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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 997 

To establish the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy 

and strategic national manufacturing policy for the United States, to 

provide manufacturing and industrial perspective and advice to the President, to provide for a comprehensive survey and cross administration 

management of efforts to ensure global leadership in manufacturing 

critical to the long-term economic health and national security of the 

United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 25, 2021 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. COONS, and Mr. PORTMAN) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy and strategic national manufacturing policy for the United States, to provide manufacturing and 

industrial perspective and advice to the President, to 

provide for a comprehensive survey and cross administration management of efforts to ensure global leadership 

in manufacturing critical to the long-term economic 

health and national security of the United States, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy 

4 Act of 2021’’. 

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL MANUFACTURING POLICY AND PRIORITIES 

Sec. 101. Findings. 

Sec. 102. Sense of Congress. 

TITLE II—OFFICE OF MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 

INNOVATION POLICY 

Sec. 201. Establishment. 

Sec. 202. Chief Manufacturing Officer; Associate Manufacturing Officers. 

Sec. 203. Policy planning, analysis, and advice. 

Sec. 204. National strategic plan for manufacturing and industrial innovation. 

Sec. 205. Additional Functions of the Chief Manufacturing Officer; Administrative Provisions. 

Sec. 206. Manufacturing and industrial innovation report. 

Sec. 207. Comptroller General Report. 

TITLE III— FEDERAL STRATEGY AND COORDINATING COUNCIL 

ON MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

Sec. 301. Establishment. 

Sec. 302. Membership. 

Sec. 303. Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Efforts. 

Sec. 304. Coordination. 

Sec. 305. Administration. 

TITLE IV—NATIONAL MEDAL OF MANUFACTURING AND 

INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

Sec. 401. Award. 

TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 


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1 TITLE I—NATIONAL MANUFAC2 TURING POLICY AND PRIOR3 ITIES 

4 SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress, recognizing the profound historical role 

6 that all aspects of manufacturing, including research and 

7 development, engineering, skilled trades, and production, 

8 has played in the economy and society of the United 

9 States, and in the economic and innovative standing of 

10 the United States in the global community, and the inter11 relations of robust manufacturing on economic, environ12 mental, national security, social, political, and institutional 

13 factors, finds that— 

14 (1) the general welfare, security, and economic 

15 health and stability of the United States require a 

16 long-term, substantial, coordinated, and multidisci17 plinary strategy and implementation of cohesive ob18 jectives to remain at the forefront of industrial inno19 vation; 

20 (2) the large and complex innovative and tech21 nological capabilities of global supply chains and 

22 manufacturing economies, which influence the course 

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1 mediate program development, to encourage and 

2 support private manufacturing growth in the United 

3 States and participation in the public decision-mak4 ing process; 

5 (3) the innovative and manufacturing capabili6 ties of business in the United States, when properly 

7 fostered, applied, and supported, can effectively as8 sist in improving the quality of life for people in the 

9 United States, in anticipating and addressing emerg10 ing international, national, and local problems, and 

11 strengthening the international economic engage12 ment and pioneering leadership of the United States; 

13 (4) just as Federal funding for science and 

14 technology represents an investment in the future, 

15 strategically addressing gaps in the innovation pipe16 line of the United States would— 

17 (A) contribute to converting research and 

18 development investments into high-value, qual19 ity job-creating product production and capture 

20 domestic and global markets; and 

21 (B) strengthen the economic posture of the 

22 United States; 

23 (5) the capabilities of the United States at both 

24 the Federal and State levels need enhanced strategic 

25 planning and influence over policy formulation for 


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1 industrial innovation and technology development, as 

2 well as a means to ensure an adequate workforce. 

3 SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 (a) PRIORITY GOALS.—It is the sense of Congress 

5 that manufacturing and industrial innovation should in6 clude contributing to the following priority goals: 

7 (1) Taking concrete national action to rebuild, 

8 restore, and expand domestic manufacturing capa9 bilities, skills, and production capacity, including 

10 world-class infrastructure. 

11 (2) Rebuilding the industrial innovation com12 mons, including common resources, technical knowl13 edge, and entrepreneurial opportunities associated 

14 with technical concepts. 

15 (3) Supporting domestic supply chains. 

16 (4) Expanding production capabilities, coopera17 tion, and knowledge. 

18 (5) Revitalizing communities harmed by histor19 ical and poorly conceived, implemented, and enforced 

20 regulatory and trade policies. 

21 (6) Developing a strategy for innovation and es22 tablishment of manufacturing industries of the fu23 ture, including adoption and production of Industry 

24 4.0 technology to support domestic economic expan25 sion, particularly manufacturers with fewer than 800 


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1 employees, and in traditionally underserved commu2 nities. 

3 (7) Contributing to national health and security 

4 and emergency readiness and resilience, including 

5 addressing environmental concerns. 

