National Manufacturing Guard Act
- Last Action
- 3/18/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-18Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2021-03-18Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-18 (00)
National Manufacturing Guard Act
This bill addresses the manufacturing of critical resources (e.g., supplies that are life-sustaining or otherwise critical to U.S. national security).
The bill establishes the Office of Supply Chain Preparedness within the Department of Commerce, the Supply Chain Advisory Council, and the National Manufacturing Guard within the office to be activated during a crisis to procure, manufacture, and distribute critical resources.
The office must establish the Supply Chain Data Exchange to account for critical resources, measure the manufacturing ability of industry partners, and plan the distribution of such resources.
The bill also establishes the Manufacturing Corps to provide workforce training for manufacturing skills deemed essential to the economic security of the United States.
Cosponsors (3)
- Marco Rubio (R-FL)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Commerce
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Economic performance and conditions
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intergovernmental relations
- Manufacturing
- Minority employment
- Natural disasters
- Public-private cooperation
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