[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1468 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 547
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1468
[Report No. 113-247]
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Network for
Manufacturing Innovation and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2013
Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Graham, Ms. Stabenow, Mr.
Schumer, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Coons, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. Wicker, Mr.
Levin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Ayotte, and Mr.
Udall of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation
August 26, 2014
Reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of August 5
(legislative day, August 1), 2014, by Mr. Rockefeller, with an
amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Network for
Manufacturing Innovation and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Revitalize American
Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In 2011, manufacturing contributed
$1,800,000,000,000 to the Nation's economy and accounted for 47
percent of all United States exports.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) If ranked as its own country, the United
States manufacturing sector would be the 10th largest economy
in the world.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) American manufacturers employ more than
11,000,000,000 Americans in jobs with wages and benefits that
are one-third higher than the wages and benefits in other
sectors.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Manufacturing has the highest multiplier
effect, with every dollar in final sales of manufactured
products resulting in $1.34 in output from other
sectors.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) As the source of nearly one-third of the
United States investment in research and development
manufacturing, firms drive innovation in the United
States.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) Countries such as Korea, Japan, and Germany
have a larger share of the advanced manufacturing sector than
the United States. Each of these countries has a positive trade
balance in advanced manufacturing products. In contrast, the
United States had an $81,000,000,000 trade deficit in
2010.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) The United States share of research and
development spending dropped from 43.1 percent in 1998 to 37.3
percent in 2008, while China's share of research and
development spending increased from 3 percent to 11.4 percent
during the same period.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) According to a survey by the Council on
Competitiveness, chief executive officers view the quality and
availability of scientists, researchers, and engineers and the
quality and availability of skilled production workers as the
first and second most important drivers of
competitiveness.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) According to the Organization for Economic Co-
Operation and Development, the United States ranked 27th out of
29 developed countries in the percentage of students who earned
bachelor's degrees in science and engineering in
2009.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (10) Colleges in China and India award more 4-year
engineering bachelor's degrees than United States
colleges.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING
INNOVATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15
U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by redesignating section 34 as section 35;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by inserting after section 33 (15 U.S.C. 278r)
the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>``SEC. 34. NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(a) Establishment of Network for Manufacturing
Innovation Program.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Commerce shall
establish within the Institute a program to be known as the
`Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program' (referred to in
this section as the `Program').</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Purposes of program.--The purposes of the
Program are--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) to improve the competitiveness of
United States manufacturing and to increase domestic
production;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) to stimulate United States
leadership in advanced manufacturing research,
innovation, and technology;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) to facilitate the transition of
innovative technologies into scalable, cost-effective,
and high-performing manufacturing
capabilities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(D) to facilitate access by
manufacturing enterprises to capital-intensive
infrastructure, including high-performance computing,
in order to improve the speed with which such
enterprises commercialize new processes and
technologies;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(E) to accelerate the development of an
advanced manufacturing workforce;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(F) to facilitate peer exchange of and
the documentation of best practices in addressing
advanced manufacturing challenges; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(G) to leverage non-Federal sources of
support to promote a stable and sustainable business
model without the need for long-term Federal
funding.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) Support.--The Secretary, acting through the
Director, shall carry out the purposes set forth in paragraph
(2) by supporting--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) the Network for Manufacturing
Innovation established under subsection (b);
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) the establishment of centers for
manufacturing innovation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) Director.--The Secretary shall carry out the
Program through the Director.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(b) Establishment of Network for Manufacturing
Innovation.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) In general.--As part of the Program, the
Secretary of Commerce shall establish a network of centers for
manufacturing innovation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Designation.--The network established under
paragraph (1) shall be known as the `Network for Manufacturing
Innovation' (referred to in this section as the
`Network').</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(c) Centers for Manufacturing Innovation.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, a
`center for manufacturing innovation' is a center that--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) has been established by a person to
address challenges in advanced manufacturing and to
assist manufacturers in retaining or expanding
industrial production and jobs in the United
States;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) has a predominant focus on a
manufacturing process, novel material, enabling
technology, supply chain integration methodology, or
another relevant aspect of advanced manufacturing, as
determined by the Secretary, with the potential--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) to improve the
competitiveness of United States
manufacturing;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) to accelerate investment in
advanced manufacturing production capacity in
the United States; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iii) to enable the commercial
application of new technologies or industry-
wide manufacturing processes; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) includes active participation among
representatives from multiple industrial entities,
research universities, community colleges, and such
other entities as the Secretary considers appropriate,
which may include career and technical education
schools, Federal laboratories, State, local, and tribal
governments, businesses, educational institutions, and
