American Manufacturing Leadership Act 2019-07-23 Passed House American Manufacturing Leadership Act

This bill revises the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing USA program and extends through FY2024 and revises the Economic Development Administration's Regional Innovation Program.

The bill grants certain authorities of the Department of Commerce under the Manufacturing USA program to additional federal agencies.

All centers under the Manufacturing USA program shall (currently, may) conduct research and development and related activities.

The Manufacturing USA program office must, among other things, help develop pilot programs that may be implemented for manufacturing innovation.

The General Accountability Office shall triennially assess Manufacturing USA program operations.

]]> 2019-06-19 Reported to House American Manufacturing Leadership Act

This bill revises the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing USA program and extends through FY2024 and revises the Economic Development Administration's Regional Innovation Program.

The bill grants certain authorities of the Department of Commerce under the Manufacturing USA program to additional federal agencies.

All centers under the Manufacturing USA program shall (currently, may) conduct research and development and related activities.

The Manufacturing USA program office must, among other things, help develop pilot programs that may be implemented for manufacturing innovation.

The General Accountability Office shall triennially assess Manufacturing USA program operations.

]]> 2019-04-30 Introduced in House American Manufacturing Leadership Act

This bill revises the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing USA program and extends through FY2024 and revises the Economic Development Administration's Regional Innovation Program.

The bill grants certain authorities of the Department of Commerce under the Manufacturing USA program to additional federal agencies.

All centers under the Manufacturing USA program shall (currently, may) conduct research and development and related activities.

The Manufacturing USA program office must, among other things, help develop pilot programs that may be implemented for manufacturing innovation.

The General Accountability Office shall triennially assess Manufacturing USA program operations.

]]> 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 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.