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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Keeping Families 
Together Act of 2005''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Restoration of definition of aggravated felony (repeal of 
                            section 321 of IIRIRA).
Sec. 3. Restoration of detention policy.
Sec. 4. Repeal of time stop provisions.
Sec. 5. Repeal of section 101(a)(48).
Sec. 6. Restoration of section 212(c).
Sec. 7. Restoration of judicial review provisions.
Sec. 8. Post-proceeding relief for affected aliens.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF DEFINITION OF AGGRAVATED FELONY (REPEAL OF 
              SECTION 321 OF IIRIRA).

    (a) In General.--Effective as if included in the enactment of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(division C of Public Law 104-208), section 321 of such Act is repealed 
and the provisions of law amended by such section are restored as if 
such section had not been enacted.
    (b) Restoration of Rights.--Any alien whose legal permanent 
resident status, application for permanent residence, or application 
for cancellation of removal, was affected by the changes in the 
definition of ``aggravated felony'' made by such section 321 may apply 
to the Secretary of Homeland Security to be considered for adjustment 
of status or cancellation of removal in conformance with the provisions 
of section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as 
restored by subsection (a).

SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF DETENTION POLICY.

    (a) In General.--Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Detention of Criminal Aliens.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        take into custody any alien convicted of an aggravated felony 
        upon release of the alien (regardless of whether or not such 
        release is on parole, supervised release, or probation, and 
        regardless of the possibility of rearrest or further 
        confinement in respect of the same offense). Notwithstanding 
        subsection (a) or section 241(a) but subject to paragraph (2), 
        the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not release such felon 
        from custody.
            ``(2) Non-release.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
        not release from custody any who has been convicted of an 
        aggravated felony, either before or after a determination of 
        removability, unless--
                    ``(A)(i) the alien was lawfully admitted, or
                    ``(ii) the alien was not lawfully admitted but the 
                alien cannot be removed because the designated country 
                of removal will not accept the alien; and
                    ``(B) the alien satisfies the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security that the alien will not pose a danger to the 
                safety of other persons or of property and is likely to 
                appear for any scheduled proceeding.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective as if included in the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF TIME STOP PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 240A(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b(d)) is repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of subtitle A of title III of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996.

SEC. 5. REPEAL OF SECTION 101(A)(48).

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (48) of section 101(a)(48) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 322(a) of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

SEC. 6. RESTORATION OF SECTION 212(C).

    (a) In General.--Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsection:
    ``(c) Aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who 
temporarily proceeded abroad voluntarily and not under an order of 
deportation or removal, and who are returning to a lawful 
unrelinquished domicile of seven consecutive years, may be admitted in 
the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security without regard to 
the provisions of subsection (a) (other than paragraphs (3) and 
(10)(C)). Nothing contained in this subsection shall limit the 
authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to exercise the 
discretion vested in him under section 211(b). The first sentence of 
this subsection shall not apply to an alien who has been convicted of 
one or more aggravated felonies and has served for such felony or 
felonies a term of imprisonment of at least 5 years.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
as of April 24, 1996, as if section 440(d) of the Antiterrorism and 
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132) and section 
304(b) of Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
of 1996 (division C of Public Law 104-208) had not been enacted.

SEC. 7. RESTORATION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1252) is amended to read as follows:

