[House Report 107-520]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-520

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                   ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION ACT OF 2002

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 June 20, 2002.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Boehlert, from the Committee on Science, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                        [To accompany H.R. 2733]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

  The Committee on Science, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 
2733) to authorize the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology to work with major manufacturing industries on an 
initiative of standards development and implementation for 
electronic enterprise integration, having considered the same, 
report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that 
the bill as amended do pass.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
   I. Amendment.......................................................2
  II. Purpose of the Bill.............................................3
 III. Background and Need for the Legislation.........................4
  IV. Summary of Hearings.............................................6
   V. Committee Actions...............................................6
  VI. Summary of Major Provisions of the Bill.........................6
 VII. Section-by-Section Analysis (by Title and Section)..............6
VIII. Committee Views.................................................8
  IX. Cost Estimate...................................................8
   X. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate.......................9
  XI. Compliance With Public Law 104-4 (Unfunded Mandates)...........10
 XII. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations...............10
XIII. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives..........10
 XIV. Constitutional Authority Statement.............................10
  XV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement...........................10
 XVI. Congressional Accountability Act...............................10
XVII. Statement on Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law.........11
XVIII.Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported..........11

 XIX. Committee Recommendations......................................11

                              I. AMENDMENT

  The amendment is as follows:
  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

  This Act may be cited as the ``Enterprise Integration Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

  The Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) Over 90 percent of United States companies engaged in 
        manufacturing are small and medium-sized businesses.
          (2) Most of these manufacturers produce goods for assemblage 
        into products of large companies.
          (3) The emergence of the World Wide Web and the promulgation 
        of international standards for product data exchange greatly 
        accelerated the movement toward electronically integrated 
        supply chains during the last half of the 1990's.
          (4) European and Asian countries are investing heavily in 
        electronic enterprise standards development, and in preparing 
        their smaller manufacturers to do business in the new 
        environment. European efforts are well advanced in the 
        aerospace, automotive, and shipbuilding industries and are 
        beginning in other industries including home building, 
        furniture manufacturing, textiles, and apparel. This investment 
        could give overseas companies a major competitive advantage.
          (5) The National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
        because of the electronic commerce expertise in its 
        laboratories and quality program, its long history of working 
        cooperatively with manufacturers, and the nationwide reach of 
        its manufacturing extension program, is in a unique position to 
        help United States large and smaller manufacturers alike in 
        their responses to this challenge.
          (6) It is, therefore, in the national interest for the 
        National Institute of Standards and Technology to accelerate 
        its efforts in helping industry develop standards and 
        enterprise integration processes that are necessary to increase 
        efficiency and lower costs.

SEC. 3. ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION INITIATIVE.

  (a) Establishment.--The Director shall establish an initiative for 
advancing enterprise integration within the United States. In carrying 
out this section, the Director shall involve, as appropriate, the 
various units of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
including the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
laboratories (including the Building and Fire Research Laboratory), the 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership program established under sections 
25 and 26 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278k and 278l), and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 
Program. This initiative shall build upon ongoing efforts of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology and of the private 
sector, shall involve consortia that include government and industry, 
and shall address the enterprise integration needs of each United 
States major manufacturing industry at the earliest possible date.
  (b) Assessment.--For each major manufacturing industry, the Director 
may work with industry, trade associations, professional societies, and 
others as appropriate, to identify enterprise integration 
standardization and implementation activities underway in the United 
States and abroad that affect that industry and to assess the current 
state of enterprise integration within that industry. The Director may 
assist in the development of roadmaps to permit supply chains within 
the industry to operate as an integrated electronic enterprise. The 
roadmaps shall be based on voluntary consensus standards.
  (c) Reports.--Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and annually thereafter, the Director shall submit to the 
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology's activities under 
subsection (b).
  (d) Authorized Activities.--In order to carry out this Act, the 
Director may work with industry, trade associations, professional 
societies, and others as appropriate--
          (1) to raise awareness in the United States of enterprise 
        integration activities in the United States and abroad, 
        including by the convening of conferences;
          (2) on the development of enterprise integration roadmaps;
          (3) to support the development, testing, promulgation, 
        integration, adoption, and upgrading of standards related to 
        enterprise integration including application protocols; and
          (4) to provide technical assistance and, if necessary, 
        financial support to small and medium-sized businesses that set 
        up pilot projects in enterprise integration.
  (e) Manufacturing Extension Program.--The Director shall ensure that 
the Manufacturing Extension Program is prepared to advise small and 
medium-sized businesses on how to acquire the expertise, equipment, and 
training necessary to participate fully in supply chains using 
enterprise integration.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

