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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the National Manufac- |
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| 6 | 6 | | turing Advisory Council within the Department of Commerce, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY5, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. P |
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| 11 | 11 | | ETERS(for himself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Science, and Transportation |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Na- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tional Manufacturing Advisory Council within the De- |
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| 17 | 17 | | partment of Commerce, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Manufac-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | turing Advisory Council Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. NATIONAL MANUFACTURING ADVISORY COUNCIL. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) D |
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| 25 | 25 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Advisory 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Council’’ means the National Manufacturing Advi-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | sory Council established under subsection (b). 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) A |
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| 33 | 33 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | gress’’ means— 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and Transportation of the Senate; 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Resources of the Senate; 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (D) the Committee on Armed Services of 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the Senate; 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (E) the Committee on Appropriations of 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Senate; 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (F) the Committee on Small Business and 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (G) the Committee on Energy and Com-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | merce of the House of Representatives; 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (H) the Committee on Education and 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Labor of the House of Representatives; 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (I) the Committee on Science, Space, and 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Technology of the House of Representatives; 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (J) the Committee on Armed Services of 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the House of Representatives; 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (K) the Committee on Appropriations of 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | the House of Representatives; and 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (L) the Committee on Small Business of 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the House of Representatives. 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (3) E |
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| 64 | 64 | | CONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA .—The 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | term ‘‘economically distressed area’’ means an area 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | that meets 1 or more of the requirements described 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | in section 301(a) of the Public Works and Economic 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161(a)). 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (4) R |
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| 70 | 70 | | URAL AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | means an area located outside a metropolitan statis-13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tical area, as designated by the Office of Manage-14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ment and Budget. 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (5) S |
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| 75 | 75 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | the Secretary of Commerce. 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (b) E |
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| 78 | 78 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in con-19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | sultation with the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of De-20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | fense, the Secretary of Energy, the United States Trade 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | Representative, and the Secretary of Education, shall es-22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | tablish within the Department of Commerce the National 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Manufacturing Advisory Council. 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (c) MISSION.—The mission of the Advisory Council 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | shall be to— 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (1) provide a forum for— 3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (A) regular communication between the 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | Federal Government and the manufacturing 5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | sector, including manufacturing workers, in the 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | United States; and 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (B) discussing and proposing solutions to 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | problems relating to the manufacturing sector 9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | in the United States, including the manufac-10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | turing workforce, supply chain interruptions, 11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | and regulatory and other logistical challenges; 12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (2) advise the Secretary regarding policies and 13 |
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| 101 | 101 | | programs of the Federal Government that affect 14 |
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| 102 | 102 | | manufacturing, including the manufacturing work-15 |
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| 103 | 103 | | force, in the United States; and 16 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (3) annually produce a national strategic plan, 17 |
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| 105 | 105 | | as described in subsection (g), that provides rec-18 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ommendations to the Secretary and the appropriate 19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | committees of Congress regarding how to help the 20 |
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| 108 | 108 | | United States remain the preeminent destination 21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | throughout the world for investment in manufac-22 |
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| 110 | 110 | | turing, which shall be based on the execution of the 23 |
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| 111 | 111 | | duties of the Advisory Council. 24 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Advisory Council 1 |
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| 116 | 116 | | shall include the following: 2 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (1) Meeting not less frequently than once every 3 |
