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Union Calendar No. 311
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2733
[Report No. 107–520]
To authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to work
with major manufacturing industries on an initiative of standards devel-
opment and implementation for electronic enterprise integration.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 2001
Mr. BARCIA (for himself and Mr. EHLERS) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Science
JUNE 20, 2002
Additional sponsors: Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Ms. RIVERS, and Mr. GORDON
JUNE 20, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 2, 2001]
A BILL
To authorize the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology to work with major manufacturing industries on
an initiative of standards development and implementa-
tion for electronic enterprise integration.
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 ‘‘Enterprise Integration
Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Over 90 percent of United States companies
engaged in manufacturing are small and medium-
sized businesses.
(2) Most of these manufacturers produce goods
for assemblage into products of large companies.
(3) The emergence of the World Wide Web and
the promulgation of international standards for prod-
uct data exchange greatly accelerated the movement
toward electronically integrated supply chains during
the last half of the 1990’s.
(4) European and Asian countries are investing
heavily in electronic enterprise standards develop-
ment, and in preparing their smaller manufacturers
to do business in the new environment. European ef-
forts are well advanced in the aerospace, automotive,
and shipbuilding industries and are beginning in
other industries including home building, furniture
manufacturing, textiles, and apparel. This investment
could give overseas companies a major competitive
advantage.
(5) The National Institute of Standards and
Technology, because of the electronic commerce exper-
tise in its laboratories and quality program, its long
history of working cooperatively with manufacturers,
and the nationwide reach of its manufacturing exten-
sion program, is in a unique position to help United
States large and smaller manufacturers alike in their
responses to this challenge.
(6) It is, therefore, in the national interest for
the National Institute of Standards and Technology
to accelerate its efforts in helping industry develop
standards and enterprise integration processes that
are necessary to increase efficiency and lower costs.
SEC. 3. ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION INITIATIVE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish an
initiative for advancing enterprise integration within the
United States. In carrying out this section, the Director
shall involve, as appropriate, the various units of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, including the
National Institute of Standards and Technology labora-
tories (including the Building and Fire Research Labora-
tory), the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program
established under sections 25 and 26 of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k and
278l), and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Pro-
gram. This initiative shall build upon ongoing efforts of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology and of
the private sector, shall involve consortia that include gov-
ernment and industry, and shall address the enterprise in-
tegration needs of each United States major manufacturing
industry at the earliest possible date.
(b) ASSESSMENT.—For each major manufacturing in-
dustry, the Director may work with industry, trade associa-
tions, professional societies, and others as appropriate, to
identify enterprise integration standardization and imple-
mentation activities underway in the United States and
abroad that affect that industry and to assess the current
state of enterprise integration within that industry. The Di-
rector may assist in the development of roadmaps to permit
supply chains within the industry to operate as an inte-
grated electronic enterprise. The roadmaps shall be based
on voluntary consensus standards.
(c) REPORTS.—Within 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director
shall submit to the Committee on Science of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate a report on the National
Institute of Standards and Technology’s activities under
subsection (b).
(d) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—In order to carry out
this Act, the Director may work with industry, trade asso-
ciations, professional societies, and others as appropriate—
(1) to raise awareness in the United States of en-
terprise integration activities in the United States
and abroad, including by the convening of con-
ferences;
(2) on the development of enterprise integration
roadmaps;
(3) to support the development, testing, promul-
gation, integration, adoption, and upgrading of
standards related to enterprise integration including
application protocols; and
(4) to provide technical assistance and, if nec-
essary, financial support to small and medium-sized
businesses that set up pilot projects in enterprise inte-
gration.
(e) MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PROGRAM.—The Di-
rector shall ensure that the Manufacturing Extension Pro-
gram is prepared to advise small and medium-sized busi-
nesses on how to acquire the expertise, equipment, and
training necessary to participate fully in supply chains
using enterprise integration.
table, and assignment of responsibilities for acquiring
the knowledge and developing the standards and pro-
tocols.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director
to carry out functions under this Act—
(1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
(2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
(3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
(4) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
Union Calendar No. 311
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2733
[Report No. 107–520]
A BILL
To authorize the National Institute of Standards
and Technology to work with major manufac-
turing industries on an initiative of standards de-
velopment and implementation for electronic en-
terprise integration.
JUNE 20, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed