(A) ensure that global competition in man-
ufacturing is free, open, and fair; 
(B) prioritize policies and investments that 
support domestic manufacturing growth and in-
novation; and 
(C) not be utilized to offshore poor manu-
facturing working conditions or destructive 
manufacturing environmental practices; 
(3) Federal policies and practices should rea-
sonably prioritize competitiveness for manufacturing 
and industrial innovation efforts in the United 
States, but should not sacrifice the quality of em-
ployment opportunities, including the health and 
safety of workers, pay, and benefits; 
(4) Federal manufacturing and industrial inno-
vation policies, practices, and priorities should rea-
sonably improve environmental sustainability within 
the manufacturing industry, while minimizing eco-
nomic impact; 
(5) Federal patent policies should be developed, 
based on uniform principles, which have as their ob-
jective to preserve incentives for industrial techno-
logical innovation and the application of procedures 
that will continue to assure the full use of beneficial 
technology to serve the public; 
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(6) Federal efforts should promote and support 
a strong system of intellectual property rights to in-
clude trade secrets, through both protection of intel-
lectual property rights and enforcement against in-
tellectual property theft, and broad engagement to 
limit foreign efforts to illegally or inappropriately 
utilize compromised intellectual property; 
(7) closer relationships should be encouraged 
among practitioners of scientific and technological 
research and development and those who apply those 
foundations to domestic commercial manufacturing; 
(8) the full use of the contributions of manufac-
turing and industrial innovation to support State 
and local government goals should be encouraged; 
(9) formal recognition should be accorded to 
those persons, the manufacturing and industrial in-
novation achievements of which contributed signifi-
cantly to the national welfare; and 
(10) departments, agencies, and instrumental-
ities of the Federal Government should establish 
procedures to ensure among them the systematic 
interchange of data, efforts, and findings developed 
under their programs. 
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(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—To implement the national 
policy described in subsection (b), it is the sense of Con-
gress— 
(1) that— 
(A) the Federal Government should main-
tain integrated policy planning elements in the 
executive branch that assist agencies in such 
branch in— 
(i) identifying problems and objectives 
that could be addressed or enhanced by 
public policy; 
(ii) mobilizing industrial and innova-
tive manufacturing resources for national 
security and emergency response purposes; 
(iii) securing appropriate funding for 
programs so identified by the President or 
the Chief Manufacturing Officer; 
(iv) anticipating future concerns to 
which industrial and innovative manufac-
turing can contribute and devise industrial 
strategies for such purposes; and 
(v) reviewing systematically the manu-
facturing and industrial innovation policy 
and programs of the Federal Government 
and recommending legislative amendments 
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to those policies and programs when need-
ed; and 
(B) the elements described in subpara-
graph (A) should include a data collection, anal-
ysis, and advisory mechanism within the Execu-
tive Office of the President to provide the Presi-
dent with independent, expert judgment and as-
sessments of the complex manufacturing and 
industrial features involved; and 
(2) that it is the responsibility of the Federal 
Government to— 
(A) promote prompt, effective, reliable, and 
systematic dissemination of manufacturing and 
industrial information— 
(i) by such methods as may be appro-
priate; and 
(ii) through efforts conducted by non-
governmental organizations, including in-
dustrial groups, technical societies, and 
educational entities; 
(B) coordinate and develop a manufac-
turing industrial strategy and facilitate the 
close coupling of this manufacturing strategy 
with commercial manufacturing application; 
and 
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(C) enhance domestic development and uti-
lization of such industrial information by 
prioritization of efforts with manufacturers, the 
production of which takes place in the United 
States. 
TITLE II—OFFICE OF MANUFAC-
TURING AND INDUSTRIAL IN-
NOVATION POLICY 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is established in the Executive Office of the 
President an Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Inno-
vation Policy (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Office’’) to 
serve as a source of manufacturing and industrial innova-
tion analysis and judgment for the President with respect 
to the major policies, plans, and programs of the Federal 
Government relating to manufacturing and industrial in-
novation. 
SEC. 202. CHIEF MANUFACTURING OFFICER; ASSOCIATE 
MANUFACTURING OFFICERS. 
(a) CHIEF MANUFACTURING OFFICER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 
by a Director, to be known as the Chief Manufac-
turing Officer, who shall be— 
(A) appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 
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(B) compensated at the rate provided for 
level II of the Executive Schedule under section 
5313 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.— 
(A) PRIMARY
FUNCTION.—The primary 
function of the Chief Manufacturing Officer 
shall be to advise the President, and such agen-
cies within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent as may be appropriate, on issues regarding 
and impacting manufacturing and industrial in-
novation efforts of the Federal Government, or 
of the private sector, that require attention at 
the highest levels of the Federal Government. 