  For purposes of this Act--
          (1) the term ``automotive'' means land-based engine-powered 
        vehicles including automobiles, trucks, busses, trains, defense 
        vehicles, farm equipment, and motorcycles;
          (2) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology;
          (3) the term ``enterprise integration'' means the electronic 
        linkage of manufacturers, assemblers, suppliers, and customers 
        to enable the electronic exchange of product, manufacturing, 
        and other business data among all partners in a product supply 
        chain, and such term includes related application protocols and 
        other related standards;
          (4) the term ``major manufacturing industry'' includes the 
        aerospace, automotive, electronics, shipbuilding, construction, 
        home building, furniture, textile, and apparel industries and 
        such other industries as the Director designates; and
          (5) the term ``roadmap'' means an assessment of manufacturing 
        interoperability requirements developed by an industry 
        describing that industry's goals related to enterprise 
        integration, the knowledge and standards including application 
        protocols necessary to achieve those goals, and the necessary 
        steps, timetable, and assignment of responsibilities for 
        acquiring the knowledge and developing the standards and 
        protocols.

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

  There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry out 
functions under this Act--
          (1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
          (2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;
          (3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and
          (4) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.

                        II. PURPOSE OF THE BILL

    The purpose of H.R. 2733, the Enterprise Integration Act of 
2002 is to authorize the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST) to work with major manufacturing industries 
on an initiative of standards development and implementation 
for electronic enterprise integration. Through this initiative, 
NIST will help industries reach a consensus on their electronic 
data exchange standards needs, support the development of those 
standards and help smaller businesses in those industries to 
automate. When industries are fully integrated electronically, 
information will flow to all companies along the supply chains 
within the industry without corruption or loss. For example, if 
Ford changes a design specification for a bumper, every one of 
the suppliers that contribute to that part would be able to 
quickly and easily see how the new specification affects their 
component. This kind of integration will help large and small 
businesses in the industry's supply chains to reduce costs and 
design cycles times. Suppliers, especially small businesses, 
that do not have the capability to collect data needed by 
others in the supply chain and to exchange it electronically 
run the risk of being replaced by other suppliers who can.