6 (8) Strengthening the economy of the United 

7 States and promoting full employment in high-qual8 ity, high-wage jobs through useful industrial and 

9 technological innovation. 

10 (9) Cultivating, utilizing, and enhancing aca11 demic and industrial thought-leadership with prac12 tical workforce development and training to the full13 est extent possible. 

14 (10) Implementing a national strategy that 

15 identifies and prioritizes high growth, high value16 added industries, products, and components of na17 tional importance to the long-term economic, envi18 ronmental, national security, and public health of 

19 the United States. 

20 (b) NATIONAL POLICY.—In view of the findings 

21 under section 101, it is the sense of Congress that the 

22 Federal Government and public and private institutions 

23 in the United States should pursue a national policy of 

24 manufacturing and industrial innovation that includes the 

25 following principles: 


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1 (1) Ensuring global leadership in advanced 

2 manufacturing technologies critical to the long-term 

3 economic, environmental, national security, and pub4 lic health of the United States. 

5 (2) Restoring and strengthening the industrial 

6 commons of the United States, including— 

7 (A) essential engineering and production 

8 skills; 

9 (B) infrastructure for research and devel10 opment, standardization, and metrology; 

11 (C) process innovations and manufacturing 

12 know-how; 

13 (D) equipment; and 

14 (E) suppliers that provide the foundation 

15 for the innovativeness and competitiveness of all 

16 manufacturers in the United States. 

17 (3) Strengthening the technical, financial, and 

18 educational commons and assets necessary to ensure 

19 that the United States is the best positioned Nation 

20 for the creation and production of advanced tech21 nologies and products emerging from national re22 search and development investments. 

23 (4) Capitalizing on the scientific and techno24 logical advances produced by researchers and 

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1 ble and responsive institutions focused on advancing 

2 the technology and manufacturing readiness levels of 

3 those advances. 

4 (5) Supporting the discovery, invention, start5 up, ramp-up, scale-up, and transition of new prod6 ucts and manufacturing technologies to full-scale 

7 production in the United States. 

8 (6) Addressing the evolving needs of manufac9 turers for a diverse set of workers with the nec10 essary skills, training, and expertise as manufactur11 ers in the United States increase high-quality, high12 wage employment opportunities. 

13 (7) Improving and expanding manufacturing 

14 engineering and technology offerings within institu15 tions of higher education, including 4-year engineer16 ing technology programs at polytechnic institutes 

17 and secondary schools, to be more closely aligned 

18 with the needs of manufacturers in the United 

19 States and the goal of strengthening the long-term 

20 competitiveness of such manufacturing. 

21 (8) Working collaboratively with Federal agen22 cies, State and local governments, Tribal govern23 ments, regional authorities, institutions of higher 

24 education, economic development organizations, and 

25 labor organizations that primarily represent workers 


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1 in manufacturing to leverage their knowledge, re2 sources, applied research, experimental development, 

3 and programs to foster manufacturing in the United 

4 States so as to anticipate and prepare for emer5 gencies and global, national, and regional supply 

6 chain disruptions, including disruptions brought on 

7 and exacerbated by changing environmental and 

8 other circumstances. 

9 (9) Recognizing that, as changing cir10 cumstances require the periodic revision and adapta11 tion of this title, Congress is responsible for— 

12 (A) identifying and interpreting the 

13 changes in those circumstances as they occur; 

14 and 

15 (B) affecting subsequent changes to this 

16 title, as appropriate. 

17 (c) PROCEDURES.—It is the sense of Congress that, 

18 in order to expedite and facilitate the implementation of 

19 the national policy described in subsection (b)— 

20 (1) Federal procurement policy should— 

21 (A) prioritize and encourage domestic 

22 manufacturing and robust domestic supply 

23 chains; 

24 (B) support means of expanding domestic 

25 manufacturing job creation; 


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1 (C) enhance manufacturing workforce pre2 paredness; 

3 (D) prioritize the development of means to 

4 support diversity and inclusion throughout the 

5 manufacturing and industrial sector; 

6 (E) promote the consideration of, and sup7 port to, minority-owned and women-owned man8 ufacturing contractors of the Federal Govern9 ment; and 

10 (F) support the ingenuity and entrepre11 neurship of the United States by providing en12 hanced attention to manufacturing startups and 

13 small businesses in the United States; 

14 (2) Federal trade and monetary policies 

15 should— 

16 (A) ensure that global competition in man17 ufacturing is free, open, and fair; 

18 (B) prioritize policies and investments that 

19 support domestic manufacturing growth and in20 novation; and 

21 (C) not be utilized to offshore poor manu22 facturing working conditions or destructive 

23 manufacturing environmental practices; 

24 (3) Federal policies and practices should rea25 sonably prioritize competitiveness for manufacturing 


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1 and industrial innovation efforts in the United 

2 States, but should not sacrifice the quality of em3 ployment opportunities, including the health and 

4 safety of workers, pay, and benefits; 

