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Calendar No. 565 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6290 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2022 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of a section of the website 
of the Department of Commerce that shall serve as the 
primary hub for information relating to Federal manu-
facturing programs, 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 ‘‘Manufacturing.gov 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MANUFACTURING.GOV HUB. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ means the Secretary of Commerce. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordi-
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nation with the Chief Information Officer of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, shall modify the manufacturing.gov 
website by establishing a section of the website to be 
known as the ‘‘manufacturing.gov hub’’. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The manufacturing.gov hub estab-
lished under subsection (b) shall— 
(1) serve as the primary hub for information re-
lating to every Federal manufacturing program, in-
cluding the programs identified in the report of the 
Government Accountability Office entitled ‘‘U.S. 
Manufacturing’’ (GAO 17–240), published on March 
28, 2017; 
(2) provide the contact information of relevant 
program offices carrying out the Federal manufac-
turing programs described in paragraph (1); 
(3) provide an avenue for public input and feed-
back relating to— 
(A) the functionality of the website of the 
Department of Commerce; 
(B) the Federal manufacturing programs 
described in paragraph (1); and 
(C) any other manufacturing-related chal-
lenges experienced by manufacturers in the 
United States; 
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(4) establish web pages within the hub that 
shall focus on— 
(A) technology and research and develop-
ment; 
(B) trade; 
(C) workforce development and training; 
(D) industrial commons and supply chains; 
and 
(E) small and medium manufacturers; and 
(5) use machine learning to— 
(A) identify frequently asked questions; 
and 
(B) disseminate to the public answers to 
the questions identified under subparagraph 
(A). 
(d) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 
are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car-
rying out this section. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 565 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6290 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of a section of the 
website of the Department of Commerce that 
shall serve as the primary hub for information 
relating to Federal manufacturing programs, and 
for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 17, 2022 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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