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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4692 
To require the President to prepare a quadrennial National Manufacturing 
Strategy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2010 
Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. MAN-
ZULLO, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. HARE, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WILSON of 
Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. STUPAK, 
Mr. LYNCH, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
ELLSWORTH, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. PETERS, Ms. SHEA- 
PORTER, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the President to prepare a quadrennial National 
Manufacturing Strategy, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘National Manufac-
turing Strategy Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
Government should promote policies related to the Na-
tion’s manufacturing sector that are intended to— 
(1) create sustainable economic growth and in-
creased employment; 
(2) create high-quality jobs and decent employ-
ment; 
(3) increase per capita income; 
(4) recruit, improve, and educate the workforce; 
(5) increase productivity, exports, and global 
competitiveness; 
(6) increase resilience to global economic pres-
sure and fluctuations; 
(7) increase domestic manufacturing capacity; 
(8) maintain and improve national and home-
land security; 
(9) identify and preserve specific manufacturing 
capabilities and technologies which are considered 
vital to national defense and security; 
(10) assure a reliable and efficient supply 
chain; 
(11) increase access to financial capital and en-
courage private investment in domestic manufac-
turing; 
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(12) expand research and development activities 
and innovation; 
(13) improve competitiveness in emerging mar-
kets, products, and industries of the manufacturing 
sector; 
(14) support industries of the manufacturing 
sector that are facing critical challenges to competi-
tiveness and sustainability; 
(15) improve the quality and excellence of man-
ufacturing; 
(16) enhance collaboration among Government, 
labor, industry, and academia; 
(17) pursue resource and economic sustain-
ability, including increases in energy efficiency; and 
(18) improve coordination among agencies in 
carrying out Government policies. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than the last day of 
February of the second year of each Presidential term, 
the President shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of 
the Nation’s manufacturing sector and submit to Congress 
a report containing a National Manufacturing Strategy. 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS.—Before developing 
each National Manufacturing Strategy, the President shall 
conduct a comprehensive analysis of the Nation’s manu-
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facturing sector and related Government programs that 
will, at a minimum, consider the following: 
(1) The fundamental value and role, both his-
toric and current, of manufacturing in the Nation’s 
economy, security, and global leadership. 
(2) The current domestic and international en-
vironment for the Nation’s manufacturing sector, in-
cluding— 
(A) specific consideration of particular in-
dustries within the manufacturing sector, as de-
termined by the President, from among indus-
tries categorized in the North American Indus-
try Classification System as codes 31 to 33; 
(B) regional industrial bases; and 
(C) consideration of firms that have relo-
cated manufacturing operations overseas or re-
located overseas operations to the United 
States, and the factors involved in such reloca-
tions. 
(3) Workforce-related elements, such as the de-
mographics of the labor force, the availability of 
highly skilled workers, and specific skill sets that are 
likely to be required of workers in the future. 
(4) The need for research and development to 
improve innovation and productivity in manufac-
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turing and to enable sustainable domestic produc-
tion, and an analysis of the impacts of Federal 
grants, tax credits, and other investments in such 
research and development on employment in the 
manufacturing sector. 
(5) The importance of exports to manufacturers 
and the Nation’s trade balance, and the existence of 
barriers to exports and market access. 
(6) The availability of financial capital to the 
manufacturing industry. 
(7) The role of domestic manufacturing in na-
tional security, and the potential for related joint 
international acquisition, development, and procure-
ment programs. 
(8) The impact that Government policies and 
actions have, directly and indirectly, on manufac-
turing industries, including taxation policy, regula-
tions, procurement, and domestic sourcing require-
ments. 
(9) The impact of Federal procurement, fund-
ing, and tax credits on the importation of foreign 
manufactured goods, including the amount of funds 
expended on, and identification of, products in de-
fense, energy, communications, infrastructure, and 
other critical technologies that are imported. 
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(10) The identification of emerging or evolving 
markets, technologies, and products that the Na-
tion’s manufacturers could compete for. 
(11) The identification of specific manufac-
turing industries in the United States that are fac-
ing critical challenges. 
(12) The identification of critical technologies 
required to sustain national defense and security, in-
cluding energy and communications technologies. 
(13) Establishment of minimum manufacturing 
capability baselines needed to rapidly respond in 
times of national emergencies, including wartime 
scenarios. 