                 ``judicial review of orders of removal

    ``Sec. 242.  (a) The procedure prescribed by, and all the 
provisions of chapter 158 of title 28, United States Code, shall apply 
to, and shall be the sole and exclusive procedure for, the judicial 
review of all final orders of removal heretofore or hereafter made 
against aliens within the United States pursuant to administrative 
proceedings under section 240 of this Act or comparable provisions of 
any prior Act, except that--
            ``(1) a petition for review may be filed not later than 90 
        days after the date of the issuance of the final removal order, 
        or, in the case of an alien convicted of an aggravated felony 
        not later than 30 days after the issuance of such order;
            ``(2) the venue of any petition for review under this 
        section shall be in the judicial circuit in which the 
        administrative proceedings before an immigration judge were 
        conducted in whole or in part, or in the judicial circuit 
        wherein is the residence, as defined in this Act, of the 
        petitioner, but not in more than one circuit;
            ``(3) the action shall be brought against the Department of 
        Homeland Security, as respondent. Service of the petition to 
        review shall be made upon the Secretary of Homeland Security of 
        the United States and upon the official of the Department of 
        Homeland Security in charge of the district in which the office 
        of the clerk of the court is located. The service of the 
        petition for review upon such official of the Service shall 
        stay the removal of the alien pending determination of the 
        petition by the court, unless the court otherwise directs or 
        unless the alien is convicted of an aggravated felony, in which 
        case the Service shall not stay the removal of the alien 
        pending determination of the petition of the court unless the 
        court otherwise directs;
            ``(4) except as provided in clause (B) of paragraph (5) of 
        this subsection, the petition shall be determined solely upon 
        the administrative record upon which the removal order is based 
        and the Secretary of Homeland Security's findings of fact, if 
        supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on 
        the record considered as a whole, shall be conclusive;
            ``(5) whenever any petitioner, who seeks review of an order 
        under this section, claims to be a national of the United 
        States and makes a showing that his claim is not frivolous, the 
        court shall (A) pass upon the issues presented when it appears 
        from the pleadings and affidavits filed by the parties that no 
        genuine issue of material fact is presented; or (B) where a 
        genuine issue of material fact as to the petitioner's 
        nationality is presented, transfer the proceedings to a United 
        States district court for the district where the petitioner has 
        his residence for hearing de novo of the nationality claim and 
        determination as if such proceedings were originally initiated 
        in the district court under the provisions of section 2201 of 
        title 28, United States Code. Any such petitioner shall not be 
        entitled to have such issue determined under section 360(a) of 
        this Act or otherwise;
            ``(6) whenever a petitioner seeks review of an order under 
        this section, any review sought with respect to a motion to 
        reopen or reconsider such an order shall be consolidated with 
        the review of the order;
            ``(7) if the validity of a removal order has not been 
        judicially determined, its validity may be challenged in a 
        criminal proceeding against the alien for violation of 
        subsection (a) or (b) of section 243 of this Act only by 
        separate motion for judicial review before trial. Such motion 
        shall be determined by the court without a jury and before the 
        trial of the general issue. Whenever a claim to United States 
        nationality is made in such motion, and in the opinion of the 
        court, a genuine issue of material fact as to the alien's 
        nationality is presented, the court shall accord him a hearing 
        de novo on the nationality claim and determine that issue as if 
        proceedings had been initiated under the provisions of section 
        2201 of title 28, United States Code. Any such alien shall not 
        be entitled to have such issue determined under section 360(a) 
        of this Act or otherwise. If no such hearing de novo as to 
        nationality is conducted, the determination shall be made 
        solely upon the administrative record upon which the removal 
        order is based and the Secretary of Homeland Security's 
        findings of fact, if supported by reasonable, substantial, and 
        probative evidence on the record considered as a whole, shall 
        be conclusive. If the removal order is held invalid, the court 
        shall dismiss the indictment and the United States shall have 
        the right to appeal to the court of appeals within 30 days. The 
        procedure on such appeals shall be as provided in the Federal 
        rules of criminal procedure. No petition for review under this 
        section may be filed by any alien during the pendency of a 
        criminal proceeding against such alien for violation of 
        subsection (a) or (b) of section 243 of this Act;
            ``(8) nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
        the Secretary of Homeland Security to defer removal of an alien 
        after the issuance of a removal order because of the right of 
        judicial review of the order granted by this section, or to 
        relieve any alien from compliance with subsections (a) and (b) 
        of section 243 of this Act. Nothing contained in this section 
        shall be construed to preclude the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security from detaining or continuing to detain an alien or 
        from taking the alien into custody pursuant to section 241 of 
        this Act at any time after the issuance of a removal order;
            ``(9) it shall not be necessary to print the record or any 
        part thereof, or the briefs, and the court shall review the 
        proceedings on a typewritten record and on typewritten briefs; 
        and
            ``(10) any alien held in custody pursuant to an order of 
        removal may obtain judicial review thereof by habeas corpus 
        proceedings.
    ``(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any alien 
against whom a final order of removal has been made heretofore or 
hereafter under the provisions of section 235 of this Act or comparable 
provisions of any prior Act may obtain judicial review of such order by 
habeas corpus proceedings and not otherwise.
    ``(c) An order of removal shall not be reviewed by any court if the 
alien has not exhausted the administrative remedies available to the 
alien as of right under the immigration laws and regulations or if the 
alien has departed from the United States after the issuance of the 
order. Every petition for review or for habeas corpus shall state 
whether the validity of the order has been upheld in any prior judicial 
proceeding, and, if so, the nature and date thereof, and the court in 
which such proceeding took place. No petition for review or for habeas 
corpus shall be entertained if the validity of the order has been 
previously determined in any civil or criminal proceeding, unless the 
petition presents grounds which the court finds could not have been 
presented in such prior proceeding, or the court finds that the remedy 
provided by such prior proceeding was inadequate or ineffective to test 
the validity of the order.
    ``(d)(1) A petition for review or for habeas corpus on behalf of an 
alien against whom a final order of removal has been issued pursuant to 
section 238(b) may challenge only--
            ``(A) whether the alien is in fact the alien described in 
        the order;
            ``(B) whether the alien is in fact an alien described in 
        section 238(b)(2);
            ``(C) whether the alien has been convicted of an aggravated 
        felony and such conviction has become final; and
            ``(D) whether the alien was afforded the procedures 
        required by section 238(b)(4).
    ``(2) No court shall have jurisdiction to review any issue other 
than an issue described in paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
determinations pending on or after such date with respect to which--
            (1) a final administrative decision has been/not been 
        rendered as of such date; or
            (2) such a decision has been rendered but the period for 
        seeking judicial review of the decision has not expired.

