(1) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission, in coordination 
with the head of any other appropriate Federal 
agency, shall conduct a study on the impact of 
three-dimensional printing on United States busi-
nesses conducting interstate commerce. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
STUDY.—In con-
ducting the study, the Commission shall do the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Conduct a survey of three-dimensional 
printing through outreach to participating enti-
ties to— 
(i) establish a list of the industry sec-
tors that develop and use three-dimen-
sional printing; 
(ii) establish a list of public-private 
partnerships focused on promoting the 
adoption, and use of three-dimensional 
printing; 
(iii) provide a description of the ways 
such industry sectors develop, use, or pro-
mote the use of three-dimensional printing; 
and 
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(iv) provide a description of some of 
the advantages or disadvantages three-di-
mensional printing may present. 
(B) Conduct a survey of Federal activity 
related to three-dimensional printing to— 
(i) establish a comprehensive list of 
Federal agencies asserting jurisdiction over 
entities and industry sectors identified 
under subparagraph (A)(i); 
(ii) identify all interagency activities 
related to three-dimensional printing; 
(iii) develop a brief description of the 
jurisdiction and expertise of the Federal 
agencies as it relates to three-dimensional 
printing; and 
(iv) identify each Federal rule, regula-
tion, guideline, policy, and other Federal 
activity implemented by each Federal agen-
cy related to three-dimensional printing. 
(C) Conduct an international survey of 
other countries to establish a compendium at 
least 10 and not more than 15 countries con-
sisting of each country’s national strategy on 
three-dimensional printing to determine where 
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the United States ranks with respect to the 
adoption of three-dimensional printing. 
(D) Conduct a survey of the marketplace 
and supply chain of three-dimensional printing 
to— 
(i) assess the severity of risks posed 
to such marketplace and supply chain; 
(ii) review the ability of foreign gov-
ernments or third parties to exploit such 
supply chain in a manner that raises risks 
to the economic and national security of 
the United States; and 
(iii) identify emerging risks and long- 
term trends in such marketplace and sup-
ply chain. 
(b) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the completion of the study required pursu-
ant to subsection (a), the Commission, in coordination 
with the head of any other appropriate Federal agency, 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
report that contains— 
(1) the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a); and 
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(2) recommendations to— 
(A) address any duplicative Federal rule, 
regulation, guideline, policy, and other Federal 
activity acting as a barrier to the adoption of 
three-dimensional printing; 
(B) develop and implement a comprehen-
sive plan to promote the growth of the adoption 
of three-dimensional printing; 
(C) develop policies that States can adopt 
to encourage the growth of three-dimensional 
printing; 
(D) develop a national strategy to advance 
the position in the world of business sectors in 
the United States on the adoption of three-di-
mensional printing; 
(E) develop strategies to mitigate current 
and emerging risks to the marketplace and sup-
ply chain of three-dimensional printing; and 
(F) develop legislation to accomplish such 
recommendations. 
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