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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1153 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the National Manufacturing Advisory Council within the Department of Commerce, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. BRAUN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Manufac5 turing Advisory Council for the 21st Century Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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

2 Council’’ means the National Manufacturing Advi3 sory Council established under subsection (b). 

4 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON5 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con6 gress’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

8 and Transportation of the Senate; 

9 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

10 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

11 (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

12 Resources of the Senate; 

13 (D) the Committee on Armed Services of 

14 the Senate; 

15 (E) the Committee on Appropriations of 

16 the Senate; 

17 (F) the Committee on Small Business and 

18 Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 

19 (G) the Committee on Energy and Com20 merce of the House of Representatives; 

21 (H) the Committee on Education and 

22 Labor of the House of Representatives; 

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

24 Technology of the House of Representatives; 


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1 (J) the Committee on Armed Services of 

2 the House of Representatives; 

3 (K) the Committee on Appropriations of 

4 the House of Representatives; and 

5 (L) the Committee on Small Business of 

6 the House of Representatives. 

7 (3) ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA.—The 

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

9 that meets 1 or more of the requirements described 

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

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

12 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of Commerce. 

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

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in con16 sultation with the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of De17 fense, the Secretary of Energy, the United States Trade 

18 Representative, and the Secretary of Education, shall es19 tablish within the Department of Commerce the National 

20 Manufacturing Advisory Council. 

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

22 shall be to— 

23 (1) provide a forum for— 

24 (A) regular communication between the 

25 Federal Government and the manufacturing 


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1 sector, including manufacturing workers, in the 

2 United States; and 

3 (B) discussing and proposing solutions to 

4 problems relating to the manufacturing sector 

5 in the United States, including the manufac6 turing workforce, supply chain interruptions, 

7 and other logistical challenges; 

8 (2) advise the Secretary regarding policies and 

9 programs of the Federal Government that affect 

10 manufacturing, including the manufacturing work11 force, in the United States; and 

12 (3) annually produce a national strategic plan, 

13 as described in subsection (g), that provides rec14 ommendations to the Secretary and the appropriate 

15 committees of Congress regarding how to help the 

16 United States remain the preeminent destination 

17 throughout the world for investment in manufac18 turing, which shall be based on the execution of the 

19 duties of the Advisory Council. 

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

21 shall include the following: 

22 (1) Meeting not less frequently than once every 

23 180 days, in a manner to be determined by the Sec24 retary, in order to provide independent advice and 


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1 recommendations to the Secretary regarding issues 

2 involving manufacturing in the United States. 

3 (2) Identifying and assessing the impact that 

4 technological developments, critical production ca5 pacity, skill availability, investment patterns, and 

6 emerging defense needs have on the manufacturing 

7 competitiveness of the United States and providing 

8 advice and recommendations to the Secretary re9 garding that impact. 

10 (3) Soliciting input from the public and private 

11 sectors and academia relating to emerging trends in 

12 manufacturing, and the responsiveness of Federal 

13 programming with respect to manufacturing, and 

14 providing advice and recommendations to the Sec15 retary for areas of increased Federal attention with 

16 respect to manufacturing. 

17 (4) Identifying, and providing advice and rec18 ommendations to the Secretary regarding, global 

19 and domestic manufacturing trends and threats to 

20 the manufacturing sector in the United States, in21 cluding on matters such as supply chain interrup22 tions, logistical challenges, and technological changes 

23 affecting the manufacturing base in the United 

24 States. 


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1 (5) Providing advice and recommendations to 

2 the Secretary on matters relating to investment in, 

3 and support of, the manufacturing workforce in the 

4 United States, including on matters such as— 

5 (A) worker participation, including through 

6 labor organizations and through other methods 

7 determined by the Advisory Council, in plan8 ning for the deployment of new technologies 

9 across the manufacturing sector in the United 

10 States and within workplaces in that sector; 

11 (B) training and education priorities for 

12 the Federal Government and employers to as13 sist workers in adapting the skills and experi14 ences of those workers to fit the demands of the 

15 manufacturing sector in the United States in 

16 the 21st century; 

17 (C) how the development of new tech18 nologies and processes have impacted, and will 

19 impact, the manufacturing workforce of the 

20 United States and the economy of the United 

21 States, which shall be based on input from 

22 manufacturing workers; 

23 (D) management practices in the manufac24 turing sector in the United States that lead to 

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1 tion, worker participation and power in decision 

2 making, and investment in worker career suc3 cess; 

4 (E) policies and procedures that expand 

5 access to jobs, career advancement opportuni6 ties, and management opportunities for under7 represented populations; and 

8 (F) how to improve access to demand-driv9 en manufacturing-related education, training, 

10 and re-training for workers, including at com11 munity and technical colleges, through other in12 stitutions of higher education, and through ap13 prenticeships and work-based learning opportu14 nities. 