SEC. 8. POST-PROCEEDING RELIEF FOR AFFECTED ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 240(c)(6) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a(c)(6)) or any other 
limitation imposed by law on motions to reopen removal proceedings, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a process (whether 
through permitting the reopening of a removal proceeding or otherwise) 
under which an alien--
            (1) who is (or was) in removal proceedings before the date 
        of the enactment of this Act (whether or not the alien has been 
        removed as of such date); and
            (2) whose eligibility for cancellation of removal has been 
        established by this Act;
may apply (or reapply) for cancellation of removal under section 
240A(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229b(a)) as a 
beneficiary of the relief provided under this Act.
    (b) Parole.--The Secretary of Homeland Security should exercise the 
parole authority under section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)) for the purpose of permitting 
aliens removed from the United States to participate in the process 
established under subsection (a).

Output: Keeping Families Together Act of 2005 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Act) to repeal the provision amending the definition of "aggravated felony," and restore provisions of law amended by such provision as if it had not been enacted, including residency-or status-related rights of an affected legal alien.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise detention of criminal alien provisions, effective as if included in the Act.

Repeals, as if included in the Act: (1) certain provisions respecting termination of continuous presence or physical presence in the United States; and (2) the definition of "conviction."

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to admit certain lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens returning to the United States who temporarily proceeded abroad voluntarily and not under an order of deportation or removal, effective as of a specified date, as if certain sections of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 had not been enacted.

Revises provisions respecting judicial review of removal orders.

