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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 99 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides 

recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact 

of Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience 

and manufacturing and industrial innovation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 15, 2025 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) 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 produce a report 

that provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of Department of Commerce 

programs related to supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Support 

5 for American Manufacturing Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON2 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con3 gress’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

5 and Transportation of the Senate; and 

6 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com7 merce of the House of Representatives. 

8 (2) COVERED OFFICES AND BUREAUS.—The 

9 term ‘‘covered offices and bureaus’’ means offices 

10 and bureaus of the Department of Commerce identi11 fied under section 3(a)(1). 

12 (3) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘crit13 ical supply chain’’ means an end-to-end system that 

14 converts raw materials into finished products in crit15 ical sectors, including in— 

16 (A) the defense industrial base; 

17 (B) the public health and biological pre18 paredness industrial base; 

19 (C) the information and communications 

20 technology industrial base; 

21 (D) the energy sector industrial base; 

22 (E) the transportation industrial base; and 

23 (F) agricultural supply chains. 

24 (4) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE.—The 

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1 gating gaps and vulnerabilities in critical supply 

2 chains, including by— 

3 (A) reducing risk of malicious sabotage or 

4 external or internal manipulation; and 

5 (B) improving the ability to withstand sup6 ply chain interruptions such as logistical chal7 lenges and workforce, materials, equipment, or 

8 product shortages. 

9 (5) MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVA10 TION.—The term ‘‘manufacturing and industrial in11 novation’’ means— 

12 (A) providing assistance, resources, or 

13 services to manufacturers or manufacturing 

14 workers in the United States; 

15 (B) offering expertise, improvements, re16 search, and development or other assistance in 

17 technological innovations or advanced manufac18 turing in partnership with or for use by manu19 facturers in the United States; or 

20 (C) developing policy that substantially im21 pacts the manufacturing sector in the United 

22 States. 

23 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

24 the Secretary of Commerce. 


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1 SEC. 3. STUDY RELATING TO MANUFACTURING PROGRAMS 

2 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 

3 (a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall produce 

5 a report that— 

6 (1) identifies offices and bureaus of the Depart7 ment of Commerce with responsibilities related to— 

8 (A) critical supply chain resilience; and 

9 (B) manufacturing and industrial innova10 tion; 

11 (2) identifies the duties, responsibilities, pro12 grams, and expertise relevant to critical supply chain 

13 resilience and manufacturing and industrial innova14 tion of each covered office and bureau; 

15 (3) identifies and assesses the purpose, statu16 tory authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limita17 tions of each covered office and bureau; 

18 (4) identifies gaps between offices with duplica19 tive duties, responsibilities, programs, and expertise 

20 within the Department of Commerce that are imple21 menting activities related to critical supply chain re22 silience and manufacturing and industrial innova23 tion; and 

24 (5) provides recommendations to improve the 

25 effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of each covered 

26 office and bureau, including recommendations to— 


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1 (A) optimize operations within or across 

2 covered offices and bureaus; 

3 (B) improve coordination across covered 

4 offices and bureaus; and 

5 (C) improve coordination with Federal 

6 agencies implementing similar activities related 

7 to critical supply chain resilience and manufac8 turing and industrial innovation. 

9 (b) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRA10 TION.—The Secretary shall contract with the National 

11 Academy of Public Administration in producing the report 

12 under subsection (a). 

13 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

14 on which the Secretary produces the report under sub15 section (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

16 committees of Congress— 

17 (1) the report produced under subsection (a); 

18 (2) recommendations for potential legislative ac19 tion addressing recommendations in the report pro20 duced under subsection (a); and 

21 (3) a response from the Secretary to the rec22 ommendations included in the report produced under 

23 subsection (a). 

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