Sec. 2021. Advanced Manufacturing Office
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The Secretary shall establish, within the Department, the Advanced Manufacturing Office (referred to in this subtitle as the Office )— to carry out basic and applied research, development, and demonstration of new, energy-efficient processes and materials— at a scale adequate to prove the value of the processes and materials to manufacturers in multiple industries; and that facilitate investments and commercial scale-up; to focus on the conduct of activities that— use new technology and processes to reuse existing products or update existing processes to achieve energy efficiency and promote energy savings; and make use of new and emerging processes and materials; to improve workforce development in advanced manufacturing; and to enable the competitiveness of manufacturers and energy efficiency of manufacturing in the United States by developing broadly applicable technologies for energy-intensive and energy-dependent manufacturing by supporting research and development directed towards— advanced and critical materials that provide energy savings and efficiency; emerging topics, technology, and processes in advanced manufacturing that promote energy savings; manufacturing platforms for advanced energy technologies; and strategies to address current and future workforce needs within the manufacturing sector.
To the maximum extent practicable, the Office shall carry out activities in partnership or collaboration with relevant industry stakeholders. The Secretary shall coordinate research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities of the Office among— relevant programs within the Department, including— the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; the Office of Fossil Energy; the Office of Nuclear Energy; ARPA–E; the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis; and other offices of the Department, as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary; and relevant technology research and development programs and workforce training programs in other Federal agencies.