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including eligibility, applicant disclosure requirements, grant 
amount and duration, the merit review process, priority areas 
for standards development, and any additional requirements 
for how grants are awarded under this subsection. 
(6) MERIT REVIEW PROCESS.—The Director shall ensure that 
grants under this subsection are awarded based on a competi-
tive, merit review process including the use of merit review 
panels that may include experts from both government, the 
private sector, and, as appropriate, academic, nonprofit, or other 
organizations as the Director determines appropriate. 
(7) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the pilot program 
established under this subsection, the Director shall consult 
with other Federal agencies, private sector organizations, 
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations 
to help inform the pilot program, including the guidance devel-
oped under paragraph (5). 
(8) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director shall brief Con-
gress after the second year of the pilot program and each 
year following that includes the following: 
(A) An assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot 
program for improving the participation of United States 
small businesses, United States institutions of higher edu-
cation, or other nonprofit research institutions in inter-
national standards organizations, including— 
(i) the type of activities supported, including 
leadership roles; 
(ii) the international standards organizations 
participated in; and 
(iii) the technical areas covered by the activities. 
(B) If determined effective, a plan for permanent 
implementation of the pilot program. 
SEC. 10246. STANDARD TECHNICAL UPDATE. 
(a) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY ACT 
UPDATES.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 271) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) of section 17 (15 U.S.C. 
278g) to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) The Secretary is authorized, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, to expend such sums, within the limit of appro-
priated funds, as the Secretary may determine desirable through 
direct support for activities of international organizations and for-
eign national metrology institutes with which the Institute 
cooperates to advance measurement methods, technical standards, 
and related basic technologies, for official representation, to host 
official receptions, dinners, and similar events, and to otherwise 
extend official courtesies, including transportation of foreign dig-
nitaries and representatives of foreign national metrology institutes 
to and from the Institute, for the purpose of maintaining the 
standing and prestige of the Department of Commerce and the 
Institute, through the grant of fellowships or other appropriate 
form of financial or logistical assistance or support to foreign 
nationals not in service to the Government of the United States 
while they are performing scientific or engineering work at the 
Institute or participating in the exchange of scientific or technical 
information at the Institute.’’; and 
(2) in section 20 (15 U.S.C. 278g–3)—
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(A) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (3) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) submit such standards and guidelines to the Secretary 
of Commerce for promulgation under section 11331 of title 
40;’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Commerce’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘Director of 
Management and Budget with such standards sub-
mitted to the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Commerce with such standards submitted to the Sec-
retary’’. 
(b) 
STEVENSON-WYDLER
UPDATES.—The 
Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) of section 17(c) (15 U.S.C. 3711a(c))— 
(A) by moving each of subparagraphs (D) and (E) two 
ems to the left; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) Community.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (m) of section 26 (15 U.S.C. 3721)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
and 
(C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘and the Comptroller General’s review under paragraph 
(2)’’. 
(c) 
AMERICAN
INNOVATION
AND
COMPETITIVENESS
ACT 
UPDATE.—Section 113 of the American Innovation and Competitive-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 278e note) is repealed. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 113 
in the table of contents in section 1(b) of the American Innovation 
and Competitiveness Act is repealed. 
(e) 
FEDERAL
ENERGY
MANAGEMENT
IMPROVEMENT
ACT 
UPDATE.—Section 4 of the Federal Energy Management Improve-
ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 5001) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Commerce’’ and ‘‘Secretary’’ 
each place either such term appears and inserting ‘‘Consumer 
Product Safety Commission’’; 
(2) by redesignating the second subsection (c) as subsection 
(e); and 
(3) in subsection (g), by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) 
as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 
(f) TITLE 40, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 11331 of title 
40, United States Code, is amended by striking subsections (a) 
through (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), the Secretary of Commerce shall, on the basis 
of standards and guidelines developed by the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology pursuant to paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of section 20(a) of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3(a)), prescribe standards and 
guidelines pertaining to Federal information systems.
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‘‘(2) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS.—Standards and guide-
lines for national security systems shall be developed, pre-
scribed, enforced, and overseen as otherwise authorized by law 
and as directed by the President. 
‘‘(b) MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE MANDATORY.—Except as provided 
under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Commerce shall make 
standards prescribed under subsection (a)(1) compulsory and 
binding to the extent determined necessary by the Secretary 
to improve the efficiency of operation or security of Federal 
information systems. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED MANDATORY STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Standards prescribed under sub-
section (a)(1) shall include information security standards 
that— 
‘‘(i) provide minimum information security require-
ments as determined under section 20(b) of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 
(15 U.S.C. 278g–3(b)); and 
‘‘(ii) are otherwise necessary to improve the secu-
rity of Federal information and information systems. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Information security standards 
described in subparagraph (A) shall be compulsory and 
binding. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY TO DISAPPROVE OR MODIFY.—The President may 
disapprove or modify the standards and guidelines referred to in 
subsection (a)(1) if the President determines such action to be 
in the public interest. The President’s authority to disapprove or 
modify such standards and guidelines may not be delegated. Notice 
of such disapproval or modification shall be published promptly 
in the Federal Register. Upon receiving notice of such disapproval 
or modification, the Secretary of Commerce shall immediately 
rescind or modify such standards or guidelines as directed by the 
President. 
