3.0.0 771 2023-01-11T13:27:50Z 2023-01-11T13:27:50Z Senate S 2015-03-18 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-18T15:55:50Z Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015 114 1441 HR 2015-08-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Identical bill CRS 2015-03-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-03-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2015-03-18 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-03-18 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-03-18 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-03-18 True K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2015-09-24 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2016-02-03 False Education Education programs funding Higher education Manufacturing Research administration and funding Research and development Science and engineering education Small business Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2015-03-18 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-10T12:37:13Z Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015

Authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a program to designate up to 25 institutions of higher education as U.S. manufacturing universities that are to be awarded funds over a four-year period.

Requires an institution applying for such program to submit a plan describing its engineering programs, its relationship to manufacturing industries, and its ability to positively impact local and regional economic development.

Requires NIST to recommend adaptations to certain Small Business Act programs to assist small businesses that collaborate with such universities.

]]> Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015 Display Title Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to emphasize manufacturing in engineering programs by directing the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and National Science Foundation, to designate United States manufacturing universities. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s771is/xml/BILLS-114s771is.xml 2015-03-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.