days, in a manner to be determined by the Sec7 retary and that is in compliance with chapter 10 of 

8 title 5, United States Code, in order to provide inde9 pendent advice and recommendations to the Sec10 retary regarding issues involving manufacturing in 

11 the United States. 

12 (2) Identifying and assessing the impact that 

13 technological developments, critical production ca14 pacity, skill availability, investment patterns, and 

15 emerging defense needs have on the manufacturing 

16 competitiveness of the United States and providing 

17 advice and recommendations to the Secretary re18 garding that impact. 

19 (3) Soliciting input from the public and private 

20 sectors and academia relating to emerging trends in 

21 manufacturing, and the responsiveness of Federal 

22 programming with respect to manufacturing, and 

23 providing advice and recommendations to the Sec24 retary for areas of increased Federal attention with 

25 respect to manufacturing. 
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1 (4) Identifying, and providing advice and rec2 ommendations to the Secretary regarding, global 

3 and domestic manufacturing trends, including on 

4 matters such as supply chain interruptions, logistical 

5 challenges, and demographic and technological 

6 changes affecting the manufacturing base in the 

7 United States. 

8 (5) Providing advice and recommendations to 

9 the Secretary on matters relating to investment in, 

10 and support of, the manufacturing workforce in the 

11 United States, including on matters such as— 

12 (A) worker participation in planning for 

13 the deployment of new technologies across the 

14 manufacturing sector in the United States and 

15 within workplaces in that sector; 

16 (B) training and education priorities for 

17 the Federal Government and employers to as18 sist workers in adapting the skills and experi19 ences of those workers to fit the demands of the 

20 manufacturing sector in the United States in 

21 the 21st century; 

22 (C) how the development of new tech23 nologies and processes have impacted, and will 

24 impact, the manufacturing workforce of the 

25 United States and the economy of the United 
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1 States, which shall be based on input from 

2 manufacturing workers; 

3 (D) policies and procedures that expand 

4 access to jobs, career advancement opportuni5 ties, and management opportunities in the man6 ufacturing sector in the United States for low7 income individuals in the United States, or new 

8 entrants into that sector, in both urban and 

9 rural areas; and 

10 (E) how to improve access to demand-driv11 en manufacturing-related education, training, 

12 and re-training for workers, including at com13 munity and technical colleges, through other in14 stitutions of higher education and through ap15 prenticeships and work-based learning opportu16 nities. 

17 (6) Providing recommendations to the Secretary 

18 on ways to— 

19 (A) provide— 

20 (i) manufacturing-related worker edu21 cation, training, and development; and 

22 (ii) entrepreneurship training relating 

23 to manufacturing; 

24 (B) connect individuals and businesses 

25 with services described in subparagraph (A) 
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1 that are offered in the communities of those in2 dividuals or businesses; 

3 (C) coordinate services relating to manu4 facturing employee engagement, including em5 ployee ownership and workforce training; 

6 (D) connect manufacturers with commu7 nity and technical colleges, other institutions of 

8 higher education, State or local workforce devel9 opment boards established under section 101 or 

10 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor11 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111, 3122), labor orga12 nizations, and nonprofit job training providers 

13 to develop and support training and job place14 ment services, and apprenticeship and online 

15 learning platforms, for new and incumbent 

16 manufacturing workers; 

17 (E) integrate new technologies and proc18 esses into the manufacturing sector in the 

19 United States and address the workforce im20 pacts of those new technologies and processes; 

21 and 

22 (F) develop best practices for manufactur23 ers to incorporate, or transition to, employee 

24 ownership structures. 
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1 (7) With respect to the matters described in 

2 paragraphs (1) through (6), soliciting input from— 

3 (A) economically distressed areas; 

4 (B) geographically diverse regions of the 

5 United States, including both urban and rural 

6 areas; and 

7 (C) areas of the United States that have 

8 suffered mass layoffs in the manufacturing sec9 tor. 