(B) OTHER FUNCTIONS.—The Chief Man-
ufacturing Officer shall— 
(i) advise the President on manufac-
turing and industrial innovation consider-
ations relating to areas of national con-
cern, including— 
(I) the economy of the United 
States; 
(II) national security; 
(III) public health; 
(IV) the workforce of the United 
States; 
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(V) education; 
(VI) foreign relations (including 
trade and supply chain issues); 
(VII) the environment; and 
(VIII) technological innovation in 
the United States; 
(ii) convene stakeholders, including 
key industry stakeholders, academic stake-
holders, defense stakeholders, government 
stakeholders, and stakeholders from non-
profit organizations and labor organiza-
tions that primarily represent workers in 
manufacturing, to develop the national 
strategic plan required under section 204; 
(iii) evaluate the scale, quality, and ef-
fectiveness of the effort of the Federal 
Government to support manufacturing and 
industrial innovation by the Federal Gov-
ernment or by the private sector, and ad-
vise on appropriate actions; 
(iv) advise the President on the budg-
ets of agencies of the executive branch of 
the Federal Government with respect to 
issues concerning manufacturing and in-
dustrial innovation; 
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(v) assist the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget with an annual 
review and analysis of the budget proposed 
by the President, with respect to manufac-
turing and industrial development by agen-
cies in the executive branch; 
(vi) aid the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget and the heads of 
agencies of the executive branch of the 
Federal Government throughout the budg-
et development process, particularly with 
respect to developing budgets to support 
manufacturing and industrial development; 
(vii) assist the President in providing 
general leadership and coordination of ac-
tivities and policies of the Federal Govern-
ment relating to and impacting manufac-
turing and industrial innovation; and 
(viii) perform such other functions, 
duties, and activities as the President may 
assign. 
(3) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out the duties 
and functions under this Act, the Chief Manufac-
turing Officer may— 
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(A) except for the positions described in 
subsection (b), appoint such officers and em-
ployees as may be deemed necessary to perform 
the functions vested in the position and to pre-
scribe the duties of such officers and employees; 
(B) obtain services as authorized under 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at 
rates not to exceed the rate prescribed for 
grade GS–15 of the General Schedule under 
section 5332 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(C) enter into contracts and other arrange-
ments for studies, analysis, and other services 
with public agencies and with private persons, 
organizations, or institutions, and make such 
payments as determined necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this title without legal consid-
eration, without performance bonds, and with-
out regard to section 6101 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
(b) ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may appoint 
not more than 5 Associate Directors, to be known as 
Associate Manufacturing Officers, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, to carry out such 
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functions as may be prescribed by the Chief Manu-
facturing Officer. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—Each Associate Manufac-
turing Officer shall be compensated at a rate not to 
exceed that provided for level III of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5314 title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 203. POLICY PLANNING, ANALYSIS, AND ADVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the provisions of 
this Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer shall— 
(1) monitor the status of technological develop-
ments, critical production capacity, skill availability, 
investment patterns, emerging defense needs, and 
other key indicators of manufacturing competitive-
ness to— 
(A) provide foresight for periodic updates 
to the national strategic plan required under 
section 204; and 
(B) guide investment decisions; 
(2) convene interagency and public-private 
working groups to align Federal policies that drive 
implementation of the national strategic plan re-
quired under section 204; 
(3) initiate and support translational research 
in engineering and manufacturing by entering into 
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contracts or making other arrangements (including 
grants, awards, cooperative agreements, loans, and 
other forms of assistance) to study that research 
and to assess the impact of that research on the eco-
nomic well-being, climate and environmental impact, 
public health, and national security of the United 
States; 
(4) advise the President on the extent to which 
the various programs, policies, and activities of the 
Federal Government are likely to affect the achieve-
ment of priority goals of the United States described 
in section 102(a); 
(5) provide the President with— 
(A) periodic reviews of Federal statutes 
and regulations that affect manufacturing and 
industrial innovation activities conducted by the 
Federal Government or the private sector, or 
which may interfere with desirable technological 
innovation; and 
(B) recommendations for the elimination, 
reform, or updating of such Federal statutes 
and regulations, as appropriate; 
(6) periodically survey the nature and needs of 
the policies relating to national manufacturing and 
industrial innovation and make recommendations to 
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the President, for review and submission to Con-
gress, for the timely and appropriate revision of the 
manufacturing and industrial innovation policies of 
the Federal Government; 
(7) perform such other duties and functions 
and make and furnish such studies and reports 
thereon, and recommendations with respect to mat-
ters of policy and legislation as the President may 
request; and 
(8) coordinate, as appropriate, Federal permit-
ting with respect to manufacturing and industrial in-
novation. 