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| 118 | 118 | | 180 days, in a manner to be determined by the Sec-4 |
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| 119 | 119 | | retary and that is in compliance with chapter 10 of 5 |
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| 120 | 120 | | title 5, United States Code, in order to provide inde-6 |
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| 121 | 121 | | pendent advice and recommendations to the Sec-7 |
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| 122 | 122 | | retary regarding issues involving manufacturing in 8 |
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| 123 | 123 | | the United States. 9 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (2) Identifying and assessing the impact that 10 |
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| 125 | 125 | | technological developments, critical production ca-11 |
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| 126 | 126 | | pacity, skill availability, investment patterns, and 12 |
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| 127 | 127 | | emerging defense needs have on the manufacturing 13 |
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| 128 | 128 | | competitiveness of the United States and providing 14 |
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| 129 | 129 | | advice and recommendations to the Secretary re-15 |
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| 130 | 130 | | garding that impact. 16 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (3) Soliciting input from the public and private 17 |
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| 132 | 132 | | sectors and academia relating to emerging trends in 18 |
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| 133 | 133 | | manufacturing, and the responsiveness of Federal 19 |
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| 134 | 134 | | programming with respect to manufacturing, and 20 |
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| 135 | 135 | | providing advice and recommendations to the Sec-21 |
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| 136 | 136 | | retary for areas of increased Federal attention with 22 |
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| 137 | 137 | | respect to manufacturing. 23 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (4) Identifying, and providing advice and rec-24 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ommendations to the Secretary regarding, global 25 |
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| 143 | 143 | | and domestic manufacturing trends, including on 1 |
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| 144 | 144 | | matters such as supply chain interruptions, logistical 2 |
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| 145 | 145 | | challenges, and demographic and technological 3 |
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| 146 | 146 | | changes affecting the manufacturing base in the 4 |
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| 147 | 147 | | United States. 5 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (5) Providing advice and recommendations to 6 |
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| 149 | 149 | | the Secretary on matters relating to investment in, 7 |
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| 150 | 150 | | and support of, the manufacturing workforce in the 8 |
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| 151 | 151 | | United States, including on matters such as— 9 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (A) worker participation in planning for 10 |
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| 153 | 153 | | the deployment of new technologies across the 11 |
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| 154 | 154 | | manufacturing sector in the United States and 12 |
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| 155 | 155 | | within workplaces in that sector; 13 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (B) training and education priorities for 14 |
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| 157 | 157 | | the Federal Government and employers to as-15 |
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| 158 | 158 | | sist workers in adapting the skills and experi-16 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ences of those workers to fit the demands of the 17 |
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| 160 | 160 | | manufacturing sector in the United States in 18 |
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| 161 | 161 | | the 21st century; 19 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (C) how the development of new tech-20 |
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| 163 | 163 | | nologies and processes have impacted, and will 21 |
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| 164 | 164 | | impact, the manufacturing workforce of the 22 |
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| 165 | 165 | | United States and the economy of the United 23 |
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| 166 | 166 | | States, which shall be based on input from 24 |
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| 167 | 167 | | manufacturing workers; 25 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (D) policies and procedures that expand 1 |
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| 172 | 172 | | access to jobs, career advancement opportuni-2 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ties, and management opportunities in the man-3 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ufacturing sector in the United States for low- 4 |
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| 175 | 175 | | income individuals in the United States, or new 5 |
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| 176 | 176 | | entrants into that sector, in both urban and 6 |
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| 177 | 177 | | rural areas; and 7 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (E) how to improve access to demand-driv-8 |
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| 179 | 179 | | en manufacturing-related education, training, 9 |
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| 180 | 180 | | and re-training for workers, including at com-10 |
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| 181 | 181 | | munity and technical colleges, through other in-11 |
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| 182 | 182 | | stitutions of higher education and through ap-12 |
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| 183 | 183 | | prenticeships and work-based learning opportu-13 |
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| 184 | 184 | | nities. 14 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (6) Providing recommendations to the Secretary 15 |
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| 186 | 186 | | on ways to— 16 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (A) provide— 17 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (i) manufacturing-related worker edu-18 |
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| 189 | 189 | | cation, training, and development; and 19 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (ii) entrepreneurship training relating 20 |
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| 191 | 191 | | to manufacturing; 21 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (B) connect individuals and businesses 22 |
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| 193 | 193 | | with services described in subparagraph (A) 23 |
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| 194 | 194 | | that are offered in the communities of those in-24 |
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| 195 | 195 | | dividuals or businesses; 25 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (C) coordinate services relating to manu-1 |