5 (4) Federal manufacturing and industrial inno6 vation policies, practices, and priorities should rea7 sonably improve environmental sustainability within 

8 the manufacturing industry, while minimizing eco9 nomic impact; 

10 (5) Federal patent policies should be developed, 

11 based on uniform principles, which have as their ob12 jective to preserve incentives for industrial techno13 logical innovation and the application of procedures 

14 that will continue to assure the full use of beneficial 

15 technology to serve the public; 

16 (6) Federal efforts should promote and support 

17 a strong system of intellectual property rights to in18 clude trade secrets, through both protection of intel19 lectual property rights and enforcement against in20 tellectual property theft, and broad engagement to 

21 limit foreign efforts to illegally or inappropriately 

22 utilize compromised intellectual property; 

23 (7) closer relationships should be encouraged 

24 among practitioners of scientific and technological 


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1 research and development and those who apply those 

2 foundations to domestic commercial manufacturing; 

3 (8) the full use of the contributions of manufac4 turing and industrial innovation to support State 

5 and local government goals should be encouraged; 

6 (9) formal recognition should be accorded to 

7 those persons, the manufacturing and industrial in8 novation achievements of which contributed signifi9 cantly to the national welfare; and 

10 (10) departments, agencies, and instrumental11 ities of the Federal Government should establish 

12 procedures to ensure among them the systematic 

13 interchange of data, efforts, and findings developed 

14 under their programs. 

15 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—To implement the national 

16 policy described in subsection (b), it is the sense of Con17 gress— 

18 (1) that— 

19 (A) the Federal Government should main20 tain integrated policy planning elements in the 

21 executive branch that assist agencies in such 

22 branch in— 

23 (i) identifying problems and objectives 

24 that could be addressed or enhanced by 

25 public policy; 


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1 (ii) mobilizing industrial and innova2 tive manufacturing resources for national 

3 security and emergency response purposes; 

4 (iii) securing appropriate funding for 

5 programs so identified by the President or 

6 the Chief Manufacturing Officer; 

7 (iv) anticipating future concerns to 

8 which industrial and innovative manufac9 turing can contribute and devise industrial 

10 strategies for such purposes; and 

11 (v) reviewing systematically the manu12 facturing and industrial innovation policy 

13 and programs of the Federal Government 

14 and recommending legislative amendments 

15 to those policies and programs when need16 ed; and 

17 (B) the elements described in subpara18 graph (A) should include a data collection, anal19 ysis, and advisory mechanism within the Execu20 tive Office of the President to provide the Presi21 dent with independent, expert judgment and as22 sessments of the complex manufacturing and 

23 industrial features involved; and 

24 (2) that it is the responsibility of the Federal 

25 Government to— 


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1 (A) promote prompt, effective, reliable, and 

2 systematic dissemination of manufacturing and 

3 industrial information— 

4 (i) by such methods as may be appro5 priate; and 

6 (ii) through efforts conducted by non7 governmental organizations, including in8 dustrial groups, technical societies, and 

9 educational entities; 

10 (B) coordinate and develop a manufac11 turing industrial strategy and facilitate the 

12 close coupling of this manufacturing strategy 

13 with commercial manufacturing application; 

14 and 

15 (C) enhance domestic development and uti16 lization of such industrial information by 

17 prioritization of efforts with manufacturers, the 

18 production of which takes place in the United 

19 States. 

20 TITLE II—OFFICE OF MANUFAC21 TURING AND INDUSTRIAL IN22 NOVATION POLICY 

23 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT. 

24 There is established in the Executive Office of the 

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1 vation Policy (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Office’’) to 

2 serve as a source of manufacturing and industrial innova3 tion analysis and judgment for the President with respect 

4 to the major policies, plans, and programs of the Federal 

5 Government relating to manufacturing and industrial in6 novation. 

7 SEC. 202. CHIEF MANUFACTURING OFFICER; ASSOCIATE 

8 MANUFACTURING OFFICERS. 

9 (a) CHIEF MANUFACTURING OFFICER.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 

11 by a Director, to be known as the Chief Manufac12 turing Officer, who shall be— 

13 (A) appointed by the President, by and 

14 with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 

15 (B) compensated at the rate provided for 

16 level II of the Executive Schedule under section 

17 5313 of title 5, United States Code. 

18 (2) FUNCTIONS.— 

19 (A) PRIMARY FUNCTION.—The primary 

20 function of the Chief Manufacturing Officer 

21 shall be to advise the President, and such agen22 cies within the Executive Office of the Presi23 dent as may be appropriate, on issues regarding 

24 and impacting manufacturing and industrial in25 novation efforts of the Federal Government, or 


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1 of the private sector, that require attention at 

2 the highest levels of the Federal Government. 

