‘‘(A) promote growth, including job cre-
ation, sustainability, and competitiveness, in the 
United States manufacturing sector; 
‘‘(B) support the development of a skilled 
manufacturing workforce; 
‘‘(C) enable innovation and investment in 
domestic manufacturing; and 
‘‘(D) support national security. 
‘‘(4) CONTENTS.—Such strategic plan shall— 
‘‘(A) specify and prioritize near-term and 
long-term objectives to meet the goals of the 
plan, including research and development objec-
tives, the anticipated timeframe for achieving 
the objectives, and the metrics for use in assess-
ing progress toward the objectives; 
‘‘(B) describe the progress made in achiev-
ing the objectives from prior strategic plans, in-
cluding a discussion of why specific objectives 
were not met; 
‘‘(C) specify the role, including the pro-
grams and activities, of each Federal agency in 
meeting the objectives of the strategic plan; 
‘‘(D) describe how the Federal agencies 
and federally funded research and development 
centers supporting advanced manufacturing re-
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search and development will foster the transfer 
of research and development results into new 
manufacturing technologies and United States 
based manufacturing of new products and proc-
esses for the benefit of society to ensure na-
tional, energy, and economic security; 
‘‘(E) describe how such Federal agencies 
and centers will strengthen all levels of manu-
facturing education and training programs to 
ensure an adequate, well-trained workforce; 
‘‘(F) describe how such Federal agencies 
and centers will assist small- and medium-sized 
manufacturers in developing and implementing 
new products and processes; 
‘‘(G) take into consideration and include a 
discussion of the analysis conducted under 
paragraph (5); and 
‘‘(H) take into consideration the rec-
ommendations of a wide range of stakeholders, 
including representatives from diverse manufac-
turing sectors and companies, academia, exist-
ing Federal advisory committees, such as the 
Defense Science Board, the President’s Council 
of Advisors on Science and Technology, the 
Manufacturing Council established by the De-
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partment of Commerce, and the Labor Advisory 
Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade 
Policy, and other relevant organizations and in-
stitutions. 
‘‘(5) PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As part of developing 
such strategic plan, the Committee shall con-
duct an analysis of factors that impact the com-
petitiveness and growth of the United States 
manufacturing sector, including— 
‘‘(i) research, development, innova-
tion, technology transfer, and commer-
cialization activities in the United States; 
‘‘(ii) the adequacy of the industrial 
base for maintaining national security; 
‘‘(iii) the state and capabilities of the 
domestic manufacturing workforce; 
‘‘(iv) trade, trade enforcement, and in-
tellectual property policies; 
‘‘(v) financing, investment, and tax-
ation policies and practices; 
‘‘(vi) the state of emerging tech-
nologies and markets; and 
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‘‘(vii) efforts and policies related to 
manufacturing promotion undertaken by 
competing nations. 
‘‘(B) RELIANCE
ON
EXISTING
INFORMA-
TION.—To the extent practicable, in completing 
the analysis under subparagraph (A), the Com-
mittee shall use existing information and the re-
sults of previous studies and reports. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of the American Manufacturing Competitive-
ness Act of 2013, the Director shall transmit the strategic 
plan developed under subsection (b)(7) to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives and shall transmit subse-
quent updates to those committees as appropriate. 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER STRATEGY IN THE 
BUDGET.—In preparing the budget for a fiscal year under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Presi-
dent shall include information regarding the consistency 
of the budget with the goals and recommendations in-
cluded in the strategic plan developed under subsection 
(b)(7) applying to that fiscal year.’’. 
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