Title: Manufacturing.gov Act
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Manufacturing.gov Act
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a section of the manufacturing.gov website to serve as the primary hub for information relating to federal manufacturing programs.
In addition to serving as the primary hub for this information, the hub must also (1) provide the contact information for relevant employees of agencies carrying out federal manufacturing programs; (2) provide an avenue for public input and feedback relating to these programs; and (3) host web pages that focus on topics such as trade, workforce development, and small and medium manufacturers.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1037 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1037

  To provide for the establishment of a section of the website of the 
    Department of Commerce that shall serve as the primary hub for 
 information relating to Federal manufacturing programs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 25, 2021

   Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Young, and Mr. Rubio) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the establishment of a section of the website of the 
    Department of Commerce that shall serve as the primary hub for 
 information relating to Federal manufacturing programs, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Manufacturing.gov Act''.

SEC. 2. MANUFACTURING.GOV HUB.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Secretary'' means the 
Secretary of Commerce.
    (b) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Chief 
Information Officer of the Department of Commerce, shall modify the 
manufacturing.gov website by establishing a section of the website to 
be known as the ``manufacturing.gov hub''.
    (c) Functions.--The manufacturing.gov hub established under 
subsection (b) shall--
            (1) serve as the primary hub for information relating to 
        every Federal manufacturing program, including the programs 
        identified in the report of the Government Accountability 
        Office entitled ``U.S. Manufacturing'' (GAO 17-240), published 
        on March 28, 2017;
            (2) provide the contact information of relevant employees 
        of the agencies carrying out the Federal manufacturing programs 
        described in paragraph (1);
            (3) provide an avenue for public input and feedback 
        relating to--
                    (A) the functionality of the website of the 
                Department of Commerce;
                    (B) the Federal manufacturing programs described in 
                paragraph (1); and
                    (C) any other manufacturing-related challenges 
                experienced by manufacturers in the United States;
            (4) establish web pages within the hub that shall focus 
        on--
                    (A) technology and research and development;
                    (B) trade;
                    (C) workforce development and training;
                    (D) industrial commons and supply chains; and
                    (E) small and medium manufacturers; and
            (5) use machine learning to--
                    (A) identify frequently asked questions; and
                    (B) disseminate to the public answers to the 
                questions identified under subparagraph (A).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this section.
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