3 (B) OTHER FUNCTIONS.—The Chief Man4 ufacturing Officer shall— 

5 (i) advise the President on manufac6 turing and industrial innovation consider7 ations relating to areas of national con8 cern, including— 

9 (I) the economy of the United 

10 States; 

11 (II) national security; 

12 (III) public health; 

13 (IV) the workforce of the United 

14 States; 

15 (V) education; 

16 (VI) foreign relations (including 

17 trade and supply chain issues); 

18 (VII) the environment; and 

19 (VIII) technological innovation in 

20 the United States; 

21 (ii) convene stakeholders, including 

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1 tions that primarily represent workers in 

2 manufacturing, to develop the national 

3 strategic plan required under section 204; 

4 (iii) evaluate the scale, quality, and ef5 fectiveness of the effort of the Federal 

6 Government to support manufacturing and 

7 industrial innovation by the Federal Gov8 ernment or by the private sector, and ad9 vise on appropriate actions; 

10 (iv) advise the President on the budg11 ets of agencies of the executive branch of 

12 the Federal Government with respect to 

13 issues concerning manufacturing and in14 dustrial innovation; 

15 (v) assist the Director of the Office of 

16 Management and Budget with an annual 

17 review and analysis of the budget proposed 

18 by the President, with respect to manufac19 turing and industrial development by agen20 cies in the executive branch; 

21 (vi) aid the Director of the Office of 

22 Management and Budget and the heads of 

23 agencies of the executive branch of the 

24 Federal Government throughout the budg25 et development process, particularly with 


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1 respect to developing budgets to support 

2 manufacturing and industrial development; 

3 (vii) assist the President in providing 

4 general leadership and coordination of ac5 tivities and policies of the Federal Govern6 ment relating to and impacting manufac7 turing and industrial innovation; and 

8 (viii) perform such other functions, 

9 duties, and activities as the President may 

10 assign. 

11 (3) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out the duties 

12 and functions under this Act, the Chief Manufac13 turing Officer may— 

14 (A) except for the positions described in 

15 subsection (b), appoint such officers and em16 ployees as may be deemed necessary to perform 

17 the functions vested in the position and to pre18 scribe the duties of such officers and employees; 

19 (B) obtain services as authorized under 

20 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at 

21 rates not to exceed the rate prescribed for 

22 grade GS–15 of the General Schedule under 

23 section 5332 of title 5, United States Code; and 

24 (C) enter into contracts and other arrange25 ments for studies, analysis, and other services 


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1 with public agencies and with private persons, 

2 organizations, or institutions, and make such 

3 payments as determined necessary to carry out 

4 the provisions of this title without legal consid5 eration, without performance bonds, and with6 out regard to section 6101 of title 41, United 

7 States Code. 

8 (b) ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may appoint 

10 not more than 5 Associate Directors, to be known as 

11 Associate Manufacturing Officers, by and with the 

12 advice and consent of the Senate, to carry out such 

13 functions as may be prescribed by the Chief Manu14 facturing Officer. 

15 (2) COMPENSATION.—Each Associate Manufac16 turing Officer shall be compensated at a rate not to 

17 exceed that provided for level III of the Executive 

18 Schedule under section 5314 title 5, United States 

19 Code. 

20 SEC. 203. POLICY PLANNING, ANALYSIS, AND ADVICE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the provisions of 

22 this Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer shall— 

23 (1) monitor the status of technological develop24 ments, critical production capacity, skill availability, 

25 investment patterns, emerging defense needs, and 


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1 other key indicators of manufacturing competitive2 ness to— 

3 (A) provide foresight for periodic updates 

4 to the national strategic plan required under 

5 section 204; and 

6 (B) guide investment decisions; 

7 (2) convene interagency and public-private 

8 working groups to align Federal policies that drive 

9 implementation of the national strategic plan re10 quired under section 204; 

11 (3) initiate and support translation research in 

12 engineering and manufacturing by entering into con13 tracts or making other arrangements (including 

14 grants, awards, cooperative agreements, loans, and 

15 other forms of assistance) to study that research 

16 and to assess the impact of that research on the eco17 nomic well-being, climate and environmental impact, 

18 public health, and national security of the United 

19 States; 

20 (4) advise the President on the extent to which 

21 the various programs, policies, and activities of the 

22 Federal Government are likely to affect the achieve23 ment of priority goals of the United States described 

24 in section 102(a); 

25 (5) provide the President with— 


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1 (A) periodic reviews of Federal statutes 

2 and regulations that affect manufacturing and 

3 industrial innovation activities conducted by the 

4 Federal Government or the private sector, or 

5 which may interfere with desirable technological 

6 innovation; and 

7 (B) recommendations for the elimination, 

8 reform, or updating of such Federal statutes 

9 and regulations, as appropriate; 

10 (6) periodically survey the nature and needs of 

11 the policies relating to national manufacturing and 

12 industrial innovation and make recommendations to 

13 the President, for review and submission to Con14 gress, for the timely and appropriate revision of the 

15 manufacturing and industrial innovation policies of 

16 the Federal Government; 

17 (7) perform such other duties and functions 

18 and make and furnish such studies and reports 

19 thereon, and recommendations with respect to mat20 ters of policy and legislation as the President may 

21 request; and 

22 (8) coordinate, as appropriate, Federal permit23 ting with respect to manufacturing and industrial in24 novation. 


