[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 5, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 55463-55464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21907]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 190 / Tuesday, October 5, 2021 /
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Proclamation 10274 of September 30, 2021
National Manufacturing Day, 2021
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On National Manufacturing Day, we celebrate all that is
made in America and recognize the importance of our
Nation's manufacturers to every aspect of our lives.
From the electronics we rely on, to the safely packaged
foods we eat, to the clothing we wear, to the
appliances and furniture in our homes, to the cars we
drive--American manufacturing is essential to our
economy. It employs over 12 million Americans directly
and many more indirectly--providing high quality jobs
to communities across the country and producing the
highest quality goods in the world.
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, our
manufacturing sector was upended--578,000 manufacturing
jobs were lost in 2020. Supply chain disruptions left
our Nation short of lifesaving protective equipment,
ventilators, and other essential health equipment at a
time when we needed it most. However, our Nation's
manufacturers and manufacturing workers stepped up--
refitting their operations to produce needed materials
and working long hours to make sure our Nation had what
we needed.
The pandemic brought into even sharper focus the
fragility of many of our global supply chains, which
were already subject to everything from accidents and
extreme weather to other countries engaging in unfair
trade practices. In the name of our national and
economic security and in support of American-based
companies, American manufacturing, and American jobs--
especially union jobs--I have committed our Nation to
building our own resilient supply chains. That is why,
during my first days in office, I signed an Executive
Order to support manufacturing, rebuild our industrial
base, and strengthen our supply chains--all while
creating good-paying, union jobs. My order, ensuring
that our future is made in all of America by American
workers, also strengthens domestic manufacturing by
directing Federal agencies to buy more American-made
products.
My Administration has also called for historic
investments in making our supply chains more resilient
as well as investments in new and cleaner manufacturing
technologies that will help us innovate and lead in
manufacturing in the 21st century. The clean energy
economy presents an enormous opportunity to revitalize
American manufacturing, maintaining and creating good-
paying, union jobs, while cleaning up the air and water
in communities across the country. That's why my
Administration is calling for investments to ensure
that as we build everything from wind turbines to
electric vehicles and that they are made in the United
States with clean, American-made materials. The Federal
Government is a major buyer in markets for goods and
services. One of the most effective ways to support and
grow American companies, put more Americans to work,
and to strengthen American manufacturing is to buy
American. My Administration is making the biggest
enforcement change to the Buy American Act in 70 years,
raising the amount of domestic content required to be
considered ``Made in America'' from 55 percent to 75
percent.
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My Administration has also invested in our Nation's
communities and the manufacturing base that builds
them. Through programs like the Manufacturing Extension
Partnership, Manufacturing USA, and opportunities
sponsored by the Economic Development Administration of
the Department of Commerce, we are providing resources
to support and strengthen STEM education,
infrastructure, technology hubs, and economic
opportunities for all people in every region of our
country.
As we continue to recover from the pandemic and
millions of Americans return to work, there will be
good opportunities available at all levels of the
manufacturing industry that will need to be filled over
the next decade.
On National Manufacturing Day, we commit to
strengthening and supporting the American manufacturers
and hardworking manufacturing employees of today as
well as the manufacturers and workers of the future. We
commit to building a future that is made in America.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 1,
2021, as National Manufacturing Day. I encourage all
Americans to look for ways to get involved in your
community and join me in participating in National
Manufacturing Day, and, most importantly, buy American.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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[FR Doc. 2021-21907
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