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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Senator Paul Simon Water for the
Poor Enhancement Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005
(Public Law 109-121)--
(A) makes access to safe water and sanitation for
developing countries a specific policy objective of
United States foreign assistance programs;
(B) requires the Secretary of State to--
(i) develop a strategy to elevate the role
of water and sanitation policy; and
(ii) improve the effectiveness of United
States assistance programs undertaken in
support of that strategy;
(C) codifies Target 10 of the United Nations
Millennium Development Goals; and
(D) seeks to reduce the proportion of people who
are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water and
basic sanitation by 50 percent by 2015.
(2) On December 20, 2006, the United Nations General
Assembly, in GA Resolution 61/192, declared 2008 as the
International Year of Sanitation, in recognition of the impact
of sanitation on public health, poverty reduction, economic and
social development, and the environment.
(3) On August 1, 2008, Congress passed H. Con. Res. 318,
which--
(A) supports the goals and ideals of the
International Year of Sanitation; and
(B) recognizes the importance of sanitation on
public health, poverty reduction, economic and social
development, and the environment.
(4) While progress is being made on safe water and
sanitation efforts--
(A) more than 884,000,000 people throughout the
world lack access to safe drinking water; and
(B) 2 of every 5 people in the world do not have
access to basic sanitation services.
(5) The health consequences of unsafe drinking water and
poor sanitation are staggering, accounting for--
(A) nearly 10 percent of the global burden of
disease; and
(B) more than 2,000,000 deaths each year.
(6) The effects of climate change are expected to produce
severe consequences for water availability and resource
management in the future, with 2,800,000,000 people in more
than 48 countries expected to face severe and chronic water
shortages by 2025.
(7) The impact of water scarcity on conflict and
instability is evident in many parts of the world, including
the Darfur region of Sudan, where demand for water resources
has contributed to armed conflict between nomadic ethnic groups
and local farming communities.
(8) In order to further the United States contribution to
safe water and sanitation efforts, it is necessary to--
(A) expand foreign assistance capacity to address
the challenges described in this section; and
(B) represent issues related to water and
sanitation at the highest levels of United States
foreign assistance deliberations, including
deliberations related to issues of global health, food
security, the environment, global warming, and maternal
and child mortality.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Act is to enhance the capacity of the United
States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for
the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121).

SEC. 4. DEVELOPING UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CAPACITY.

Section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151h)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(e) Office of Water.--
''(1) Establishment.--To carry out the purposes of
subsection (a), the Administrator of the United States Agency
for International Development shall establish the Office of
Water.
''(2) Leadership.--The Office of Water shall be headed by
an Assistant Administrator for Safe Water and Sanitation, who
shall report directly to the Administrator.
''(3) Duties.--The Assistant Administrator shall--
''(A) implement this section and the Senator Paul
Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-
121); and
''(B) place primary emphasis on providing safe,
affordable, and sustainable drinking water, sanitation,
and hygiene.
''(f) Bureau of International Water.--
''(1) Establishment.--To increase the capacity of the
Department of State to address international issues regarding
safe water, sanitation, and other international water programs,
the Secretary of State shall establish the Bureau for
International Water within the Office of the Under Secretary
for Democracy and Global Affairs (referred to in this
subsection as the 'Bureau').
''(2) Duties.--The Bureau shall--
''(A) oversee and coordinate the diplomatic policy
of the United States Government with respect to global
freshwater issues, including--
''(i) access to safe drinking water and
sanitation;
''(ii) river basin and watershed
management;
''(iii) transboundary conflict;
''(iv) agricultural and urban productivity
of water resources;
''(v) pollution mitigation; and
''(vi) adaptation to hydrologic change due
to climate variability; and
''(B) ensure that international freshwater issues
are represented--
''(i) within the United States Government;
and
''(ii) in key diplomatic, development, and
scientific efforts with other nations and
multilateral organizations.''.

SEC. 5. SAFE WATER AND SANITATION STRATEGY.