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1 (b) INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANUFACTURING AND IN2 DUSTRIAL INNOVATION PANEL.— 

3 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Chief Manufac4 turing Officer shall establish an Intergovernmental 

5 Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Panel (re6 ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Panel’’) within the Of7 fice, the purpose of which shall be to— 

8 (A) identify instances in which the policies 

9 of the Federal Government— 

10 (i) with respect to manufacturing and 

11 industrial innovation can help address 

12 problems at the State and local levels; and 

13 (ii) unnecessarily impede manufac14 turing and industrial innovation; 

15 (B) make recommendations for addressing 

16 the problems described in subparagraph (A); 

17 and 

18 (C) advise and assist the Chief Manufac19 turing Officer in identifying and fostering poli20 cies to facilitate the application to and incorpo21 ration of federally funded research and develop22 ment into manufacturing and industrial innova23 tion in the United States, so as to maximize the 

24 application of such research. 


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1 (2) COMPOSITION.—The Panel shall be com2 posed of— 

3 (A) the Chief Manufacturing Officer, or a 

4 representative of the Chief Manufacturing Offi5 cer; 

6 (B) not fewer than 10 members rep7 resenting the interests of the States, appointed 

8 by the Chief Manufacturing Officer after con9 sultation with State officials; 

10 (C) the Director of the National Institute 

11 of Standards and Technology; 

12 (D) the Deputy Assistant Secretary of De13 fense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base 

14 Policy; 

15 (E) the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

16 Employment and Training; 

17 (F) the Administrator of the Small Busi18 ness Administration; and 

19 (G) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for 

20 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

21 (3) CHAIR.—The Chief Manufacturing Officer, 

22 or the representative of the Chief Manufacturing Of23 ficer, shall serve as Chair of the Panel. 

24 (4) MEETINGS.—The Panel shall meet at the 

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1 (5) COMPENSATION.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

3 Panel shall be entitled to receive compensation 

4 at a rate not to exceed the daily rate prescribed 

5 for GS–15 of the General Schedule under sec6 tion 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for 

7 each day (including travel time) during which 

8 the member is engaged in the performance of 

9 the duties of the Panel. 

10 (B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of 

11 the Panel who is serving away from the home 

12 or regular place of business of the member in 

13 the performance of the duties of the Panel shall 

14 be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 

15 in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as 

16 the expenses authorized by section 5703(b) of 

17 title 5, United States Code, for persons in gov18 ernment service employed intermittently. 

19 SEC. 204. NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR MANUFAC20 TURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION. 

21 (a) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

23 the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Manu24 facturing Officer shall, to the extent practicable, in 

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1 sultation with other agencies and private individuals 

2 as the Chief Manufacturing Officer determines nec3 essary, establish a national strategic plan for manu4 facturing and industrial innovation that identifies— 

5 (A) short-term, medium-term, and long6 term needs critical to the economy, national se7 curity, public health, workforce readiness, envi8 ronmental concerns, and priorities of the 

9 United States manufacturing sector, including 

10 emergency readiness and resilience; and 

11 (B) situations and conditions that warrant 

12 special attention by the Federal Government re13 lating to— 

14 (i) any problems, constraints, or op15 portunities of manufacturing and indus16 trial innovation that— 

17 (I) are of national significance; 

18 (II) will occur or may emerge in 

19 the 4-year period following the estab20 lishment of the national strategic 

21 plan; and 

22 (III) are identified through basic 

23 research; 

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1 tive branch of the Federal Government 

2 that are related to carrying out such plan; 

3 (iii) opportunities for, and constraints 

4 on, manufacturing and industrial innova5 tion that can make a significant contribu6 tion to— 

7 (I) the resolution of problems 

8 identified under this paragraph; or 

9 (II) the achievement of Federal 

10 program objectives or priority goals, 

11 including those described in section 

12 102(a); and 

13 (iv) recommendations for legislation, 

14 regulations, and budget proposals to carry 

15 out such plan. 

16 (2) REVISIONS.—Not later than 4 years after 

17 the establishment of the national strategic plan 

18 under paragraph (1), and every 4 years thereafter, 

19 the Chief Manufacturing Officer shall revise that 

20 plan so that the plan takes account of near- and 

21 long-term problems, constraints, and opportunities 

22 and changing national goals and circumstances. 

