American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013 - Directs the Committee on Technology under the National Science and Technology Council to develop, in coordination with the National Economic Council, in lieu of the currently required strategic plan to guide federal programs and activities in support of advanced manufacturing research and development, a national manufacturing competitiveness strategic plan to improve government coordination and provide long-term guidance for federal programs and activities in support of U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, including advanced manufacturing research and development.
Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in developing and updating the plan quadrennially, to serve as the chairperson of the Committee.
Specifies the goals of the plan to be to: (1) promote growth, job creation, sustainability, and competitiveness in the U.S. manufacturing sector; (2) support the development of a skilled manufacturing workforce; (3) enable innovation and investment in domestic manufacturing; and (4) support national security.
Requires the Committee, as part of the development of the plan, to conduct an analysis of specified factors that impact the competitiveness and growth of the U.S. manufacturing sector.
Permits the chairperson of the Committee to appoint an advisory panel of private sector and nonprofit leaders to provide input, perspective, and recommendations to assist in the development of the plan.
Requires the President to submit the plan to Congress and publish it on an Internet website accessible to the public.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1709 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1709
To require the Committee on Technology of the National Science and
Technology Council to develop and update a national manufacturing
competitiveness strategic plan, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 14, 2013
Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Blunt) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To require the Committee on Technology of the National Science and
Technology Council to develop and update a national manufacturing
competitiveness strategic plan, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Manufacturing
Competitiveness Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS STRATEGIC PLAN.
Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42
U.S.C. 6622) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (7) and
inserting the following:
``(7) develop and update a national manufacturing
competitiveness strategic plan in accordance with subsection
(c).''; and
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) National Manufacturing Competitiveness Strategic Plan.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act
of 2013, the President shall submit to Congress, and publish on
an Internet website that is accessible to the public, the
strategic plan developed under paragraph (2).
``(2) Development.--The Committee shall develop (and update
as required under paragraph (8)), in coordination with the
National Economic Council, a strategic plan to improve
Government coordination and provide long-term guidance for
Federal programs and activities in support of United States
manufacturing competitiveness, including advanced manufacturing
research and development.
``(3) Committee chairperson.--In developing and updating
the strategic plan, the Secretary of Commerce, or a designee of
the Secretary, shall serve as the chairperson of the Committee.
``(4) Goals.--The goals of such strategic plan shall be
to--
``(A) promote growth, job creation, sustainability,
and competitiveness in the United States manufacturing
sector;
``(B) support the development of a skilled
manufacturing workforce;
``(C) enable innovation and investment in domestic
manufacturing; and
``(D) support national security.
``(5) Contents.--Such strategic plan shall--
``(A) specify and prioritize near-term and long-
term objectives to meet the goals of the plan,
including research and development objectives, the
anticipated timeframe for achieving the objectives, and
the metrics for use in assessing progress toward the
objectives;
``(B) describe the progress made in achieving the
objectives from prior strategic plans, including a
discussion of why specific objectives were not met;
``(C) specify the role, including the programs and
activities, of each relevant Federal agency in meeting
the objectives of the strategic plan;
``(D) describe how the Federal agencies and
federally funded research and development centers
supporting advanced manufacturing research and
development will foster the transfer of research and
development results into new manufacturing technologies
and United States based manufacturing of new products
and processes for the benefit of society to ensure
national, energy, and economic security;
``(E) describe how such Federal agencies and
centers will strengthen all levels of manufacturing
education and training programs to ensure an adequate,
well-trained workforce;
``(F) describe how such Federal agencies and
centers will assist small- and medium-sized
manufacturers in developing and implementing new
products and processes;
``(G) take into consideration and include a
discussion of the analysis conducted under paragraph
(6); and
``(H) solicit public input (which may be
accomplished through the establishment of an advisory
panel under paragraph (7)), including the views of a
wide range of stakeholders, and consider relevant
recommendations of Federal advisory committees.
``(6) Preliminary analysis.--
``(A) In general.--As part of developing such
strategic plan, the Committee, in collaboration with
Federal departments and agencies whose missions
contribute to or are affected by manufacturing, shall
conduct an analysis of factors that impact the
competitiveness and growth of the United States
manufacturing sector, including--
``(i) research, development, innovation,
transfer of technologies to the marketplace,
and commercialization activities in the United
States;
``(ii) the adequacy of the industrial base
for maintaining national security;
``(iii) the state and capabilities of the
domestic manufacturing workforce;
``(iv) export opportunities and domestic
trade enforcement policies;
``(v) financing, investment, and taxation
policies and practices;
``(vi) the state of emerging technologies
and markets; and
``(vii) efforts and policies related to
manufacturing promotion undertaken by competing
nations.
``(B) Reliance on existing information.--To the
extent practicable, in completing the analysis under
subparagraph (A), the Committee shall use existing
information and the results of previous studies and
reports.
``(7) Advisory panel.--
``(A) Establishment.--The chairperson of the
Committee may appoint an advisory panel of private
sector and nonprofit leaders to provide input,
perspective, and recommendations to assist in the
development of the strategic plan under this
subsection.
``(B) Membership.--The panel shall have no more
than 15 members, and shall include representatives of
manufacturing businesses, labor representatives of the
manufacturing workforce, academia, and groups
representing interests affected by manufacturing
activities.
``(C) Application of federal advisory committee
act.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.), other than section 14 of such Act, shall apply
to the Advisory Panel.
``(8) Updates.--Not later than May 1, 2018, and not less
frequently than once every 4 years thereafter, the President
shall submit to Congress, and publish on an Internet website
that is accessible to the public, an update of the strategic
plan transmitted under paragraph (1). Such updates shall be
developed in accordance with the procedures set forth under
this subsection.
``(9) Requirement to consider strategy in the budget.--In
preparing the budget for a fiscal year under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, the President shall include
information regarding the consistency of the budget with the
goals and recommendations included in the strategic plan
developed under this subsection applying to that fiscal
year.''.
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