Requires the Secretary to establish a post-proceeding removal relief process for affected aliens.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Graduation Really Achieves Dreams 
Act'' or the ``GRAD Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The national high school graduation rate is only 70 
        percent, and in urban districts that percentage drops further 
        to only 50 percent.
            (2) The national graduation rate for the class of 2001 was 
        only 51 percent for African Americans and 52 percent for Latino 
        students.
            (3) Each school day, approximately 3,000 secondary school 
        students drop out of school.
            (4) Six million secondary students who make up the lowest 
        25 percent in terms of achievement scores are 3.5 times more 
        likely to drop out than students in the next highest quarter of 
        academic achievement, and are 20 times more likely to drop out 
        than high achieving students.
            (5) Approximately 25 percent of secondary school students 
        are reading at ``below basic'' levels. The problem is even more 
        severe for poor students of color. The average minority or low-
        income ninth grader performs at only the fifth or sixth grade 
        level in reading.
            (6) Low graduation rates are evidence that, in the earlier 
        grades, schools are not meeting the fundamental achievement 
        needs of low-income students.
            (7) Even those students who do graduate from secondary 
        schools and go on to college are struggling because they lack 
        the basic skills to succeed. Approximately 40 percent of all 4-
        year college students take a remedial course and 63 percent of 
        all community college students are assigned to at least one 
        remedial course.
            (8) A small percentage of low-income students who manage to 
        enter college are able to complete a degree. Of students from 
        families in the bottom 20 percent in terms of income who enter 
        college, only 27 percent go on to complete a two- or four-year 
        college degree within eight years.
            (9) Graduation rates impact early drop-out rates in the 
        military. The attrition rates of both non-high school graduates 
        and GED recipients are 8 percentage points higher than the 
        rates of graduates. As a result, the Armed Services no longer 
        accepts high school drop-outs and put less value on alternative 
        certificates.
            (10) Students who fail to graduate from high school are 
        more likely to engage in criminal activity than students who 
        graduate. A one percent increase in high school graduation 
        rates would save approximately $1.4 billion in costs associated 
        with incarceration, or about $2,100 for each male high school 
        graduate.
            (11) In today's workplace, nearly 8 in 10 adults with 
        bachelors degrees are employed, but for those who completed 
        high school only, the figure falls to about 6 in 10. And for 
        students who dropped out, the figure drops further to 4 in 10.
            (12) Employment projections indicate that jobs requiring 
        only a high school degree will grow by just 9 percent by the 
        year 2008, while those requiring a bachelor's degree will grow 
        by 25 percent and those requiring an associate's degree will 
        grow by 31 percent.
            (13) Personalization of the school environment has been 
        proven to increase success rates for low-performing secondary 
        school students. Nearly 50 percent of middle school youth and 
        40 percent of high school youth report feelings of 
        disengagement from school. Rates are even higher for teens and 
        minorities in urban schools. These feelings result in failure 
        to work hard, to seek assistance, or to take appropriate 
        courses.
            (14) Effective research-based education programs that 
        improve high school graduation rates are comprehensive in 
        nature and include interventions that begin in kindergarten and 
        span all the grades through 12th.

