IB 
Union Calendar No. 446 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2996 
[Report No. 113–599, Part I] 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Network for 
Manufacturing Innovation and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2013 
Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and 
in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. DINGELL, 
Mr. HUNTER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Ms. ESTY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. 
DUCKWORTH, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. HONDA, Mr. KIND, Mr. LONG, Mr. 
STUTZMAN, Mr. YOHO, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. COLE, Mr. VELA, 
Mr. KILDEE, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. CROWLEY, 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. NEAL, 
Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. KEATING, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. 
SOUTHERLAND, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. STIVERS, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. RENACCI, 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. KELLY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. MESSER, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. 
BENTIVOLIO, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. LATTA, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. COOK, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
STOCKMAN, Mr. JONES, Mr. KILMER, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. YARMUTH, 
Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. KINZINGER
of Illinois, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. WOLF, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 
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BUSTOS, Mr. BOUSTANY, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. 
ENYART, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. FLO-
RES, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mrs. MCMORRIS 
RODGERS, Mr. PETERS of California, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, 
Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. TONKO, Mr. MCKINLEY, and Ms. BONAMICI 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 
Reported from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 
The Committee on Appropriations discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 2, 2013] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Net-
work for Manufacturing Innovation and for other pur-
poses. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revitalize American 
Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 2012, manufacturers contributed $2.03 
trillion to the economy, or 1⁄8 of United States Gross 
Domestic Product. 
(2) For every $1.00 spent in manufacturing, an-
other $1.32 is added to the economy, the highest mul-
tiplier effect of any economic sector. 
(3) 
Manufacturing 
supports 
an 
estimated 
17,400,000 jobs in the United States—about 1 in 6 
private-sector jobs. More than 12,000,000 Americans 
(or 9 percent of the workforce) are employed directly 
in manufacturing. 
(4) In 2012, the average manufacturing worker 
in the United States earned $77,505 annually, in-
cluding pay and benefits. The average worker in all 
industries earned $62,063. 
(5) Taken alone, manufacturing in the United 
States would be the 8th largest economy in the world. 
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(6) Manufacturers in the United States perform 
two-thirds of all private-sector research and develop-
ment in the United States, driving more innovation 
than any other sector. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC-
TURING INNOVATION. 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 34 as section 35; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 33 (15 U.S.C. 
278r) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 34. NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC-
TURING INNOVATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
within the Institute a program to be known as the 
‘Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program’ (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘Program’). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES OF PROGRAM.—The purposes of 
the Program are— 
‘‘(A) to improve the competitiveness of 
United States manufacturing and to increase the 
production of goods manufactured predomi-
nantly within the United States; 
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‘‘(B) to stimulate United States leadership 
in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, 
and technology; 
‘‘(C) to facilitate the transition of innova-
tive technologies into scalable, cost-effective, and 
high-performing manufacturing capabilities; 
‘‘(D) to facilitate access by manufacturing 
enterprises to capital-intensive infrastructure, 
including high-performance electronics and com-
puting, and the supply chains that enable these 
technologies; 
‘‘(E) to accelerate the development of an ad-
vanced manufacturing workforce; 
‘‘(F) to facilitate peer exchange of and the 
documentation of best practices in addressing 
advanced manufacturing challenges; 
‘‘(G) to leverage non-Federal sources of sup-
port to promote a stable and sustainable business 
model without the need for long-term Federal 
funding; and 
‘‘(H) to create and preserve jobs. 
‘‘(3) SUPPORT.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director, shall carry out the purposes set forth in 
paragraph (2) by supporting— 
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‘‘(A) the Network for Manufacturing Inno-
vation established under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) the establishment of centers for manu-
facturing innovation. 
‘‘(4) DIRECTOR.—The Secretary shall carry out 
the Program through the Director. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC-
TURING INNOVATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Program, the 
Secretary shall establish a network of centers for man-
ufacturing innovation. 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The network established 
under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘Network 
for Manufacturing Innovation’ (referred to in this 
section as the ‘Network’). 