‘‘(d) EXERCISE
OF AUTHORITY.—To ensure fiscal and policy 
consistency, the Secretary of Commerce shall exercise the authority 
conferred by this section subject to direction by the President and 
in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION OF MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS.—The head 
of an executive agency may employ standards for the cost-effective 
information security for Federal information systems within or 
under the supervision of that agency that are more stringent than 
the standards the Secretary prescribes under this section if the 
more stringent standards— 
‘‘(1) contain at least the applicable standards made compul-
sory and binding by the Secretary of Commerce; and 
‘‘(2) are otherwise consistent with policies and guidelines 
issued under section 3553 of title 44. 
‘‘(f) DECISIONS ON PROMULGATION OF STANDARDS.—The decision 
by the Secretary of Commerce regarding the promulgation of any 
standard under this section shall occur not later than 6 months 
after the submission of the proposed standard to the Secretary 
by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as provided 
under section 20 of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3). 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) FEDERAL
INFORMATION
SYSTEM.—The term ‘Federal 
information system’ means an information system used or oper-
ated by an executive agency, by a contractor of an executive 
agency, or by another organization on behalf of an executive 
agency. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION SECURITY.—The term ‘information secu-
rity’ has the meaning given that term in section 3552(b)(3) 
of title 44. 
‘‘(3) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM.—The term ‘national secu-
rity system’ has the meaning given that term in section 
3552(b)(6) of title 44.’’. 
(g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) 
of section 20(a) of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
3552(b)(5) of title 44, United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
3552(b)(6) of title 44, United States Code’’. 
(h) NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ACT UPDATES.— 
Section 4 of the National Construction Safety Team Act (15 U.S.C. 
7303) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) CIVIL
SUITS.—Where practicable, a Team shall 
cooperate with civil litigants without compromising a Team’s 
investigation or the evidence preservation activities as 
described in this section.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘INTER-
AGENCY’’ and inserting ‘‘INVESTIGATION’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or any civil suit 
or civil action’’ after ‘‘Federal agency’’. 
SEC. 10247. GAO STUDY OF NIST RESEARCH SECURITY POLICIES AND 
PROTOCOLS. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study of the Institute’s policies and protocols to 
protect its research and combat undue foreign influence. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The study conducted under 
subsection (a) shall include, to the extent practicable, the following: 
(1) An analysis of steps taken by the Institute to address 
foreign threats to Institute-funded research over the previous 
5 years. 
(2) An analysis of the coordination and engagement 
between the Department of Commerce’s Office of Inspector 
General, the Department of Commerce’s Office of Intelligence, 
the National Counterintelligence and Security Center of the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Institute 
in identifying and addressing concerning findings. 
(3) An assessment of the Institute’s review process for 
foreign national associates. 
(4) An assessment of the Institute’s policies as it relates 
to employees and associates participating in foreign talent 
recruitment programs. 
(5) An assessment of the Institute’s implementation of con-
flict of interest and disclosure policies and requirements, 
including the disclosure requirements authorized in section 223 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283).
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(6) An assessment of the Institute’s, the Department of 
Commerce’s Office of Security, the Department of Commerce’s 
Office of Intelligence, and the Department of Commerce’s Office 
of Inspector General’s ability to monitor and enforce conflict 
of interest and disclosure policies and requirements, including 
the disclosure requirements authorized in section 223 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 
Law 116–283). 
(7) An assessment of the Institute’s, the Department of 
Commerce’s, and the Department of Commerce’s Office of 
Inspector General’s ability to conduct risk assessments of 
research and development award applications and disclosures 
to the Institute. 
(8) An assessment of the Institute’s research security 
training programs for both internal and externally-supported 
researchers and associates, including training focused on inter-
national collaboration, and international travel, foreign inter-
ference, and rules for proper use of funds, disclosure, conflict 
of commitment, and conflict of interest. 
(9) An analysis and summary of incidents of undue foreign 
influence at Institute-supported research facilities and pro-
grams over the past 10 years. 
(10) Recommendations for the Institute to bolster its 
research security policies and protocols. 
(11) Other matters the Comptroller General determines 
appropriate. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
brief the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee of Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate on the findings available from the evaluation conducted 
under subsection (a). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
congressional committees specified in subsection (c) a report on 
the findings and recommendations of the evaluation conducted 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 10248. STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION GRANTS. 
