S 2719
113th Congress
Senate
Education
Education programs funding
Higher education
Manufacturing
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Small business
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Manufacturing Universities Act of 2014
Introduced: July 31, 2014
Introduced by:
Coons, Christopher A.
Democratic
· Delaware
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 31, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 31, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Manufacturing Universities Act of 2014 - Authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a program to designate up to 25 institutions of higher education as U.S. manufacturing universities that are to be awarded funds over a four-year period.
Requires an institution applying for such program to submit a plan describing its engineering programs, its relationship to manufacturing industries, and its ability to positively impact local and regional economic development.
Requires NIST to recommend adaptations to certain Small Business Act programs to assist small businesses that collaborate with such universities.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1