              III. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE LEGISLATION

    The application of the Internet to manufacturing has led to 
companies being asked to work together electronically in ways 
that were impossible just a few years ago. Design times and 
useful lives of manufactured goods are shrinking dramatically. 
Manufacturers in today's marketplace must be more flexible, 
efficient, and responsive to changes in customer preference. 
Around the world, manufacturers who wish to stay competitive 
are shifting to a new manufacturing environment in which 
designs and assembly lines change quickly and where all of the 
companies involved in manufacturing a product must be able to 
share designs, engineering data, and production information 
regularly and instantaneously. This change has been made 
possible by advances in networking, shop-floor automation, and 
product data exchange software.
    Developing a seamless exchange of information, without data 
loss or corruption, along a vertical supply chain is known as 
``enterprise integration''. Enterprise integration permits a 
group of manufacturers and suppliers to operate as a single 
virtual company. Achieving enterprise integration among an 
original equipment manufacturer such as Ford or Boeing and all 
levels of its supply chain would lead to dramatically reduced 
amounts of time spent in the design and manufacturing of 
specific products. A 1999 study commissioned by NIST estimated 
potential savings in the auto supply chains of General Motors, 
Ford, and Chrysler from enterprise integration of at least $1 
billion per year. Similarly dramatic savings are possible in 
shipbuilding, major construction, homebuilding, furniture 
manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, textiles and apparel, 
and all other industries whose products depend on a series of 
companies working efficiently together. A February 2001 report 
of the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing identified 
ways that the Federal Government, manufacturing industries, 
software companies, and private sector consultants could work 
together to promote enterprise integration. This bill addresses 
several of these recommendations.
    The large number of incompatible design, engineering, and 
manufacturing systems now in place within a typical supply 
chain complicates enterprise integration. Before the Internet, 
factories were automated with no thought of sharing 
manufacturing data. Factories installed those software packages 
that best met their individual needs and often developed custom 
software for unique problems. This has led to a typical supply 
chain containing suppliers using a variety of different 
software packages. For enterprise integration to work, all of 
these software systems must either be replaced at great expense 
or must be made to work together. Incompatibility problems get 
worse the farther down the supply chain one goes. Companies at 
the bottom of supply chains, such as tool and die makers, are 
being asked to be able to supply data compatible with all of 
the manufacturers higher up the chain. This frequently places 
an intolerable burden on the companies least able to afford 
multiple software systems.
    One promising solution to compatibility problems in design 
and manufacturing software is product data exchange standards, 
an area where NIST has 20 years of experience. This family of 
standards sets the rules for exchanging all manufacturing data 
including three-dimensional models of parts and processes. The 
basic product data exchange standard has been adopted as an 
international standard but the hard work of developing 
additional standards permitting product data exchange in 
specific industries is just getting underway. Product data 
exchange standards that permit interoperability among the 
various design and manufacturing software packages used by an 
industry can run tens of thousands of pages of text. These 
standards can be thought of as huge dictionaries that make sure 
that colors, materials, processes, and all other variables in 
manufacturing a ship or a plane can be translated in a way that 
protects the proprietary information of the various companies 
in the industry. The European Union understands the importance 
of enterprise integration and is aggressively pursuing the 
development of application protocols in each of the 
manufacturing sectors mentioned above.
    For U.S.-based companies to participate fully in 
manufacturing that uses enterprise integration, NIST must be 
integrally involved in the process of developing these 
standards. If it is not, the United States runs the risk of the 
application protocols being promulgated as international 
standards in forms that are incompatible with some U.S. 
software packages. Should this happen, U.S. companies would be 
at a substantial competitive disadvantage and faced with the 
replacement of large amounts of costly software. H.R. 2733 is 
designed to help solve several aspects of this problem. NIST 
will help industry sectors to achieve a common understanding of 
enterprise integration within U.S. industry sectors through 
cooperative public and private efforts in road mapping. It will 
support product data exchange standards development including 
pilot efforts. Automation support of small manufacturers will 
be accelerated through NIST's Manufacturing Extension Program.
    The National Institute of Standards is the natural 
organization to take the lead for the United States in 
promoting enterprise integration. NIST has a long track record 
in manufacturing and has done or sponsored much of the 
government research on the factory of the future and factory 
automation that has helped bring us to the point where we can 
contemplate enterprise integration and virtual companies. NIST 
has worked closely with the leading private sector companies 
that develop manufacturing software and that help industries 
understand how to position themselves to take advantage of the 
technology. Rather than compete with the private sector, it has 
worked cooperatively with benchmarking companies such as IMTI 
in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and organizations such as ERIM (now 
Altarum) and PDES, Inc., that have been pioneers in the 
development of product data exchange software. NIST was the 
first of the National laboratories and has over 100 years of 
experience working with industry and with manufacturers. It 
also has the largest role of any Federal agency in 
international standards. For the last 14 years, NIST through 
its Manufacturing Extension Partnership has worked with state 
and local governments, educational institutions, and private 
consultants to make sure that any manufacturer who wishes to 
become more competitive can acquire the knowledge and equipment 
to do so.