SEC. 3. PROJECT GRAD.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of the program authorized under this Act 
is--
            (1) to provide support and assistance to programs 
        implementing integrated education reform services to improve 
        high school graduation and college going rates for 
        disadvantaged students; and
            (2) to promote the establishment of new programs to 
        implement such integrated education reform services.
    (b) Grant Authorized.--The Secretary is authorized to award a grant 
to Project GRAD USA, a nonprofit educational organization that has as 
its primary purpose the improvement of high school graduation and 
college going rates for disadvantaged students (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ``grantee''), to provide support and 
technical assistance to existing programs implementing the set of 
integrated education reform services described in subsection (d)(2) and 
to promote the expansion of such programs.
    (c) Requirements of Grant Agreement.--The Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with the grantee that requires that--
            (1) the grantee will enter into subcontracts with nonprofit 
        educational organizations (hereinafter in this section referred 
        to as ``subgrantees'') under which the subgrantees will agree 
        to establish, operate, and provide the non-Federal share of the 
        cost of implementing Project GRAD programs;
            (2) the grantee will provide such technical assistance to 
        the subgrantees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions 
        of this section;
            (3) funds made available under the grant can be used to pay 
        the Federal share of the cost of establishing and operating 
        programs as provided in paragraph (1) and costs associated with 
        the provision of technical assistance as provided in paragraph 
        (2); and
            (4) the grantee will select only subgrantees that serve a 
        substantial number or percentage of low-income students.
    (d) Supported Programs.--
            (1) Designation; feeder patterns.--The programs supported 
        with funds available under this section shall be known as 
        ``Project GRAD programs''. Such programs shall, with the 
        agreement of the grantee, identify one or more groups of public 
        schools at which services will be provided through establishing 
        a ``feeder pattern'' through which elementary and secondary 
        schools channel students having participated in Project GRAD 
        services into an identified high school.
            (2) Integrated education reform services.--The services 
        provided through project GRAD programs shall include--
                    (A) research-based programs in reading, 
                mathematics, and classroom management;
                    (B) campus-based social services programs including 
                a systematic approach to increase family and community 
                involvement in the schools served;
                    (C) a college access program, which includes the 
                provision of a college scholarship for students that 
                meet established criteria, proven approaches to 
                increasing student and family college awareness, and 
                assistance for those students in applying to college 
                for financial aid; and
                    (D) such other services identified by the grantee 
                as necessary to increase high school graduation and 
                college going rates.
    (e) Use of Funds.--Not less than 75 percent of the funds received 
by the grantee under this section shall be used to fund awards to 
subgrantees to carry out the requirements of subsection (d)(1). The 
balance of such funds shall be used by grantee to carry out the 
requirements of subsection (d)(2), as well as other such activities to 
promote greater public awareness of integrated education reform 
services to improve high school graduation and college going rates for 
disadvantaged students as described in subsection (d)(2).
    (f) Federal Share.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (c), the term 
        ``Federal share'' means, with respect to the costs of Project 
        GRAD programs authorized in subsection (c), subgrants provided 
        by the grantee averaging $200 per pupil, adjusted to take into 
        consideration the resources available to the school at which 
        the subgrantee will implement the program, and the need for 
        Project GRAD USA services to improve student outcomes.
            (2) Exception.--Nothing in this subsection shall preclude 
        the awarding of subgrants reflecting a per student cost of more 
        than $200 if the grantee determines that additional resources 
        were not available consistent with the requirements placed on 
        the grantee in subsection (c)(4).
            (3) More may be required.--If funds or resources are 
        available to a subgrantee, the grantee may elect to award the 
        subgrantee less than the Federal share of the cost associated 
        with the program.
    (g) Evaluation.--
            (1) Evaluation by the secretary.--The Secretary shall 
        select an independent entity to evaluate every 3 years the 
        performance of students who participate in a program under this 
        section. The evaluation shall be contracted using the strongest 
        possible research design for determining the effectiveness of 
        programs funded under this section. The evaluation shall 
        include a comparison of reading and mathematics achievement 
        and, where applicable, high school graduation, college going, 
        and college completion rates of students who participate in the 
        programs funded under this section with those indicators for 
        students of similar backgrounds who do not participate in such 
        programs.
            (2) Evaluation by grantee and subgrantees.--The grantee 
        shall require each subgrantee to prepare an in-depth report of 
        the results of the programs supported with funds, and the use 
        of funds, made available under this section. Such review shall 
        include data on the reading and math achievement of students 
        involved in the programs and statistics on high school 
        graduation, college going, and college completion rates, and 
        such financial reporting as deemed relevant to review the 
        effectiveness and efficiency of the program. The report shall 
        be in a form and include such content as shall be determined by 
        the grantee in consultation with the Secretary or the entity 
        selected by the Secretary to evaluate the Project GRAD program.
            (3) Availability of evaluations.--Copies of any evaluation 
        or report prepared pursuant to this section shall be available 
        to the Secretary and the Chairman and ranking member of the 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor 
        and Pensions of the Senate.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to make grants under this section $27,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2005 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 5 
succeeding fiscal years.
    (i) Low-Income Student.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``low-income student'' means a student who is determined by a local 
educational agency to be from a low-income family using the measures 
described in section 1113(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965.

Output: Graduation Really Achieves Dreams Act - GRAD Act - Authorizes a grant to Project GRAD USA, a nonprofit educational organization for improving high school graduation and college-going rates for disadvantaged students, to provide technical assistance and support through subgrants to existing and new programs that implement a set of integrated education reform services.

