Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.2279 | Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy (D-OH)
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy Act of 2021
This bill addresses the manufacturing capacity of the United States.
The bill establishes the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy, led by the Chief Manufacturing Officer, to serve as a source of manufacturing and industrial innovation analysis and judgment for the President with respect to the major policies, plans, and programs of the federal government. The office must establish a national strategic plan for manufacturing and industrial innovation that identifies critical needs to the manufacturing sector, including emergency readiness and resilience.
Additionally, the bill establishes the President's Advisory Committee on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation to promote regular communication between the federal government and the U.S. manufacturing sector.
The Government Accountability Office must report on the efforts of the office along with recommendations for improvements.
The bill also establishes the Federal Strategy and Coordinating Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation within the executive branch to be chaired by the President to coordinate manufacturing and industrial innovation policy.
Further, the bill establishes the Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy Institute to assemble information relating to significant manufacturing and industrial development and trends in research and applications.
Finally, the bill establishes the National Medal of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation to be awarded for outstanding contributions to knowledge in manufacturing and industrial innovation.

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 President, 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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; 
                            Administrative 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

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 MANUFACTURING POLICY AND PRIORITIES

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 interrelations of 
robust manufacturing on economic, environmental, 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 multidisciplinary strategy and 
        implementation of cohesive objectives to remain at the 
        forefront of industrial innovation;
            (2) the large and complex innovative and technological 
        capabilities of global supply chains and manufacturing 
        economies, which influence the course of national and 
        international manufacturing and innovative relevance, require 
        appropriate attention, including long-range inclusive planning 
        and more immediate program development, to encourage and 
        support private manufacturing growth in the United States and 
        participation in the public decision-making process;
            (3) the innovative and manufacturing capabilities of 
        business in the United States, when properly fostered, applied, 
        and supported, can effectively assist in improving the quality 
        of life of people in the United States, in anticipating and 
        addressing emerging international, national, and local 
        problems, and strengthening the international economic 
        engagement 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 pipeline of the United States 
        would--
                    (A) contribute to converting research and 
                development investments into high-value, quality 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 include contributing to the following 
priority goals:
            (1) Taking concrete national action to rebuild, restore, 
        and expand domestic manufacturing capabilities, skills, and 
        production capacity, including world-class infrastructure.
            (2) Rebuilding the industrial innovation commons, to 
        include common resources, technical knowledge, and 
        entrepreneurial opportunities associated with technical ideas.
            (3) Supporting domestic supply chains.
            (4) Expanding production capabilities, cooperation, and 
        knowledge.
            (5) Revitalizing communities harmed by historical and 
        poorly conceived, implemented, and enforced regulatory and 
        trade policies.
            (6) Developing a strategy for innovation and establishment 
        of manufacturing industries of the future, including adoption 
        and production of Industry 4.0 technology to support domestic 
        economic expansion, particularly manufacturers with fewer than 
        800 employees, and in traditionally underserved communities.
            (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-quality, high-wage jobs 
        through useful industrial and technological innovation.
            (9) Cultivating, utilizing, and enhancing academic and 
        industrial thought-leadership with practical workforce 
        development and training to the fullest extent possible.
            (10) Implementing a national strategy that identifies and 
        prioritizes high growth, high value-added industries, products, 
        and components of national importance to the long-term 
        economic, environmental, 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 public 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 development, 
                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.
            (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 technologies and products emerging from national 
        research and development investments.
            (4) Capitalizing on the scientific and technological 
        advances produced by researchers and innovators in the United 
        States by developing capable 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 products and manufacturing 
        technologies to full-scale production in the United States.
            (6) Addressing the evolving needs of manufacturers for a 
        diverse set of workers with the necessary skills, training, and 
        expertise as manufacturers in the United States increase high-
        quality, high-wage employment opportunities.
            (7) Improving and expanding manufacturing engineering and 
        technology offerings within institutions of higher education, 
        including 4-year engineering technology programs at polytechnic 
        institutes 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 agencies, State 
        and local governments, Tribal governments, regional 
        authorities, institutions of higher education, economic 
        development organizations, and labor organizations that 
        primarily represent workers in manufacturing to leverage their 
        knowledge, resources, applied research, experimental 
        development, and programs to foster manufacturing in the United 
        States so as to anticipate and prepare for emergencies 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 circumstances require the 
        periodic revision and adaptation 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.
    (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 preparedness;
                    (D) prioritize the development of means to support 
                diversity and inclusion throughout the manufacturing 
                and industrial sector;
                    (E) promote the consideration of, and support to, 
                minority-owned and women-owned manufacturing 
                contractors of the Federal Government; and
                    (F) support the ingenuity and entrepreneurship of 
                the United States by providing enhanced attention to 
                manufacturing startups and small businesses in the 
                United States;
            (2) Federal trade and monetary policies should--
                    (A) ensure that global competition in manufacturing 
                is free, open, and fair;
                    (B) prioritize policies and investments that 
                support domestic manufacturing growth and innovation; 
                and
                    (C) not be utilized to offshore poor manufacturing 
                working conditions or destructive manufacturing 
                environmental practices;
            (3) Federal policies and practices should reasonably 
        prioritize competitiveness for manufacturing and industrial 
        innovation efforts in the United States, but should not 
        sacrifice the quality of employment opportunities, including 
        the health and safety of workers, pay, and benefits;
            (4) Federal manufacturing and industrial innovation 
        policies, practices, and priorities should reasonably improve 
        environmental sustainability within the manufacturing industry, 
        while minimizing economic impact;
            (5) Federal patent policies should be developed, based on 
        uniform principles, which have as their objective to preserve 
        incentives for industrial technological innovation and the 
        application of procedures that will continue to assure the full 
        use of beneficial technology to serve the public;
            (6) Federal efforts should promote and support a strong 
        system of intellectual property rights to include trade 
        secrets, through both protection of intellectual property 
        rights and enforcement against intellectual property theft, and 
        broad engagement to limit foreign efforts to illegally or 
        inappropriately utilize compromised intellectual property;
            (7) closer relationships should be encouraged among 
        practitioners of scientific and technological research and 
        development and those who apply those foundations to domestic 
        commercial manufacturing;
            (8) the full use of the contributions of manufacturing and 
        industrial innovation to support State and local government 
        goals should be encouraged;
            (9) formal recognition should be accorded to those persons, 
        the manufacturing and industrial innovation achievements of 
        which contributed significantly to the national welfare; and
            (10) departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the 
        Federal Government should establish procedures to ensure among 
        them the systematic interchange of data, efforts, and findings 
        developed under their programs.
    (d) Implementation.--To implement the national policy described in 
subsection (b), it is the sense of Congress--
            (1) that--
                    (A) the Federal Government should maintain 
                integrated policy planning elements in the executive 
                branch that assist agencies in such branch in--
                            (i) identifying problems and objectives 
                        that could be addressed or enhanced by public 
                        policy;
                            (ii) mobilizing industrial and innovative 
                        manufacturing resources for national security 
                        and emergency response purposes;
                            (iii) securing appropriate funding for 
                        programs so identified by the President or the 
                        Chief Manufacturing Officer;
                            (iv) anticipating future concerns to which 
                        industrial and innovative manufacturing can 
                        contribute and devise industrial strategies for 
                        such purposes; and
                            (v) reviewing systematically the 
                        manufacturing and industrial innovation policy 
                        and programs of the Federal Government and 
                        recommending legislative amendments to those 
                        policies and programs when needed; and
                    (B) the elements described in subparagraph (A) 
                should include a data collection, analysis, and 
                advisory mechanism within the Executive Office of the 
                President to provide the President with independent, 
                expert judgment and assessments of the complex 
                manufacturing and industrial features involved; and
            (2) that it is the responsibility of the Federal Government 
        to--
                    (A) promote prompt, effective, reliable, and 
                systematic dissemination of manufacturing and 
                industrial information--
                            (i) by such methods as may be appropriate; 
                        and
                            (ii) through efforts conducted by 
                        nongovernmental organizations, including 
                        industrial groups, technical societies, and 
                        educational entities;
                    (B) coordinate and develop a manufacturing 
                industrial strategy and facilitate the close coupling 
                of this manufacturing strategy with commercial 
                manufacturing application; and
                    (C) enhance domestic development and utilization of 
                such industrial information by prioritization of 
                efforts with manufacturers, the production of which 
                takes place in the United States.

