poses of promoting the manufacturing of goods in the 
United States and enabling those manufacturers to be 
competitive in the global economy by— 
(1) identifying and reducing regulatory burdens 
on those manufacturers under subsection (c); and 
(2) providing those manufacturers with infor-
mation and other assistance under subsection (d). 
(c) REDUCTION OF REGULATORY BURDENS.—The 
Secretary shall— 
(1) identify any regulatory requirements appli-
cable to small- and medium-sized domestic manufac-
turers that— 
(A) impose an unnecessary burden on 
those manufacturers; and 
(B) may be eliminated or reduced in order 
to promote the manufacture of goods in the 
United States; 
(2) take appropriate action to eliminate or re-
duce the regulatory requirements identified under 
paragraph (1); and 
(3) not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the Secretary establishes the program re-
quired by subsection (b), submit to Congress a re-
port that makes recommendations with respect to 
action by Congress that may be necessary to elimi-
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nate or reduce the regulatory requirements identified 
under paragraph (1). 
(d) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall assist small- 
and medium-sized domestic manufacturers by providing 
those manufacturers with information with respect to— 
(1) how small- and medium-sized domestic 
manufacturers can comply efficiently with regula-
tions applicable to those manufacturers; 
(2) recently proposed and recently prescribed 
regulations likely to have an effect on small- and 
medium-sized domestic manufacturers; and 
(3) how small- and medium-sized domestic 
manufacturers can express their views and provide 
input with respect to any policy developments relat-
ing to the manufacture of goods in the United 
States. 
(e) REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAM.—Not 
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall 
submit to Congress a report on the program established 
under subsection (b) that includes— 
(1) an assessment of the extent to which the 
program has been effective— 
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(A) in identifying and reducing regulatory 
burdens on small- and medium-sized domestic 
manufacturers under subsection (c); 
(B) in providing information and other as-
sistance to small- and medium-sized domestic 
manufacturers under subsection (d); and 
(C) in promoting the manufacturing of 
goods in the United States and enabling small- 
and medium-sized domestic manufacturers to be 
competitive in the global economy; 
(2) detailed information with respect to the na-
ture, location, and duration of any jobs created as 
a result of the program established under subsection 
(b) and a description of the methodology used to 
compile that information; and 
(3) any recommendations with respect to con-
tinuing or improving the program established under 
subsection (b). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2017 through 
2021 to carry out the program established under sub-
section (b). 
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SEC. 202. REMOVING BARRIERS FOR EXPORTING INDUS-
TRIES IN THE UNITED STATES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Under Secretary for International 
Trade of the Department of Commerce shall submit to 
Congress a report— 
(1) identifying the 20 industries in the United 
States that export the most goods or services; 
(2) evaluating the competitiveness of those in-
dustries in global markets compared to competitors 
manufacturing outside the United States; 
(3) identifying domestic regulatory and policy 
barriers to increasing exports by those industries; 
(4) identifying measures imposed by foreign 
governments that impede the access of those indus-
tries to foreign markets; and 
(5) making recommendations with respect to 
legislative action that could be taken by Congress to 
reduce barriers identified under paragraph (3) and 
improve the global competitiveness of those indus-
tries in foreign markets. 
TITLE III—OFFSETS 
SEC. 301. LIMITATION ON GOVERNMENT PRINTING COSTS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
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Budget shall coordinate with the heads of Federal depart-
ments and independent agencies to— 
(1) determine which Government publications 
could be available on Government websites and no 
longer printed and to devise a strategy to reduce 
overall Government printing costs over the 10-year 
period beginning with fiscal year 2017, except that 
the Director shall ensure that essential printed docu-
ments prepared for social security recipients, medi-
care beneficiaries, and other populations in areas 
with limited Internet access or use continue to re-
main available; 
(2) establish Governmentwide Federal guide-
lines on employee printing; 
(3) issue on the Office of Management and 
Budget’s public website the results of a cost-benefit 
analysis on implementing a digital signature system 
and on establishing employee printing identification 
systems, such as the use of individual employee 
cards or codes, to monitor the amount of printing 
done by Federal employees; and 
(4) ensure that Federal employee printing costs 
unrelated to national defense, homeland security, 
border security, national disasters, and other emer-
gencies do not exceed $860,000,000 annually. 
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