HR 5157
Streamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Act
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Bill overview
This bill aims to improve the coordination between the Manufacturing USA Program and the broader national strategy for advanced manufacturing. It requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to update its strategic plan for the Manufacturing USA Program more frequently, aligning it with updates to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing. The goal is to ensure the Manufacturing USA Program remains relevant and responsive to national priorities in the field of advanced manufacturing. This update will be conducted every four years.
Key provisions
- Requires NIST to update the Manufacturing USA Program’s strategic plan.
- Sets a four-year cycle for updating the strategic plan.
- Links the strategic plan updates to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing.
- Updates NIST’s legal authority to align with the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010.
Who is affected
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Manufacturing USA Program participants
- Advanced manufacturing industry
- Federal government agencies involved in manufacturing strategy
Notable changes
- Increases the frequency of strategic plan updates from every three years to every four years.
- Explicitly ties the Manufacturing USA Program’s planning cycle to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing’s update cycle.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 5157
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the periodic update to the strategic plan to guide the Manufacturing USA Program to align with the mandatory updates to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing.
This Act may be cited as the Streamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Act
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and update not less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter,;
by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (M) as subparagraphs (E) through (N), respectively; and
by inserting after subparagraph (C), the following:
to update the strategic plan developed under subparagraph (C) not less frequently than once every 4 years such that the planning cycle for the updates aligns with the planning cycle for updates to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing required under section 102(c)(4) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6622(c)(4)) to better ensure the Program reflects the priorities of the national strategy;
Such section is further amended—
in paragraph (3), by striking paragraph (2)(C)
and inserting subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (2)
; and
in paragraph (4), by striking paragraph (2)(C)
and inserting subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) and any update to the plan required under subparagraph (D) of such paragraph
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