Section 6(e) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of
2005 (Public Law 109-121) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ''and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(7) an assessment of the extent to which the United
States Government's efforts are reaching the goal described in
section 135(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2152h(a)(2)); and
''(8) recommendations on what the United States Government
would need to do to help achieve the goal referred to in
paragraph (7) if the United States Government's efforts were
proportional to its share of the world's economy.''.

SEC. 6. DEVELOPING LOCAL CAPACITY.

The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law
109-121) is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 9, 10, and 11 as sections 10,
11, and 12, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 8 the following:

''SEC. 9. WATER AND SANITATION MANAGERS TRAINING PROGRAM.

''(a) Establishment.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary of State and the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development shall establish, in every priority country, a
program to train local, in-country water and sanitation
managers, and other officials of countries that receive
assistance under section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 to promote the capacity of recipient governments to
provide affordable, equitable, and sustainable access to safe
drinking water and sanitation.
''(2) Coordination.--The program established under
subsection (a) shall be coordinated by the lead country water
manager designated in subsection (c)(2).
''(3) Expansion.--The Secretary and Administrator may
establish the program described in this section in additional
countries if the receipt of such training would be most
beneficial, with due consideration given to good governance.
''(b) Designation.--The United States Chief of Mission within each
country receiving a 'high priority' designation under section 6(f)
shall--
''(1) designate safe drinking water and sanitation as a
strategic objective;
''(2) appoint an in-country water and sanitation manager
within the Mission to coordinate the in-country implementation
of this Act and section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 with local water managers, local government officials, the
Department of State, and the Office of Water of the United
States Agency for International Development; and
''(3) coordinate with the Development Credit Authority and
the Global Development Alliance to further the purposes of this
Act.''.

SEC. 7. GRANTS FOR LOW COST CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION TECHNOLOGIES.

Section 135(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2152h(c))
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ''and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(5) provide grants through the United States Agency for
International Development to foster the development of low cost
and sustainable technologies for providing clean water and
sanitation that are suitable for use in high priority
countries, particularly in places with limited resources and
infrastructure.''.

SEC. 8. UPDATED REPORT REGARDING WATER FOR PEACE AND SECURITY.

Section 11(b) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of
2005, as redesignated by section 6, is amended by adding at the end the
following: ''The report submitted under this subsection shall include
an assessment of current and likely future political tensions over
water sources and an assessment of the expected impacts of global
climate change on water supplies in 10, 25, and 50 years.''.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2009 and
each subsequent fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 10. CONSTRUCTION.

This Act shall be implemented in a manner consistent with the
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121).
Nothing in this Act shall be construed in such a way as to override or
take precedence over the implementation of that Act.
[A]: Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish the Office of Water which shall: (1) implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005; and (2) place primary emphasis on providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Bureau for International Water within the Office of the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs which shall: (1) coordinate U.S. diplomatic policy regarding global freshwater issues; and (2) ensure that international freshwater issues are represented within the U.S. government.