23 (b) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 

24 Chief Manufacturing Officer shall consult, as necessary, 

25 with officials of agencies in the executive branch of the 


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1 Federal Government that administer programs or have re2 sponsibilities relating to the problems, constraints, and op3 portunities identified in the national strategic plan under 

4 subsection (a) in order to— 

5 (1) identify and evaluate actions that might be 

6 taken by the Federal Government, State, and local 

7 governments, or the private sector to deal with such 

8 problems, constraints, or opportunities; and 

9 (2) ensure to the extent possible that actions 

10 identified under paragraph (1) are considered by 

11 each agency of the executive branch of the Federal 

12 Government in formulating the budget, programs, 

13 and legislative proposals of each such agency. 

14 (c) CONSULTATION WITH MANUFACTURING STAKE15 HOLDERS.—The Chief Manufacturing Officer shall con16 sult broadly with representatives from stakeholder con17 stituencies, including from technology fields, engineering 

18 fields, manufacturing fields, academic fields, worker train19 ing or credentialing programs, industrial sectors, business 

20 sectors, consumer sectors, defense sector, public interest 

21 sectors, and labor organizations which primarily represent 

22 workers in manufacturing to ensure information and per23 spectives from such consultations are incorporated within 

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1 (d) CONSULTATION WITH OMB.—The Chief Manu2 facturing Officer shall consult as necessary with officials 

3 of the Office of Management and Budget and other appro4 priate elements of the Executive Office of the President 

5 to ensure that the problems, constraints, opportunities, 

6 and actions identified under subsection (a) are fully con7 sidered in the development of legislative proposals and the 

8 President’s budget. 

9 SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEF MANU10 FACTURING OFFICER; ADMINISTRATIVE PRO11 VISIONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Manufacturing Officer, 

13 in addition to the other duties and functions under this 

14 title, shall serve— 

15 (1) on the Federal Strategy and Coordinating 

16 Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation 

17 established under title III; and 

18 (2) as a member of the Domestic Policy Coun19 cil, the National Economic Council, and the Office 

20 of Science and Technology Policy Council. 

21 (b) ADVICE TO NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.—For 

22 the purpose of ensuring the optimal contribution of manu23 facturing and industrial innovation to the national secu24 rity of the United States, the Chief Manufacturing Officer, 

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1 Security Council in such matters concerning manufac2 turing and industrial innovation as may be related to na3 tional security. 

4 (c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—In exercising the functions 

6 under this Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer— 

7 (A) shall— 

8 (i) work in close consultation and co9 operation with the Director of the Domes10 tic Policy Council, the National Security 

11 Advisor, the Assistant to the President for 

12 Economic Policy and Director of the Na13 tional Economic Council, the Director of 

14 the Office of Science and Technology Pol15 icy, the Director of the Office of Manage16 ment and Budget, and the heads of other 

17 agencies in the executive branch of the 

18 Federal Government; 

19 (ii) utilize the services of consultants, 

20 establish such advisory panels, and, to the 

21 extent practicable, consult with— 

22 (I) State and local government 

23 agencies; 

24 (II) appropriate professional 

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1 (III) representatives of industry, 

2 universities, consumers, labor organi3 zations that primarily represent work4 ers in manufacturing; and 

5 (IV) such other public interest 

6 groups, organizations, and individuals 

7 as may be necessary; 

8 (iii) hold such hearings in various 

9 parts of the United States as necessary to 

10 determine the views of the agencies, 

11 groups, and organizations described in 

12 paragraph (2), and of the general public, 

13 concerning national needs and trends in 

14 manufacturing and industrial innovation; 

15 and 

16 (iv) utilize, with the heads of public 

17 and private agencies and organizes, to the 

18 fullest extent possible the services, per19 sonnel, equipment, facilities, and informa20 tion (including statistical information) of 

21 public and private agencies and organiza22 tions, and individuals, in order to avoid the 

23 duplication of efforts and expenses; and 

24 (B) may transfer funds made available 

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1 ecutive branch of the Federal Government as 

2 reimbursement for the utilization of such per3 sonnel, services, facilities, equipment, and infor4 mation. 

5 (2) FURNISHMENT OF INFORMATION.—Each 

6 department, agency, and instrumentality of the exec7 utive branch of the Federal Government, including 

8 any independent agency, shall furnish the Chief 

9 Manufacturing Officer such information as nec10 essary to carry out this title. 

11 SEC. 206. MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

12 REPORT. 

13 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter, 

15 the President shall submit to Congress a Manufacturing 

16 and Industrial Innovation Report (referred to in this title 

17 as the ‘‘report’’), which shall be prepared by the Chief 

18 Manufacturing Officer, with appropriate assistance from 

19 agencies in the executive branch of the Federal Govern20 ment and such consultants and contractors as the Chief 

21 Manufacturing Officer determines necessary. 

22 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report required 

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1 shall include, to the extent practicable and within the limi2 tations of available knowledge and resources— 

3 (1) a review of developments of national signifi4 cance in manufacturing and industrial innovation; 