Requires the grantee to select only subgrantees that serve a substantial number or percentage of low-income students. Requires the programs to identify one or more groups of public schools at which services will be provided through a feeder pattern through which elementary and secondary schools channel students having participated in program services into an identified high school. Requires program services to include: (1) research-based programs in reading, mathematics, and classroom management; (2) campus-based social services programs, including increasing family and community involvement in schools; (3) a college access program, including providing college scholarships for students who meet established criteria, increasing student and family college awareness, and assisting students to apply for college financial aid; and (4) other services the grantee identifies as necessary.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Made in America Manufacturing 
Communities Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE AND SUPPORT MANUFACTURING COMMUNITIES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1001).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.
    (b) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary shall establish a 
program to improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing 
by--
            (1) designating consortiums as manufacturing communities 
        under subsection (d); and
            (2) supporting manufacturing communities, as so designated, 
        under subsection (c).
    (c) Support for Designated Manufacturing Communities.--
            (1) Preferential consideration.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (D), in any case in which a member of a consortium 
                designated as a manufacturing community under 
                subsection (d) seeks financial or technical assistance 
                under a participating program of a participating 
                agency, the head of such agency may give preferential 
                consideration to such member with respect to the 
                awarding of such financial or technical assistance if--
                            (i) such head considers the award of the 
                        financial or technical assistance consistent 
                        with the economic development strategy of the 
                        consortium; and
                            (ii) the member otherwise meets all 
                        applicable requirements for the financial or 
                        technical assistance.
                    (B) Participating agencies.--For purposes of the 
                program, the participating agencies are the following:
                            (i) The Department of Agriculture.
                            (ii) The Department of Commerce.
                            (iii) The Department of Defense.
                            (iv) The Department of Education.
                            (v) The Department of Energy.
                            (vi) The Department of Housing and Urban 
                        Development.
                            (vii) The Department of Labor.
                            (viii) The Department of Transportation.
                            (ix) The Appalachian Regional Commission.
                            (x) The Delta Regional Authority.
                            (xi) The Environmental Protection Agency.
                            (xii) The National Science Foundation.
                            (xiii) The Small Business Administration.
                    (C) Participating programs.--
                            (i) In general.--The head of each 
                        participating agency shall identify each 
                        program administered by such participating 
                        agency that is applicable to the program 
                        established under subsection (b).
                            (ii) Designation.--For purposes of this 
                        section, a participating program is a program 
                        identified under clause (i).
                    (D) Multiple members of the same consortium seeking 
                the same financial or technical assistance.--
                            (i) In general.--In a case in which a 
                        participating agency receives applications for 
                        the same financial or technical assistance from 
                        more than one member of the same consortium 
                        designated as a manufacturing community under 
                        subsection (d), the head of such agency may 
                        determine how preference is given under 
                        subparagraph (A), including by requiring the 
                        consortium to select which of the members 
                        should be given preference.
                            (ii) Coordination.--In a case described in 
                        clause (i) in which the head of the agency 
                        determines that more than one member of a 
                        consortium should be given preference under 
                        subparagraph (A) for financial or technical 
                        assistance, the head of the agency may require 
                        such members to demonstrate coordination with 
                        each other in developing their applications for 
                        the financial or technical assistance.
                    (E) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
                of the enactment of this Act, the head of each 
                participating agency shall submit to the Secretary a 
                report specifying how the head will give preferential 
                consideration under subparagraph (A).
            (2) Technical assistance.--The Secretary may make available 
        to each consortium designated as a manufacturing community 
        under subsection (d) a Federal point of contact to help the 
        members of the consortium access Federal funds and technical 
        assistance.
            (3) Financial and technical assistance.--
                    (A) In general.--Under the program established 
                under subsection (b), the head of a participating 
                agency may award financial or technical assistance to a 
                member of a consortium designated as a manufacturing 
                community under subsection (d) as the head considers 
                appropriate for purposes of such program and consistent 
                with the economic development strategy of the 
                consortium.
                    (B) Use of funds.--
                            (i) In general.--A recipient of financial 
                        or technical assistance under subparagraph (A) 
                        may use the amount of such financial or 
                        technical assistance to support an investment 
                        in an ecosystem that will improve the 
                        competitiveness of United States manufacturing.