   TITLE II--OFFICE OF MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION POLICY

SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established in the Executive Office of the President an 
Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy (referred to 
in this title as the ``Office'') to serve as a source of manufacturing 
and industrial innovation analysis and judgment for the President with 
respect to the major policies, plans, and programs of the Federal 
Government relating to manufacturing and industrial innovation.

SEC. 202. CHIEF MANUFACTURING OFFICER; ASSOCIATE MANUFACTURING 
              OFFICERS.

    (a) Chief Manufacturing Officer.--
            (1) In general.--The Office shall be headed by a Director, 
        to be known as the Chief Manufacturing Officer, who shall be--
                    (A) appointed by the President, by and with the 
                advice and consent of the Senate; and
                    (B) compensated at the rate provided for level II 
                of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 
                5, United States Code.
            (2) Functions.--
                    (A) Primary function.--The primary function of the 
                Chief Manufacturing Officer shall be to advise the 
                President, and such agencies within the Executive 
                Office of the President as may be appropriate, on 
                issues regarding and impacting manufacturing and 
                industrial innovation efforts of the Federal 
                Government, or of the private sector, that require 
                attention at the highest levels of the Federal 
                Government.
                    (B) Other functions.--The Chief Manufacturing 
                Officer shall--
                            (i) advise the President on manufacturing 
                        and industrial innovation considerations 
                        relating to areas of national concern, 
                        including--
                                    (I) the economy of the United 
                                States;
                                    (II) national security;
                                    (III) public health;
                                    (IV) the workforce of the United 
                                States;
                                    (V) education;
                                    (VI) foreign relations (including 
                                trade and supply chain issues);
                                    (VII) the environment; and
                                    (VIII) technological innovation in 
                                the United States;
                            (ii) convene stakeholders, including key 
                        industry stakeholders, academic stakeholders, 
                        defense stakeholders, government stakeholders, 
                        and stakeholders from nonprofit organizations 
                        and labor organizations that primarily 
                        represent workers in manufacturing, to develop 
                        the national strategic plan required under 
                        section 204;
                            (iii) evaluate the scale, quality, and 
                        effectiveness of the effort of the Federal 
                        Government to support manufacturing and 
                        industrial innovation by the Federal Government 
                        or by the private sector, and advise on 
                        appropriate actions;
                            (iv) advise the President on the budgets of 
                        agencies of the executive branch of the Federal 
                        Government with respect to issues concerning 
                        manufacturing and industrial innovation;
                            (v) assist the Director of the Office of 
                        Management and Budget with an annual review and 
                        analysis of the budget proposed by the 
                        President, with respect to manufacturing and 
                        industrial development by agencies in the 
                        executive branch;
                            (vi) aid the Director of the Office of 
                        Management and Budget and the heads of agencies 
                        of the executive branch of the Federal 
                        Government throughout the budget development 
                        process, particularly with respect to 
                        developing budgets to support manufacturing and 
                        industrial development;
                            (vii) assist the President in providing 
                        general leadership and coordination of 
                        activities and policies of the Federal 
                        Government relating to and impacting 
                        manufacturing and industrial innovation; and
                            (viii) perform such other functions, 
                        duties, and activities as the President may 
                        assign.
            (3) Authorities.--In carrying out the duties and functions 
        under this Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer may--
                    (A) except for the positions described in 
                subsection (b), appoint such officers and employees as 
                may be deemed necessary to perform the functions vested 
                in the position and to prescribe the duties of such 
                officers and employees;
                    (B) obtain services as authorized under section 
                3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates not to 
                exceed the rate prescribed for grade GS-15 of the 
                General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United 
                States Code; and
                    (C) enter into contracts and other arrangements for 
                studies, analysis, and other services with public 
                agencies and with private persons, organizations, or 
                institutions, and make such payments as determined 
                necessary to carry out the provisions of this title 
                without legal consideration, without performance bonds, 
                and without regard to section 6101 of title 41, United 
                States Code.
    (b) Associate Directors.--
            (1) In general.--The President may appoint not more than 5 
        Associate Directors, to be known as Associate Manufacturing 
        Officers, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to 
        carry out such functions as may be prescribed by the Chief 
        Manufacturing Officer.
            (2) Compensation.--Each Associate Manufacturing Officer 
        shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed that provided for 
        level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 title 5, 
        United States Code.

