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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8657 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides 
recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact 
of Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience 
and manufacturing and industrial innovation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2024 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report 
that provides recommendations to improve the effective-
ness, efficiency, and impact of Department of Commerce 
programs related to supply chain resilience and manufac-
turing and industrial innovation, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Support 
for American Manufacturing Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PRO-
GRAMS 
RELATED 
TO 
CRITICAL 
SUPPLY 
CHAIN RESILIENCE AND MANUFACTURING 
AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
produce a report that— 
(1) identifies offices and bureaus of the Depart-
ment of Commerce with responsibilities related to— 
(A) critical supply chain resilience; and 
(B) manufacturing and industrial innova-
tion; 
(2) identifies the duties, responsibilities, pro-
grams, and expertise relevant to critical supply chain 
resilience and manufacturing and industrial innova-
tion of each covered office and bureau; 
(3) identifies and assesses the purpose, statu-
tory authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limita-
tions of each covered office and bureau; 
(4) identifies gaps between offices or bureaus 
with duplicative duties, responsibilities, programs, 
and expertise within the Department of Commerce 
that are implementing activities related to critical 
supply chain resilience and manufacturing and in-
dustrial innovation; and 
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(5) provides recommendations to improve the 
effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of each covered 
office and bureau, including recommendations to— 
(A) optimize operations within or across 
covered offices and bureaus; 
(B) improve coordination across covered 
offices and bureaus; and 
(C) improve coordination with Federal 
agencies implementing similar activities related 
to critical supply chain resilience and manufac-
turing and industrial innovation. 
(b) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRA-
TION.—The Secretary shall contract with the National 
Academy of Public Administration in producing the report 
under subsection (a). 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which the Secretary produces the 
report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress— 
(1) the report produced under subsection (a); 
(2) recommendations for potential legislative ac-
tion addressing recommendations in the report pro-
duced under subsection (a); and 
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(3) a response from the Secretary to the rec-
ommendations included in the report produced under 
subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives. 
(2) COVERED
OFFICES
AND
BUREAUS.—The 
term ‘‘covered offices and bureaus’’ means offices 
and bureaus of the Department of Commerce identi-
fied under subsection (a)(1). 
(3) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘crit-
ical supply chain’’ means an end-to-end system that 
converts raw materials into finished products in crit-
ical sectors, including in— 
(A) the defense industrial base; 
(B) the public health and biological pre-
paredness industrial base; 
(C) the information and communications 
technology industrial base; 
(D) the energy sector industrial base; 
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(E) the transportation industrial base; and 
(F) agricultural supply chains. 
(4) CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE.—The 
term ‘‘critical supply chain resilience’’ means miti-
gating gaps and vulnerabilities in critical supply 
chains, including by— 
(A) reducing risk of malicious sabotage or 
external or internal manipulation; and 
(B) improving the ability to withstand sup-
ply chain interruptions such as logistical chal-
lenges and workforce, materials, equipment, or 
product shortages. 
(5) MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVA-
TION.—The term ‘‘manufacturing and industrial in-
novation’’ means— 
(A) providing assistance, resources, or 
services to manufacturers or manufacturing 
workers in the United States; 
(B) offering expertise, improvements, re-
search and development, or other assistance in 
technological innovations or advanced manufac-
turing in partnership with or for use by manu-
facturers in the United States; or 
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(C) developing policy that substantially im-
pacts the manufacturing sector in the United 
States. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
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