National Institute of Manufacturing Act
Latest action · Apr 12, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 12, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Institute of Manufacturing Act
This bill establishes the National Institute of Manufacturing to serve as the central hub for federal manufacturing programs.
The institute shall, among other things, (1) convene key stakeholders to identify the needs and priorities of the U.S. manufacturing sector; (2) support and incentivize manufacturing-focused research, collaboration, and education; and (3) provide small and medium manufacturers with financial support, including loans, counseling, training, technical assistance, and advocacy.
Overseen by a Director, the institute shall be composed of various directorates (e.g., a Directorate for Technology Development and a Directorate for Trade), and the functions of specified federal manufacturing programs and offices shall be transferred to the institute and its directorates. Transferred programs and offices include the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership, the Manufacturing USA Program, the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, and the Office of Manufacturing.
The bill also permanently reauthorizes the U.S. Manufacturing Council of the International Trade Administration as the National Manufacturing Advisory Council, and it tasks the council with (1) ensuring regular communication between the federal government and the U.S. manufacturing sector, (2) advising the Department of Commerce on government policies and programs that affect U.S. manufacturing, and (3) ensuring the United States remains the leading destination for investment in manufacturing throughout the world.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 12, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Commerce
- Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Commerce
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Higher education
- Industrial facilities
- Industrial policy and productivity
- Manufacturing
- Public contracts and procurement
- Research and development
- Small business
- Student aid and college costs
- Technology assessment
- U.S. and foreign investments
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 12, 2021Introduced in Senate
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