42 U.S.C. § 18972 — Promoting domestic production of technologies developed under Manufacturing USA Program
submitted 4 years ago by Pub. L. 117-167 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 386 words · no verdicts yet
Federal agency heads and the Defense Secretary must create policies to boost domestic production of technologies from the Manufacturing USA Network. Chinese companies can't join the program without a waiver. The Commerce Secretary must also seek advice from the U.S. Manufacturing Council on manufacturing workforce issues.
(a) Department of Commerce policies to promote domestic production of technologies developed under Manufacturing USA Network.
(1) (A) Each agency head, as defined in section 278s(a) of title 15, and the Secretary* of Defense must, consulting with the Commerce Secretary, establish policies promoting domestic production of technologies the Manufacturing USA Network develops.
(B) These policies must include: (i) measures to partner domestic developers of goods, services, or technologies from Network activities with domestic manufacturers and financing sources; (ii) measures to develop and provide incentives to transfer intellectual property and technologies from Network activities to domestic manufacturers; (iii) measures to assist with supplier scouting and other supply chain development, including using the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership; (iv) a process to review and approve or deny membership in a Manufacturing USA institute* by foreign-owned entities, especially from countries of concern, including the People's Republic of China; and (v) measures to prioritize federal procurement of goods, services, or technologies the Network develops from domestic sources, as appropriate.
(C) These policies must include processes for case-by-case waivers, based on cost, availability, severity of technical and mission requirements, emergency requirements, operational needs, other legal or treaty obligations, or other factors important to the Manufacturing USA Program's success.
(2) (A) A company of the People's Republic of China may not participate in the Manufacturing USA Program without a waiver as described in paragraph (1)(C). (B) "Company" has the meaning given in section 847(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (10 U.S.C. 4819 note).
(b) to (d) Omitted.
(e) Advice from the United States Manufacturing Council. The Secretary must seek advice from the U.S. Manufacturing Council, part of Commerce's International Trade Administration, on matters concerning investment in and support of the manufacturing workforce within the Manufacturing USA Program.
Each agency head (as such term is defined in section 278s(a) of title 15) and the Secretary* of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, establish policies to promote the domestic production of technologies developed by the Manufacturing USA Network.
The policies established under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
Measures to partner domestic developers of goods, services, or technologies by Manufacturing USA Network activities with domestic manufacturers and sources of financing.
Measures to develop and provide incentives to promote transfer of intellectual property and goods, services, or technologies developed by Manufacturing USA Network activities to domestic manufacturers.
Measures to assist with supplier scouting and other supply chain development, including the use of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under section 278k of title 15 to carry out such measures.
A process to review and approve or deny membership in a Manufacturing USA institute* by foreign-owned entities, especially from countries of concern, including the People’s Republic of China.
Measures to prioritize Federal procurement of goods, services, or technologies developed by the Manufacturing USA Network activities from domestic sources, as appropriate.
The policies established under this paragraph shall include processes to permit waivers, on a case by case basis, for policies that promote domestic production based on cost, availability, severity of technical and mission requirements, emergency requirements, operational needs, other legal or international treaty obligations, or other factors determined important to the success of the Manufacturing USA Program.
A company of the People’s Republic of China may not participate in the Manufacturing USA Program without a waiver, as described in paragraph (1)(C).
In this paragraph, the term “company” has the meaning given such term in section 847(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 4819 note).
The Secretary shall seek advice from the United States Manufacturing Council of the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce on matters concerning investment in and support of the manufacturing workforce within the Manufacturing USA Program.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title II, § 10263, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1504.)
- 2022Enacted · Pub. L. 117-167 · 136 Stat. 1504
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