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Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015

Introduced: March 18, 2015 Introduced by: Coons, Christopher A. Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
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Mar 18, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 18, 2015
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Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015

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 March 18, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1441 Identical bill Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 18, 2015
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Mar 18, 2015
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Mar 18, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 771: Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-771/
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