15 (6) Providing recommendations to the Secretary 

16 on ways to— 

17 (A) provide— 

18 (i) manufacturing-related worker edu19 cation, training, and development; and 

20 (ii) entrepreneurship training relating 

21 to manufacturing; 

22 (B) connect individuals and businesses 

23 with services described in subparagraph (A) 

24 that are offered in the communities of those in25 dividuals or businesses; 


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1 (C) coordinate services relating to manu2 facturing employee engagement, including em3 ployee ownership and workforce training; 

4 (D) connect manufacturers with commu5 nity and technical colleges, other institutions of 

6 higher education, State or local workforce devel7 opment boards established under section 101 or 

8 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor9 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111, 3122), labor orga10 nizations, and nonprofit job training providers 

11 to develop and support training and job place12 ment services, and apprenticeship and online 

13 learning platforms, for new and incumbent 

14 manufacturing workers; 

15 (E) develop programming to prevent man16 ufacturing job losses in the United States as 

17 entities adopt new technologies and processes; 

18 and 

19 (F) develop best practices for manufactur20 ers to incorporate, or transition to, employee 

21 ownership structures. 

22 (7) With respect to the matters described in 

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

24 (A) economically distressed areas; and 


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1 (B) areas of the United States in which 

2 foreign competition has resulted in mass layoffs 

3 in the manufacturing sector. 

4 (8) Completing other specific tasks requested by 

5 the Secretary. 

6 (e) MEMBERSHIP.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Council 

8 shall— 

9 (A) consist of individuals appointed by the 

10 Secretary with a balance of backgrounds, expe11 riences, and viewpoints; and 

12 (B) include individuals with manufacturing 

13 experience who represent— 

14 (i) private industry, including small 

15 and medium-sized manufacturers and any 

16 relevant standards development organiza17 tions or relevant trade associations; 

18 (ii) academia; and 

19 (iii) labor. 

20 (2) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary 

21 shall, to the maximum extent practicable, accept rec22 ommendations from the public regarding the ap23 pointment of individuals under paragraph (1). 

24 (3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

2 Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Sec3 retary for a term of 3 years. 

4 (B) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may renew 

5 an appointment made under subparagraph (A) 

6 for not more than 2 additional terms. 

7 (C) STAGGER TERMS.—The Secretary may 

8 stagger the terms of the members of the Advi9 sory Council to ensure that the terms of those 

10 members expire during different years. 

11 (D) VACANCIES.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

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

14 on the Advisory Council occurring before 

15 the expiration of the term for which the 

16 predecessor of the newly appointed member 

17 was appointed shall be appointed only for 

18 the remainder of that term of the prede19 cessor. 

20 (ii) FURTHER SERVICE.—A member 

21 of the Advisory Council who is appointed 

22 for the remainder of a term of a prede23 cessor under clause (i) may serve after the 

24 expiration of that term of the predecessor 


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1 and until the date on which the Secretary 

2 has appointed a successor. 

3 (f) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 

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

5 States Manufacturing Council of the International 

6 Trade Administration of the Department of Com7 merce, including the personnel, assets, and obliga8 tions of the United States Manufacturing Council of 

9 the International Trade Administration of the De10 partment of Commerce, as in existence on the day 

11 before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 

12 transferred to the Advisory Council. 

13 (2) DEEMING OF NAME.—Any reference in any 

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

15 the United States to the United States Manufac16 turing Council of the International Trade Adminis17 tration of the Department of Commerce shall be 

18 deemed a reference to the Advisory Council. 

19 (3) UNEXPENDED BALANCES.—Unexpended 

20 balances of appropriations, authorization, alloca21 tions, or other funds related to the United States 

22 Manufacturing Council of the International Trade 

23 Administration of the Department of Commerce 

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1 tions, allocations, or other funds were originally 

2 made available. 

3 (4) EXISTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Any 

4 Federal advisory committee of the Department of 

5 Commerce that is operating on the day before the 

6 date of enactment of this Act under a charter filed 

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

8 States Code, for the purpose of addressing the pur9 poses and duties described in this section shall sat10 isfy the requirement under subsection (b) to estab11 lish the Advisory Council if, not later than 90 days 

12 after that date of enactment, the Federal advisory 

13 committee is modified, as necessary, to comply with 

14 the requirements of this section. 

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

16 180 days after the date on which the Advisory Council 

17 holds the initial meeting of the Advisory Council, and an18 nually thereafter, the Advisory Council shall submit to the 

19 Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress— 

20 (1) a national strategic plan for manufacturing 

21 in the United States that is based on the execution 

22 of the duties of the Advisory Council under sub23 section (d); and 


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1 (2) a detailed statement of the activities that 

2 the Advisory Council conducted to carry out the du3 ties of the Advisory Council under subsection (d). 

4 (h) DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT.—In accordance with 

5 prevailing laws and regulations, the Secretary, as the Sec6 retary considers appropriate, shall furnish to the Advisory 

7 Council relevant information that— 

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

9 Commerce; and 

10 (2) relates to the mission of the Advisory Coun11 cil. 

12 (i) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.— 

13 Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply 

14 with respect to the Advisory Council or the activities of 

15 the Advisory Council. 

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

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

18 the Advisory Council holds the first meeting of the Advi19 sory Council. 

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