Manufacturing USA Expansion Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 4/20/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-20Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2021-04-20Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-20 (00)
Manufacturing USA Expansion Act of 2021
This bill expands the Manufacturing USA Program, which is a network of research institutes that collaborate to develop advanced manufacturing technologies.
Specifically, the bill authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in coordination with other relevant federal agencies, to establish new institutes under the program and provide financial assistance awards and other supports for the program. The Department of Commerce must integrate into the program minority-serving institutions, historically Black colleges or universities, and tribal colleges or universities. Further, Commerce must establish policies to promote the domestic production of technologies developed through the program.
Additionally, the bill establishes an advisory council for the program to make recommendations related to the manufacturing workforce.
Cosponsors (1)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Subjects
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Asia
- Buy American requirements
- China
- Corporate finance and management
- Department of Commerce
- Employment and training programs
- Foreign and international corporations
- Higher education
- Industrial policy and productivity
- Intellectual property
- Labor-management relations
- Manufacturing
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Technology assessment
- Technology transfer and commercialization
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