5 (2) the significant effects of trends at the time 

6 of the submission of the report and projected trends 

7 in manufacturing and industrial innovation on the 

8 economy, workforce, and environmental, health and 

9 national security, and other requirements of the 

10 United States; 

11 (3) a review and appraisal of selected manufac12 turing and industrial innovation related programs, 

13 policies, and activities of the Federal Government, 

14 including procurement; 

15 (4) an inventory and forecast of critical and 

16 emerging national problems, the resolution of which 

17 might be substantially assisted by manufacturing 

18 and industrial innovation in the United States; 

19 (5) the identification and assessment of manu20 facturing and industrial innovation measures that 

21 can contribute to the resolution of the problems de22 scribed in paragraph (4) in light of the related eco23 nomic, workforce, environmental, public health, and 

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1 (6) at the time of the submission of the report, 

2 and as projected, the manufacturing and industrial 

3 resources, including specialized manpower, that 

4 could contribute to the resolution of the problems 

5 described in paragraph (4); and 

6 (7) recommendations for legislation and regu7 latory changes on manufacturing and industrial in8 novation-related programs and policies that will con9 tribute to the resolution of the problems described in 

10 paragraph (4). 

11 (c) PREPARATION OF REPORT.—In preparing each 

12 report required under subsection (a), the Chief Manufac13 turing Officer shall make maximum use of relevant data 

14 available from agencies in the executive branch of the Fed15 eral Government. 

16 (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The Chief 

17 Manufacturing Officer shall ensure that the report is 

18 made available to the public. 

19 SEC. 207. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT. 

20 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

22 shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

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1 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep2 resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

3 House of Representatives, and make available to the pub4 lic, a report— 

5 (1) containing an assessment of the efforts of 

6 the Office to implement or advance the priority goals 

7 described in section 102(a); and 

8 (2) providing recommendations on how to im9 prove the efforts described in paragraph (1). 

10 TITLE III— FEDERAL STRATEGY 

11 AND COORDINATING COUN12 CIL ON MANUFACTURING 

13 AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVA14 TION 

15 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT. 

16 There is established in the executive branch of the 

17 Federal Government the Federal Strategy and Coordi18 nating Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innova19 tion (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Council’’). 

20 SEC. 302. MEMBERSHIP. 

21 (a) COMPOSITION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be com23 posed of the following: 

24 (A) The President, who shall serve as 

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1 (B) The Vice President. 

2 (C) The Secretary of Commerce. 

3 (D) The Secretary of Defense. 

4 (E) The Secretary of Education. 

5 (F) The Secretary of Energy. 

6 (G) The Secretary of Health and Human 

7 Services. 

8 (H) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

9 Development. 

10 (I) The Secretary of Labor. 

11 (J) The Secretary of State. 

12 (K) The Secretary of Transportation. 

13 (L) The Secretary of the Treasury. 

14 (M) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

15 (N) The Administrator of the Environ16 mental Protection Agency. 

17 (O) The Administrator of the National 

18 Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

19 (P) The Administrator of the Small Busi20 ness Administration. 

21 (Q) The Director of the National Science 

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1 (S) The Assistant to the President for 

2 Science and Technology. 

3 (T) The United States Trade Representa4 tive. 

5 (U) The National Security Advisor. 

6 (V) The Assistant to the President for 

7 Economic Policy. 

8 (W) The Director of the Domestic Policy 

9 Council. 

10 (X) The Chair of the Council of Economic 

11 Advisers. 

12 (Y) The Chief Manufacturing Officer. 

13 (2) ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS.—The Presi14 dent may, from time to time and as necessary, ap15 point officials in the executive branch of the Federal 

16 Government to serve as members of the Council. 

17 (b) MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President or the Chief 

19 Manufacturing Officer may convene meetings of the 

20 Council. 

21 (2) PRESIDING OFFICER.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara23 graph (B), the President shall preside over the 

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1 (B) EXCEPTION.—If the President is not 

2 present at a meeting of the Council, the Vice 

3 President (and if the Vice President is not 

4 present at a meeting of the Council, the Chief 

5 Manufacturing Officer) shall preside and be 

6 considered the chair of the Council. 

7 SEC. 303. COUNCIL ON MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 

8 INNOVATION EFFORTS. 

9 (a) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.— 

10 (1) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 

11 (A) consider problems and developments, 

12 including concerns regarding the workforce of 

13 the United States, in manufacturing and indus14 trial innovation and related activities of more 

15 than 1 agency in the executive branch of the 

16 Federal Government; 

17 (B) coordinate the manufacturing and in18 dustrial innovation policy-making process; 

19 (C) harmonize the Federal permitting 

20 process relating to manufacturing and indus21 trial innovation, as appropriate; 

22 (D) ensure manufacturing and industrial 

23 innovation policy decisions and programs are 

24 consistent with the priority goals of the United 

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1 (E) help implement the priority goals de2 scribed in section 102(a) across the Federal 

