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HR 6160 114th Congress House

Chief Manufacturing Officer Act

Official title: To establish the United States Chief Manufacturing Officer in the Executive Office of the President with the responsibility of developing a national manufactur… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish the United States Chief Manufacturing Officer in the Executive Office of the President with the responsibility of developing a national manufacturing strategy to revitalize the manufacturing sector, spur economic growth, and expand United States competitiveness, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 22, 2016 See on congress.gov
Commerce
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 22, 2016
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 Latest action September 22, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Chief Manufacturing Officer Act

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that a well-designed national manufacturing strategy would benefit the U.S. economy.

The President shall appoint a United States Chief Manufacturing Officer whose primary duty is to develop the national manufacturing strategy using the criteria set forth in this bill.

The bill amends the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 to designate the United States Chief Manufacturing Officer as the chair of the Committee on Technology under the National Science and Technology Council.

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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 22, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6160: Chief Manufacturing Officer Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6160/
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"H.R. 6160: Chief Manufacturing Officer Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6160/.
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H.R. 6160, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6160/.
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