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| 200 | 200 | | facturing employee engagement, including em-2 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ployee ownership and workforce training; 3 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (D) connect manufacturers with commu-4 |
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| 203 | 203 | | nity and technical colleges, other institutions of 5 |
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| 204 | 204 | | higher education, State or local workforce devel-6 |
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| 205 | 205 | | opment boards established under section 101 or 7 |
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| 206 | 206 | | 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-8 |
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| 207 | 207 | | tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111, 3122), labor orga-9 |
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| 208 | 208 | | nizations, and nonprofit job training providers 10 |
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| 209 | 209 | | to develop and support training and job place-11 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ment services, and apprenticeship and online 12 |
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| 211 | 211 | | learning platforms, for new and incumbent 13 |
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| 212 | 212 | | manufacturing workers; 14 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (E) integrate new technologies and proc-15 |
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| 214 | 214 | | esses into the manufacturing sector in the 16 |
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| 215 | 215 | | United States and address the workforce im-17 |
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| 216 | 216 | | pacts of those new technologies and processes; 18 |
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| 217 | 217 | | and 19 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (F) develop best practices for manufactur-20 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ers to incorporate, or transition to, employee 21 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ownership structures. 22 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (7) With respect to the matters described in 23 |
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| 222 | 222 | | paragraphs (1) through (6), soliciting input from— 24 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (A) economically distressed areas; 25 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (B) geographically diverse regions of the 1 |
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| 228 | 228 | | United States, including both urban and rural 2 |
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| 229 | 229 | | areas; and 3 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (C) areas of the United States that have 4 |
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| 231 | 231 | | suffered mass layoffs in the manufacturing sec-5 |
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| 232 | 232 | | tor. 6 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (8) Identifying Federal, State, or other regula-7 |
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| 234 | 234 | | tions that may have caused, or will cause, unneces-8 |
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| 235 | 235 | | sary supply chain disruptions, impaired business op-9 |
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| 236 | 236 | | erations, increased prices, or other costly burdens 10 |
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| 237 | 237 | | for consumers and the manufacturing sector in the 11 |
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| 238 | 238 | | United States and recommending to the Secretary 12 |
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| 239 | 239 | | steps to— 13 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (A) mitigate those consequences; and 14 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (B) foster an environment in the United 15 |
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| 242 | 242 | | States that is favorable to manufacturers, man-16 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ufacturing workers, and consumers. 17 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (9) Completing other specific tasks requested by 18 |
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| 245 | 245 | | the Secretary. 19 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (e) M |
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| 247 | 247 | | EMBERSHIP.— 20 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (1) I |
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| 249 | 249 | | N GENERAL.—The Advisory Council 21 |
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| 250 | 250 | | shall— 22 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (A) consist of not more than 30 individuals 23 |
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| 252 | 252 | | appointed by the Secretary with a balance of 24 |
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| 253 | 253 | | backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints; and 25 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (B) include individuals with manufacturing 1 |
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| 258 | 258 | | experience who represent— 2 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (i) private industry, including small 3 |
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| 260 | 260 | | and medium-sized manufacturers and any 4 |
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| 261 | 261 | | relevant standards development organiza-5 |
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| 262 | 262 | | tions or relevant trade associations; 6 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (ii) academia; and 7 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (iii) labor. 8 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (2) P |
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| 266 | 266 | | UBLIC PARTICIPATION .—The Secretary 9 |
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| 267 | 267 | | shall, to the maximum extent practicable, accept rec-10 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ommendations from the public regarding the ap-11 |
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| 269 | 269 | | pointment of individuals under paragraph (1). 12 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (3) P |
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| 271 | 271 | | ERIOD OF APPOINTMENT ; VACANCIES.— 13 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (A) I |
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| 273 | 273 | | N GENERAL.—Each member of the 14 |
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| 274 | 274 | | Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Sec-15 |
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| 275 | 275 | | retary for a term of 3 years. 16 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (B) R |
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| 277 | 277 | | ENEWAL.—The Secretary may renew 17 |
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| 278 | 278 | | an appointment made under subparagraph (A) 18 |
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| 279 | 279 | | for not more than 2 additional terms. 19 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (C) S |
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| 281 | 281 | | TAGGER TERMS.—The Secretary may 20 |
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| 282 | 282 | | stagger the terms of the members of the Advi-21 |