(14) The problems faced in particular by small- 
and medium-sized manufacturers. 
(15) Aspects of the global supply chain and the 
availability of natural resources. 
(16) The interaction among various Federal 
Government policies that affect manufacturing, the 
manufacturing-related 
workforce, 
and 
manufac-
turing-dependent communities. 
(17) State, local, and territorial policies and 
conditions that affect manufacturing, including 
interstate competition and public subsidies for facil-
ity siting and relocation. 
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(18) A comparison of the manufacturing poli-
cies of the United States relative to other nations’ 
policies and strategies. 
(19) The effects of international trade agree-
ments and other treaties or international agree-
ments, both that the United States is party to and 
others that affect the United States or markets for 
its products. 
(20) The status of international intellectual 
property protections. 
(21) The short- and long-term forecasts for the 
Nation’s manufacturing sector, and forecasts of ex-
pected national and international trends and factors 
likely to affect such sector in the future. 
(22) The role that the authority provided under 
the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
App. 2061 et seq.) could have in the implementation 
of the National Manufacturing Strategy. 
(23) An analysis of any other factors affecting 
manufacturing competitiveness, growth, stability, 
and sustainability. 
(c) TASK FORCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing each National 
Manufacturing Strategy, the President shall convene 
a Manufacturing Strategy Task Force. 
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(2) MEMBERS.—A Manufacturing Strategy 
Task Force convened with respect to a National 
Manufacturing Strategy shall include the following 
individuals: 
(A) The Secretary or head (or the designee 
of the Secretary or head) of each of the fol-
lowing organizations: 
(i) The Department of the Treasury. 
(ii) The Department of Defense. 
(iii) The Department of Commerce. 
(iv) The Department of Labor. 
(v) The Department of Energy. 
(vi) The Domestic Policy Council. 
(vii) The National Economic Council. 
(viii) The Council of Economic Advi-
sors. 
(ix) The National Security Council. 
(x) The Office of Management and 
Budget. 
(xi) The Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy. 
(xii) The Small Business Administra-
tion. 
(xiii) Other Federal agencies the 
President determines appropriate. 
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(B) The Governors of two States, from dif-
ferent political parties, appointed by the Presi-
dent in consultation with the National Gov-
ernors Association. 
(3) CHAIRMAN.—The President shall designate 
a Chairman of the Manufacturing Strategy Task 
Force from among Cabinet-level appointees and 
other advisors to the President who are officers or 
employees of the Federal Government. 
(4) SUBGROUPS.—The Manufacturing Strategy 
Task Force may convene subgroups to address par-
ticular industries, policy topics, or other matters. 
Such subgroups may include members representing 
any of the following: 
(A) Such other Federal agencies as the 
Chairman determines appropriate. 
(B) State, local, tribal, and territorial gov-
ernments. 
(C) The private sector, including labor, in-
dustry, academia, trade associations, and other 
appropriate groups. 
(5) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Manufacturing 
Strategy Task Force shall make recommendations to 
the President for incorporation into the National 
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Manufacturing Strategy regarding the following 
matters: 
(A) The results of the comprehensive anal-
ysis conducted by the President under sub-
section (b). 
(B) The design, effectiveness, purpose, 
funding levels, and other features of current 
Federal Government programs and policies that 
are intended to assist the manufacturing sector, 
including taxation, workforce development, re-
search and development, technical assistance, 
export control requirements, procurement, and 
domestic sourcing policies. 
(C) The interaction among, and integra-
tion of, Federal Government policies that affect 
manufacturing, 
the 
manufacturing-related 
workforce, and manufacturing-dependent com-
munities. 
(D) Areas of need that could be addressed 
by new Federal Government programs. 
(E) Emerging markets, industry shifts, 
workforce changes, or other transformations 
foreseen to affect the manufacturing sector in 
the future. 
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(F) The availability of financial capital to 
the manufacturing sector, with particular em-
phasis on lower tiers of the supply chain and 
small businesses. 
(G) Opportunities to increase exports and 
enhance international trade competitiveness. 
(H) Federal incentives to encourage indus-
try to balance pressures for short-term profits 
with implementation of the National Manufac-
turing Strategy. 
(I) Other areas designated by the Presi-
dent for consideration. 
