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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2279 
To establish the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy 
and strategic national manufacturing policy for the United States, to 
provide manufacturing and industrial perspective and advice to the Presi-
dent, to provide for a comprehensive survey and cross administration 
management of efforts to ensure global leadership in manufacturing 
critical to the long-term economic health and national security of the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2021 
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. RYAN, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and 
Mr. FLEISCHMANN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Financial Services, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial In-
novation Policy and strategic national manufacturing pol-
icy for the United States, to provide manufacturing and 
industrial perspective and advice to the President, to 
provide for a comprehensive survey and cross administra-
tion management of efforts to ensure global leadership 
in manufacturing critical to the long-term economic 
health and national security of the United States, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy 
Act of 2021’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 
as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL MANUFACTURING POLICY AND PRIORITIES 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Sense of Congress. 
TITLE II—OFFICE OF MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 
INNOVATION POLICY 
Sec. 201. Establishment. 
Sec. 202. Chief Manufacturing Officer; Associate Manufacturing Officers. 
Sec. 203. Policy planning, analysis, and advice. 
Sec. 204. National strategic plan for manufacturing and industrial innovation. 
Sec. 205. Additional Functions of the Chief Manufacturing Officer; Administra-
tive Provisions. 
Sec. 206. Manufacturing and industrial innovation report. 
Sec. 207. Comptroller General Report. 
TITLE III—PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 
MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 
Sec. 301. Establishment. 
Sec. 302. Membership. 
Sec. 303. Federal Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Survey. 
Sec. 304. Continuation of Committee. 
Sec. 305. Staff and consultant support. 
TITLE IV— FEDERAL STRATEGY AND COORDINATING COUNCIL 
ON MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 
Sec. 401. Establishment. 
Sec. 402. Membership. 
Sec. 403. Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Efforts. 
Sec. 404. Coordination. 
Sec. 405. Administration. 
TITLE V—MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 
POLICY INSTITUTE 
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Sec. 501. Establishment. 
Sec. 502. Incorporation. 
Sec. 503. Duties. 
Sec. 504. Consultation of Institute activities. 
Sec. 505. Annual Reports. 
Sec. 506. Sponsorship. 
TITLE VI—NATIONAL MEDAL OF MANUFACTURING AND 
INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 
Sec. 601. Award. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 701. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL MANUFAC-
TURING POLICY AND PRIOR-
ITIES 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress, recognizing the profound historical role 
that all aspects of manufacturing, including research and 
development, engineering, skilled trades, and production, 
has played in the economy and society of the United 
States, and in the economic and innovative standing of 
the United States in the global community, and the inter-
relations of robust manufacturing on economic, environ-
mental, national security, social, political, and institutional 
factors, finds that— 
(1) the general welfare, security, and economic 
health and stability of the United States require a 
long-term, substantial, coordinated, and multidisci-
plinary strategy and implementation of cohesive ob-
jectives to remain at the forefront of industrial inno-
vation; 
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(2) the large and complex innovative and tech-
nological capabilities of global supply chains and 
manufacturing economies, which influence the course 
of national and international manufacturing and in-
novative relevance, require appropriate attention, in-
cluding long-range inclusive planning and more im-
mediate program development, to encourage and 
support private manufacturing growth in the United 
States and participation in the public decision-mak-
ing process; 
(3) the innovative and manufacturing capabili-
ties of business in the United States, when properly 
fostered, applied, and supported, can effectively as-
sist in improving the quality of life of people in the 
United States, in anticipating and addressing emerg-
ing international, national, and local problems, and 
strengthening the international economic engage-
ment and pioneering leadership of the United States; 
(4) just as Federal funding for science and 
technology represents an investment in the future, 
strategically addressing gaps in the innovation pipe-
line of the United States would— 
(A) contribute to converting research and 
development investments into high-value, qual-
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ity job-creating product production and capture 
domestic and global markets; and 
(B) strengthen the economic posture of the 
United States; and 
(5) the capabilities of the United States at both 
the Federal and State levels need enhanced strategic 
planning and influence over policy formulation for 
industrial innovation and technology development, as 
well as a means to ensure an adequate workforce. 
SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) PRIORITY GOALS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that manufacturing and industrial innovation should in-
clude contributing to the following priority goals: 
(1) Taking concrete national action to rebuild, 
restore, and expand domestic manufacturing capa-
bilities, skills, and production capacity, including 
world-class infrastructure. 
(2) Rebuilding the industrial innovation com-
mons, to include common resources, technical knowl-
edge, and entrepreneurial opportunities associated 
with technical ideas. 
(3) Supporting domestic supply chains. 