nonprofit organizations.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Activities.--Activities of a center for
manufacturing innovation may include the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) Research, development, and
demonstration projects, including proof-of-concept
development and prototyping, to reduce the cost, time,
and risk of commercializing new technologies and
improvements in existing technologies, processes,
products, and research and development of materials to
solve pre-competitive industrial problems with economic
or national security implications.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) Development and implementation of
education and training courses, materials, and
programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) Development of innovative
methodologies and practices for supply chain
integration and introduction of new technologies into
supply chains.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(D) Outreach and engagement with small-
and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, in addition
to large manufacturing enterprises.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(E) Such other activities as the
Secretary, in consultation with Federal departments and
agencies whose missions contribute to or are affected
by advanced manufacturing, considers consistent with
the purposes described in subsection (a)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) Additional centers for manufacturing
innovation.--The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation
Institute and pending manufacturing centers under interagency
review shall be considered centers for manufacturing
innovation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(d) Financial Assistance To Establish and Support
Centers for Manufacturing Innovation.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) In general.--In carrying out the Program,
the Secretary of Commerce shall award financial assistance to a
person to assist the person in planning, establishing, or
supporting a center for manufacturing innovation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Application.--A person seeking financial
assistance under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary an
application therefor at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may
require.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) Open process.--In soliciting applications
for financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall ensure an open process that will allow for the
consideration of all applications relevant to advanced
manufacturing regardless of technology area.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) Selection.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) Competitive, merit review.--In
awarding financial assistance under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall use a competitive, merit review
process.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) Collaboration.--In awarding
financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary
shall, acting through the National Program Office
established under subsection (e)(1), collaborate with
Federal departments and agencies whose missions
contribute to or are affected by advanced
manufacturing.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) Considerations.--In selecting a
person who submitted an application under paragraph (2)
for an award of financial assistance under paragraph
(1) the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum, the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) The potential of the center
for manufacturing innovation to advance
domestic manufacturing and the likelihood of
economic impact in the predominant focus areas
of the center for manufacturing
innovation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) The commitment of continued
financial support, advice, participation, and
other contributions from non-Federal sources,
to provide leverage and resources to promote a
stable and sustainable business model without
the need for long-term Federal
funding.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iii) How the center for
manufacturing innovation will engage with
small- and medium-sized manufacturing
enterprises, to improve the capacity of such
enterprises to commercialize new processes and
technologies.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iv) How the center for
manufacturing innovation will carry out
educational and workforce activities that meet
industrial needs related to the predominant
focus areas of the center for manufacturing
innovation.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(v) How the center for
manufacturing innovation will advance economic
competitiveness.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(vi) How the center for
manufacturing innovation will strengthen and
leverage the assets of a region.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(5) Limitation on period for awards.--No award
of financial assistance may be made under paragraph (1) to a
center of manufacturing innovation after the 7-year period
beginning on the date on which the Secretary first awards
financial assistance to a center under such
paragraph.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(e) National Program Office.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Commerce
shall establish, within the Institute, the National Office of
the Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program (referred to
in this section as the `National Program Office'), which shall
oversee and carry out the Program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Functions.--The functions of the National
Program Office are--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) to oversee the planning, management,
and coordination of the Program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) to enter into memorandums of
understanding with Federal departments and agencies,
whose missions contribute to or are affected by
advanced manufacturing, to carry out the purposes
described in subsection (a)(2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(C) to develop, not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of the Revitalize
American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013, and
update not less frequently than once every 3 years
thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the
Program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(D) to establish such procedures,
processes, and criteria as may be necessary and
appropriate to maximize cooperation and coordinate the
activities of the Program with programs and activities
of other Federal departments and agencies whose
missions contribute to or are affected by advanced
manufacturing;</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(E) to establish a clearinghouse of
public information related to the activities of the
Program; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(F) to act as a convener of the
Network.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) Recommendations.--In developing and updating
the strategic plan under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall
solicit recommendations and advice from a wide range of
stakeholders, including industry, small- and medium-sized
manufacturing enterprises, research universities, community
colleges, and other relevant organizations and
institutions.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(4) Report to congress.--The Secretary shall
transmit the strategic plan required under paragraph (2)(C) to
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of
the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(5) Hollings manufacturing extension
partnership.--The Secretary shall ensure that the National
Program Office incorporates the Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership into Program planning to ensure that the
results of the Program reach small- and medium-sized
entities.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(6) Detailees.--Any Federal Government employee
may be detailed to the National Program Office without
reimbursement. Such detail sh