(b) INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANUFACTURING AND IN-
DUSTRIAL INNOVATION PANEL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Chief Manufac-
turing Officer shall establish an Intergovernmental 
Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Panel (re-
ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Panel’’) within the Of-
fice, the purpose of which shall be to— 
(A) identify instances in which the policies 
of the Federal Government with respect to 
manufacturing and industrial innovation can 
help address problems at the State and local 
levels; 
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(B) identify instances in which the policies 
of the Federal Government unnecessarily im-
pede manufacturing and industry; 
(C) make recommendations for addressing 
the problems described in subparagraph (A); 
and 
(D) advise and assist the Chief Manufac-
turing Officer in identifying and fostering poli-
cies to facilitate the application to and incorpo-
ration of Federally funded research and devel-
opment into manufacturing and industrial inno-
vation in the United States, so as to maximize 
the application of such research. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—The Panel shall be com-
posed of— 
(A) the Chief Manufacturing Officer, or a 
representative of the Chief Manufacturing Offi-
cer; 
(B) not fewer than 10 members rep-
resenting the interests of the States, appointed 
by the Chief Manufacturing Officer after con-
sultation with State officials; 
(C) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Standards and Technology; 
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(D) the Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology; 
(E) the Deputy Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base 
Policy; 
(F) the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Employment and Training; 
(G) the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration; and 
(H) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 
(3) CHAIR.—The Chief Manufacturing Officer, 
or the representative of the Chief Manufacturing Of-
ficer, shall serve as Chair of the Panel. 
(4) MEETINGS.—The Panel shall meet at the 
call of the Chair. 
(5) COMPENSATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 
Panel shall be entitled to receive compensation 
at a rate not to exceed the daily rate prescribed 
for GS–15 of the General Schedule under sec-
tion 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for 
each day (including travel time) during which 
the member is engaged in the performance of 
the duties of the Panel. 
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(B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of 
the Panel who is serving away from the home 
or regular place of business of the member in 
the performance of the duties of the Panel shall 
be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as 
the expenses authorized by section 5703(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, for persons in gov-
ernment service employed intermittently. 
SEC. 204. NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR MANUFAC-
TURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION. 
(a) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Manu-
facturing Officer shall, to the extent practicable, in 
accordance with section 202(a)(2)(B) and in con-
sultation with other agencies and private individuals 
as the Chief Manufacturing Officer determines nec-
essary, establish a national strategic plan for manu-
facturing and industrial innovation that identifies— 
(A) short-term, medium-term, and long- 
term needs critical to the economy, national se-
curity, public health, workforce readiness, envi-
ronmental concerns, and priorities of the 
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United States manufacturing sector, including 
emergency readiness and resilience; and 
(B) situations and conditions that warrant 
special attention by the Federal Government re-
lating to— 
(i) any problems, constraints, or op-
portunities of manufacturing and indus-
trial innovation that— 
(I) are of national significance; 
(II) will occur or may emerge in 
the 4-year period following the estab-
lishment of the national strategic 
plan; and 
(III) are identified through basic 
research; 
(ii) an evaluation of activities and ac-
complishments of all agencies in the execu-
tive branch of the Federal Government 
that are related to carrying out such plan; 
(iii) opportunities for, and constraints 
on, manufacturing and industrial innova-
tion that can make a significant contribu-
tion to— 
(I) the resolution of problems 
identified under this paragraph; or 
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(II) the achievement of Federal 
program objectives or priority goals, 
including those described in section 
102(a); and 
(iv) recommendations for legislation, 
regulation, and budget proposals to carry 
out such plan. 
(2) REVISIONS.—Not later than 4 years after 
the establishment of the national strategic plan 
under paragraph (1), and every 4 years thereafter, 
the Chief Manufacturing Officer shall revise that 
plan so that the plan takes account of near- and 
long-term problems, constraints, and opportunities 
and changing national goals and circumstances. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 
Chief Manufacturing Officer shall consult, as necessary, 
with officials of agencies in the executive branch of the 
Federal Government that administer programs or have re-
sponsibilities relating to the problems, constraints, and op-
portunities identified in the national strategic plan under 
subsection (a) in order to— 
(1) identify and evaluate actions that might be 
taken by the Federal Government, State, and local 
governments, or the private sector to deal with such 
problems, constraints, or opportunities; and 
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(2) ensure to the extent possible that actions 
identified under paragraph (1) are considered by 
each agency of the executive branch of the Federal 
Government in formulating the budget, programs, 
and legislative proposals of each such agency. 
(c) CONSULTATION WITH MANUFACTURING STAKE-
HOLDERS.—The Chief Manufacturing Officer shall con-
sult broadly with representatives from stakeholder con-
stituencies, including from technology fields, engineering 
fields, manufacturing fields, academic fields, worker train-
ing or credentialing programs, industrial sectors, business 
sectors, consumer sectors, defense sector, public interest 
sectors, and labor organizations which primarily represent 
workers in manufacturing to ensure information and per-
spectives from such consultations are incorporated within 
the problems, constraints, opportunities, and actions iden-
tified in the national strategic plan under subsection (a). 
