1.National manufacturing
strategy
(a)Assessment of
United States manufacturingNot later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall assess the
United States economy to determine what goods the United States currently
produces, where such goods are produced, in which manufacturing sector the
United States is most competitive in the global economy, and what policies are
necessary to maintain or increase the competitiveness of United States
manufacturing in the global economy.
(b)National
manufacturing strategy
(1)Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a comprehensive national manufacturing
strategy.
(2)The goals of the strategy required by paragraph (1) are
as follows:
(A)To increase the
aggregate number of manufacturing jobs in the United States.
(B)To identify
emerging technologies to strengthen the competitiveness of the United States in
the global marketplace.
(C)To strengthen
manufacturing sectors in which the United States is most competitive in the
global economy.
(3)Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the strategy required by
paragraph (1).
(c)Targets for
growth of the United States manufacturing sector
(1)Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall establish targets for the growth of United
States manufacturing, including targets for job creation, for each of fiscal
years 2012 through 2016.
(2)Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a report on the targets established by the Secretary
pursuant to paragraph (1).
(d)Survey of
manufacturing support programs
(1)Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall—
(A)conduct a survey
of all Federal agencies that provide support to United States manufacturers,
including—
(i)the
Department of Commerce;
(ii)the Department
of Defense;
(iii)the Department
of Energy;
(iv)the Department
of Labor;
(v)the
Department of the Treasury;
(vi)the Small
Business Administration;
(vii)the Office of
Management and Budget;
(viii)the Office of
Science and Technology Policy;
(ix)the Office of
the United States Trade Representative; and
(x)such other
Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appropriate; and
(B)submit to
Congress a report on such survey that includes the recommendations of the
Secretary on how each Federal agency surveyed can best support the
comprehensive national manufacturing strategy required by subsection
(b)(1).
(2)The head of each agency of the Federal Government
shall, to the extent practicable, cooperate with the Secretary of Commerce in
the conduct of the survey required by paragraph (1) and provide to the
Secretary such information about such United States manufacturing sectors as
the Secretary may require.
(3)In conducting the survey required by paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall hold not fewer than 2 listening sessions that include witnesses
from manufacturing sectors that the Secretary considers important.
(e)Report on
progress and trends in manufacturingNot later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report that summarizes the progress and trends in United States
manufacturing since the Secretary's 2004 report, Manufacturing in
America: A Comprehensive Strategy to Address the Challenges to United States
Manufacturers
, and 2009 report, A Framework for Revitalizing
American Manufacturing
.
(f)Biennial
manufacturer survey and report
(1)Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less
frequently than once every 2 years thereafter through fiscal year 2016, the
Secretary shall conduct a survey of all persons with headquarters in the United
States that maintain manufacturing facilities outside of the United States to
identify—
(A)the categories of
products manufactured at such facilities; and
(B)the number of
manufacturing jobs located at such facilities.
(2)Promotion of
development and competitiveness of manufacturing sectorIn
carrying out each survey required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure
that the information gathered is useful for understanding how policy can be
tailored to promote development and competitiveness in the manufacturing
sector.
(3)The
Secretary shall create and maintain a database of the information collected
through each survey conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).
(4)Not
later than 90 days after conducting each survey required by paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the most recent survey conducted
pursuant to paragraph (1), including the following:
(A)The findings of
the Secretary with respect to such survey.
(B)Longitudinal
trends in United States manufacturing and the creation of manufacturing jobs in
the United States.