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| 283 | 283 | | sory Council to ensure that the terms of those 22 |
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| 284 | 284 | | members expire during different years. 23 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (D) V |
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| 286 | 286 | | ACANCIES.— 24 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 1 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (ii), a member appointed to fill a vacancy 2 |
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| 292 | 292 | | on the Advisory Council occurring before 3 |
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| 293 | 293 | | the expiration of the term for which the 4 |
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| 294 | 294 | | predecessor of the newly appointed member 5 |
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| 295 | 295 | | was appointed shall be appointed only for 6 |
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| 296 | 296 | | the remainder of that term of the prede-7 |
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| 297 | 297 | | cessor. 8 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (ii) F |
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| 299 | 299 | | URTHER SERVICE.—A member 9 |
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| 300 | 300 | | of the Advisory Council who is appointed 10 |
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| 301 | 301 | | for the remainder of a term of a prede-11 |
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| 302 | 302 | | cessor under clause (i) may serve after the 12 |
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| 303 | 303 | | expiration of that term of the predecessor 13 |
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| 304 | 304 | | and until the date on which the Secretary 14 |
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| 305 | 305 | | has appointed a successor. 15 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (f) T |
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| 307 | 307 | | RANSFER OFFUNCTIONS.— 16 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (1) I |
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| 309 | 309 | | N GENERAL.—All functions of the United 17 |
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| 310 | 310 | | States Manufacturing Council of the International 18 |
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| 311 | 311 | | Trade Administration of the Department of Com-19 |
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| 312 | 312 | | merce, as in existence on the day before the date of 20 |
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| 313 | 313 | | enactment of this Act, shall be transferred to the 21 |
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| 314 | 314 | | Advisory Council. 22 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (2) D |
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| 316 | 316 | | EEMING OF NAME.—Any reference in any 23 |
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| 317 | 317 | | law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 24 |
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| 318 | 318 | | the United States to the United States Manufac-25 |
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| 322 | 322 | | turing Council of the International Trade Adminis-1 |
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| 323 | 323 | | tration of the Department of Commerce shall be 2 |
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| 324 | 324 | | deemed a reference to the Advisory Council. 3 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (3) E |
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| 326 | 326 | | XISTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE .—Any 4 |
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| 327 | 327 | | Federal advisory committee of the Department of 5 |
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| 328 | 328 | | Commerce that is operating on the day before the 6 |
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| 329 | 329 | | date of enactment of this Act under a charter filed 7 |
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| 330 | 330 | | in accordance with section 1008(c) of title 5, United 8 |
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| 331 | 331 | | States Code, for the purpose of addressing the pur-9 |
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| 332 | 332 | | poses and duties described in this section shall sat-10 |
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| 333 | 333 | | isfy the requirement under subsection (b) to estab-11 |
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| 334 | 334 | | lish the Advisory Council if, not later than 180 days 12 |
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| 335 | 335 | | after that date of enactment, the Federal advisory 13 |
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| 336 | 336 | | committee is modified, as necessary, to comply with 14 |
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| 337 | 337 | | the requirements of this section. 15 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (g) N |
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| 339 | 339 | | ATIONALSTRATEGICPLAN.—Not later than 16 |
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| 340 | 340 | | 180 days after the date on which the Advisory Council 17 |
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| 341 | 341 | | holds the initial meeting of the Advisory Council, and an-18 |
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| 342 | 342 | | nually thereafter, the Advisory Council shall submit to the 19 |
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| 343 | 343 | | Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress— 20 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (1) a national strategic plan for manufacturing 21 |
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| 345 | 345 | | in the United States that is based on the execution 22 |
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| 346 | 346 | | of the duties of the Advisory Council under sub-23 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (2) a detailed statement of the activities that 1 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ties of the Advisory Council under subsection (d). 3 |
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| 355 | 355 | | EPARTMENTAL SUPPORT.—In accordance with 4 |
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| 356 | 356 | | prevailing laws and regulations, the Secretary, as the Sec-5 |
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| 357 | 357 | | retary considers appropriate, shall furnish to the Advisory 6 |
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| 358 | 358 | | Council relevant information that— 7 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (1) is in the possession of the Department of 8 |
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| 360 | 360 | | Commerce; and 9 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (2) relates to the mission of the Advisory Coun-10 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (i) N |
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| 364 | 364 | | OADDITIONALFUNDSAUTHORIZED.—No addi-12 |
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| 366 | 366 | | out this section. 14 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (j) S |
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| 368 | 368 | | UNSET.—The Advisory Council shall terminate 15 |
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| 369 | 369 | | on September 30 of the fifth year after the year in which 16 |
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