‘‘(c) CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 
a ‘center for manufacturing innovation’ is a center 
that— 
‘‘(A) has been established by a person or 
group of persons to address challenges in ad-
vanced manufacturing and to assist manufactur-
ers in retaining or expanding industrial produc-
tion and jobs in the United States; 
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‘‘(B) has a predominant focus on a manu-
facturing process, novel material, enabling tech-
nology, supply chain integration methodology, or 
another relevant aspect of advanced manufac-
turing, such as nanotechnology applications, ad-
vanced ceramics, photonics and optics, compos-
ites, biobased and advanced materials, flexible 
hybrid technologies, and tool development for 
microelectronics; 
‘‘(C) as determined by the Secretary, has 
the potential— 
‘‘(i) to improve the competitiveness of 
United States manufacturing, including key 
advanced manufacturing technologies such 
as 
nanotechnology, 
advanced 
ceramics, 
photonics and optics, composites, biobased 
and advanced materials, flexible hybrid 
technologies, and tool development for 
microelectronics; 
‘‘(ii) to accelerate non-Federal invest-
ment in advanced manufacturing produc-
tion capacity in the United States; or 
‘‘(iii) to enable the commercial appli-
cation of new technologies or industry-wide 
manufacturing processes; and 
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‘‘(D) includes active participation among 
representatives from multiple industrial entities, 
research universities, community colleges, and 
such other entities as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate, which may include industry-led con-
sortia, career and technical education schools, 
Federal laboratories, State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments, businesses, educational institutions, 
and nonprofit organizations. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—Activities of a center for man-
ufacturing innovation may include the following: 
‘‘(A) Research, development, and dem-
onstration projects, including proof-of-concept 
development and prototyping, to reduce the cost, 
time, and risk of commercializing new tech-
nologies and improvements in existing tech-
nologies, processes, products, and research and 
development of materials to solve precompetitive 
industrial problems with economic or national 
security implications. 
‘‘(B) Development and implementation of 
education, training, and workforce recruitment 
courses, materials, and programs. 
‘‘(C) Development of innovative methodolo-
gies and practices for supply chain integration 
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and introduction of new technologies into supply 
chains. 
‘‘(D) Outreach and engagement with small 
and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, 
including women and minority owned manufac-
turing enterprises, in addition to large manufac-
turing enterprises. 
‘‘(E) Such other activities as the Secretary, 
in consultation with Federal departments and 
agencies whose missions contribute to or are af-
fected by advanced manufacturing, considers 
consistent with the purposes described in sub-
section (a)(2). 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING 
INNOVATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The National Additive 
Manufacturing Innovation Institute and other 
manufacturing centers formally recognized as 
manufacturing innovation centers pursuant to 
Federal law or executive actions, or under pend-
ing interagency review for such recognition as of 
the date of enactment of the Revitalize American 
Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, 
shall be considered centers for manufacturing in-
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novation, but such centers shall not receive any 
financial assistance under subsection (d). 
‘‘(B) NETWORK PARTICIPATION.—A manu-
facturing center that is substantially similar to 
those established under this subsection but that 
does not receive financial assistance under sub-
section (d) may, upon request of the center, be 
recognized as a center for manufacturing innova-
tion by the Secretary for purposes of participa-
tion in the Network. 
‘‘(d) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH AND SUP-
PORT CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the Pro-
gram, the Secretary shall award financial assistance 
to a person or group of persons to assist the organiza-
tion in planning, establishing, or supporting a center 
for manufacturing innovation. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—A person or group of per-
sons seeking financial assistance under paragraph (1) 
shall submit to the Secretary an application therefor 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require. The appli-
cation shall, at a minimum, describe the specific 
sources and amounts of non-Federal financial support 
for the center on the date financial assistance is 
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sought, as well as the anticipated sources and 
amounts of non-Federal financial support during the 
period for which the center could be eligible for con-
tinued Federal financial assistance under this section. 
‘‘(3) OPEN PROCESS.—In soliciting applications 
for financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall ensure an open process that will allow for 
the consideration of all applications relevant to ad-
vanced manufacturing regardless of technology area. 
‘‘(4) SELECTION.— 
‘‘(A) COMPETITIVE, 
MERIT
REVIEW.—In 
awarding financial assistance under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall use a competitive, merit 
review process that includes peer review by a di-
verse group of individuals with relevant expertise 
from both the private and public sectors. 
‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION IN PROCESS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—No political ap-
pointee may participate on a peer review 
panel. The Secretary shall implement a con-
flict of interest policy that ensures public 
transparency and accountability, and re-
quires full disclosure of any real or poten-
tial conflicts of interest on the parts of indi-
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viduals that participate in the merit selec-
tion process. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—For purposes of 
this subparagraph, the term ‘political ap-
pointee’ means any individual who— 
‘‘(I) is employed in a position de-
scribed under sections 5312 through 
5316 of title 5, United States Code, 
(relating to the Executive Schedule); 
‘‘(II) is a limited term appointee, 
limited emergency appointee, or non-
career appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service, as defined under para-
graphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of 
section 3132(a) of title 5, United 
States Code; or 
‘‘(III) is employed in a position 
in the executive branch of the Govern-
ment of a confidential or policy-deter-
mining character under schedule C of 
subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, TRANS-
PARENCY, 
AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.—For 
each 
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award of financial assistance under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) make publicly available at the 
time of the award a description of the bases 
for the award, including an explanation of 
the relative merits of the winning applicant 
as compared to other applications received, 
if applicable; and 
‘‘(ii) develop and implement metrics- 
based performance measures to assess the ef-
fectiveness of the activities funded. 
‘‘(D) COLLABORATION.—In awarding fi-
nancial assistance under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall, acting through the National Pro-
gram Office established under subsection (f)(1), 
collaborate with Federal departments and agen-
cies whose missions contribute to or are affected 
by advanced manufacturing. 
‘‘(E) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting a per-
son who submitted an application under para-
graph (2) for an award of financial assistance 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall con-
sider, at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(i) The potential of the center for 
manufacturing innovation to advance do-
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mestic manufacturing and the likelihood of 
economic impact, including the creation or 
preservation of jobs, in the predominant 
focus areas of the center for manufacturing 
innovation. 
‘‘(ii) The commitment of continued fi-
nancial support, advice, participation, and 
other 
contributions 
from 
non-Federal 
sources, to provide leverage and resources to 
promote a stable and sustainable business 
model without the need for long-term Fed-
eral funding. 
‘‘(iii) Whether the financial support 
provided to the center for manufacturing 
innovation from non-Federal sources sig-
nificantly exceeds the requested Federal fi-
nancial assistance. 
‘‘(iv) How the center for manufac-
turing innovation will increase the non- 
Federal investment in advanced manufac-
turing research in the United States. 
‘‘(v) How the center for manufacturing 
innovation will engage with small and me-
dium-sized manufacturing enterprises, to 
improve the capacity of such enterprises to 
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commercialize new processes and tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(vi) How the center for manufac-
turing innovation will carry out edu-
cational and workforce activities that meet 
industrial needs related to the predominant 
focus areas of the center. 
‘‘(vii) How the center for manufac-
turing innovation will advance economic 
competitiveness and generate substantial 
benefits to the Nation that extend beyond 
the direct return to participants in the Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(viii) Whether the predominant focus 
of the center for manufacturing innovation 
is a manufacturing process, novel material, 
enabling technology, supply chain integra-
tion methodology, or other relevant aspect of 
advanced manufacturing that has not al-
ready been commercialized, marketed, dis-
tributed, or sold by another entity. 
‘‘(ix) How the center for manufac-
turing innovation will strengthen and lever-
age the assets of a region. 
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‘‘(x) How the center for manufacturing 
will encourage the education and training 
of veterans and individuals with disabil-
ities. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS ON AWARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No award of financial 
assistance may be made under paragraph (1) to 
a center of manufacturing innovation after the 
7-year period beginning on the date on which the 
Secretary first awards financial assistance to 
that center under that paragraph. 
‘‘(B) 
MATCHING
FUNDS
AND
PREF-
ERENCES.—The total Federal financial assist-
ance awarded to a center of manufacturing inno-
vation, including the financial assistance under 
paragraph (1), in a given year shall not exceed 
50 percent of the total funding of the center in 
that year, except that the Secretary may make 
an exception in the case of large capital facilities 
or equipment purchases. The Secretary shall give 
weighted preference to applicants seeking less 
than the maximum Federal share of funds al-
lowed under this paragraph. 
