Sec. 8. Surveys of United States corporations with manufacturing facilities or customer service centers located in foreign countries
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, shall improve existing annual surveys and 5-year benchmark surveys conducted by the Bureau of Economic Analysis to gather information about all companies in the United States that own or operate manufacturing or information technology facilities, including customer service facilities outside of the United States, to identify— the dollar value of products manufactured or information technology provided at such facilities by category and by type of product or service; the total employment at such facilities, disaggregated by type of activity or occupation, including the number of full-time employees, part-time employees, contractors, and any other personnel not included on payroll which contribute to such facility; information relevant to geolocate such facilities within the supply chain; and such other information as the Secretary considers may assist in the development of such surveys.
In improving surveys as required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish a policy to ensure that the findings of the Secretary with respect to each such survey, across all types of companies, use standardized data elements, models, and outcome-based analysis in a manner that assists the Federal Government in better tracking data gathered by the surveys described in such paragraph. The policy established under subparagraph
(A)may include requirements for the use of the North American Industry Classification System and related product classification systems developed by the Bureau of the Census. The Secretary shall require the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Director of the Bureau of the Census, the Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and such other heads of bureaus, offices, and agencies of the Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies that are responsible for collecting and analyzing data relevant to the surveys described in paragraph
(1)to share aggregate-level data with each entity collecting data in support of the survey or as part of the surveys described in paragraph (1). To the degree practicable, the Secretary shall use technology to increase the efficiency of data collected for the surveys described in paragraph (1). The Secretary shall make available all of the aggregate-level data generated through the surveys described in subsection (a)(1) to— the Data.gov Internet website, or any successor Federal Internet website that centralizes Government-wide data and statistics or seeks to improve the performance of the Federal Government; and the Internet website of the Department of Commerce. The Secretary shall submit to Congress the findings and analysis of the Secretary with respect to the surveys improved under subsection
(a)along with other reports the Secretary is otherwise required to submit to Congress. As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress specific short-term and long-term recommendations regarding— longitudinal trends in United States manufacturing and the creation or repatriation of manufacturing and information technology jobs to the United States; legislative action to improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing and information technology, including specific recommendations which relate to ongoing efforts of the Federal Government to improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing and information technology; and such other criteria as the Secretary considers appropriate, including coordination with ongoing regional or State strategies for economic development and job growth. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, all data collected through the surveys improved under subsection
(a)shall remain subject to the confidentiality protections established with respect to such surveys under the provisions of law authorizing or requiring such surveys. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a corporation that is invited to participate in a survey described in subsection (a)(1) but refuses to participate in such survey shall not be eligible to enter into any contract or to renew any contract with the United States, receive any grant from the Federal Government, or act as a subcontractor or subgrantee with respect to such a contract or grant.