SEC. 203. POLICY PLANNING, ANALYSIS, AND ADVICE.

    (a) In General.--In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the 
Chief Manufacturing Officer shall--
            (1) monitor the status of technological developments, 
        critical production capacity, skill availability, investment 
        patterns, emerging defense needs, and other key indicators of 
        manufacturing competitiveness to--
                    (A) provide foresight for periodic updates to the 
                national strategic plan required under section 204; and
                    (B) guide investment decisions;
            (2) convene interagency and public-private working groups 
        to align Federal policies that drive implementation of the 
        national strategic plan required under section 204;
            (3) initiate and support translational research in 
        engineering and manufacturing by entering into contracts or 
        making other arrangements (including grants, awards, 
        cooperative agreements, loans, and other forms of assistance) 
        to study that research and to assess the impact of that 
        research on the economic well-being, climate and environmental 
        impact, public health, and national security of the United 
        States;
            (4) advise the President on the extent to which the various 
        programs, policies, and activities of the Federal Government 
        are likely to affect the achievement of priority goals of the 
        United States described in section 102(a);
            (5) provide the President with--
                    (A) periodic reviews of Federal statutes and 
                regulations that affect manufacturing and industrial 
                innovation activities conducted by the Federal 
                Government or the private sector, or which may 
                interfere with desirable technological innovation; and
                    (B) recommendations for the elimination, reform, or 
                updating of such Federal statutes and regulations, as 
                appropriate;
            (6) periodically survey the nature and needs of the 
        policies relating to national manufacturing and industrial 
        innovation and make recommendations to the President, for 
        review and submission to Congress, for the timely and 
        appropriate revision of the manufacturing and industrial 
        innovation policies of the Federal Government;
            (7) perform such other duties and functions and make and 
        furnish such studies and reports thereon, and recommendations 
        with respect to matters of policy and legislation as the 
        President may request; and
            (8) coordinate, as appropriate, Federal permitting with 
        respect to manufacturing and industrial innovation.
    (b) Intergovernmental Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation 
Panel.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Chief Manufacturing Officer shall 
        establish an Intergovernmental Manufacturing and Industrial 
        Innovation Panel (referred to in this title as the ``Panel'') 
        within the Office, the purpose of which shall be to--
                    (A) identify instances in which the policies of the 
                Federal Government with respect to manufacturing and 
                industrial innovation can help address problems at the 
                State and local levels;
                    (B) identify instances in which the policies of the 
                Federal Government unnecessarily impede manufacturing 
                and industry;
                    (C) make recommendations for addressing the 
                problems described in subparagraph (A); and
                    (D) advise and assist the Chief Manufacturing 
                Officer in identifying and fostering policies to 
                facilitate the application to and incorporation of 
                Federally funded research and development into 
                manufacturing and industrial innovation in the United 
                States, so as to maximize the application of such 
                research.
            (2) Composition.--The Panel shall be composed of--
                    (A) the Chief Manufacturing Officer, or a 
                representative of the Chief Manufacturing Officer;
                    (B) not fewer than 10 members representing the 
                interests of the States, appointed by the Chief 
                Manufacturing Officer after consultation with State 
                officials;
                    (C) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
                Standards and Technology;
                    (D) the Director of the National Institute of 
                Standards and Technology;
                    (E) the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
                Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy;
                    (F) the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment 
                and Training;
                    (G) the Administrator of the Small Business 
                Administration; and
                    (H) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy 
                Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
            (3) Chair.--The Chief Manufacturing Officer, or the 
        representative of the Chief Manufacturing Officer, shall serve 
        as Chair of the Panel.
            (4) Meetings.--The Panel shall meet at the call of the 
        Chair.
            (5) Compensation.--
                    (A) In general.--Each member of the Panel shall be 
                entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to 
                exceed the daily rate prescribed for GS-15 of the 
                General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United 
                States Code, for each day (including travel time) 
                during which the member is engaged in the performance 
                of the duties of the Panel.
                    (B) Travel expenses.--Each member of the Panel who 
                is serving away from the home or regular place of 
                business of the member in the performance of the duties 
                of the Panel shall be allowed travel expenses, 
                including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same 
                manner as the expenses authorized by section 5703(b) of 
                title 5, United States Code, for persons in government 
                service employed intermittently.

