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S 751 112th Congress Senate Commerce Advanced technology and technological innovations Census and government statistics Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Government information and archives Manufacturing

A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop a comprehensive national manufacturing strategy, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 6, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 6, 2011
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to assess the U.S. economy to determine what goods the United States currently produces, where such goods are produced, which U.S. manufacturing sector is the most competitive in the global economy, and what policies are necessary to maintain or increase the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing in the global economy.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and submit to Congress a comprehensive national manufacturing strategy; (2) establish and submit to Congress targets for the growth of U.S. manufacturing for each of FY2012-FY2016; (3) survey all federal agencies that provide support to U.S. manufacturers, and report survey results to Congress; (4) report to Congress on progress and trends in U.S. manufacturing since a specified 2004 report by the Secretary concerning manufacturing in America; and (5) biennially survey U.S. entities that maintain manufacturing facilities outside the United States, maintain a database on information collected through each survey, and submit each survey's results to Congress.

What's happening now April 6, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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