Amends the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 to: (1) direct the Secretary and the Administrator to establish in every priority country a program to train local water and sanitation managers to promote government capacity to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation; and (2) require that the water for peace and security report includes an assessment of current and likely future political tensions over water sources and an assessment of the future impacts of global climate change on water supplies.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize grants through USAID to develop technologies for providing clean water and sanitation in high priority countries with limited resources and infrastructure.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''International Cooperative
Antiterrorism Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The use of terrorism is detestable and an illegitimate
means of political expression.
(2) International terrorist organizations pose a direct
threat to the United States, and this threat is becoming more
acute and more difficult to prevent.
(3) The threat from international terrorism is made far
more dangerous by the proliferation of chemical, biological,
and radiological weapons and the means to produce those
weapons.
(4) The prosecution of the war against international
terrorist organizations must continue until those organizations
and the threat they pose to the people and interests of the
United States are eliminated.
(5) The United States can only win the war on terrorism if
it receives cooperation from other countries and entities.
(6) Protecting the United States homeland and United States
interests overseas from terrorism is of the highest priority in
the foreign relations of the United States.
(7) Cooperation in the global war against international
terrorism must be a primary focus of United States foreign
relations, United States assistance, and international security
relations.
(8) Winning the war on terrorism requires cooperation from
the international community, especially in the areas of
preventing the financing of terror, sharing information on
international terror networks, eliminating terror cells, and in
preventing the promotion of anti-Americanism and the
glorification of terrorism in state-owned media and state-
controlled schools.
(9) The promotion of terrorism, intolerance, and virulent
anti-Americanism in state-owned media and state-controlled
education systems is abhorrent and poses a long-term threat to
the safety and security of the United States as well as the
community of nations.
(10) All countries and entities must be encouraged to
cooperate in the global war on international terrorism.
(11) Many foreign governments and entities are doing little
to counter proterrorist and prointolerance messages to mass
audiences, including to school age children.
(12) Countries providing direct or indirect assistance to
international terrorist organizations undermine the direct
security interests of the United States.
(13) Countries demonstrating indifference to or providing
actual endorsement of international terror as a legitimate
political tool make a direct threat to the security interests
of the United States.
(14) The National Commission on Terrorism established by
section 591 of the Foreign Operations Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, as enacted by Public
Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-210), concluded that the United
States should strengthen its efforts to discourage the broad
range of assistance that countries provide to international
terrorists.
(15) The National Commission on Terrorism further
recommends that the President make more effective use of
authority to designate foreign governments as ''not fully
cooperative'' with the United States counterterrorism efforts.
(16) United States assistance programs and the transfer of
United States Munitions List items are a critical tool of
United States foreign policy and winning the global war on
terrorism.
(17) Countries receiving United States assistance and the
export of items on the United States Munitions List must be
obligated to support the global war on international terror.
(18) Several existing laws, including the USA Patriot Act
of 2001, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export
Control Act, and the Export Administration Act of 1979 (or
successor statute), prohibit the provision of United States
assistance, and the licensing for export of items on the United
States Munitions List, to countries supporting terror or not
fully cooperating in antiterror efforts of the United States.
These laws should be expanded to include the definition of
''fully cooperative in the global war against international
terrorism'' set forth in this Act, including preventing
promotion of terror in state-owned and controlled media and
educational systems.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

It shall be the policy of the United States that--
(1) no United States assistance may be provided to any
foreign country or entity that is not making a maximum effort
to be fully cooperative in the global war against international
terrorism; and
(2) no license for export of an item on the United States
Munitions List to a country or entity may be issued if that
country or entity is not making a maximum effort to be fully
cooperative in the war against international terrorism.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE AND COMMERCIAL ARMS
EXPORTS.

(a) United States Assistance.--No United States assistance, other
than humanitarian assistance and cooperative nonproliferation and
counterproliferation programs, may be provided to any country or entity
if the President determines that such country or entity is not making a
maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war against
international terrorism.
(b) Commercial Arms Exports.--No license for the export of an item
on the United States Munitions List to any country or entity may be
issued if the President determines that such country or entity is not
making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war
against international terrorism.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT.

(a) Requirement for Report.--The President, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall prepare an
annual report that--
(1) lists each country or entity for which the President
has determined that there is credible evidence that such
country or entity is not being fully cooperative in the global
war against international terrorism under section 4; and
(2) describes for each country or entity listed under
paragraph (1)--
(A) the specific failures of each country or entity
to be fully cooperative in the global war on
international terrorism;
(B) the reasons why such country or entity is not
fully cooperative;
(C) the efforts being made by the United States
Government to promote greater adherence by such
countries or entities with the global war on
international terrorism; and
(D) any removal of a country or entity from the
list in paragraph (1).
(b) Dissemination.--The report required by this section shall--
(1) be submitted to Congress every year by December 31; and
(2) not be classified, except that the report may contain a
classified addendum, if necessary.

SEC. 6. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.

