[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8657 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8657

To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides 
recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of 
Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience and 
    manufacturing and industrial innovation, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2024

   Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides 
recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of 
Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience and 
    manufacturing and industrial innovation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Support for American 
Manufacturing Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PROGRAMS RELATED TO CRITICAL 
              SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE AND MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 
              INNOVATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall produce a report that--
            (1) identifies offices and bureaus of the Department of 
        Commerce with responsibilities related to--
                    (A) critical supply chain resilience; and
                    (B) manufacturing and industrial innovation;
            (2) identifies the duties, responsibilities, programs, and 
        expertise relevant to critical supply chain resilience and 
        manufacturing and industrial innovation of each covered office 
        and bureau;
            (3) identifies and assesses the purpose, statutory 
        authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limitations of each 
        covered office and bureau;
            (4) identifies gaps between offices or bureaus with 
        duplicative duties, responsibilities, programs, and expertise 
        within the Department of Commerce that are implementing 
        activities related to critical supply chain resilience and 
        manufacturing and industrial innovation; and
            (5) provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness, 
        efficiency, and impact of each covered office and bureau, 
        including recommendations to--
                    (A) optimize operations within or across covered 
                offices and bureaus;
                    (B) improve coordination across covered offices and 
                bureaus; and
                    (C) improve coordination with Federal agencies 
                implementing similar activities related to critical 
                supply chain resilience and manufacturing and 
                industrial innovation.
    (b) National Academy of Public Administration.--The Secretary shall 
contract with the National Academy of Public Administration in 
producing the report under subsection (a).
    (c) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the Secretary produces the report under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
            (1) the report produced under subsection (a);
            (2) recommendations for potential legislative action 
        addressing recommendations in the report produced under 
        subsection (a); and
            (3) a response from the Secretary to the recommendations 
        included in the report produced under subsection (a).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House of Representatives.
            (2) Covered offices and bureaus.--The term ``covered 
        offices and bureaus'' means offices and bureaus of the 
        Department of Commerce identified under subsection (a)(1).
            (3) Critical supply chain.--The term ``critical supply 
        chain'' means an end-to-end system that converts raw materials 
        into finished products in critical sectors, including in--
                    (A) the defense industrial base;
                    (B) the public health and biological preparedness 
                industrial base;
                    (C) the information and communications technology 
                industrial base;
                    (D) the energy sector industrial base;
                    (E) the transportation industrial base; and
                    (F) agricultural supply chains.
            (4) Critical supply chain resilience.--The term ``critical 
        supply chain resilience'' means mitigating gaps and 
        vulnerabilities in critical supply chains, including by--
                    (A) reducing risk of malicious sabotage or external 
                or internal manipulation; and
                    (B) improving the ability to withstand supply chain 
                interruptions such as logistical challenges and 
                workforce, materials, equipment, or product shortages.
            (5) Manufacturing and industrial innovation.--The term 
        ``manufacturing and industrial innovation'' means--
                    (A) providing assistance, resources, or services to 
                manufacturers or manufacturing workers in the United 
                States;
                    (B) offering expertise, improvements, research and 
                development, or other assistance in technological 
                innovations or advanced manufacturing in partnership 
                with or for use by manufacturers in the United States; 
                or
                    (C) developing policy that substantially impacts 
                the manufacturing sector in the United States.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.
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