Sec. 136. Strengthening domestic supply chains
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Congress makes the following findings: The COVID–19 public health crisis has exposed key dependencies and reliance on foreign suppliers for critical goods and inputs in the medical supply chain. The United States faces gaps in domestic supply chain resilience in critical technologies, such as microelectronics, that are a threat to national and economic security. The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership plays an important role in helping domestic small- and medium-sized manufacturers be more globally competitive and strengthen domestic supply chains.
Despite this role, the United States underinvests in the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership relative to historic Federal funding levels for the program and compared to investments in similar manufacturing extension centers by competitors of the United States. To respond to reliance on foreign suppliers that make the United States vulnerable in emergencies and that threatens national security, a major Federal commitment to the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership and related manufacturing intermediary services is required.
The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, shall— expand services to align the entire Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership that provides industry-wide support that assists United States manufacturers with reshoring manufacturing to strengthen the resiliency of domestic supply chains, including in critical technology areas and foundational manufacturing capabilities that are key to domestic manufacturing competitiveness and resiliency, including forming, casting, machining, joining, surface treatment, and tooling; in coordination with the Industrial Technology Assistance program of the Department of Energy, assist manufacturers with energy efficiency or carbon reduction improvements; assist manufacturers with improvements to cybersecurity and technology adoption, including the use of artificial intelligence, robotics, 3D printing, cloud computing, and other digital technologies to improve competitiveness; support programming at the Centers under section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k ) to provide coordinating services on workforce training, including connecting manufacturers with career and technical education entities, institutions of higher education (including community colleges), labor organizations, and job training providers to develop training to upskill incumbent workers and to provide training and job placement services to new workers; expand advanced manufacturing technology services to small- and medium-sized manufacturers pursuant to section 25A of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k–1 ), including services for the adoption of smart manufacturing technologies and practices and technologies developed by Manufacturing USA institutes (as described in section 34(d) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278s(d) )); and build capabilities across the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership for reshoring supply chains in critical technologies and supplies and key manufacturing processes, including expanded capacity for researching and deploying information on supply chain risk, hidden costs of reliance on offshore suppliers, redesigning products and processes to encourage reshoring, and other relevant topics.
During fiscal year 2021 and 2022, subsections (e)(2) and (f)(3) of section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 278k ) shall not apply to a Center (as defined in subsection
(a)of such section) that is operated by a State and no Federal cost-share requirements shall apply to any funds appropriated pursuant to the authorizations of appropriations in paragraphs
(2)and
(3)of subsection (e). There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection
(b)$600,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 and for each fiscal year thereafter. Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization in paragraph (1), $50,000,000 shall be available in each fiscal year to carry out subsection (b)(4). Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization in paragraph (1), $10,000,000 shall be available each fiscal year to carry out subsection (b)(6).
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