United States assistance or exports prohibited by section 4 may be
provided to a country or entity described in that section if the
President--
(1) determines that permitting such assistance or exports
is essential to the national security interests of the United
States; and
(2) not later than 15 days before permitting such
assistance or exports, furnishes a report describing the United
States assistance or exports to be provided to the appropriate
committees of Congress.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Expression of support for terrorism against the united
states.--The term ''expression of support for terrorism against
the United States'' means actions or expressions that are
designed to provoke anti-American action, especially of a
violent nature, or to glorify the use of violence against
citizens or government officials of the United States.
(2) Fully cooperative in the global war against
international terrorism.--The term ''fully cooperative in the
global war against international terrorism'' means a country or
entity that is--
(A) preventing the financing of terrorism,
including preventing--
(i) direct financial payments to any
terrorist organization;
(ii) any terrorist organization or any
entity supporting a terrorist organization from
receiving financial services such as brokering,
lending, or transferring currency or credit;
(iii) any person from soliciting funds or
items of value for a terrorist group; and
(iv) any humanitarian or other
nongovernmental organization from providing
financial support to terrorist organizations;
(B) sharing intelligence information with the
United States, including--
(i) releasing information to the United
States related to any terrorist organization;
(ii) cooperating in investigations
conducted by the United States; and
(iii) providing, to the extent possible,
individuals suspected of or supporting
terrorist organizations to United States
investigators; and
(C) acting against terrorist organizations,
including--
(i) preventing terrorist organizations from
committing or inciting to commit terrorist acts
against the United States or its interests
overseas;
(ii) preventing terrorist organizations
from operating safe houses or providing
transportation, communication, false
documentation, identification, weapons
(including chemical, biological, or
radiological weapons), explosives, or training
to terrorists; and
(iii) in the cases of a country--
(I) investigating suspected
terrorists within its national
territory;
(II) enforcing international
agreements and United Nations Security
Council Resolutions against terrorism;
and
(III) curbing any domestic
expression of support for terrorism
against the United States and its
allies in state-owned media, state-
sanctioned gatherings, state-governed
religious institutions, and state-
sanctioned school and textbooks.
(3) Humanitarian assistance.--The term ''humanitarian
assistance'' means any humanitarian goods and services,
including foodstuffs, medicines, and health assistance
programs.
(4) Terrorist organization.--The term ''terrorist
organization'' means an organization designated as a foreign
terrorist organization by the Secretary of State under section
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(5) United states assistance.--The term ''United States
assistance'' means--
(A) any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (including programs under title IV of chapter
2, relating to the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation);
(B) sales, or financing on any terms, under the
Arms Export Control Act;
(C) the provision of agricultural commodities,
other than food, under the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954; and
(D) financing under the Export-Import Bank Act of
1945.
(6) United states munitions list.--The term ''United States
Munitions List'' means the defense articles and defense
services controlled by the President under section 38 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).
[A]: International Cooperative Antiterrorism Act of 2002 - Prohibits the provision of U.S. assistance (except humanitarian assistance and cooperative nonproliferation and counterproliferation programs), or the issuance of a license for the export of an item on the U.S. Munitions List, to any country or entity that the President has determined is not making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war against international terrorism. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act in the national security interests of the United States.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Make It In America Manufacturing
Communities Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Manufacturing community support program.--The term
''Manufacturing Community Support Program'' means the program
established under section 3(a).
(2) Participating agency.--The term ''participating
agency'' means a Federal agency that elects to participate in
the Manufacturing Community Support Program.
(3) Participating program.--The term ''participating
program'' means a program identified by a participating agency
under section 3(c)(1)(C).
(4) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce.

SEC. 3. PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE AND SUPPORT MANUFACTURING COMMUNITIES.