‘‘(C) FUNDING DECREASE.—The amount of 
financial assistance provided to a center of man-
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ufacturing innovation under paragraph (1) shall 
decrease after the second year of funding for the 
center, and shall continue to decrease thereafter 
in each year in which financial assistance is 
provided, unless the Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(i) the center is otherwise meeting its 
stated goals and metrics under this section; 
‘‘(ii) unforeseen circumstances have al-
tered the center’s anticipated funding; and 
‘‘(iii) the center can identify future 
non-Federal funding sources that would 
warrant a temporary exemption from the 
limitations established in this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL
RULE.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), no funds are authorized to be appro-
priated by the Revitalize American Manufacturing 
and Innovation Act of 2014 for carrying out this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) NIST INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL SERV-
ICES ACCOUNT.—The Secretary may use not to 
exceed $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2015 through 2024 to carry out this section from 
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amounts appropriated to the Institute for Indus-
trial Technical Services. 
‘‘(B) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE 
ENERGY
ACCOUNT.—The Secretary of Energy 
may transfer to the Institute not to exceed 
$250,000,000 for the period encompassing fiscal 
years 2015 through 2024 for the Secretary to 
carry out this section from amounts appro-
priated for advanced manufacturing research 
and development within the Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy account for the Depart-
ment of Energy. 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish, within the Institute, the National Office of the 
Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘National Program Of-
fice’), which shall oversee and carry out the Program. 
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the National 
Program Office are— 
‘‘(A) to oversee the planning, management, 
and coordination of the Program; 
‘‘(B) to enter into memorandums of under-
standing with Federal departments and agencies 
whose missions contribute to or are affected by 
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advanced manufacturing, to carry out the pur-
poses described in subsection (a)(2); 
‘‘(C) to develop, not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Revitalize American 
Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, and 
update not less frequently than once every 3 
years thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the 
Program; 
‘‘(D) to establish such procedures, processes, 
and criteria as may be necessary and appro-
priate to maximize cooperation and coordinate 
the activities of the Program with programs and 
activities of other Federal departments and agen-
cies whose missions contribute to or are affected 
by advanced manufacturing; 
‘‘(E) to establish a clearinghouse of public 
information related to the activities of the Pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(F) to act as a convener of the Network. 
‘‘(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In developing and 
updating the strategic plan under paragraph (2)(C), 
the Secretary shall solicit recommendations and ad-
vice from a wide range of stakeholders, including in-
dustry, small and medium-sized manufacturing enter-
prises, research universities, community colleges, and 
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other relevant organizations and institutions on an 
ongoing basis. 
‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Upon completion, 
the Secretary shall transmit the strategic plan re-
quired under paragraph (2)(C) to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(5) HOLLINGS
MANUFACTURING
EXTENSION 
PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 
National Program Office incorporates the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership into Program 
planning to ensure that the results of the Program 
reach small and medium-sized entities. 
‘‘(6) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government em-
ployee may be detailed to the National Program Of-
fice without reimbursement. Such detail shall be with-
out interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege. 
‘‘(g) REPORTING AND AUDITING.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re-
quire each recipient of financial assistance under 
subsection (d)(1) to annually submit a report to 
the Secretary that describes the finances and per-
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formance of the center for manufacturing inno-
vation for which such assistance was awarded. 
‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) an accounting of expenditures of 
amounts awarded to the recipient under 
subsection (d)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) consistent with the metrics-based 
performance measures developed and imple-
mented by the Secretary under this section, 
a description of the performance of the cen-
ter for manufacturing innovation with re-
spect to— 
‘‘(I) its goals, plans, financial 
support, and accomplishments; and 
‘‘(II) how the center for manufac-
turing innovation has furthered the 
purposes described in subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
once each year until December 31, 2024, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report to Congress that de-
scribes the performance of the Program during 
the most recent 1-year period. 
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‘‘(i) whether the regional innovation 
cluster is supported by the private sector, 
State and local governments, and other rel-
evant stakeholders; 
‘‘(ii) how the existing participants in 
the regional innovation cluster will encour-
age and solicit participation by all types of 
entities that might benefit from participa-
tion, including newly formed entities and 
those rival existing participants; 
‘‘(iii) the extent to which the regional 
innovation cluster is likely to stimulate in-
novation and have a positive impact on re-
gional economic growth and development; 
‘‘(iv) whether the participants in the 
regional innovation cluster have access to, 
or contribute to, a well-trained workforce; 
‘‘(v) whether the participants in the re-
gional innovation cluster are capable of at-
tracting additional funds from non-Federal 
sources; and 
‘‘(vi) the likelihood that the partici-
pants in the regional innovation cluster will 
be able to sustain activities once grant 
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