(d) CONSULTATION WITH OMB.—The Chief Manu-
facturing Officer shall consult as necessary with officials 
of the Office of Management and Budget and other appro-
priate elements of the Executive Office of the President 
to ensure that the problems, constraints, opportunities, 
and actions identified under subsection (a) are fully con-
sidered in the development of legislative proposals and the 
President’s budget. 
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SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEF MANU-
FACTURING OFFICER; ADMINISTRATIVE PRO-
VISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Manufacturing Officer, 
in addition to the other duties and functions under this 
title, shall serve— 
(1) on the Federal Strategy and Coordinating 
Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation 
established under title IV; and 
(2) as a member of the Domestic Policy Coun-
cil, the National Economic Council, and the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy Council. 
(b) ADVICE TO NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.—For 
the purpose of ensuring the optimal contribution of manu-
facturing and industrial innovation to the national secu-
rity of the United States, the Chief Manufacturing Officer, 
at the request of the President, shall advise the National 
Security Council in such matters concerning manufac-
turing and industrial innovation as may be related to na-
tional security. 
(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In exercising the functions 
under this Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer— 
(A) shall— 
(i) work in close consultation and co-
operation with the Director of the Domes-
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tic Policy Council, the National Security 
Advisor, the Assistant to the President for 
Economic Policy and Director of the Na-
tional Economic Council, the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, and the heads of other 
agencies in the executive branch of the 
Federal Government; 
(ii) utilize the services of consultants, 
establish such advisory panels, and, to the 
extent practicable, consult with— 
(I) State and local government 
agencies; 
(II) 
appropriate 
professional 
groups; 
(III) representatives of industry, 
universities, consumers, labor organi-
zations that primarily represent work-
ers in manufacturing; and 
(IV) such other public interest 
groups, organizations, and individuals 
as may be necessary; 
(iii) hold such hearings in various 
parts of the United States as necessary to 
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determine the views of the agencies, 
groups, and organizations described in 
paragraph (2), and of the general public, 
concerning national needs and trends in 
manufacturing and industrial innovation; 
and 
(iv) utilize, with the heads of public 
and private agencies and organizes, to the 
fullest extent possible the services, per-
sonnel, equipment, facilities, and informa-
tion (including statistical information) of 
public and private agencies and organiza-
tions, and individuals, in order to avoid the 
duplication of efforts and expenses; and 
(B) may transfer funds made available 
pursuant to this Act to other agencies in the ex-
ecutive branch of the Federal Government as 
reimbursement for the utilization of such per-
sonnel, services, facilities, equipment, and infor-
mation. 
(2) FURNISHMENT
OF
INFORMATION.—Each 
department, agency, and instrumentality of the exec-
utive branch of the Federal Government, including 
any independent agency, shall furnish the Chief 
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Manufacturing Officer such information as nec-
essary to carry out this title. 
SEC. 206. MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 
REPORT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter, 
the President shall submit to Congress a Manufacturing 
and Industrial Innovation Report (referred to in this Act 
as the ‘‘report’’), which shall be prepared by the Chief 
Manufacturing Officer, with appropriate assistance from 
agencies in the executive branch of the Federal Govern-
ment and such consultants and contractors as the Chief 
Manufacturing Officer determines necessary. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report required 
under subsection (a) shall draw upon the most recent na-
tional strategic plan established under section 204 and 
shall include, to the extent practicable and within the limi-
tations of available knowledge and resources— 
(1) a review of developments of national signifi-
cance in manufacturing and industrial innovation; 
(2) the significant effects of trends at the time 
of the submission of the report and projected trends 
in manufacturing and industrial innovation on the 
economy, workforce, and environmental, health and 
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national security, and other requirements of the 
United States; 
(3) a review and appraisal of selected manufac-
turing and industrial innovation related programs, 
policies, and activities of the Federal Government, 
including procurement; 
(4) an inventory and forecast of critical and 
emerging national problems, the resolution of which 
might be substantially assisted by manufacturing 
and industrial innovation in the United States; 
(5) the identification and assessment of manu-
facturing and industrial innovation measures that 
can contribute to the resolution of the problems de-
scribed in paragraph (4) in light of the related eco-
nomic, workforce, environmental, public health, and 
national security considerations; 
(6) at the time of the submission of the report, 
and as projected, the manufacturing and industrial 
resources, including specialized manpower, that 
could contribute to the resolution of the problems 
described in paragraph (4); and 
(7) recommendations for legislation and regu-
latory changes on manufacturing and industrial in-
novation-related programs and policies that will con-
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tribute to the resolution of the problems described in 
paragraph (4). 
(c) PREPARATION OF REPORT.—In preparing each 
report required under subsection (a), the Chief Manufac-
turing Officer shall make maximum use of relevant data 
available from agencies in the executive branch of the Fed-
eral Government. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The Chief 
Manufacturing Officer shall ensure that the report is 
made available to the public. 
