United States S 1037: Manufacturing.gov Act

Bill Text

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117THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION 
S. 1037 
To  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  section  of  the  website  of  the  Department  
of  Commerce  that  shall  serve  as  the  primary  hub  for  information  relating  
to Federal manufacturing programs, and for other purposes. 
IN  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  
MARCH25, 2021 
Mr.  P
ETERS(for  himself,  Mr.  YOUNG,  and  Mr.  RUBIO)  introduced  the  fol-
lowing  bill;  which  was  read  twice  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation 
A  BILL  
To  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  section  of  the  website  
of  the  Department  of  Commerce  that  shall  serve  as  the  
primary  hub  for  information  relating  to  Federal  manu-
facturing programs, and for other purposes. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘Manufacturing.gov  4
Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. MANUFACTURING.GOV HUB. 6
(a)  D
EFINITION.—In  this  section,  the  term  ‘‘Sec-7
retary’’ means the Secretary of Commerce. 8
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•S  1037  IS
(b)  ESTABLISHMENT.—Not  later  than  1  year  after  1
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordi-2
nation  with  the  Chief  Information  Officer  of  the  Depart-3
ment  of  Commerce,  shall  modify  the  manufacturing.gov  4
website  by  establishing  a  section  of  the  website  to  be  5
known as the ‘‘manufacturing.gov hub’’. 6
(c)  F
UNCTIONS.—The  manufacturing.gov  hub  estab-7
lished under subsection (b) shall— 8
(1) serve as the primary hub for information re-9
lating  to  every  Federal  manufacturing  program,  in-10
cluding  the  programs  identified  in  the  report  of  the  11
Government   Accountability   Office   entitled   ‘‘U.S.   12
Manufacturing’’  (GAO  17–240),  published  on  March  13
28, 2017; 14
(2)  provide  the  contact  information  of  relevant  15
employees  of  the  agencies  carrying  out  the  Federal  16
manufacturing  programs  described  in  paragraph  (1);  17
(3)  provide  an  avenue  for  public  input  and  feed-18
back relating to— 19
(A)  the  functionality  of  the  website  of  the  20
Department of Commerce; 21
(B)  the  Federal  manufacturing  programs  22
described in paragraph (1); and 23
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•S  1037  IS
(C)  any  other  manufacturing-related  chal-1
lenges   experienced   by   manufacturers   in   the   2
United States; 3
(4)  establish  web  pages  within  the  hub  that  4
shall focus on— 5
(A)  technology  and  research  and  develop-6
ment; 7
(B) trade; 8
(C) workforce development and training; 9
(D)  industrial  commons  and  supply  chains;  10
and 11
(E)  small  and  medium  manufacturers;  and  12
(5) use machine learning to— 13
(A)   identify   frequently   asked   questions;   14
and 15
(B)  disseminate  to  the  public  answers  to  16
the   questions   identified   under   subparagraph   17
(A). 18
(d)   A
UTHORIZATION   OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There 19
are  authorized  to  be  appropriated  to  the  Secretary  such  20
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 21
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