3 Government; 

4 (F) ensure manufacturing and industrial 

5 innovation are considered in the development 

6 and implementation of Federal policies and pro7 grams; 

8 (G) achieve more effective use of 

9 foundational aspects of manufacturing and in10 dustrial innovation, particularly scientific, engi11 neering, and technological resources and facili12 ties of agencies in the executive branch of the 

13 Federal Government, including the elimination 

14 of efforts that have been unwarrantedly dupli15 cated; 

16 (H) identify— 

17 (i) threats to and vulnerabilities of 

18 supply chains; 

19 (ii) workforce skills; and 

20 (iii) aspects of supply chains and 

21 workforce skills requiring additional em22 phasis; and 

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1 cies that enhance the policies of the United 

2 States and internationally agreed upon policies. 

3 (2) OTHER DUTIES.—The Chief Manufacturing 

4 Officer may take such actions as may be necessary 

5 or appropriate to implement the functions described 

6 in paragraph (1). 

7 SEC. 304. COORDINATION. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT TO COORDINATE.—The head of 

9 each agency in the executive branch of the Federal Gov10 ernment, without regard to whether the head of the agency 

11 is a member of the Council, shall— 

12 (1) coordinate manufacturing and industrial in13 novation policy with the Council; and 

14 (2) share information on manufacturing and in15 dustrial innovation policy-related budget requests 

16 with the Council. 

17 (b) BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Council 

18 shall develop for submission to the Director of the Office 

19 of Management and Budget recommendations for the 

20 budgets of agencies in the executive branch of the Federal 

21 Government relating to manufacturing and industrial in22 novation policy that reflect the priority goals described in 

23 section 102(a). 

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1 Budget concerning the budget proposals of agencies in the 

2 executive branch of the Federal Government concerning 

3 manufacturing and industrial innovation policy. 

4 SEC. 305. ADMINISTRATION. 

5 (a) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL SCIENCE AND

6 TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL.—In carrying out the duties of 

7 the Council, the Council shall consult with the National 

8 Science and Technology Council, as necessary. 

9 (b) AD COMMITTEES; TASKS FORCES, INTERAGENCY

10 GROUPS.—The Council may function through established 

11 or ad hoc committees, task forces, or interagency groups. 

12 (c) REQUIREMENT TO COOPERATE.—Each agency in 

13 the executive branch of the Federal Government shall— 

14 (1) cooperate with the Council; and 

15 (2) provide assistance, information, and advice 

16 to the Council, as the Council may request, to the 

17 extent permitted by law. 

18 (d) ASSISTANCE TO COUNCIL.—For the purpose of 

19 carrying out the provisions of this section, the head of 

20 each agency that is a member of the Council shall furnish 

21 necessary assistance and resources to the Council, which 

22 may include— 

23 (1) detailing employees of the agency to the 

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1 the purposes of this section, as the Chair may assign 

2 to those detailees; 

3 (2) providing office support and printing, as re4 quested by the Chair; and 

5 (3) upon the request of the Chair, undertake 

6 special studies for the Council that come within the 

7 functions herein assigned, as necessary to fulfill the 

8 duties of the Council described in section 303. 

9 TITLE IV—NATIONAL MEDAL OF 

10 MANUFACTURING AND IN11 DUSTRIAL INNOVATION 

12 SEC. 401. AWARD. 

13 (a) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The President shall from 

14 time to time award a medal, to be known as the ‘‘National 

15 Medal of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation’’, on 

16 the basis of recommendations received from the National 

17 Academies of Sciences, the Chief Manufacturing Officer, 

18 or on the basis of such other information and evidence 

19 as the President determines appropriate, to individuals 

20 who in the judgment of the President are deserving of spe21 cial recognition by reason of outstanding contributions to 

22 knowledge in manufacturing and industrial innovation. 

23 (b) NUMBER.—Not more than 20 individuals may be 

24 awarded a medal under this section in any one calendar 

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1 (c) CITIZENSHIP.—An individual may not be awarded 

2 a medal under this section unless at the time such award 

3 is made the individual— 

4 (1) is a citizen or other national of the United 

5 States; or 

6 (2) is an individual lawfully admitted to the 

7 United States for permanent residence who— 

8 (A) has filed an application for petition for 

9 naturalization in the manner prescribed by sec10 tion 334(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 

11 Act (8 U.S.C. 1445(b)); and 

12 (B) is not permanently ineligible to become 

13 a citizen of the United States. 

14 (d) CEREMONIES.—The presentation of the award 

15 shall be made by the President with such ceremonies as 

16 determined proper, including attendance by appropriate 

17 Members of Congress. 

18 TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 There are authorized to be appropriated— 

21 (1) for fiscal year 2022— 

22 (A) $5,000,000, for the purpose of car23 rying out title II; and 

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1 (2) for each fiscal year thereafter, for the pur2 pose of carrying out titles II and III, such sums as 

3 may be necessary. 

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