                        IV. SUMMARY OF HEARINGS

    There were no hearings on H.R. 2733 in the current 
Congress. However, on June 22, 2000, the Committee on Science's 
Subcommittee on Technology held a hearing entitled E-Commerce, 
A Review of Standards and Technology to Support 
Interoperability. Witnesses included Dr. Karen Brown, Deputy 
Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Mr. 
Keith Krach, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board 
of Ariba; and Mr. Ken Baker, President of ERIM. Dr. Brown 
discussed NIST's role in working closely with the private 
sector to provide tools such as measurements and standards for 
hardware, software, and networks infrastructure; direct hands-
on assistance through Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) 
to U.S. small manufacturers; and co-funding private sector 
research through the ATP to develop new technologies. Mr. Ken 
Baker testified that the problem of interoperability in the 
U.S. industrial supply chain costs American automotive industry 
more than $1 billion each year. ERIM's Center for Electronic 
Commerce has been working on interoperability issues for over 
10 years. They have also worked with the Automotive Industry 
Action Group (AIAG) and NIST to conduct pilots to improve the 
quality and timeliness of data exchange among current 
automotive manufacturers and their suppliers.

                          V. COMMITTEE ACTIONS

    On August 2, 2001, Mr. Barcia and Mr. Ehlers introduced 
H.R. 2733. The bill was referred to the Committee on Science 
and its Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards. 
The Subcommittee marked up the bill on December 12, 2001 and 
ordered the bill reported to the Full Committee by a voice 
vote. H.R. 2733 was then ordered reported by the Committee on 
Science on May 22, 2002.

              VI. SUMMARY OF MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE BILL

    H.R. 2733 requires the Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology to establish an initiative for 
advancing enterprise integration within the United States. This 
initiative is to draw on all relevant parts of NIST and its 
contractors as well as on other private sector experts. Under 
the bill, NIST, using in-house capabilities as well as the 
talents of private sector organizations with road-mapping 
expertise, will work with all major manufacturing sectors that 
desire to develop roadmaps that outline the steps for a 
specific industry to become integrated electronically. NIST 
will also support the development of voluntary consensus 
product data exchange standards that will permit all of the 
manufacturing software programs used in an industry to use data 
generated under the other systems.

        VII. SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS (BY TITLE AND SECTION)

Sec. 1--Short title

    Enterprise Integration Act of 2001.

Sec. 2--Findings

    The legislation finds it is in the national interest that 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
accelerate its ongoing efforts to help major manufacturing 
sectors develop enterprise integration standards because most 
companies involved in manufacturing are small businesses, 
because the emergence of the Internet has accelerated the 
movement towards electronically integrated supply chains, 
because European and Asian countries are giving their companies 
a competitive advantage by investing heavily in electronic 
enterprise standards and in preparing their smaller 
manufacturers to participate in this new business environment, 
and because NIST's long history of assisting manufacturers puts 
it in a unique position to help both American supply chains and 
the small businesses that are part of them.

