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Union Calendar No. 398 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6290 

[Report No. 117–554] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2021 

Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mrs. AXNE, and Mr. UPTON) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

NOVEMBER 14, 2022 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. DINGELL and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY

NOVEMBER 14, 2022 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; committed to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 

to be printed 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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 coordi11 nation with the Chief Information Officer of the Depart12 ment of Commerce, shall modify the manufacturing.gov 

13 website by establishing a section of the website to be 

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

15 (c) FUNCTIONS.—The manufacturing.gov hub estab16 lished under subsection (b) shall— 

17 (1) serve as the primary hub for information re18 lating to every Federal manufacturing program, in19 cluding the programs identified in the report of the 

20 Government Accountability Office entitled ‘‘U.S. 

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

22 28, 2017; 

23 (2) provide the contact information of relevant 

24 program offices carrying out the Federal manufac25 turing programs described in paragraph (1); 


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1 (3) provide an avenue for public input and feed2 back relating to— 

3 (A) the functionality of the website of the 

4 Department of Commerce; 

5 (B) the Federal manufacturing programs 

6 described in paragraph (1); and 

7 (C) any other manufacturing-related chal8 lenges experienced by manufacturers in the 

9 United States; 

10 (4) establish web pages within the hub that 

11 shall focus on— 

12 (A) technology and research and develop13 ment; 

14 (B) trade; 

15 (C) workforce development and training; 

16 (D) industrial commons and supply chains; 

17 and 

18 (E) small and medium manufacturers; and 

19 (5) use machine learning to— 

20 (A) identify frequently asked questions; 

21 and 

22 (B) disseminate to the public answers to 

23 the questions identified under subparagraph 

24 (A). 


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

2 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car3 rying out this section. The Secretary shall carry out this 

4 section using amounts otherwise available to the Secretary 

5 for such purposes. 


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Union Calendar No. 398 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6290 

[Report No. 117–554] 

A BILL 

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 14, 2022 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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