(6) PUBLIC MEETINGS REQUIRED.—The Manu-
facturing Strategy Task Force shall convene public 
meetings to solicit views on the manufacturing sec-
tor and proposed recommendations for the National 
Manufacturing Strategy. The locations of these 
meetings shall ensure the inclusion of multiple re-
gions and industries of the manufacturing sector. 
(d) GOALS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(1) GOALS.—Each National Manufacturing 
Strategy shall provide short- and long-term goals for 
the Nation’s manufacturing sector, including goals— 
(A) related to improving— 
(i) levels of domestic production; 
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(ii) productivity; 
(iii) investment in particular indus-
tries; 
(iv) research and development inten-
sity; 
(v) innovation; 
(vi) employment; 
(vii) workforce skills and development; 
(viii) 
international 
competitiveness; 
and 
(ix) the industrial base to ensure it is 
adequate for maintaining national security; 
and 
(B) for any other relevant economic, social, 
and policy factors. 
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Each National Man-
ufacturing Strategy shall include recommendations 
for achieving the goals provided under paragraph 
(1). Such recommendations may propose— 
(A) actions to be taken by State, local, and 
territorial governments, the President, Con-
gress, the private sector, universities, industry 
associations, and other stakeholders; and 
(B) ways to improve Government policies 
and interaction with the manufacturing sector. 
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(e) STRATEGY BOARD.—In developing each National 
Manufacturing Strategy, the President shall consider the 
recommendations of the President’s Manufacturing Strat-
egy Board established under section 5. 
(f) STUDIES.—In developing each National Manufac-
turing Strategy, the President shall consider the results 
of the studies carried out pursuant to section 6. 
(g) REPORT.— 
(1) DRAFT.—A draft report containing a Na-
tional Manufacturing Strategy shall be published for 
public comment in the Federal Register and on a 
public website for a period of 90 days. Following the 
comment period, the Manufacturing Strategy Task 
Force shall review any comments and reflect those 
views in its recommendations to the President under 
subsection (c)(5). 
(2) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—Each final 
National Manufacturing Strategy shall be submitted 
to Congress upon completion. 
(3) PUBLICATION.—Each final National Manu-
facturing Strategy shall be published on a public 
website. 
(h) DEADLINE
FOR FIRST NATIONAL MANUFAC-
TURING STRATEGY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the 
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President shall issue the first National Manufacturing 
Strategy not later than February 28, 2011. 
SEC. 4. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REVIEW 
OF NATIONAL MANUFACTURING STRATEGY. 
Three years following publication of a National Man-
ufacturing Strategy under section 3, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall conduct a review of the recommendations con-
tained in such National Manufacturing Strategy, includ-
ing— 
(1) an assessment of whether the recommenda-
tions were implemented; 
(2) an analysis of the impact of those rec-
ommendations; 
(3) a review of the trends and short- and long- 
term forecasts of manufacturing contained in pre-
vious National Manufacturing Strategies, compared 
to actual events and trends; 
(4) a review of the process involved in devel-
oping the previous National Manufacturing Strategy; 
and 
(5) recommendations for improvement in devel-
oping the next National Manufacturing Strategy. 
SEC. 5. PRESIDENT’S MANUFACTURING STRATEGY BOARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall convene a 
President’s Manufacturing Strategy Board, which shall 
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provide the President with information and recommenda-
tions regarding the needs of, and opportunities for, the 
Nation’s manufacturing sector. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President’s Manufac-
turing Strategy Board shall consist of 21 individuals 
from the private sector, appointed by the President 
after consultation with industrial organizations. 
Such individuals shall represent a broad range of re-
gions and industries, including individuals with expe-
rience in the areas of— 
(A) managing manufacturing companies; 
(B) managing supply chain providers; 
(C) financing manufacturing operations; 
(D) labor-management relations; 
(E) workforce development; 
(F) conducting related research and devel-
opment; and 
(G) other fields related to manufacturing. 
(2) LIMITATION
REGARDING
AFFILIATIONS.— 
The President’s Manufacturing Strategy Board shall 
include individuals of whom there are no fewer 
than— 
(A) 3 representatives of labor organiza-
tions; 
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(B) 3 representatives of manufacturing 
firms with fewer than 500 employees; and 
(C) 1 representative of an academic insti-
tution who is involved in research and develop-
ment regarding manufacturing-related tech-
nology or systems. 