Sec. 3--Enterprise integration initiative

    The Director of NIST is to establish an enterprise 
integration initiative to permit electronic exchange of product 
data among the companies including small businesses that make 
up major manufacturing sectors. The initiative shall involve 
the NIST laboratories, the manufacturing Extension Program, and 
the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, where 
appropriate. The initiative is to build on NIST's long history 
of working with the private sector in this area. NIST also is 
to take advantage of private sector expertise in areas such as 
adapting B2B standards in manufacturing sectors as diverse as 
autos and furniture, in pilot projects, and in demonstrations 
of best industry practices.
    This initiative will help industry representatives, 
organizations, and others from major manufacturing sectors who 
are currently engaged in enterprise integration activities to 
identify all enterprise standardization and implementation 
activities underway affecting that industry. It is assumed that 
NIST and its contractors will assist industry representatives 
and organizations in the development of roadmaps that will 
identify the remaining steps needed to ensure that supply 
chains in the industry can operate as an integrated electronic 
enterprise.
    Within 90 days of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall submit to Congress a report on the efforts to publicize 
the program and the anticipated related activities of the 
initiative, and within 180 days, and annually thereafter, a 
report on the activities of the initiative.
    The Director may carry out the following activities in 
support of the legislation:
          (1) Work with companies and trade associations to 
        raise awareness of enterprise integration activities;
          (2) Work with industries on the development of 
        enterprise integration roadmaps;
          (3) Support the development, testing, promulgation, 
        and adoption of standards;
          (4) Support the integration and upgrading of 
        standards related to enterprise integration;
          (5) Support pilot projects that include small and 
        medium-sized businesses for new standards and 
        enterprise integration;
          (6) Ensure the training and continuing education of 
        Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP) employees;
          (7) Develop tool kits and training materials to 
        permit small and medium-sized businesses to participate 
        in an integrated enterprise; and
          (8) Set up legal and financial mechanisms to permit 
        groups of MEP centers to work collectively on 
        modernizing and integrating a company's or an 
        industry's supply chain.

Sec. 4--Definitions

    The term ``enterprise integration'' is defined as the 
electronic linkage of manufacturers, assemblers, suppliers, and 
customers to enable all the partners in a product supply chain 
to exchange standards and other information related to the 
manufacture and supply of products.
    The term ``major manufacturing industry'' includes: 
aerospace, automotive, electronics, shipbuilding, construction, 
home building, furniture, textile, and apparel industries, and 
such other industries as the Director designates.
    The term ``automotive'' is defined as land-based engine-
powered vehicles including: automobiles, trucks, busses, 
trains, defense vehicles, farm equipment, and motorcycles.

Sec. 5--Authorization of appropriations

    Fiscal year 2002--$2 million.
    Fiscal year 2003--$10 million.
    Fiscal year 2004--$15 million.
    Fiscal year 2005--$20 million.

                         VIII. COMMITTEE VIEWS

    The Committee expects that the program set forth in H.R. 
2733 will be a logical extension of NIST's 20 plus years of 
close cooperation with the private sector in developing the 
standards required by modern manufacturing. The purpose of this 
legislation is to bring a renewed sense of urgency to this 
important mission and to make sure that America's smaller 
manufacturers are world-class and have the capabilities to 
participate in virtual companies. This enhanced effort is 
important because the United States is facing a serious 
challenge from other countries that are investing large sums to 
make sure that the international standards for manufacturing 
favor their domestic companies. Product data exchange standards 
is an area where the United States has been a leader, but where 
its leadership faces a serious challenge. Therefore, H.R. 2733 
has been designed to bring the best talent available from NIST 
and its contractors, from manufacturers, and from companies 
that support manufacturers into an effective partnership to 
meet this challenge. To accomplish this objective in a 
reasonable timeframe, NIST is encouraged to continue to 
supplement its in-house expertise with that of contractors in 
road mapping, in adapting these standards to the needs of each 
of these sectors, and in carrying out pilot projects to support 
the initiative.

                           IX. COST ESTIMATE

    A cost estimate and comparison prepared by the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been submitted in a timely 
manner to the Committee on Science prior to the filing of this 
report and is included in Section X of this report pursuant to 
House Rule XIII, clause 3(c)(3).
    H.R. 2733 does not contain new budget authority, credit 
authority, or changes in revenues or tax expenditures. Assuming 
that the sums authorized under the bill are appropriated, H.R. 
2733 does authorize additional discretionary spending, as 
described in the Congressional Budget Office report on the 
bill, which is contained in Section X of this report.