SEC. 204. NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 
              INNOVATION.

    (a) Strategic Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer shall, 
        to the extent practicable, in accordance with section 
        202(a)(2)(B) and in consultation with other agencies and 
        private individuals as the Chief Manufacturing Officer 
        determines necessary, establish a national strategic plan for 
        manufacturing and industrial innovation that identifies--
                    (A) short-term, medium-term, and long-term needs 
                critical to the economy, national security, public 
                health, workforce readiness, environmental concerns, 
                and priorities of the United States manufacturing 
                sector, including emergency readiness and resilience; 
                and
                    (B) situations and conditions that warrant special 
                attention by the Federal Government relating to--
                            (i) any problems, constraints, or 
                        opportunities of manufacturing and industrial 
                        innovation that--
                                    (I) are of national significance;
                                    (II) will occur or may emerge in 
                                the 4-year period following the 
                                establishment of the national strategic 
                                plan; and
                                    (III) are identified through basic 
                                research;
                            (ii) an evaluation of activities and 
                        accomplishments of all agencies in the 
                        executive branch of the Federal Government that 
                        are related to carrying out such plan;
                            (iii) opportunities for, and constraints 
                        on, manufacturing and industrial innovation 
                        that can make a significant contribution to--
                                    (I) the resolution of problems 
                                identified under this paragraph; or
                                    (II) the achievement of Federal 
                                program objectives or priority goals, 
                                including those described in section 
                                102(a); and
                            (iv) recommendations for legislation, 
                        regulation, and budget proposals to carry out 
                        such plan.
            (2) Revisions.--Not later than 4 years after the 
        establishment of the national strategic plan under paragraph 
        (1), and every 4 years thereafter, the Chief Manufacturing 
        Officer shall revise that plan so that the plan takes account 
        of near- and long-term problems, constraints, and opportunities 
        and changing national goals and circumstances.
    (b) Consultation With Other Agencies.--The Chief Manufacturing 
Officer shall consult, as necessary, with officials of agencies in the 
executive branch of the Federal Government that administer programs or 
have responsibilities relating to the problems, constraints, and 
opportunities identified in the national strategic plan under 
subsection (a) in order to--
            (1) identify and evaluate actions that might be taken by 
        the Federal Government, State, and local governments, or the 
        private sector to deal with such problems, constraints, or 
        opportunities; and
            (2) ensure to the extent possible that actions identified 
        under paragraph (1) are considered by each agency of the 
        executive branch of the Federal Government in formulating the 
        budget, programs, and legislative proposals of each such 
        agency.
    (c) Consultation With Manufacturing Stakeholders.--The Chief 
Manufacturing Officer shall consult broadly with representatives from 
stakeholder constituencies, including from technology fields, 
engineering fields, manufacturing fields, academic fields, worker 
training or credentialing programs, industrial sectors, business 
sectors, consumer sectors, defense sector, public interest sectors, and 
labor organizations which primarily represent workers in manufacturing 
to ensure information and perspectives from such consultations are 
incorporated within the problems, constraints, opportunities, and 
actions identified in the national strategic plan under subsection (a).
    (d) Consultation With OMB.--The Chief Manufacturing Officer shall 
consult as necessary with officials of the Office of Management and 
Budget and other appropriate elements of the Executive Office of the 
President to ensure that the problems, constraints, opportunities, and 
actions identified under subsection (a) are fully considered in the 
development of legislative proposals and the President's budget.

SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEF MANUFACTURING OFFICER; 
              ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Chief Manufacturing Officer, in addition to 
the other duties and functions under this title, shall serve--
            (1) on the Federal Strategy and Coordinating Council on 
        Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation established under title 
        IV; and
            (2) as a member of the Domestic Policy Council, the 
        National Economic Council, and the Office of Science and 
        Technology Policy Council.
    (b) Advice to National Security Council.--For the purpose of 
ensuring the optimal contribution of manufacturing and industrial 
innovation to the national security of the United States, the Chief 
Manufacturing Officer, at the request of the President, shall advise 
the National Security Council in such matters concerning manufacturing 
and industrial innovation as may be related to national security.
    (c) Coordination With Other Organizations.--
            (1) In general.--In exercising the functions under this 
        Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer--
                    (A) shall--
                            (i) work in close consultation and 
                        cooperation with the Director of the Domestic 
                        Policy Council, the National Security Advisor, 
                        the Assistant to the President for Economic 
                        Policy and Director of the National Economic 
                        Council, the Director of the Office of Science 
                        and Technology Policy, the Director of the 
                        Office of Management and Budget, and the heads 
                        of other agencies in the executive branch of 
                        the Federal Government;
                            (ii) utilize the services of consultants, 
                        establish such advisory panels, and, to the 
                        extent practicable, consult with--
                                    (I) State and local government 
                                agencies;
                                    (II) appropriate professional 
                                groups;
                                    (III) representatives of industry, 
                                universities, consumers, labor 
                                organizations that primarily represent 
                                workers in manufacturing; and
                                    (IV) such other public interest 
                                groups, organizations, and individuals 
                                as may be necessary;
                            (iii) hold such hearings in various parts 
                        of the United States as necessary to determine 
                        the views of the agencies, groups, and 
                        organizations described in paragraph (2), and 
                        of the general public, concerning national 
                        needs and trends in manufacturing and 
                        industrial innovation; and
                            (iv) utilize, with the heads of public and 
                        private agencies and organizes, to the fullest 
                        extent possible the services, personnel, 
                        equipment, facilities, and information 
                        (including statistical information) of public 
                        and private agencies and organizations, and 
                        individuals, in order to avoid the duplication 
                        of efforts and expenses; and
                    (B) may transfer funds made available pursuant to 
                this Act to other agencies in the executive branch of 
                the Federal Government as reimbursement for the 
                utilization of such personnel, services, facilities, 
                equipment, and information.
            (2) Furnishment of information.--Each department, agency, 
        and instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal 
        Government, including any independent agency, shall furnish the 
        Chief Manufacturing Officer such information as necessary to 
        carry out this title.

