3.0.0 2526 2023-01-11T13:32:01Z 2023-01-11T13:32:01Z Senate S 2016-02-09 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-09T22:35:35Z Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act 114 4505 HR 2016-02-09 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Related bill CRS 2016-02-09 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2016-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2016-02-09 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2016-02-09 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2016-02-09 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2016-02-09 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2016-07-06 False Commerce Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Energy efficiency and conservation Higher education Industrial facilities Industrial policy and productivity Manufacturing Public-private cooperation U.S. and foreign investments Commerce 00 2016-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-01T22:07:24Z Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act of 2016

This bill establishes a program to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing by designating consortiums as manufacturing communities and authorizing federal agencies to provide them with financial and technical assistance.

The Department of Commerce must designate consortiums as manufacturing communities using a competitive process and specified criteria. An eligible consortium must:

  • represent a region that is large enough to contain critical elements of the key technologies or supply chain prioritized by the consortium and small enough to enable close collaboration among the consortium's members;
  • include at least one institution of higher education, a private sector entity, and a government entity; and
  • have a lead applicant that is a district organization, an Indian tribe, a state or political subdivision of a state, an institution of higher education, or a nonprofit organization or association cooperating with a political subdivision of a state.

Specified federal agencies may support the manufacturing communities by awarding them financial or technical assistance, providing preferential consideration when members of the consortium apply for assistance, or providing a federal point of contact to help members access assistance.

Recipients of the financial or technical assistance may use the funds to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing with investments that may include infrastructure, access to capital, promotion of exports and foreign direct investment, equipment upgrades, workforce training, energy or process efficiency, and other specified purposes.

]]> Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act of 2016 Display Title Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing by designating and supporting manufacturing communities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2526is/xml/BILLS-114s2526is.xml 2016-02-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.