(3) BALANCE IN REPRESENTATION.—In mak-
ing appointments to the Manufacturing Strategy 
Board, the President shall seek to ensure that the 
individuals appointed represent a balance among and 
within industries of the manufacturing sector. 
(c) CO-CHAIRMEN.—The President’s Manufacturing 
Strategy Board shall be co-chaired by 3 members rep-
resenting the President’s Council of Advisors on Science 
and Technology, the Manufacturing Council of the De-
partment of Commerce, and the Defense Policy Board. 
(d) TERMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 6 years, except as provided in 
paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(2) TERMS OF INITIAL APPOINTEES.—As des-
ignated by the President at the time of appointment, 
of the members first appointed— 
(A) 7 shall be appointed for a term of 2 
years; 
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(B) 7 shall be appointed for a term of 4 
years; and 
(C) 7 shall be appointed for a term of 6 
years. 
(3) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed to fill 
a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the 
term for which the member’s predecessor was ap-
pointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of 
that term. A member may serve after the expiration 
of that member’s term until a successor has taken 
office. 
SEC. 6. STUDIES. 
(a) QUADRENNIAL STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing each National 
Manufacturing Strategy, the President, acting 
through the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 
shall enter into an agreement with the National 
Academy of Sciences to conduct a study in accord-
ance with this subsection. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The study shall examine the 
following: 
(A) The current state of manufacturing in 
the United States. 
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(B) Federal programs and activities re-
lated to, and Government reliance on, manufac-
turing systems. 
(C) The ways in which Federal policies af-
fect manufacturing, and likely future trends in 
manufacturing if such policies remain un-
changed. 
(D) Various possible standards for evalu-
ating the implementation of the National Manu-
facturing Strategy. 
(3) REPORT.—The agreement shall provide that 
not later than the last day of February of the first 
year of each Presidential term, the National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall submit to Congress and the 
President a report containing the findings of the 
study. 
(4) DEADLINE FOR FIRST REPORT.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (3), the first agreement entered 
into under this subsection shall provide that the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences shall submit to Congress 
and the President a report containing the findings 
of the study not later than 2 years after the date 
such agreement is entered into. 
(5) DEADLINE
FOR
SUBSEQUENT
AGREE-
MENTS.—After the first agreement entered into 
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under this subsection, all subsequent agreements 
under this subsection shall be entered into not later 
than 18 months before the deadline for submission 
of the corresponding report under paragraph (3). 
(b) ADDITIONAL STUDIES.— 
(1) REQUIRED STUDIES.—In order to inform 
future National Manufacturing Strategies, not later 
than 60 days after the enactment of this Act the 
President shall enter into an agreement with the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences to develop three reports 
as follows: 
(A) Not later than 14 months after enter-
ing into an agreement under this paragraph, 
the National Academy of Sciences shall submit 
to Congress and the President a report that de-
scribes the stresses on the Nation’s manufac-
turing sector and recommends ways in which 
the Federal Government can support such sec-
tor. 
(B) Not later than 20 months after enter-
ing into an agreement under this paragraph, 
the National Academy of Sciences shall submit 
to Congress and the President a report that 
predicts the likely needs of, and challenges to, 
the manufacturing sector in the year 2035. 
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(C) Not later than 24 months after enter-
ing into an agreement under this paragraph, 
the National Academy of Sciences shall submit 
to Congress and the President a report that as-
sesses Government manufacturing programs 
and research and development portfolios (in-
cluding the interrelation of such programs and 
portfolios), how well such programs and port-
folios address perceived needs of the manufac-
turing sector, and recommendations for a re-
search strategy to address any gaps in such 
programs and portfolios. 
(2) DISCRETIONARY
STUDIES.—After the re-
quired studies are complete, the President may enter 
into further agreements with the National Academy 
of Sciences to develop reports to inform future Na-
tional Manufacturing Strategies. 
SEC. 7. REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER NATIONAL MANUFAC-
TURING STRATEGY IN BUDGET. 
In preparing the budget for a fiscal year under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the President 
shall include information regarding the consistency of the 
budget with the goals and recommendations included in 
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National Manufacturing Strategy covering that fiscal 
year. 
Æ 
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