SEC. 206. MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION REPORT.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter, the President shall submit 
to Congress a Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Report (referred 
to in this Act as the ``report''), which shall be prepared by the Chief 
Manufacturing Officer, with appropriate assistance from agencies in the 
executive branch of the Federal Government and such consultants and 
contractors as the Chief Manufacturing Officer determines necessary.
    (b) Contents of Report.--Each report required under subsection (a) 
shall draw upon the most recent national strategic plan established 
under section 204 and shall include, to the extent practicable and 
within the limitations of available knowledge and resources--
            (1) a review of developments of national significance in 
        manufacturing and industrial innovation;
            (2) the significant effects of trends at the time of the 
        submission of the report and projected trends in manufacturing 
        and industrial innovation on the economy, workforce, and 
        environmental, health and national security, and other 
        requirements of the United States;
            (3) a review and appraisal of selected manufacturing and 
        industrial innovation related programs, policies, and 
        activities of the Federal Government, including procurement;
            (4) an inventory and forecast of critical and emerging 
        national problems, the resolution of which might be 
        substantially assisted by manufacturing and industrial 
        innovation in the United States;
            (5) the identification and assessment of manufacturing and 
        industrial innovation measures that can contribute to the 
        resolution of the problems described in paragraph (4) in light 
        of the related economic, workforce, environmental, public 
        health, and national security considerations;
            (6) at the time of the submission of the report, and as 
        projected, the manufacturing and industrial resources, 
        including specialized manpower, that could contribute to the 
        resolution of the problems described in paragraph (4); and
            (7) recommendations for legislation and regulatory changes 
        on manufacturing and industrial innovation-related programs and 
        policies that will contribute to the resolution of the problems 
        described in paragraph (4).
    (c) Preparation of Report.--In preparing each report required under 
subsection (a), the Chief Manufacturing Officer shall make maximum use 
of relevant data available from agencies in the executive branch of the 
Federal Government.
    (d) Public Availability of Report.--The Chief Manufacturing Officer 
shall ensure that the report is made available to the public.

SEC. 207. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and make available to 
the public, a report--
            (1) containing an assessment of the efforts of the Office 
        to implement or advance the priority goals described in section 
        102(a); and
            (2) providing recommendations on how to improve the efforts 
        described in paragraph (1).

    TITLE III--PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURING AND 
                         INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION

SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT.

    The President shall establish within the Executive Office of the 
President the President's Advisory Committee on Manufacturing and 
Industrial Innovation (referred to in this title as the ``Committee''), 
which shall--
            (1) promote regular communication between the Federal 
        Government and the manufacturing sector in the United States, 
        including significant communication with representatives of 
        manufacturers with fewer than 800 employees;
            (2) advise the Chief Manufacturing Officer on policies and 
        programs of the Federal, State, and local governments that 
        affect manufacturing in the United States;
            (3) provide a forum for discussing and proposing solutions 
        to industry-related problems; and
            (4) promote efforts to ensure that the United States 
        remains the preeminent destination for investment in 
        manufacturing throughout the world.

SEC. 302. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Composition.--The Committee shall consist of--
            (1) the Chief Manufacturing Officer; and
            (2) not fewer than 8 and not more than 14 other members, 
        who shall be appointed by the President not more than 60 days 
        after the date on which the Chief Manufacturing Officer assumes 
        office.
    (b) Qualifications.--Members of the Committee appointed by the 
President under subsection (a)(2) shall--
            (1) be capable of critically assessing the policies, 
        priorities, programs, and activities of the United States, with 
        respect to the findings and policies described in title I;
            (2) collectively constitute a balanced composition with 
        respect to--
                    (A) technology, engineering, manufacturing fields;
                    (B) academic, industrial, and governmental 
                experience,
                    (C) the business sector, the consumer sector, the 
                defense sector, the public interest sector, and labor 
                organizations that primarily represent workers in 
                manufacturing; and
                    (D) regional diversity; and
            (3) each be qualified and distinguished in not less than 1 
        of--
                    (A) engineering;
                    (B) technology;
                    (C) entrepreneurship;
                    (D) manufacturing;
                    (E) trade;
                    (F) information dissemination;
                    (G) education;
                    (H) worker training or credentialing;
                    (I) labor organizations that primarily represent 
                workers in manufacturing;
                    (J) public affairs; and
                    (K) public policy.
    (c) Chair.--The President shall appoint 1 member of the Committee 
to serve as Chair and another member to serve as Vice Chair, for such 
periods as the President may determine appropriate.
    (d) Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--Each member of the Committee who is not an 
        employee of the Federal Government shall be entitled to receive 
        compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily rate prescribed 
        for GS-15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 
        5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) 
        during which the member is engaged in the performance of the 
        duties of the Committee.
            (2) Travel expenses.--Each member of the Committee who is 
        serving away from the home or regular place of business of the 
        member in the performance of the duties of the Committee may be 
        allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
        subsistence, in the same manner as the expenses authorized by 
        section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code, for persons in 
        government service employed intermittently.

