Sec. 203. Policy planning, analysis, and advice
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In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Chief Manufacturing Officer shall— monitor the status of technological developments, critical production capacity, skill availability, investment patterns, emerging defense needs, and other key indicators of manufacturing competitiveness to— provide foresight for periodic updates to the national strategic plan required under section 204; and guide investment decisions; convene interagency and public-private working groups to align Federal policies that drive implementation of the national strategic plan required under section 204; initiate and support translation research in engineering and manufacturing by entering into contracts or making other arrangements (including grants, awards, cooperative agreements, loans, and other forms of assistance) to study that research and to assess the impact of that research on the economic well-being, climate and environmental impact, public health, and national security of the United States; advise the President on the extent to which the various programs, policies, and activities of the Federal Government are likely to affect the achievement of priority goals of the United States described in section 102(a); provide the President with— periodic reviews of Federal statutes and regulations that affect manufacturing and industrial innovation activities conducted by the Federal Government or the private sector, or which may interfere with desirable technological innovation; and recommendations for the elimination, reform, or updating of such Federal statutes and regulations, as appropriate; periodically survey the nature and needs of the policies relating to national manufacturing and industrial innovation and make recommendations to the President, for review and submission to Congress, for the timely and appropriate revision of the manufacturing and industrial innovation policies of the Federal Government; perform such other duties and functions and make and furnish such studies and reports thereon, and recommendations with respect to matters of policy and legislation as the President may request; and coordinate, as appropriate, Federal permitting with respect to manufacturing and industrial innovation.
The Chief Manufacturing Officer shall establish an Intergovernmental Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Panel (referred to in this title as the Panel ) within the Office, the purpose of which shall be to— identify instances in which the policies of the Federal Government— with respect to manufacturing and industrial innovation can help address problems at the State and local levels; and unnecessarily impede manufacturing and industrial innovation; make recommendations for addressing the problems described in subparagraph (A); and advise and assist the Chief Manufacturing Officer in identifying and fostering policies to facilitate the application to and incorporation of federally funded research and development into manufacturing and industrial innovation in the United States, so as to maximize the application of such research.
The Panel shall be composed of— the Chief Manufacturing Officer, or a representative of the Chief Manufacturing Officer; not fewer than 10 members representing the interests of the States, appointed by the Chief Manufacturing Officer after consultation with State officials; the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy; the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training; the Administrator of the Small Business Administration; and the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
The Chief Manufacturing Officer, or the representative of the Chief Manufacturing Officer, shall serve as Chair of the Panel. The Panel shall meet at the call of the Chair. Each member of the Panel shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily rate prescribed for GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Panel.
Each member of the Panel who is serving away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of the duties of the Panel shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as the expenses authorized by section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code, for persons in government service employed intermittently.