(4) Expanding production capabilities, coopera-
tion, and knowledge. 
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(5) Revitalizing communities harmed by histor-
ical and poorly conceived, implemented, and enforced 
regulatory and trade policies. 
(6) Developing a strategy for innovation and es-
tablishment of manufacturing industries of the fu-
ture, including adoption and production of Industry 
4.0 technology to support domestic economic expan-
sion, particularly manufacturers with fewer than 800 
employees, and in traditionally underserved commu-
nities. 
(7) Contributing to national health and security 
and emergency readiness and resilience, including 
addressing environmental concerns. 
(8) Strengthening the economy of the United 
States and promoting full employment in high-qual-
ity, high-wage jobs through useful industrial and 
technological innovation. 
(9) Cultivating, utilizing, and enhancing aca-
demic and industrial thought-leadership with prac-
tical workforce development and training to the full-
est extent possible. 
(10) Implementing a national strategy that 
identifies and prioritizes high growth, high value- 
added industries, products, and components of na-
tional importance to the long-term economic, envi-
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ronmental, national security, and public health of 
the United States. 
(b) NATIONAL POLICY.—In view of the findings 
under section 101, it is the sense of Congress that the 
Federal Government and public and private institutions 
in the United States should pursue a national policy of 
manufacturing and industrial innovation that includes the 
following principles: 
(1) Ensuring global leadership in advanced 
manufacturing technologies critical to the long-term 
economic, environmental, national security, and pub-
lic health of the United States. 
(2) Restoring and strengthening the industrial 
commons of the United States, which include— 
(A) essential engineering and production 
skills; 
(B) infrastructure for research and devel-
opment, standardization, and metrology; 
(C) process innovations and manufacturing 
know-how; 
(D) equipment; and 
(E) suppliers that provide the foundation 
for the innovativeness and competitiveness of all 
manufacturers in the United States. 
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(3) Strengthening the technical, financial, and 
educational commons and assets necessary to ensure 
that the United States is the best positioned nation 
for the creation and production of advanced tech-
nologies and products emerging from national re-
search and development investments. 
(4) Capitalizing on the scientific and techno-
logical advances produced by researchers and 
innovators in the United States by developing capa-
ble and responsive institutions focused on advancing 
the technology and manufacturing readiness levels of 
those advances. 
(5) Supporting the discovery, invention, start- 
up, ramp-up, scale-up, and transition of new prod-
ucts and manufacturing technologies to full-scale 
production in the United States. 
(6) Addressing the evolving needs of manufac-
turers for a diverse set of workers with the nec-
essary skills, training, and expertise as manufactur-
ers in the United States increase high-quality, high- 
wage employment opportunities. 
(7) Improving and expanding manufacturing 
engineering and technology offerings within institu-
tions of higher education, including 4-year engineer-
ing technology programs at polytechnic institutes 
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and secondary schools, to be more closely aligned 
with the needs of manufacturers in the United 
States and the goal of strengthening the long-term 
competitiveness of such manufacturing. 
(8) Working collaboratively with Federal agen-
cies, State and local governments, Tribal govern-
ments, regional authorities, institutions of higher 
education, economic development organizations, and 
labor organizations that primarily represent workers 
in manufacturing to leverage their knowledge, re-
sources, applied research, experimental development, 
and programs to foster manufacturing in the United 
States so as to anticipate and prepare for emer-
gencies and global, national, and regional supply 
chain disruptions, including disruptions brought on 
and exacerbated by changing environmental and 
other circumstances. 
(9) 
Recognizing 
that, 
as 
changing 
cir-
cumstances require the periodic revision and adapta-
tion of this title, the Congress is responsible for— 
(A) 
identifying 
and 
interpreting 
the 
changes in those circumstances as they occur; 
and 
(B) affecting subsequent changes to this 
title as appropriate. 
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(c) PROCEDURES.—It is the sense of Congress that, 
in order to expedite and facilitate the implementation of 
the national policy described in subsection (b)— 
(1) Federal procurement policy should— 
(A) prioritize and encourage domestic 
manufacturing and robust domestic supply 
chains; 
(B) support means of expanding domestic 
manufacturing job creation; 
(C) enhance manufacturing workforce pre-
paredness; 
(D) prioritize the development of means to 
support diversity and inclusion throughout the 
manufacturing and industrial sector; 
(E) promote the consideration of, and sup-
port to, minority-owned and women-owned man-
ufacturing contractors of the Federal Govern-
ment; and 
(F) support the ingenuity and entrepre-
neurship of the United States by providing en-
hanced attention to manufacturing startups and 
small businesses in the United States; 
(2) Federal trade and monetary policies 
should— 
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