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Calendar No. 565 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6290 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2022 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To provide for the establishment of a section of the website 

of the Department of Commerce that shall serve as the 

primary hub for information relating to Federal manufacturing programs, 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 ‘‘Manufacturing.gov 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MANUFACTURING.GOV HUB. 

7 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Sec8 retary’’ means the Secretary of Commerce. 

9 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordiVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Nov 18, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6290.PCS H6290

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1 nation with the Chief Information Officer of the Depart2 ment of Commerce, shall modify the manufacturing.gov 

3 website by establishing a section of the website to be 

4 known as the ‘‘manufacturing.gov hub’’. 

5 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The manufacturing.gov hub estab6 lished under subsection (b) shall— 

7 (1) serve as the primary hub for information re8 lating to every Federal manufacturing program, in9 cluding the programs identified in the report of the 

10 Government Accountability Office entitled ‘‘U.S. 

11 Manufacturing’’ (GAO 17–240), published on March 

12 28, 2017; 

13 (2) provide the contact information of relevant 

14 program offices carrying out the Federal manufac15 turing programs described in paragraph (1); 

16 (3) provide an avenue for public input and feed17 back relating to— 

18 (A) the functionality of the website of the 

19 Department of Commerce; 

20 (B) the Federal manufacturing programs 

21 described in paragraph (1); and 

22 (C) any other manufacturing-related chal23 lenges experienced by manufacturers in the 

24 United States; 


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1 (4) establish web pages within the hub that 

2 shall focus on— 

3 (A) technology and research and develop4 ment; 

5 (B) trade; 

6 (C) workforce development and training; 

7 (D) industrial commons and supply chains; 

8 and 

9 (E) small and medium manufacturers; and 

10 (5) use machine learning to— 

11 (A) identify frequently asked questions; 

12 and 

13 (B) disseminate to the public answers to 

14 the questions identified under subparagraph 

15 (A). 

16 (d) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 

17 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car18 rying out this section. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 

2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 565 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6290 

AN ACT 

To provide for the establishment of a section of the 

for other purposes. relating to Federal manufacturing programs, and shall serve as the primary hub for information website of the Department of Commerce that 

NOVEMBER 17, 2022 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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