10 (8) Identifying Federal, State, or other regula11 tions that may have caused, or will cause, unneces12 sary supply chain disruptions, impaired business op13 erations, increased prices, or other costly burdens 

14 for consumers and the manufacturing sector in the 

15 United States and recommending to the Secretary 

16 steps to— 

17 (A) mitigate those consequences; and 

18 (B) foster an environment in the United 

19 States that is favorable to manufacturers, man20 ufacturing workers, and consumers. 

21 (9) Completing other specific tasks requested by 

22 the Secretary. 

23 (e) MEMBERSHIP.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Council 

25 shall— 
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1 (A) consist of not more than 30 individuals 

2 appointed by the Secretary with a balance of 

3 backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints; and 

4 (B) include individuals with manufacturing 

5 experience who represent— 

6 (i) private industry, including small 

7 and medium-sized manufacturers and any 

8 relevant standards development organiza9 tions or relevant trade associations; 

10 (ii) academia; and 

11 (iii) labor. 

12 (2) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary 

13 shall, to the maximum extent practicable, accept rec14 ommendations from the public regarding the ap15 pointment of individuals under paragraph (1). 

16 (3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

18 Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Sec19 retary for a term of 3 years. 

20 (B) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may renew 

21 an appointment made under subparagraph (A) 

22 for not more than 2 additional terms. 

23 (C) STAGGER TERMS.—The Secretary may 

24 stagger the terms of the members of the Advi-
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1 sory Council to ensure that the terms of those 

2 members expire during different years. 

3 (D) VACANCIES.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

5 (ii), a member appointed to fill a vacancy 

6 on the Advisory Council occurring before 

7 the expiration of the term for which the 

8 predecessor of the newly appointed member 

9 was appointed shall be appointed only for 

10 the remainder of that term of the prede11 cessor. 

12 (ii) FURTHER SERVICE.—A member 

13 of the Advisory Council who is appointed 

14 for the remainder of a term of a prede15 cessor under clause (i) may serve after the 

16 expiration of that term of the predecessor 

17 and until the date on which the Secretary 

18 has appointed a successor. 

19 (f) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—All functions of the United 

21 States Manufacturing Council of the International 

22 Trade Administration of the Department of Com23 merce, as in existence on the day before the date of 

24 enactment of this Act, shall be transferred to the 

25 Advisory Council. 
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1 (2) DEEMING OF NAME.—Any reference in any 

2 law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 

3 the United States to the United States Manufac4 turing Council of the International Trade Adminis5 tration of the Department of Commerce shall be 

6 deemed a reference to the Advisory Council. 

7 (3) EXISTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Any 

8 Federal advisory committee of the Department of 

9 Commerce that is operating on the day before the 

10 date of enactment of this Act under a charter filed 

11 in accordance with section 1008(c) of title 5, United 

12 States Code, for the purpose of addressing the pur13 poses and duties described in this section shall sat14 isfy the requirement under subsection (b) to estab15 lish the Advisory Council if, not later than 180 days 

16 after that date of enactment, the Federal advisory 

17 committee is modified, as necessary, to comply with 

18 the requirements of this section. 

19 (g) NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 

20 180 days after the date on which the Advisory Council 

21 holds the initial meeting of the Advisory Council, and an22 nually thereafter, the Advisory Council shall submit to the 

23 Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress— 

24 (1) a national strategic plan for manufacturing 

25 in the United States that is based on the execution 
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1 of the duties of the Advisory Council under sub2 section (d); and 

3 (2) a detailed statement of the activities that 

4 the Advisory Council conducted to carry out the du5 ties of the Advisory Council under subsection (d). 

6 (h) DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT.—In accordance with 

7 prevailing laws and regulations, the Secretary, as the Sec8 retary considers appropriate, shall furnish to the Advisory 

9 Council relevant information that— 

10 (1) is in the possession of the Department of 

11 Commerce; and 

12 (2) relates to the mission of the Advisory Coun13 cil. 

14 (i) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No addi15 tional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

16 out this section. 

17 (j) SUNSET.—The Advisory Council shall terminate 

18 on September 30 of the fifth year after the year in which 

19 the Advisory Council holds the first meeting of the Advi20 sory Council. 

Passed the Senate November 21 (legislative day, November 20), 2024. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1153 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish 

other purposes. within the Department of Commerce, and for the National Manufacturing Advisory Council