(5) Providing advice and recommendations to 
the Secretary on matters relating to investment in, 
and support of, the manufacturing workforce in the 
United States, including on matters such as— 
(A) worker participation, including through 
labor organizations and through other methods 
determined by the Advisory Council, in plan-
ning for the deployment of new technologies 
across the manufacturing sector in the United 
States and within workplaces in that sector; 
(B) training and education priorities for 
the Federal Government and employers to as-
sist workers in adapting the skills and experi-
ences of those workers to fit the demands of the 
manufacturing sector in the United States in 
the 21st century; 
(C) how the development of new tech-
nologies and processes have impacted, and will 
impact, the manufacturing workforce of the 
United States and the economy of the United 
States, which shall be based on input from 
manufacturing workers; 
(D) management practices in the manufac-
turing sector in the United States that lead to 
worker employment, job quality, worker protec-
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tion, worker participation and power in decision 
making, and investment in worker career suc-
cess; 
(E) policies and procedures that expand 
access to jobs, career advancement opportuni-
ties, and management opportunities for under-
represented populations; and 
(F) how to improve access to demand-driv-
en manufacturing-related education, training, 
and re-training for workers, including at com-
munity and technical colleges, through other in-
stitutions of higher education, and through ap-
prenticeships and work-based learning opportu-
nities. 
(6) Providing recommendations to the Secretary 
on ways to— 
(A) provide— 
(i) manufacturing-related worker edu-
cation, training, and development; and 
(ii) entrepreneurship training relating 
to manufacturing; 
(B) connect individuals and businesses 
with services described in subparagraph (A) 
that are offered in the communities of those in-
dividuals or businesses; 
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(C) coordinate services relating to manu-
facturing employee engagement, including em-
ployee ownership and workforce training; 
(D) connect manufacturers with commu-
nity and technical colleges, other institutions of 
higher education, State or local workforce devel-
opment boards established under section 101 or 
107 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111, 3122), labor orga-
nizations, and nonprofit job training providers 
to develop and support training and job place-
ment services, and apprenticeship and online 
learning platforms, for new and incumbent 
manufacturing workers; 
(E) develop programming to prevent man-
ufacturing job losses in the United States as 
entities adopt new technologies and processes; 
and 
(F) develop best practices for manufactur-
ers to incorporate, or transition to, employee 
ownership structures. 
(7) With respect to the matters described in 
paragraphs (1) through (6), soliciting input from— 
(A) economically distressed areas; and 
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(B) areas of the United States in which 
foreign competition has resulted in mass layoffs 
in the manufacturing sector. 
(8) Completing other specific tasks requested by 
the Secretary. 
(e) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Advisory 
Council 
shall— 
(A) consist of individuals appointed by the 
Secretary with a balance of backgrounds, expe-
riences, and viewpoints; and 
(B) include individuals with manufacturing 
experience who represent— 
(i) private industry, including small 
and medium-sized manufacturers and any 
relevant standards development organiza-
tions or relevant trade associations; 
(ii) academia; and 
(iii) labor. 
(2) PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, accept rec-
ommendations from the public regarding the ap-
pointment of individuals under paragraph (1). 
(3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 
Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary for a term of 3 years. 
(B) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may renew 
an appointment made under subparagraph (A) 
for not more than 2 additional terms. 
(C) STAGGER TERMS.—The Secretary may 
stagger the terms of the members of the Advi-
sory Council to ensure that the terms of those 
members expire during different years. 
(D) VACANCIES.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), a member appointed to fill a vacancy 
on the Advisory Council occurring before 
the expiration of the term for which the 
predecessor of the newly appointed member 
was appointed shall be appointed only for 
the remainder of that term of the prede-
cessor. 
(ii) FURTHER
SERVICE.—A member 
of the Advisory Council who is appointed 
for the remainder of a term of a prede-
cessor under clause (i) may serve after the 
expiration of that term of the predecessor 
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and until the date on which the Secretary 
has appointed a successor. 
(f) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All functions of the United 
States Manufacturing Council of the International 
Trade Administration of the Department of Com-
merce, including the personnel, assets, and obliga-
tions of the United States Manufacturing Council of 
the International Trade Administration of the De-
partment of Commerce, as in existence on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 
transferred to the Advisory Council. 
(2) DEEMING OF NAME.—Any reference in any 
law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 
the United States to the United States Manufac-
turing Council of the International Trade Adminis-
tration of the Department of Commerce shall be 
deemed a reference to the Advisory Council. 
(3) 
UNEXPENDED
BALANCES.—Unexpended 
balances of appropriations, authorization, alloca-
tions, or other funds related to the United States 
Manufacturing Council of the International Trade 
Administration of the Department of Commerce 
shall be available for use by the Advisory Council for 
the purpose for which the appropriations, authoriza-
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