                            (ii) Investments supported.--Investments 
                        supported under this subparagraph may include 
                        the following:
                                    (I) Infrastructure.
                                    (II) Access to capital.
                                    (III) Promotion of exports and 
                                foreign direct investment.
                                    (IV) Equipment or facility 
                                upgrades.
                                    (V) Workforce training or 
                                retraining.
                                    (VI) Energy or process efficiency.
                                    (VII) Business incubators.
                                    (VIII) Site preparation.
                                    (IX) Advanced research.
                                    (X) Supply chain development.
            (4) Coordination.--
                    (A) Coordination by secretary of commerce.--The 
                Secretary shall coordinate with the heads of the 
                participating agencies to identify programs under 
                paragraph (1)(C)(i).
                    (B) Inter-agency coordination.--The heads of the 
                participating agencies shall coordinate with each 
                other--
                            (i) to leverage complementary activities, 
                        including from non-Federal sources such as 
                        philanthropies; and
                            (ii) to avoid duplication of efforts.
    (d) Designation of Manufacturing Communities.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (7), for 
        purposes of the program established under subsection (b), the 
        Secretary shall designate eligible consortiums as manufacturing 
        communities through a competitive process.
            (2) Eligible consortiums.--
                    (A) In general.--For purposes of this section, an 
                eligible consortium is a consortium that--
                            (i) represents a region defined by the 
                        consortium in accordance with subparagraph (B);
                            (ii) includes at least one--
                                    (I) institution of higher 
                                education;
                                    (II) a private sector entity; and
                                    (III) a government entity;
                            (iii) may include one or more--
                                    (I) private sector partners;
                                    (II) institutions of higher 
                                education;
                                    (III) government entities;
                                    (IV) economic development and other 
                                community and labor groups;
                                    (V) financial institutions; or
                                    (VI) utilities;
                            (iv) has, as a lead applicant--
                                    (I) a district organization (as 
                                defined in section 300.3 of title 13, 
                                Code of Federal Regulations, or 
                                successor regulation);
                                    (II) an Indian tribe (as defined in 
                                section 4 of the Indian Self-
                                Determination and Education Assistance 
                                Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)) or a consortium 
                                of Indian tribes;
                                    (III) a State or a political 
                                subdivision of a State, including a 
                                special purpose unit of a State or 
                                local government engaged in economic or 
                                infrastructure development activities, 
                                or a consortium of political 
                                subdivisions;
                                    (IV) an institution of higher 
                                education or a consortium of 
                                institutions of higher education; or
                                    (V) a public or private nonprofit 
                                organization or association that is 
                                acting in cooperation with officials of 
                                a political subdivision of a State.
                    (B) Regions.--For purposes of this section and 
                subject to approval by the Secretary, a consortium may 
                define the region that it represents pursuant to 
                paragraph (2)(A)(i), except that a region so defined 
                shall be--
                            (i) large enough to contain critical 
                        elements of the key technologies or supply 
                        chain prioritized by the consortium; and
                            (ii) small enough to enable close 
                        collaboration among members of the consortium.
            (3) Duration.--Each designation under paragraph (1) shall 
        be for a period of 2 years.
            (4) Renewal.--
                    (A) In general.--Upon receipt of an application 
                submitted under subparagraph (B), the Secretary may, as 
                the Secretary considers appropriate, renew a 
                designation made under paragraph (1) for a period of 2 
                years.
                    (B) Application for renewal.--An eligible 
                consortium seeking a renewal under subparagraph (A) 
                shall submit to the Secretary an application therefor 
                at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
                information as the Secretary may require.
                    (C) Modifications authorized.--The Secretary may 
                renew a designation under subparagraph (A) for an 
                eligible consortium that--
                            (i) has changed its own composition, either 
                        by adding or removing members; or
                            (ii) submits under subparagraph (B) a 
                        revision to the plan submitted under clause 
                        (iv) of paragraph (5)(B) or the strategy 
                        submitted under clause (v) of such paragraph.
                    (D) Evaluation for renewal.--In determining whether 
                to renew a designation of an eligible consortium under 
                paragraph (1), the Secretary shall assess the eligible 
                consortium using the following criteria:
                            (i) The performance of the consortium 
                        against the terms of the consortium's most 
                        recent designation under paragraph (1) and any 
                        post-designation awards the consortium may have 
