MADE in The Americas Act

Bill: 117-hr-3309
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business expenses
Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Free trade and trade barriers
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immigration status and procedures
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Industrial facilities
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Manufacturing
Medical research
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations
U.S. and foreign investments
Western Hemisphere

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Manufacturing Abilities Determine Economies in The Americas Act or the MADE in The Americas Act

 
This bill establishes certain manufacturing incentives to increase trade between the United States and other countries in the Western Hemisphere.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the President to develop a strategy to reduce reliance on concentrated supply chains for covered articles (including those essential to U.S. critical infrastructure) and protect against any threats from countries of concern relating to supply chains for these articles.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Manufacturing Security and Resilience Council. The functions of the council include (1) implementing the President's strategy, (2) establishing and maintaining a database of information on manufacturing companies that manufacture a covered article or maintain facilities that may be converted to manufacture covered articles during an emergency, and (3) establishing and carrying out a manufacturing resilience grant program. An eligible manufacturing company may use grant funds to relocate manufacturing facilities and operations out of a country of concern into the United States or another country in the Western Hemisphere.
 
The bill authorizes the President to provide duty-free treatment to any eligible article from any beneficiary Western Hemisphere country. This treatment shall apply to any article (1) that is the growth, product, or manufacture of a beneficiary Western Hemisphere country; and (2) that is needed to support the critical infrastructure of the United States.
 
The bill also includes certain tax incentives, including by establishing an American security product tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House