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Defend American Manufacturing Act
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to continue to operate the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill requires the Secretary of Commerce to maintain the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico for fiscal year 2025 and each subsequent year, provided Congress appropriates funds for the program. It amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to make continuation of these centers mandatory rather than discretionary for the agency.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Sharice Davids’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $243,550
- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS $13,893
- DENTONS US LLP $12,650
- BYRNE PELOFSKY + ASSOCIATES LLC $11,350
- BARKLEY $10,700
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Actions (2)
- Apr 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. · house
- Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2025
Ms. Davids of Kansas (for herself, Ms. McBride, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. Amo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to continue to operate the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Defend American Manufacturing Act”.
SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP.
In fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, unless Congress fails to enact into law appropriations for that fiscal year under the heading “Department of Commerce—National Institute of Standards and Technology—Industrial Technology Services” for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership pursuant to section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278K), the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall compete, renew, and award centers in all 50 States and Puerto Rico pursuant to section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278K), subject to the terms and conditions of such section 25.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY ACT.
Paragraph (e)(1) of section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278K) is amended striking “may” and inserting “shall”. <all>
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