              X. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                      Washington, DC, June 3, 2002.
Hon. Sherwood L. Boehlert,
Chairman, Committee on Science,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 2733, the 
Enterprise Integration Act of 2001.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Ken Johnson.
            Sincerely,
                                        Steven M. Lieberman
                                    (For Dan L. Crippen, Director).
    Enclosure.

H.R. 2733--Enterprise Integration Act of 2001

    Summary: H.R. 2733 would require the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) to perform research, provide 
technical assistance, and develop standards related to 
enterprise integration. Enterprise integration is the effort to 
facilitate the exchange of data among manufacturing companies 
within supply chains. The bill would authorize the 
appropriation of $47 million over four years to carry out these 
activities.
    Assuming the appropriation of the specified amounts, CBO 
estimates that implementing H.R. 2733 would cost about $47 
million during the 2002-2007 period. The bill would not affect 
direct spending or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go 
procedures would not apply.
    H.R. 2733 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) 
and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal 
governments.
    Estimated cost to the Federal Government: The estimated 
budgetary impact of H.R. 2733 is shown in the following table. 
The costs of this legislation fall within budget function 370 
(commerce and housing credit).

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                                                               By fiscal year, in millions of dollars--
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                        2002      2003      2004      2005      2006      2007
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                                  CHANGES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION

Authorization level.................................         2        10        15        20         0         0
Estimated outlays...................................         0        10        14        19         4         0
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    Basis of estimate: H.R. 2733 authorizes the appropriation 
of $47 million over four years for NIST to undertake a variety 
of activities to promote enterprise integration. For this 
estimate, CBO assumes that the bill will be enacted before the 
end of fiscal year 2002, that funds will be appropriated around 
the beginning of each fiscal year, and that funds for 2002 will 
be provided in a supplemental appropriation. Based on the 
historical spending patterns of similar NIST programs, CBO 
estimates that implementing H.R. 2733 would cost about $10 
million in 2003 and $47 million over the 2003-2006 period, 
assuming the appropriation of the specified amounts.
    Pay-as-you-go considerations: None.
    Intergovernmental and private-sector impact: H.R. 2733 
contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as 
defined in UMRA and would not affect the budgets of state, 
local, or tribal governments.
    Estimate prepared by: Federal costs: Ken Johnson; impact on 
state, local, and tribal governments: Angela Seitz; impact on 
the private sector: Patrice Gordon.
    Estimate approved by: Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant 
Director for Budget Analysis.

                  XI. COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC LAW 104-4

    H.R. 2733 contains no unfunded mandates.

         XII. COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    The Committee on Science's oversight findings and 
recommendations are reflected in the body of this report.

      XIII. STATEMENT ON GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

    The goals and objectives of this legislation are to enhance 
NIST's efforts in support of enterprise integration. They 
include the development of roadmaps leading to enterprise 
integration of interested manufacturing sectors, to continue to 
use the talent both in the government and in the private sector 
that has traditionally worked on these problems, to make sure 
that international product data exchange standards adequately 
reflect U.S. interests, and to increase the involvement of 
NIST's Manufacturing Extension Program in aiding the small and 
medium sized firms as they acquire the skills they need to 
participate in enterprise integration.

                XIV. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

    Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
States grants Congress the authority to enact H.R. 2733.

                XV. FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

    H.R. 2733 does not establish or authorize the establishment 
of an advisory committee.

                 XVI. CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

    The Committee finds that H.R. 2733 does not relate to the 
terms and conditions of employment or access to public services 
or accommodations within the meaning of section 102(b)(3) of 
the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law 104-1).

      XVII. STATEMENT ON PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL, OR TRIBAL LAW

    This bill is not intended to preempt any state, local, or 
tribal law.

      XVIII. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

    This legislation does not amend any existing Federal 
statute.

                     XIX. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

    On May 22, 2002, a quorum being present, the Committee on 
Science favorably reported the Enterprise Integration Act of 
2002 by a voice vote, and recommended its enactment.

                                  
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