SEC. 207. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate, the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, and make available to the pub-
lic, a report— 
(1) containing an assessment of the efforts of 
the Office to implement or advance the priority goals 
described in section 102(a); and 
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(2) providing recommendations on how to im-
prove the efforts described in paragraph (1). 
TITLE 
III—PRESIDENT’S 
ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE ON MANU-
FACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 
INNOVATION 
SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT. 
The President shall establish within the Executive 
Office of the President the President’s Advisory Com-
mittee on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation (re-
ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Committee’’), which shall— 
(1) promote regular communication between the 
Federal Government and the manufacturing sector 
in the United States, including significant commu-
nication with representatives of manufacturers with 
fewer than 800 employees; 
(2) advise the Chief Manufacturing Officer on 
policies and programs of the Federal, State, and 
local governments that affect manufacturing in the 
United States; 
(3) provide a forum for discussing and pro-
posing solutions to industry-related problems; and 
(4) promote efforts to ensure that the United 
States remains the preeminent destination for in-
vestment in manufacturing throughout the world. 
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SEC. 302. MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) COMPOSITION.—The Committee shall consist 
of— 
(1) the Chief Manufacturing Officer; and 
(2) not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 
other members, who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent not more than 60 days after the date on which 
the Chief Manufacturing Officer assumes office. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the Committee 
appointed by the President under subsection (a)(2) shall— 
(1) be capable of critically assessing the poli-
cies, priorities, programs, and activities of the 
United States, with respect to the findings and poli-
cies described in title I; 
(2) collectively constitute a balanced composi-
tion with respect to— 
(A) technology, engineering, manufacturing 
fields; 
(B) academic, industrial, and governmental 
experience, 
(C) the business sector, the consumer sec-
tor, the defense sector, the public interest sec-
tor, and labor organizations that primarily rep-
resent workers in manufacturing; and 
(D) regional diversity; and 
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(3) each be qualified and distinguished in not 
less than 1 of— 
(A) engineering; 
(B) technology; 
(C) entrepreneurship; 
(D) manufacturing; 
(E) trade; 
(F) information dissemination; 
(G) education; 
(H) worker training or credentialing; 
(I) labor organizations that primarily rep-
resent workers in manufacturing; 
(J) public affairs; and 
(K) public policy. 
(c) CHAIR.—The President shall appoint 1 member 
of the Committee to serve as Chair and another member 
to serve as Vice Chair, for such periods as the President 
may determine appropriate. 
(d) COMPENSATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Com-
mittee who is not an employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment shall be entitled to receive compensation at 
a rate not to exceed the daily rate prescribed for 
GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 
of title 5, United States Code, for each day (includ-
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ing travel time) during which the member is engaged 
in the performance of the duties of the Committee. 
(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the 
Committee who is serving away from the home or 
regular place of business of the member in the per-
formance of the duties of the Committee may be al-
lowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, in the same manner as the expenses au-
thorized by section 5703(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, for persons in government service employed 
intermittently. 
SEC. 303. FEDERAL MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL IN-
NOVATION SURVEY. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall— 
(A) survey, examine, and analyze the over-
all context of the manufacturing and industrial 
innovation efforts of the Federal Government, 
including the mission, goals, personnel, funding, 
organization, facilities, and activities of those 
efforts; and 
(B) in carrying out subparagraph (A), take 
adequate account of the interests of individuals 
and groups that may be affected by Federal 
manufacturing and industrial innovation pro-
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grams, including, as appropriate, by consulting 
with those individuals and groups. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the 
functions of the Committee under this section, the 
Committee shall consider the need for— 
(A) organizational reform, including insti-
tutional realignment or establishment designed 
to place within a single cabinet-level department 
(either within an existing agency or a new cabi-
net-level department) with missions that are 
primarily or solely devoted to manufacturing 
and industrial innovation; 
(B) improvements in existing programs 
and policies of manufacturing and industrial in-
novation of the Federal Government, including 
consideration of the appropriate role to be 
played by the private sector; 
(C) improved manufacturing and industrial 
innovation assessment in the executive branch 
of the Federal Government; 
(D) improved methods for effecting devel-
opment of manufacturing capabilities, especially 
capabilities arising from Federally funded re-
search; 
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(E) stimulating more effective Federal- 
State and Federal-industry liaison and coopera-
tion in manufacturing and industrial innovation 
policy, including the formation of Federal-State 
mechanisms for the mutual pursuit of the 
shared goal of growing and improving manufac-
turing; 
(F) reforming any Federal regulation or 
administrative practice or procedure that may 
have the effect of slowing technological innova-
tion or opportunities for the use of technological 
innovation; 
(G) improvements to Federal research and 
development activities to make those activities 
more responsive to industrial needs; 
(H) ways of strengthening the competency 
of academic institutions in the United States 
for education and workforce training to better 
foster manufacturing and industrial innovation, 
capacity, and diversity; 
(I) ways of effectively integrating manufac-
turing and industrial innovation into the na-
tional and international policies of the United 
States; 
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(J) manufacturing and industrial innova-
tion designed to meet community and individual 
needs; 
(K) maintaining the quality and quantity 
of adequate manufacturing and industrial inno-
vation manpower; 
(L) improved systems for planning and 
analyzing Federal manufacturing and industrial 
innovation programs; 
(M) long-range study, analysis, and plan-
ning with respect to the application of manufac-
turing and industrial innovation to major na-
tional problems or concerns; and 
(N) identifying unnecessary or duplicative 
regulations. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) TO THE PRESIDENT.— 
(A) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 1 
year after the date on which every member of 
the Committee has been appointed under sec-
tion 302(a), the Committee shall submit to the 
President an interim report on the activities 
and operations of the Committee, as of the date 
on which the interim report is submitted. 