(a) NONGOVERNMENTAL STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZA-
TION DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘nongovernmental stand-
ards development organization’’ means a nongovernmental stand-
ards development organization (as defined in section 2(e) of the 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–119 (relating to Fed-
eral participation in the development and use of voluntary con-
sensus standards in conformity assessment activities), or any suc-
cessor document) that adheres to the American National Standards 
Institute (ANSI) Essential Requirements for Due Process for Amer-
ican National Standards. 
(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Commerce, acting 
through the Director, shall establish a competitive program of 
grants for nongovernmental standards development organizations 
for the purposes described in subsection (c). 
(c) PURPOSES.—A grant awarded under subsection (b) shall 
be used to develop, approve, disseminate, maintain, and review
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forensic science voluntary consensus standards and best practices 
that shall be available to the public free of charge. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Director may promulgate 
such requirements, guidelines, and procedures as may be necessary 
to carry out this section. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
Subtitle D—Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership 
SEC. 10251. ESTABLISHMENT OF EXPANSION AWARDS PILOT PROGRAM 
AS A PART OF THE HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTEN-
SION PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF EXPANSION AWARDS PROGRAM.—The 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
271 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 25A (15 U.S.C. 
278k–1) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 25B. EXPANSION AWARDS PILOT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—The terms used in this section have the 
meanings given the terms in section 25. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish, subject to 
the availability of appropriations, as a part of the Hollings Manufac-
turing Extension Partnership under sections 25 and 25A, a pilot 
program of expansion awards among participants described in sub-
section (c) for the purposes described in subsection (e). 
‘‘(c) PARTICIPANTS.—Participants receiving awards under this 
section shall be Centers, or a consortium of Centers (as such term 
is defined in section 25). 
‘‘(d) AWARD AMOUNTS.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, an award for a recipient under this section shall be in an 
amount equal to the sum of the following: 
‘‘(1) Such amount as the Director considers appropriate 
as a minimum base funding level for each award under this 
section. 
‘‘(2) Such additional amount as the Director considers in 
proportion to the manufacturing density of the region of the 
recipient. 
‘‘(3) Such supplemental amounts as the Director considers 
appropriate. 
‘‘(e) PURPOSE OF AWARDS.—An award under this section shall 
be made for one or more of the following purposes: 
‘‘(1) To provide worker education, training, development, 
and entrepreneurship training and to connect individuals or 
business with such services offered in their community, which 
may include employee ownership and workforce training, 
including connecting manufacturers with career and technical 
education entities, institutions of higher education (including 
community colleges), workforce development boards, labor 
organizations, and nonprofit job training providers to develop 
and support training and job placement services, including 
apprenticeship and online learning platforms, for new and 
incumbent workers, programming to prevent job losses when
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adopting new technologies and processes, and development of 
employee ownership practices. 
‘‘(2) To provide services to improve the resiliency of 
domestic supply chains. 
‘‘(3) To mitigate vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, including 
helping to offset the cost of cybersecurity projects for small 
manufacturers. 
‘‘(4) To expand advanced technology services to United 
States-based small- and medium-sized manufacturers, which 
may include— 
‘‘(A) developing technology demonstration laboratories; 
‘‘(B) training and demonstration in areas of supply 
chain and critical technology needs, including a focus on 
the demonstration of technologies developed by companies 
based in the United States; 
‘‘(C) services for the adoption of advanced technologies, 
including smart manufacturing technologies and practices; 
and 
‘‘(D) establishing partnerships, for the development, 
demonstration, and deployment of advanced technologies, 
with— 
‘‘(i) national laboratories (as defined in section 2 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)); 
‘‘(ii) Federal laboratories; 
‘‘(iii) Manufacturing USA institutes (as described 
in section 34(d)); and 
‘‘(iv) institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(5) To build capabilities across the Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership for domestic supply chain resiliency and 
optimization, including— 
‘‘(A) assessment of domestic manufacturing capabili-
ties, expanded capacity for researching and deploying 
information on supply chain risk, hidden costs of reliance 
on offshore suppliers, redesigning products and processes 
to encourage reshoring, and other relevant topics; and 
‘‘(B) expanded services to provide industrywide support 
that assists United States manufacturers with reshoring 
manufacturing to strengthen the resiliency of domestic 
supply chains, including in critical technology areas and 
foundational manufacturing capabilities that are key to 
domestic manufacturing competitiveness and resiliency, 
including forming, casting, machining, joining, surface 
treatment, tooling, and metal or chemical refining. 
‘‘(f) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Director may reimburse Centers for 
costs incurred by the Centers under this section. 
‘‘(g) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for awards under this section 
shall be submitted in such manner, at such time, and containing 
such information as the Director shall require in consultation with 
the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board. 