SEC. 303. FEDERAL MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION SURVEY.

    (a) Duties of the Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The Committee shall--
                    (A) survey, examine, and analyze the overall 
                context of the manufacturing and industrial innovation 
                efforts of the Federal Government, including the 
                mission, goals, personnel, funding, organization, 
                facilities, and activities of those efforts; and
                    (B) in carrying out subparagraph (A), take adequate 
                account of the interests of individuals and groups that 
                may be affected by Federal manufacturing and industrial 
                innovation programs, including, as appropriate, by 
                consulting with those individuals and groups.
            (2) Considerations.--In carrying out the functions of the 
        Committee under this section, the Committee shall consider the 
        need for--
                    (A) organizational reform, including institutional 
                realignment or establishment designed to place within a 
                single cabinet-level department (either within an 
                existing agency or a new cabinet-level department) with 
                missions that are primarily or solely devoted to 
                manufacturing and industrial innovation;
                    (B) improvements in existing programs and policies 
                of manufacturing and industrial innovation of the 
                Federal Government, including consideration of the 
                appropriate role to be played by the private sector;
                    (C) improved manufacturing and industrial 
                innovation assessment in the executive branch of the 
                Federal Government;
                    (D) improved methods for effecting development of 
                manufacturing capabilities, especially capabilities 
                arising from Federally funded research;
                    (E) stimulating more effective Federal-State and 
                Federal-industry liaison and cooperation in 
                manufacturing and industrial innovation policy, 
                including the formation of Federal-State mechanisms for 
                the mutual pursuit of the shared goal of growing and 
                improving manufacturing;
                    (F) reforming any Federal regulation or 
                administrative practice or procedure that may have the 
                effect of slowing technological innovation or 
                opportunities for the use of technological innovation;
                    (G) improvements to Federal research and 
                development activities to make those activities more 
                responsive to industrial needs;
                    (H) ways of strengthening the competency of 
                academic institutions in the United States for 
                education and workforce training to better foster 
                manufacturing and industrial innovation, capacity, and 
                diversity;
                    (I) ways of effectively integrating manufacturing 
                and industrial innovation into the national and 
                international policies of the United States;
                    (J) manufacturing and industrial innovation 
                designed to meet community and individual needs;
                    (K) maintaining the quality and quantity of 
                adequate manufacturing and industrial innovation 
                manpower;
                    (L) improved systems for planning and analyzing 
                Federal manufacturing and industrial innovation 
                programs;
                    (M) long-range study, analysis, and planning with 
                respect to the application of manufacturing and 
                industrial innovation to major national problems or 
                concerns; and
                    (N) identifying unnecessary or duplicative 
                regulations.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) To the president.--
                    (A) Interim report.--Not later than 1 year after 
                the date on which every member of the Committee has 
                been appointed under section 302(a), the Committee 
                shall submit to the President an interim report on the 
                activities and operations of the Committee, as of the 
                date on which the interim report is submitted.
                    (B) Final report.--Not later than 2 years after the 
                date on which every member of the Committee has been 
                appointed under section 302(a), the Committee shall 
                submit to the President a final report on the 
                activities, findings, conclusions, and recommendations 
                of the Committee, including any necessary supporting 
                data and material.
            (2) To congress.--Not later than 60 days after the date on 
        which the President receives the final report required under 
        paragraph (1)(B), the President shall submit to Congress--
                    (A) the interim report submitted under paragraph 
                (1)(A);
                    (B) the final report submitted under paragraph 
                (1)(B); and
                    (C) any comments on, observations of, and 
                recommendations with respect to the reports described 
                in this paragraph that the President determines 
                appropriate.

SEC. 304. CONTINUATION OF COMMITTEE.

    (a) Termination.--Notwithstanding section 14 of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the Committee shall terminate 
not later than 90 days after the date on which the President submits 
the reports under section 303(b)(2), unless the President, before the 
expiration of the 90-day period, makes a determination that it is 
advantageous for the Committee to continue in being.
    (b) Continuation of Committee.--If the President determines that it 
is advantageous for the Committee to continue in being under subsection 
(a)--
            (1) the Committee shall exercise functions prescribed by 
        the President; and
            (2) the members of the Committee shall serve at the 
        pleasure of the President.

SEC. 305. STAFF AND CONSULTANT SUPPORT.

    (a) Functions.--In the performance of the duties described in 
section 303(a), the Committee may--
            (1) select, appoint, employ, and fix the compensation of 
        specialists and other experts necessary to carry out those 
        duties;
            (2) select, appoint, and employ, subject to the civil 
        service laws, officers and employees necessary to carry out 
        those duties; and
            (3) provide for the participation of civilian and military 
        personnel detailed to the Committee pursuant to subsection (b) 
        of this section to carry out the duties of the Committee.
    (b) Support.--Upon request of the Committee, the head of any 
agency, department, or instrumentality in the executive branch of the 
Federal Government may--
            (1) furnish to the Committee necessary information to carry 
        out the functions of the Committee that is available to, or 
        procurable by, such department, agency, or instrumentality; and
            (2) detail to temporary duty with the Committee on a 
        reimbursable basis personnel within the administrative 
        jurisdiction of the head of the agency, department, or 
        instrumentality that the Committee needs or believes to be 
        useful to carry out the duties of the Committee.
    (c) Committee Detail.--
            (1) Civilian employee.--An individual who is detailed to 
        temporary duty to the Committee under subsection (b)(2) may not 
        experience as a result of being assigned to the detail--
                    (A) with respect to an individual who is a civilian 
                employee, a loss of seniority, pay, or other employee 
                status; and
                    (B) with respect to an individual who is a member 
                of the military, a loss of--
                            (i) status, rank, officer, or grade; or
                            (ii) any emolument, perquisite, right, 
                        privilege, or benefit incident to military 
                        personnel that is detailed and made pursuant to 
                        an agreement between the Chair and the head of 
                        the relevant department, agency, or 
                        instrumentality, in accordance with the 
                        provisions of subchapter III of chapter 33, 
                        title 5, United States Code.

