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Union Calendar No. 49
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 250
[Report No. 109–92] 
To establish an interagency committee to coordinate Federal manufacturing 
research and development efforts in manufacturing, strengthen existing 
programs to assist manufacturing innovation and education, and expand 
outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2005
Mr. EHLERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science 
MAY 23, 2005
Additional sponsors: Mr. UPTON and Mr. GILLMOR 
MAY 23, 2005
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 6, 2005] 
A BILL 
To establish an interagency committee to coordinate Federal 
manufacturing research and development efforts in man-
ufacturing, strengthen existing programs to assist manu-
facturing innovation and education, and expand outreach
programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers, 
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 Tech-
nology Competitiveness Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE. 
(a) INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall estab-
lish or designate an interagency committee on manu-
facturing research and development, which shall in-
clude representatives from the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, the Science and Technology Di-
rectorate of the Department of Homeland Security, 
the National Science Foundation, the Department of 
Energy, and any other agency that the President may 
designate. The Chair of the Interagency Committee 
shall be designated by the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Interagency Committee 
shall be responsible for the planning and coordination 
of Federal efforts in manufacturing research and de-
velopment through—
(A) establishing goals and priorities for 
manufacturing research and development, in-
cluding the strengthening of United States man-
ufacturing through the support and coordination 
of Federal manufacturing research, development, 
technology transfer, standards, and technical 
training; 
(B) developing, within 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and updating 
every 3 years for delivery with the President’s 
annual budget request to Congress, a strategic 
plan, to be transmitted to the Committee on 
Science of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, for manufacturing research 
and development that includes an analysis of the 
research, development, technology transfer, stand-
ards, technical training, and integration needs of 
the manufacturing sector important to ensuring 
and maintaining United States competitiveness; 
(C) proposing an annual coordinated inter-
agency budget for manufacturing research and 
development to the Office of Management and 
Budget; and
(D) developing and transmitting to Con-
gress an annual report on the Federal programs 
involved in manufacturing research, develop-
ment, technical training, standards, and integra-
tion, their funding levels, and their impacts on 
United States manufacturing competitiveness, 
including the identification and analysis of the 
manufacturing research and development prob-
lems that require additional attention, and rec-
ommendations of how Federal programs should 
address those problems. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS
AND
VIEWS.—In car-
rying out its functions under paragraph (2), the 
Interagency 
Committee 
shall 
consider 
the 
rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Committee and the 
views of academic, State, industry, and other entities 
involved in manufacturing research and development. 
(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the President 
shall establish or designate an advisory committee to 
provide advice and information to the Interagency 
Committee.
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall assist the Interagency Committee by pro-
viding it with recommendations on—
(A) the goals and priorities for manufac-
turing research and development; 
(B) the strategic plan, including proposals 
on how to strengthen research and development 
to help manufacturing; and 
(C) other issues it considers appropriate. 
(3) REPORT.—The Advisory Committee shall 
provide an annual report to the Interagency Com-
mittee and the Congress that shall assess—
(A) the progress made in implementing the 
strategic plan and challenges to this progress; 
(B) the effectiveness of activities under the 
strategic plan in improving United States man-
ufacturing competitiveness; 
(C) the need to revise the goals and prior-
ities established by the Interagency Committee; 
and 
(D) new and emerging problems and oppor-
tunities affecting the manufacturing research 
community, research infrastructure, and the 
measurement and statistical analysis of manu-
facturing that may need to be considered by the 
Interagency Committee. 
(4) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT APPLI-
CATION.—Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act shall not apply to the Advisory Committee. 
SEC. 
3. 
COLLABORATIVE 
MANUFACTURING 
RESEARCH 
PILOT GRANTS. 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating the first section 32 (15 
U.S.C. 271 note) as section 34 and moving it to the 
end of the Act; and 
(2) by inserting before the section moved by 
paragraph (1) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 33. COLLABORATIVE MANUFACTURING RESEARCH 
PILOT GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall estab-
lish a pilot program of awards to partnerships among 
participants described in paragraph (2) for the pur-
poses described in paragraph (3). Awards shall be 
made on a peer-reviewed, competitive basis. 
‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—Such partnerships shall 
include at least—