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(B) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than 2 
years after the date on which every member of 
the Committee has been appointed under sec-
tion 302(a), the Committee shall submit to the 
President a final report on the activities, find-
ings, conclusions, and recommendations of the 
Committee, including any necessary supporting 
data and material. 
(2) TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the President receives the 
final report required under paragraph (1)(B), the 
President shall submit to Congress— 
(A) the interim report submitted under 
paragraph (1)(A); 
(B) the final report submitted under para-
graph (1)(B); and 
(C) any comments on, observations of, and 
recommendations with respect to the reports de-
scribed in this paragraph that the President de-
termines appropriate. 
SEC. 304. CONTINUATION OF COMMITTEE. 
(a) TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding section 14 of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the 
Committee shall terminate not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the President submits the reports under 
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section 303(b)(2), unless the President, before the expira-
tion of the 90-day period, makes a determination that it 
is advantageous for the Committee to continue in being. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF COMMITTEE.—If the Presi-
dent determines that it is advantageous for the Committee 
to continue in being under subsection (a)— 
(1) the Committee shall exercise functions pre-
scribed by the President; and 
(2) the members of the Committee shall serve 
at the pleasure of the President. 
SEC. 305. STAFF AND CONSULTANT SUPPORT. 
(a) FUNCTIONS.—In the performance of the duties 
described in section 303(a), the Committee may— 
(1) select, appoint, employ, and fix the com-
pensation of specialists and other experts necessary 
to carry out those duties; 
(2) select, appoint, and employ, subject to the 
civil service laws, officers and employees necessary to 
carry out those duties; and 
(3) provide for the participation of civilian and 
military personnel detailed to the Committee pursu-
ant to subsection (b) of this section to carry out the 
duties of the Committee. 
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(b) SUPPORT.—Upon request of the Committee, the 
head of any agency, department, or instrumentality in the 
executive branch of the Federal Government may— 
(1) furnish to the Committee necessary infor-
mation to carry out the functions of the Committee 
that is available to, or procurable by, such depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality; and 
(2) detail to temporary duty with the Com-
mittee on a reimbursable basis personnel within the 
administrative jurisdiction of the head of the agency, 
department, or instrumentality that the Committee 
needs or believes to be useful to carry out the duties 
of the Committee. 
(c) COMMITTEE DETAIL.— 
(1) CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE.—An individual who is 
detailed to temporary duty to the Committee under 
subsection (b)(2) may not experience as a result of 
being assigned to the detail— 
(A) with respect to an individual who is a 
civilian employee, a loss of seniority, pay, or 
other employee status; and 
(B) with respect to an individual who is a 
member of the military, a loss of— 
(i) status, rank, officer, or grade; or 
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(ii) any emolument, perquisite, right, 
privilege, or benefit incident to military 
personnel that is detailed and made pursu-
ant to an agreement between the Chair 
and the head of the relevant department, 
agency, or instrumentality, in accordance 
with the provisions of subchapter III of 
chapter 33, title 5, United States Code. 
TITLE IV— FEDERAL STRATEGY 
AND COORDINATING COUN-
CIL 
ON 
MANUFACTURING 
AND 
INDUSTRIAL 
INNOVA-
TION 
SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is established in the executive branch of the 
Federal Government the Federal Strategy and Coordi-
nating Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innova-
tion (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Council’’). 
SEC. 402. MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be com-
posed of the following: 
(A) The President, who shall serve as 
Chair of the Council. 
(B) The Vice President. 
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(C) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(D) The Secretary of Defense. 
(E) The Secretary of Education. 
(F) The Secretary of Energy. 
(G) The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services. 
(H) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development. 
(I) The Secretary of Labor. 
(J) The Secretary of State. 
(K) The Secretary of Transportation. 
(L) The Secretary of Treasury. 
(M) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(N) The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(O) The Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
(P) The Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(Q) The Director of the National Science 
Foundation. 
(R) The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
(S) The Assistant to the President for 
Science and Technology. 