 TITLE IV-- FEDERAL STRATEGY AND COORDINATING COUNCIL ON MANUFACTURING 
                       AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION

SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established in the executive branch of the Federal 
Government the Federal Strategy and Coordinating Council on 
Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation (referred to in this title as 
the ``Council'').

SEC. 402. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Composition.--
            (1) In general.--The Council shall be composed of the 
        following:
                    (A) The President, who shall serve as Chair of the 
                Council.
                    (B) The Vice President.
                    (C) The Secretary of Commerce.
                    (D) The Secretary of Defense.
                    (E) The Secretary of Education.
                    (F) The Secretary of Energy.
                    (G) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
                    (H) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
                    (I) The Secretary of Labor.
                    (J) The Secretary of State.
                    (K) The Secretary of Transportation.
                    (L) The Secretary of Treasury.
                    (M) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
                    (N) The Administrator of the Environmental 
                Protection Agency.
                    (O) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
                and Space Administration.
                    (P) The Administrator of the Small Business 
                Administration.
                    (Q) The Director of the National Science 
                Foundation.
                    (R) The Director of the Office of Management and 
                Budget.
                    (S) The Assistant to the President for Science and 
                Technology.
                    (T) The United States Trade Representative.
                    (U) The National Security Advisor.
                    (V) The Assistant to the President for Economic 
                Policy.
                    (W) The Director of the Domestic Policy Council.
                    (X) The Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.
                    (Y) The Chief Manufacturing Officer.
            (2) Additional participants.--The President may, from time 
        to time and as necessary, appoint officials in the executive 
        branch of the Federal Government to serve as members of the 
        Council.
    (b) Meetings of the Council.--
            (1) In general.--The President or the Chief Manufacturing 
        Officer may convene meetings of the Council.
            (2) Presiding officer.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                President shall preside over the meetings of the 
                Council.
                    (B) Exception.--If the President is not present at 
                a meeting of the Council, the Vice President (and if 
                the Vice President is not present at a meeting of the 
                Council, the Chief Manufacturing Officer) shall preside 
                and be considered the chair of the Council.

SEC. 403. COUNCIL ON MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION EFFORTS.

    (a) Duties of the Council.--
            (1) Functions.--The Council shall--
                    (A) consider problems and developments, including 
                concerns regarding the workforce concerns, in 
                manufacturing and industrial innovation and related 
                activities of more than 1 agency in the executive 
                branch of the Federal Government;
                    (B) coordinate the manufacturing and industrial 
                innovation policy-making process;
                    (C) harmonize the Federal permitting process 
                related to manufacturing and industrial innovation, as 
                appropriate;
                    (D) ensure manufacturing and industrial innovation 
                policy decisions and programs are consistent with the 
                priority goals of the United States described in 
                section 102(a);
                    (E) help implement the priority goals described in 
                section 102(a) across the Federal Government;
                    (F) ensure manufacturing and industrial innovation 
                are considered in the development and implementation of 
                Federal policies and programs;
                    (G) achieve more effective use of foundational 
                aspects of manufacturing and industrial innovation, 
                particularly scientific, engineering, and technological 
                resources and facilities of agencies in the executive 
                branch of the Federal Government, including the 
                elimination of efforts that have been unwarrantedly 
                duplicated;
                    (H) identify--
                            (i) threats to and vulnerabilities of 
                        supply chains;
                            (ii) workforce skills; and
                            (iii) aspects of supply chains and 
                        workforce skills requiring additional emphasis; 
                        and
                    (I) further international cooperation on 
                manufacturing and industrial innovation policies that 
                enhance the policies of the United States and 
                internationally agreed upon policies.
            (2) Other duties.--The Chief Manufacturing Officer may take 
        such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to implement 
        the functions described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 404. COORDINATION.

    (a) Requirement to Coordinate.--The head of each agency in the 
executive branch of the Federal Government, without regard to whether 
the head of the agency is a member of the Council, shall--
            (1) coordinate manufacturing and industrial innovation 
        policy with the Council; and
            (2) share information on manufacturing and industrial 
        innovation policy-related budget requests with the Council.
    (b) Budget Recommendations.--The Council shall develop for 
submission to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
recommendations for the budgets of agencies in the executive branch of 
the Federal Government relating to manufacturing and industrial 
innovation policy that reflect the priority goals described in section 
102(a).
    (c) Recommendations.--The Council shall provide advice to the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget concerning the budget 
proposals of agencies in the executive branch of the Federal Government 
concerning manufacturing and industrial innovation policy.