‘‘(h) SELECTION.— 
‘‘(1) REVIEWED
AND
MERIT-BASED.—The Director shall 
ensure that awards under this section are reviewed and merit- 
based. 
‘‘(2) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Director shall endeavor 
to have broad geographic diversity among selected proposals. 
‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—The Director shall select applications con-
sistent with the purposes identified pursuant to subsection
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(e) to receive awards that the Director determines will achieve 
one or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Improvement of the competitiveness of industries 
in the region in which the Center or Centers are located. 
‘‘(B) Creation of jobs or training of newly hired 
employees. 
‘‘(C) Promotion of the transfer and commercialization 
of research and technology from institutions of higher edu-
cation, national laboratories, or other federally funded 
research programs, and nonprofit research institutes. 
‘‘(D) Recruitment of a diverse manufacturing workforce, 
including through outreach to underrepresented popu-
lations, including individuals identified in section 33 or 
section 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportuni-
ties Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a, 1885b). 
‘‘(E) Any other result the Director determines will 
advance the objective set forth in section 25(c) or 25A. 
‘‘(i) PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION.—Recipients of awards under this 
section shall not be required to provide a matching contribution. 
‘‘(j) GLOBAL MARKETPLACE PROJECTS.—In making an award 
under this section, the Director, in consultation with the Manufac-
turing Extension Partnership Advisory Board and the Secretary, 
may take into consideration whether an application has significant 
potential for enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium- 
sized United States manufacturers in the global marketplace. 
‘‘(k) DURATION.—The Director shall ensure that the duration 
of an award under this section is aligned and consistent with 
a Center’s cooperative agreement established in section 25(e). 
‘‘(l) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2025, the Director 
shall submit to Congress a report that includes— 
‘‘(1) a summary description of what activities were funded 
and the measurable outcomes of such activities; 
‘‘(2) a description of which types of activities under para-
graph (1) could remain as part of a permanent expansion 
awards program; 
‘‘(3) a description of which types of activities under para-
graph (1) could be integrated into, and supported under, the 
program under section 25; 
‘‘(4) a description of which types of activities under para-
graph (1) could be integrated into, and supported under, the 
competitive awards program under section 25A; and 
‘‘(5) a recommendation, supported by a clear explanation, 
as to whether the pilot program should be continued.’’. 
(b) RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION.—Of amounts authorized for the 
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program under sec-
tion 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278k), the Secretary shall optimize funding across 
sections 25 and 25A of such Act, as well as the program established 
under section 25B of such Act (as added by subsection (a)), to 
the extent practicable and subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, in order to maximize Center (as such term is defined in 
such section 25) participation as well as competitiveness, produc-
tivity, and technological performance in United States manufac-
turing.
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SEC. 10252. UPDATE TO HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION 
PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE
OF FUNDS.—Subsection (l) of section 25 of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
278k) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(l) ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts, other Federal departments and agencies 
may transfer amounts to the Institute, and the Secretary and 
Director may accept and make available cash donations from 
the private sector pursuant to section 2(c)(7), to be used for 
strengthening United States manufacturing under this section. 
‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE
AWARDS.—Funds accepted from other 
Federal departments and agencies and from the private sector 
under paragraph (1) shall be awarded competitively by the 
Secretary and Director to Centers, provided that the Secretary 
and Director may make noncompetitive awards, pursuant to 
this section or section 25A, or as a non-competitive contract, 
as appropriate, if the Secretary and Director determine that— 
‘‘(A) the manufacturing market or sector targeted is 
limited geographically or in scope; 
‘‘(B) the number of States (or territory, in the case 
of Puerto Rico) with Centers serving manufacturers of such 
market or sector is five or fewer; and 
‘‘(C) such Center has or Centers have received a posi-
tive evaluation in the most recent evaluation conducted 
pursuant to subsection (g).’’. 
(b) SUPPORTING AMERICAN MANUFACTURING.—Section 25 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
278k) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or consortium thereof,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or a consortium thereof’’ before the 
period at the end of the sentence; 
(2) in subsection (c)(4), by inserting ‘‘United States-based’’ 
before ‘‘industrial’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘at United States- 
based industrial facilities, including small and medium 
manufacturing companies’’ before ‘‘based’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘United States-based’’ 
before ‘‘companies’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘United States-based’’ 
before ‘‘small’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)(5)(B)(i), by inserting ‘‘in the United 
States’’ before the semicolon at the end of the clause; and 
(5) in subsection (n)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘United States- 
based’’ before ‘‘small’’. 
(c) AMENDING THE MEP COMPETITIVE AWARDS PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 25A(c)(2) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278k-1(c)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘United States’’ 
before ‘‘manufacturers’’. 
(d) MEP OUTREACH.—Section 25 of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘community colleges 
and area career and technical education schools’’ and