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(T) The United States Trade Representa-
tive. 
(U) The National Security Advisor. 
(V) The Assistant to the President for 
Economic Policy. 
(W) The Director of the Domestic Policy 
Council. 
(X) The Chair of the Council of Economic 
Advisers. 
(Y) The Chief Manufacturing Officer. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
PARTICIPANTS.—The Presi-
dent may, from time to time and as necessary, ap-
point officials in the executive branch of the Federal 
Government to serve as members of the Council. 
(b) MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President or the Chief 
Manufacturing Officer may convene meetings of the 
Council. 
(2) PRESIDING OFFICER.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the President shall preside over the 
meetings of the Council. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—If the President is not 
present at a meeting of the Council, the Vice 
President (and if the Vice President is not 
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present at a meeting of the Council, the Chief 
Manufacturing Officer) shall preside and be 
considered the chair of the Council. 
SEC. 403. COUNCIL ON MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 
INNOVATION EFFORTS. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.— 
(1) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 
(A) consider problems and developments, 
including concerns regarding the workforce con-
cerns, in manufacturing and industrial innova-
tion and related activities of more than 1 agen-
cy in the executive branch of the Federal Gov-
ernment; 
(B) coordinate the manufacturing and in-
dustrial innovation policy-making process; 
(C) harmonize the Federal permitting 
process related to manufacturing and industrial 
innovation, as appropriate; 
(D) ensure manufacturing and industrial 
innovation policy decisions and programs are 
consistent with the priority goals of the United 
States described in section 102(a); 
(E) help implement the priority goals de-
scribed in section 102(a) across the Federal 
Government; 
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(F) ensure manufacturing and industrial 
innovation are considered in the development 
and implementation of Federal policies and pro-
grams; 
(G) 
achieve 
more 
effective 
use 
of 
foundational aspects of manufacturing and in-
dustrial innovation, particularly scientific, engi-
neering, and technological resources and facili-
ties of agencies in the executive branch of the 
Federal Government, including the elimination 
of efforts that have been unwarrantedly dupli-
cated; 
(H) identify— 
(i) threats to and vulnerabilities of 
supply chains; 
(ii) workforce skills; and 
(iii) aspects of supply chains and 
workforce skills requiring additional em-
phasis; and 
(I) further international cooperation on 
manufacturing and industrial innovation poli-
cies that enhance the policies of the United 
States and internationally agreed upon policies. 
(2) OTHER DUTIES.—The Chief Manufacturing 
Officer may take such actions as may be necessary 
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or appropriate to implement the functions described 
in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 404. COORDINATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO COORDINATE.—The head of 
each agency in the executive branch of the Federal Gov-
ernment, without regard to whether the head of the agency 
is a member of the Council, shall— 
(1) coordinate manufacturing and industrial in-
novation policy with the Council; and 
(2) share information on manufacturing and in-
dustrial innovation policy-related budget requests 
with the Council. 
(b) BUDGET
RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Council 
shall develop for submission to the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget recommendations for the 
budgets of agencies in the executive branch of the Federal 
Government relating to manufacturing and industrial in-
novation policy that reflect the priority goals described in 
section 102(a). 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Council shall provide 
advice to the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget concerning the budget proposals of agencies in the 
executive branch of the Federal Government concerning 
manufacturing and industrial innovation policy. 
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SEC. 405. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL.—In carrying out the duties of 
the Council, the Council shall consult with the National 
Science and Technology Council, as necessary. 
(b) AD COMMITTEES; TASKS FORCES, INTERAGENCY 
GROUPS.—The Council may function through established 
or ad hoc committees, task forces, or interagency groups. 
(c) REQUIREMENT TO COOPERATE.—Each agency in 
the executive branch of the Federal Government shall— 
(1) cooperate with the Council; and 
(2) provide assistance, information, and advice 
to the Council, as the Council may request, to the 
extent permitted by law. 
(d) ASSISTANCE TO COUNCIL.—For the purpose of 
carrying out the provisions of this section, the head of 
each agency that is a member of the Council shall furnish 
necessary assistance and resources to the Council, which 
may include— 
(1) detailing employees of the agency to the 
Council to perform such functions, consistent with 
the purposes of this section, as the Chair may assign 
to those detailees; 
(2) providing office support and printing, as re-
quested by the Chair; and 
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(3) upon the request of the Chair, undertake 
special studies for the Council that come within the 
functions herein assigned as necessary to fulfill the 
duties of the Council described in section 403. 
TITLE V—MANUFACTURING AND 
INDUSTRIAL 
INNOVATION 
POLICY INSTITUTE 
SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There shall be established a Federally funded re-
search and development center to be known as the ‘‘Manu-
facturing and Industrial Innovation Policy Institute’’ (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Institute’’). 
SEC. 502. INCORPORATION. 