SEC. 405. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Coordination With National Science and Technology Council.--In 
carrying out the duties of the Council, the Council shall consult with 
the National Science and Technology Council, as necessary.
    (b) Ad Committees; Tasks Forces, Interagency Groups.--The Council 
may function through established or ad hoc committees, task forces, or 
interagency groups.
    (c) Requirement to Cooperate.--Each agency in the executive branch 
of the Federal Government shall--
            (1) cooperate with the Council; and
            (2) provide assistance, information, and advice to the 
        Council, as the Council may request, to the extent permitted by 
        law.
    (d) Assistance to Council.--For the purpose of carrying out the 
provisions of this section, the head of each agency that is a member of 
the Council shall furnish necessary assistance and resources to the 
Council, which may include--
            (1) detailing employees of the agency to the Council to 
        perform such functions, consistent with the purposes of this 
        section, as the Chair may assign to those detailees;
            (2) providing office support and printing, as requested by 
        the Chair; and
            (3) upon the request of the Chair, undertake special 
        studies for the Council that come within the functions herein 
        assigned as necessary to fulfill the duties of the Council 
        described in section 403.

   TITLE V--MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION POLICY INSTITUTE

SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There shall be established a Federally funded research and 
development center to be known as the ``Manufacturing and Industrial 
Innovation Policy Institute'' (referred to in this section as the 
``Institute'').

SEC. 502. INCORPORATION.

    The Institute shall be--
            (1) administered as a separate entity by an organization 
        managing a Federally funded research and development center on 
        the date of enactment of this Act; or
            (2) incorporated as a nonprofit membership corporation.

SEC. 503. DUTIES.

    The duties of the Institute shall include the following:
            (1) The assembly of timely and authoritative information 
        relating to significant manufacturing and industrial innovation 
        development and trends in research, development, and their 
        applications in the United States and abroad, including 
        information relating to--
                    (A) the developments identified in the most recent 
                report submitted to Congress by the President under 
                section 206; and
                    (B) projections and strategies identified in the 
                most recent national strategic plan established under 
                section 204(a).
            (2) The development and maintenance of relevant 
        informational and analytical tools.
            (3) The analysis and interpretation of the information 
        described in paragraph (1), with particular attention to the 
        scope and content of the Federal manufacturing and industrial 
        innovation policy portfolio that affects interagency and 
        national issues.
            (4) The initiation of studies and analysis of available 
        manufacturing and industrial innovation alternatives to ensure 
        the long-term strength of the United States in the development 
        and application of manufacturing and industrial innovation.
            (5) The determination of appropriate roles of the Federal 
        Government, State governments, private industry, and institutes 
        of higher education in the development and application of 
        manufacturing and industrial innovation.
            (6) The provision, upon the request of the Chief 
        Manufacturing Officer, of technical support and assistance--
                    (A) to the committees and panels of the Federal 
                Strategy and Coordinating Council on Manufacturing and 
                Industrial Innovation established under section 401 
                that provide advice to agencies in the executive branch 
                of the Federal Government on manufacturing and 
                industrial innovation; and
                    (B) to the interagency committees and panels of the 
                Federal Government concerned with manufacturing and 
                industrial innovation.

SEC. 504. CONSULTATION OF INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES.

    In carrying out the duties described in section 503, personnel of 
the Institute shall--
            (1) consult widely with representatives from--
                    (A) private industry;
                    (B) labor organizations that primarily represent 
                workers in manufacturing;
                    (C) institutions of higher education, including 
                worker training and credentialing programs; and
                    (D) nonprofit institutions that reflect racial, 
                ethnic, gender, and regional diversity; and
            (2) to the maximum extent practicable, incorporate 
        information and perspectives derived from consultations under 
        paragraph (1).

SEC. 505. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Institute shall 
submit to the President a report on the activities of the Institute.
    (b) Requirements.--The President shall prescribe requirements for 
the report submitted under subsection (a).

SEC. 506. SPONSORSHIP.

    (a) Sponsor.--The Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology shall be the sponsor of the Institute.
    (b) Agreement.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the National Institute of 
        Standards and Technology, in consultation with the Chief 
        Manufacturing Officer, shall enter into a sponsoring agreement 
        with respect to the Institute that requires the Institute carry 
        out functions determined by the Chief Manufacturing Officer 
        that are consistent with the duties described to in section 
        503.
            (2) Consistency with requirements prescribed by 
        administrator for federal procurement policy.--The 
        Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall prescribe 
        general requirements for the sponsoring agreement entered into 
        under paragraph (1).

  TITLE VI--NATIONAL MEDAL OF MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION

SEC. 601. AWARD.

    (a) Recommendations.--The President shall from time to time award a 
medal, to be known as the ``National Medal of Manufacturing and 
Industrial Innovation'', on the basis of recommendations received from 
the National Academies of Sciences, the Chief Manufacturing Officer, or 
on the basis of such other information and evidence as the President 
determines appropriate, to individuals who in the judgment of the 
President are deserving of special recognition by reason of outstanding 
contributions to knowledge in manufacturing and industrial innovation.
    (b) Number.--Not more than 20 individuals may be awarded a medal 
under this section in any one calendar year.
    (c) Citizenship.--An individual may not be awarded a medal under 
this section unless at the time such award is made the individual--
            (1) is a citizen or other national of the United States; or
            (2) is an individual lawfully admitted to the United States 
        for permanent residence who--
                    (A) has filed an application for petition for 
                naturalization in the manner prescribed by section 
                334(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                1445(b)); and
                    (B) is not permanently ineligible to become a 
                citizen of the United States.
    (d) Ceremonies.--The presentation of the award shall be made by the 
President with such ceremonies as determined proper, including 
attendance by appropriate Members of Congress.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated--
            (1) for fiscal year 2022--
                    (A) $5,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out 
                title II;
                    (B) $5,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out 
                title III;
                    (C) $5,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out 
                title IV; and
                    (D) $5,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out 
                title V; and
            (2) for each fiscal year thereafter, for the purpose of 
        carrying out titles II through V, such sums as may be 
        necessary.
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