Presidential Document2024-16400
Made in America Week, 2024
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July 24, 2024
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July 19, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 59815-59816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16400]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 24, 2024 /
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Proclamation 10786 of July 19, 2024
Made in America Week, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Across the Nation, American workers are writing the
greatest comeback story in our country's history. After
a once-in-a-century pandemic, they are bringing new
jobs, businesses, and hope to their communities. This
week, we celebrate the American workers, unions,
companies, and innovators who are the backbone of
America's economy, who make ``Made in America'' not
just a slogan but a reality, and who are leading our
Nation's transformation to win the global economic
competition of the 21st century.
For decades, manufacturing products here at home
created good-paying jobs across the country and forged
a clear path to the middle class. But over the years,
trickle-down economics reversed that progress. American
manufacturers shut down their factories. American jobs
were exported overseas. And American communities were
hollowed out. People and families throughout the United
States were robbed of not just their jobs but their
dignity, hope, and pride.
My Administration was determined to turn things around
by investing in America and Americans once again--
building an economy from the middle out and bottom up,
not the top down. The results are clear: Since I came
into office, the economy has created over 15 million
jobs--including nearly 800,000 manufacturing jobs. The
unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in half a
century. And manufacturing is roaring back with new
factories being built all across the country--in big
cities and rural communities. So far, companies have
invested more than $700 billion in American
manufacturing.
On my watch, Federal projects are being made with
American products and are being built by American
workers. I signed the ``Invent It Here, Make It Here''
Executive Order, which directs Federal agencies to
prioritize domestic manufacturing when it comes to
research, development, innovation, and bringing
inventions to market. We are also using the immense
purchasing power of the Federal Government--the largest
buyer of consumer goods in the world--to bring
manufacturing back home. My Administration has
implemented the most robust change to the Buy American
Act in almost 70 years by raising the domestic content
threshold for Federal procurement from 55 percent to 65
percent in 2024--and we are set to raise the bar even
higher to 75 percent in 2029.
Additionally, thanks to our Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law, 60,000 new infrastructure projects have been
announced across the country, rebuilding our roads,
bridges, airports, ports, rail networks, water systems,
and more. We are investing $90 billion to provide
affordable, reliable, high-speed internet to everyone
in the United States, which is driving manufacturing
jobs in industries like fiber optic cable
manufacturing. My CHIPS and Science Act is investing in
more research and development for manufacturing than
ever before, attracting $348 billion in private sector
investments to build new semiconductor factories. This
manufacturing boom is creating hundreds of thousands of
jobs--many of which pay over $100,000 and do not
require a college degree.
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At the same time, our Inflation Reduction Act is
ensuring that the clean energy future is built here in
America. Our investments have spurred the private
sector to build and create new jobs here at home. To
date, the private sector has announced investments in
126 new and expanded solar manufacturing plants; more
than 30 wind manufacturing facilities; more than 150
new or expanded sites for electric vehicle assembly,
component manufacturing, and charger manufacturing; and
more than 250 new or expanded facilities in the battery
manufacturing and critical mineral supply chain. These
investments are supporting historic growth in clean
energy deployment and adoption and creating good-paying
jobs across the country. Altogether, since taking
office, companies have committed more than $400 billion
in private-sector investment in manufacturing and
deployment of clean energy, electric vehicles, and
batteries.
For the first time in a long time, American workers are
putting shovels in the ground and leading our Nation's
greatest economic comeback. Thousands of cities and
towns across the country are proving that we can get
big things done when we work together. This Made in
America Week, let us celebrate America's incredible
workers who are restoring American pride. Let us honor
the proud legacy and promising future of American
products. And let us recommit to nurturing the spirit
of innovation that will continue to drive American
prosperity for generations to come.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim July 21
through July 27, 2024, as Made in America Week. I call
upon all Americans to observe this week by celebrating
Made in America and supporting American workers and
domestic businesses that are the backbone of building a
future here in America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
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