The Institute shall be— 
(1) administered as a separate entity by an or-
ganization managing a Federally funded research 
and development center on the date of enactment of 
this Act; or 
(2) incorporated as a nonprofit membership 
corporation. 
SEC. 503. DUTIES. 
The duties of the Institute shall include the following: 
(1) The assembly of timely and authoritative in-
formation relating to significant manufacturing and 
industrial innovation development and trends in re-
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search, development, and their applications in the 
United States and abroad, including information re-
lating to— 
(A) the developments identified in the most 
recent report submitted to Congress by the 
President under section 206; and 
(B) projections and strategies identified in 
the most recent national strategic plan estab-
lished under section 204(a). 
(2) The development and maintenance of rel-
evant informational and analytical tools. 
(3) The analysis and interpretation of the infor-
mation described in paragraph (1), with particular 
attention to the scope and content of the Federal 
manufacturing and industrial innovation policy port-
folio that affects interagency and national issues. 
(4) The initiation of studies and analysis of 
available manufacturing and industrial innovation 
alternatives to ensure the long-term strength of the 
United States in the development and application of 
manufacturing and industrial innovation. 
(5) The determination of appropriate roles of 
the Federal Government, State governments, private 
industry, and institutes of higher education in the 
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development and application of manufacturing and 
industrial innovation. 
(6) The provision, upon the request of the Chief 
Manufacturing Officer, of technical support and as-
sistance— 
(A) to the committees and panels of the 
Federal Strategy and Coordinating Council on 
Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation estab-
lished under section 401 that provide advice to 
agencies in the executive branch of the Federal 
Government on manufacturing and industrial 
innovation; and 
(B) to the interagency committees and 
panels of the Federal Government concerned 
with manufacturing and industrial innovation. 
SEC. 504. CONSULTATION OF INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES. 
In carrying out the duties described in section 503, 
personnel of the Institute shall— 
(1) consult widely with representatives from— 
(A) private industry; 
(B) labor organizations that primarily rep-
resent workers in manufacturing; 
(C) institutions of higher education, in-
cluding worker training and credentialing pro-
grams; and 
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(D) nonprofit institutions that reflect ra-
cial, ethnic, gender, and regional diversity; and 
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, incor-
porate information and perspectives derived from 
consultations under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 505. ANNUAL REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Institute shall submit to the President a report on the 
activities of the Institute. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The President shall prescribe 
requirements for the report submitted under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 506. SPONSORSHIP. 
(a) SPONSOR.—The Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology shall be the sponsor of 
the Institute. 
(b) AGREEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, in consulta-
tion with the Chief Manufacturing Officer, shall 
enter into a sponsoring agreement with respect to 
the Institute that requires the Institute carry out 
functions determined by the Chief Manufacturing 
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Officer that are consistent with the duties described 
to in section 503. 
(2) CONSISTENCY WITH REQUIREMENTS PRE-
SCRIBED
BY
ADMINISTRATOR
FOR
FEDERAL
PRO-
CUREMENT POLICY.—The Administrator for Federal 
Procurement Policy shall prescribe general require-
ments for the sponsoring agreement entered into 
under paragraph (1). 
TITLE VI—NATIONAL MEDAL OF 
MANUFACTURING 
AND 
IN-
DUSTRIAL INNOVATION 
SEC. 601. AWARD. 
(a) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The President shall from 
time to time award a medal, to be known as the ‘‘National 
Medal of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation’’, on 
the basis of recommendations received from the National 
Academies of Sciences, the Chief Manufacturing Officer, 
or on the basis of such other information and evidence 
as the President determines appropriate, to individuals 
who in the judgment of the President are deserving of spe-
cial recognition by reason of outstanding contributions to 
knowledge in manufacturing and industrial innovation. 
(b) NUMBER.—Not more than 20 individuals may be 
awarded a medal under this section in any one calendar 
year. 
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(c) CITIZENSHIP.—An individual may not be awarded 
a medal under this section unless at the time such award 
is made the individual— 
(1) is a citizen or other national of the United 
States; or 
(2) is an individual lawfully admitted to the 
United States for permanent residence who— 
(A) has filed an application for petition for 
naturalization in the manner prescribed by sec-
tion 334(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1445(b)); and 
(B) is not permanently ineligible to become 
a citizen of the United States. 
(d) CEREMONIES.—The presentation of the award 
shall be made by the President with such ceremonies as 
determined proper, including attendance by appropriate 
Members of Congress. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) for fiscal year 2022— 
(A) $5,000,000, for the purpose of car-
rying out title II; 
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(B) $5,000,000, for the purpose of car-
rying out title III; 
(C) $5,000,000, for the purpose of car-
rying out title IV; and 
(D) $5,000,000, for the purpose of car-
rying out title V; and 
(2) for each fiscal year thereafter, for the pur-
pose of carrying out titles II through V, such sums 
as may be necessary. 
Æ 
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