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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 751 

To require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a comprehensive national 

manufacturing strategy, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 6 (legislative day, APRIL 5), 2011 

Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. KIRK) 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 develop a comprehensive national manufacturing strategy, 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. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY. 

4 (a) ASSESSMENT OF UNITED STATES MANUFAC5 TURING.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 

7 assess the United States economy to determine what goods 

8 the United States currently produces, where such goods 

9 are produced, in which manufacturing sector the United 


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1 States is most competitive in the global economy, and 

2 what policies are necessary to maintain or increase the 

3 competitiveness of United States manufacturing in the 

4 global economy. 

5 (b) NATIONAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary shall develop a comprehensive national manu9 facturing strategy. 

10 (2) GOALS OF STRATEGY.—The goals of the 

11 strategy required by paragraph (1) are as follows: 

12 (A) To increase the aggregate number of 

13 manufacturing jobs in the United States. 

14 (B) To identify emerging technologies to 

15 strengthen the competitiveness of the United 

16 States in the global marketplace. 

17 (C) To strengthen manufacturing sectors 

18 in which the United States is most competitive 

19 in the global economy. 

20 (3) SUBMITTAL OF STRATEGY.—Not later than 

21 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

22 the Secretary shall submit to Congress the strategy 

23 required by paragraph (1). 

24 (c) TARGETS FOR GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES

25 MANUFACTURING SECTOR.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary shall establish targets for the growth of 

4 United States manufacturing, including targets for 

5 job creation, for each of fiscal years 2012 through 

6 2016. 

7 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall submit to Congress a report on the targets es10 tablished by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph 

11 (1). 

12 (d) SURVEY OF MANUFACTURING SUPPORT PRO13 GRAMS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary shall— 

17 (A) conduct a survey of all Federal agen18 cies that provide support to United States man19 ufacturers, including— 

20 (i) the Department of Commerce; 

21 (ii) the Department of Defense; 

22 (iii) the Department of Energy; 

23 (iv) the Department of Labor; 

24 (v) the Department of the Treasury; 


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1 (vi) the Small Business Administra2 tion; 

3 (vii) the Office of Management and 

4 Budget; 

5 (viii) the Office of Science and Tech6 nology Policy; 

7 (ix) the Office of the United States 

8 Trade Representative; and 

9 (x) such other Federal agencies as the 

10 Secretary considers appropriate; and 

11 (B) submit to Congress a report on such 

12 survey that includes the recommendations of 

13 the Secretary on how each Federal agency sur14 veyed can best support the comprehensive na15 tional manufacturing strategy required by sub16 section (b)(1). 

17 (2) SHARING OF INFORMATION.—The head of 

18 each agency of the Federal Government shall, to the 

19 extent practicable, cooperate with the Secretary of 

20 Commerce in the conduct of the survey required by 

21 paragraph (1) and provide to the Secretary such in22 formation about such United States manufacturing 

23 sectors as the Secretary may require. 

24 (3) LISTENING SESSIONS.—In conducting the 

25 survey required by paragraph (1), the Secretary 


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1 shall hold not fewer than 2 listening sessions that 

2 include witnesses from manufacturing sectors that 

3 the Secretary considers important. 

4 (e) REPORT ON PROGRESS AND TRENDS IN MANU5 FACTURING.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

6 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

7 Congress a report that summarizes the progress and 

8 trends in United States manufacturing since the Sec9 retary’s 2004 report, ‘‘Manufacturing in America: A Com10 prehensive Strategy to Address the Challenges to United 

11 States Manufacturers’’, and 2009 report, ‘‘A Framework 

12 for Revitalizing American Manufacturing’’. 

13 (f) BIENNIAL MANUFACTURER SURVEY AND RE14 PORT.— 

15 (1) SURVEY.—Not later than 1 year after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act and not less fre17 quently than once every 2 years thereafter through 

18 fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall conduct a sur19 vey of all persons with headquarters in the United 

20 States that maintain manufacturing facilities outside 

21 of the United States to identify— 

22 (A) the categories of products manufac23 tured at such facilities; and 

24 (B) the number of manufacturing jobs lo25 cated at such facilities. 


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1 (2) PROMOTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND COM2 PETITIVENESS OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR.—In 

3 carrying out each survey required by paragraph (1), 

4 the Secretary shall ensure that the information gath5 ered is useful for understanding how policy can be 

6 tailored to promote development and competitiveness 

7 in the manufacturing sector. 

8 (3) DATABASE.—The Secretary shall create and 

9 maintain a database of the information collected 

10 through each survey conducted pursuant to para11 graph (1). 

12 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

13 conducting each survey required by paragraph (1), 

14 the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 

15 the most recent survey conducted pursuant to para16 graph (1), including the following: 

17 (A) The findings of the Secretary with re18 spect to such survey. 

19 (B) Longitudinal trends in United States 

20 manufacturing and the creation of manufac21 turing jobs in the United States. 

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