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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6290 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 14, 2021 
Mr. TONKO (for himself, Mrs. AXNE, and Mr. UPTON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
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. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordi-
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 
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(C) any other manufacturing-related chal-
lenges experienced by manufacturers in the 
United States; 
(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. The Secretary shall carry out this 
section using amounts otherwise available to the Secretary 
for such purposes. 
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