(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary shall establish a program to
improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing--
(1) by designating consortiums as manufacturing communities
under subsection (b); and
(2) by supporting manufacturing communities, as so
designated, under subsection (c).
(b) Designation of Manufacturing Communities.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (7), for
purposes of the Manufacturing Community Support Program, the
Secretary shall designate eligible consortiums as manufacturing
communities through a competitive process.
(2) Eligible consortiums.--
(A) In general.--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 has an
application that is supported by a
State, a political subdivision of a
State, or a native community.
(B) Regions.--Subject to approval by the Secretary,
a consortium may define the region that it represents
if the region--
(i) is large enough to contain critical
elements of the key technologies or supply
chain prioritized by the consortium; and
(ii) is small enough to enable close
collaboration among members of the consortium.
(3) Duration.--Each designation under paragraph (1) shall
be for a period of two years.
(4) Renewal.--
(A) In general.--Upon receipt of an application
submitted under subparagraph (B), the Secretary may
renew a designation made under paragraph (1) for up to
two additional two-year periods. Any designation as a
manufacturing community or renewal of such designation
that is in effect before the date of the enactment of
this Act shall count toward the limit set forth in this
subparagraph.
(B) Application for renewal.--An eligible
consortium seeking a renewal under subparagraph (A)
shall submit an application to the Secretary 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 composition, either by
adding or removing members; or
(ii) as part of its application under
subparagraph (B), submits a revision to the
plan submitted under paragraph (5)(B)(iv) or
the strategy submitted under paragraph
(5)(B)(v).
(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 based upon--
(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 or
revisions to the plan or strategy described in
subparagraph (C)(ii) would improve the
competitiveness of United States manufacturing;
and
(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 an
application to the Secretary at such time and in such
manner as the Secretary may require.
(B) Contents.--Each application submitted to the
Secretary under subparagraph (A) include--
(i) a 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, such as that involving
women and underrepresented minorities, 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)--
(I) by making specific investments
to address gaps in such ecosystem; and
(II) by making 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 the 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; and
(vii) such other matters as the Secretary
considers appropriate.
(6) Evaluation of applications.--The Secretary shall
evaluate each application received under paragraph (5) to
determine--
(A) whether the applicant demonstrates a
significant level of regional cooperation in their
proposal; and
(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.--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 if such consortium is still designated as a
manufacturing community by the Secretary as part of such
initiative.
(c) Support for Designated Manufacturing Communities.--
(1) Preferential consideration.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
(D), if a member of a consortium designated as a
manufacturing community under subsection (b) 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.--The Secretary shall
invite other Federal agencies to become participating
agencies of the Manufacturing Community Support
Program.
(C) Participating programs.--The head of each
participating agency shall identify all programs
administered by such participating agency that are
applicable to the Manufacturing Community Support
Program.
(D) Multiple members of the same consortium seeking
the same financial or technical assistance.--
(i) In general.--If 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 (b),
the head of such agency may determine how
preference will be given under subparagraph
(A), including by requiring the consortium to
select which of the members should be given
preference.
(ii) Coordination.--If the head of a
participating agency determines that more than
one member of a consortium should be given
preference for financial or technical
assistance under subparagraph (A), he or she
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 a report to the
Secretary that specifies how the head will give
preferential consideration under subparagraph (A).
(2) Technical assistance.--The Secretary may make a Federal
point of contact available to each consortium designated as a
manufacturing community under subsection (b) to help the
members of the consortium access Federal funds and technical
assistance.
(3) Financial and technical assistance.--
(A) In general.--Under the Manufacturing Community
Support Program, 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 (b) as he or she 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 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--
(I) infrastructure;
(II) access to capital;
(III) promotion of exports and
foreign direct investment;
(IV) equipment or facility
upgrades;
(V) workforce training, retraining,
or recruitment and retention, including
that of women and underrepresented
minorities;
(VI) energy or process efficiency;
(VII) business incubators;
(VIII) site preparation;
(IX) advanced research;
(X) supply chain development; and
(XI) small business assistance.
(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).
(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) 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.
[A]:
Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a Manufacturing Community Support Program to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing by: (1) designating consortiums as manufacturing communities, and (2) authorizing federal agencies electing to participate in the program to provide such communities preferential consideration in awarding financial and technical assistance. A consortium, to be eligible for such designation and assistance, 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, a nonprofit organization or association with an application supported by a state, a political subdivision of a state, or a native community. Commerce shall make such designations for a two-year period, and may renew a designation for additional two-year periods, based on specified criteria. Recipients may use such financial or technical assistance to support investments in ecosystems that will improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, including infrastructure, access to capital, promotion of exports and foreign direct investment, equipment upgrades, workforce training and recruitment, energy or process efficiency, business incubators, site preparation, advanced research, supply chain development, and small business assistance.