                        received.
                            (ii) The progress the consortium has made 
                        with respect to project-specific metrics the 
                        consortium proposed in the consortium's 
                        application for the most recent designation 
                        under paragraph (1), particularly with respect 
                        to those metrics that were designed to help 
                        communities track their own progress.
                            (iii) Whether any changes to the 
                        composition of the eligible consortium, as 
                        described in clause (i) of subparagraph (C), or 
                        revisions to the plan or strategy described in 
                        clause (ii) of such subparagraph would improve 
                        the competitiveness of United States 
                        manufacturing.
                            (iv) Such other criteria as the Secretary 
                        considers appropriate.
            (5) Application for designation.--
                    (A) In general.--An eligible consortium seeking a 
                designation under paragraph (1) shall submit to the 
                Secretary an application therefor at such time and in 
                such manner as the Secretary may require.
                    (B) Contents.--Each application submitted to the 
                Secretary by an eligible consortium shall contain the 
                following:
                            (i) Description of the regional boundaries 
                        of the consortium.
                            (ii) A description of the manufacturing 
                        concentration of the consortium, including an 
                        assessment of how the manufacturing 
                        concentration of the consortium competitively 
                        ranks nationally according to measures relating 
                        to employment, sales, location quotients for an 
                        industry's level of concentration, or such 
                        other measures as the Secretary considers 
                        appropriate.
                            (iii) An integrated assessment of the local 
                        industrial ecosystem of the region of the 
                        consortium, which may include assessment of 
                        workforce and training, supplier network, 
                        research and innovation, infrastructure or site 
                        development, trade and international 
                        investment, operational improvements, and 
                        capital access components needed for 
                        manufacturing activities in such region.
                            (iv) An evidence-based plan for developing 
                        components of such ecosystem (selected by the 
                        consortium) by making--
                                    (I) specific investments to address 
                                gaps in such ecosystem; and
                                    (II) the manufacturing of the 
                                region of the consortium uniquely 
                                competitive.
                            (v) A description of the investments the 
                        consortium proposes and the implementation 
                        strategy the consortium intends to use to 
                        address gaps in such ecosystem.
                            (vi) A description of outcome-based 
                        metrics, benchmarks, and milestones that the 
                        consortium will track and the evaluation 
                        methods the consortium will use while 
                        designated as a manufacturing community to 
                        gauge performance of the strategy of the 
                        consortium to improve the manufacturing in the 
                        region of the consortium.
                            (vii) Such other matters as the Secretary 
                        considers appropriate.
            (6) Evaluation of applications.--The Secretary shall 
        evaluate each application received under paragraph (5) with 
        respect to the following:
                    (A) Whether the applicant demonstrates a 
                significant level of regional cooperation in their 
                proposal.
                    (B) How the manufacturing concentration of the 
                applicant competitively ranks nationally according to 
                measures described in paragraph (5)(B)(ii).
            (7) Certain communities previously recognized.--Subject to 
        subparagraph (B), each consortium that was designated as a 
        manufacturing community by the Secretary in carrying out the 
        Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership initiative 
        of the Department of Commerce before the date of the enactment 
        of this Act shall be deemed a manufacturing community 
        designated under this subsection as long as such consortium is 
        still designated as a manufacturing community by the Secretary 
        as part of such initiative.
    (e) Receipt of Transferred Funds.--The Secretary may accept amounts 
transferred to the Secretary from the head of another participating 
agency to carry out this section.


Output: Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act of 2016  This bill establishes a program to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing by designating consortiums as manufacturing communities and authorizing federal agencies to provide them with financial and technical assistance.  The Department of Commerce must designate consortiums as manufacturing communities using a competitive process and specified criteria. An eligible consortium must:    represent a region that is large enough to contain critical elements of the key technologies or supply chain prioritized by the consortium and small enough to enable close collaboration among the consortium's members;   include at least one institution of higher education, a private sector entity, and a government entity; and   have a lead applicant that is a district organization, an Indian tribe, a state or political subdivision of a state, an institution of higher education, or a nonprofit organization or association cooperating with a political subdivision of a state.   Specified federal agencies may support the manufacturing communities by awarding them financial or technical assistance, providing preferential consideration when members of the consortium apply for assistance, or providing a federal point of contact to help members access assistance.  Recipients of the financial or technical assistance may use the funds to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing with investments that may include infrastructure, access to capital, promotion of exports and foreign direct investment, equipment upgrades, workforce training, energy or process efficiency, and other specified purposes.