Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act
Latest action · May 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 13, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to complete a national plan for smart manufacturing technology (certain advanced technologies in information, automation, monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and networking) development and deployment to improve the productivity and energy efficiency of the U.S. manufacturing sector.
DOE must expand the scope of technologies covered by Industrial Assessment Centers to include smart manufacturing technologies and practices and to equip the centers' directors with the training and tools necessary to provide technical assistance in smart manufacturing technologies and practices.
DOE must: (1) study how it can increase access to existing high-performance computing resources in the National Laboratories, and (2) facilitate access to the laboratories by small and medium manufacturers.
DOE may make grants to states for supporting the implementation of smart manufacturing technologies. States must use those grants to: (1) provide access to shared supercomputing facilities to small and medium manufacturers, (2) fund research and development of transformational manufacturing processes and materials technology that advance smart manufacturing, and (3) provide tools and training to aid the adoption of energy management systems and implement smart manufacturing technologies in the manufacturers' facilities.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2017 to Jan 11, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | Jul 13, 2017 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jan 11, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 13, 2017 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Jul 14, 2017 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jul 13, 2017 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2018 | |
| Research and Technology Subcommittee | Referred May 22, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- Jul 14, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Jul 13, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 13, 2017Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 118, July 13, 2017, page H5832.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 768 | Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act | Identical bill | Mar 29, 2017 |
| HR 1633 | Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 8, 2019 |
| HR 3266 | Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act | Reintroduction of | Aug 18, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the productivity and energy efficiency of the manufacturing sector by directing the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the National Academies and other appropriate Federal agencies, to develop a national smart manufacturing plan and to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized manufacturers in implementing smart manufacturing programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Computers and information technology
- Energy
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Government studies and investigations
- Industrial facilities
- Industrial policy and productivity
- Manufacturing
- Materials
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Small business
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 13, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
