Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be called the Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act .
2Definitions
This section would define terms used in the Act. "Appropriate committees of Congress" would mean the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. "Covered offices and bureaus" would mean the Department of Commerce offices and bureaus identified in the report required by section 3. "Critical supply chain" would mean an end-to-end system that turns raw materials into finished products in critical sectors, including the defense industrial base, the public health and biological preparedness industrial base, the information and communications technology industrial base, the energy sector industrial base, the transportation industrial base, and agricultural supply chains. "Critical supply chain resilience" would mean mitigating gaps and vulnerabilities in critical supply chains, including by reducing the risk of malicious sabotage or external or internal manipulation and by improving the ability to withstand supply chain interruptions such as logistical challenges and shortages of workforce, materials, equipment, or products. "Manufacturing and industrial innovation" would mean providing assistance, resources, or services to manufacturers or manufacturing workers in the United States, or offering expertise, improvements, research and development, or other assistance in technological innovations or advanced manufacturing in partnership with or for use by manufacturers in the United States, or developing policy that substantially affects the manufacturing sector in the United States. "Secretary" would mean the Secretary of Commerce.
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2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. (2) Covered offices and bureaus The term covered offices and bureaus means offices and bureaus of the Department of Commerce identified under section 3(a)(1). (3) Critical supply chain The term critical supply chain means an end-to-end system that converts raw materials into finished products in critical sectors, including in— (A) the defense industrial base; (B) the public health and biological preparedness industrial base; (C) the information and communications technology industrial base; (D) the energy sector industrial base; (E) the transportation industrial base; and (F) agricultural supply chains. (4) Critical supply chain resilience The term critical supply chain resilience means mitigating gaps and vulnerabilities in critical supply chains, including by— (A) reducing risk of malicious sabotage or external or internal manipulation; and (B) improving the ability to withstand supply chain interruptions such as logistical challenges and workforce, materials, equipment, or product shortages. (5) Manufacturing and industrial innovation The term manufacturing and industrial innovation means— (A) providing assistance, resources, or services to manufacturers or manufacturing workers in the United States; (B) offering expertise, improvements, research, and development or other assistance in technological innovations or advanced manufacturing in partnership with or for use by manufacturers in the United States; or (C) developing policy that substantially impacts the manufacturing sector in the United States. (6) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce.
3Study relating to manufacturing programs of the Department of Commerce
This section would require the Secretary of Commerce, not later than 1 year after the Act's enactment, to produce a report, prepared under a contract with the National Academy of Public Administration, that identifies the Department of Commerce offices and bureaus with responsibilities related to critical supply chain resilience and to manufacturing and industrial innovation; identifies the duties, responsibilities, programs, and expertise of each of those offices and bureaus relevant to those two areas; identifies and assesses the purpose, statutory authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limitations of each covered office and bureau; identifies gaps between offices with duplicative duties, responsibilities, programs, and expertise that are carrying out activities related to critical supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation; and provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of each covered office and bureau, including recommendations to optimize operations within or across covered offices and bureaus, improve coordination across covered offices and bureaus, and improve coordination with other federal agencies carrying out similar activities. Not later than 180 days after the Secretary produces that report, the Secretary would have to submit to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce the report itself, recommendations for potential legislative action addressing the report's recommendations, and the Secretary's own response to the report's recommendations.
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3. Study relating to manufacturing programs of the Department of Commerce (a) Assessment Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall produce a report that— (1) identifies offices and bureaus of the Department of Commerce with responsibilities related to— (A) critical supply chain resilience; and (B) manufacturing and industrial innovation; (2) identifies the duties, responsibilities, programs, and expertise relevant to critical supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation of each covered office and bureau; (3) identifies and assesses the purpose, statutory authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limitations of each covered office and bureau; (4) identifies gaps between offices with duplicative duties, responsibilities, programs, and expertise within the Department of Commerce that are implementing activities related to critical supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation; and (5) provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of each covered office and bureau, including recommendations to— (A) optimize operations within or across covered offices and bureaus; (B) improve coordination across covered offices and bureaus; and (C) improve coordination with Federal agencies implementing similar activities related to critical supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation. (b) National Academy of Public Administration The Secretary shall contract with the National Academy of Public Administration in producing the report under subsection (a). (c) Report Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary produces the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress— (1) the report produced under subsection (a); (2) recommendations for potential legislative action addressing recommendations in the report produced under subsection (a); and (3) a response from the Secretary to the recommendations included in the report produced under subsection (a).
Where it is
In the Senate.