Advanced Technological Manufacturing Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3828 To amend the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 to expand support for advanced technological manufacturing, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 11, 2021 Mr. KILDEE (for himself and Mr. MEIJER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To amend the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 to expand support for advanced technological man- ufacturing, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Techno- 4 logical Manufacturing Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL MANUFACTURING 6 ACT. 7 (a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—Section 2 of the Sci- 8 entific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 9 1862h) is amended— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3828 IH (1) in subsection (a)— 1 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘science, 2 mathematics, and technology’’ and inserting 3 ‘‘science, technology, engineering, and mathe- 4 matics or STEM’’; 5 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘edu- 6 cated’’ and before ‘‘trained’’; and 7 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘sci- 8 entific and technical education and training’’ 9 and inserting ‘‘STEM education and training’’; 10 and 11 (2) in subsection (b)— 12 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘mathe- 13 matics and science’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM 14 fields’’; and 15 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘mathe- 16 matics and science instruction’’ and inserting 17 ‘‘STEM instruction’’. 18 (b) MODERNIZING REFERENCES TO STEM.—Section 19 3 of the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 20 (42 U.S.C. 1862i) is amended— 21 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘SCI- 22 ENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ’’ and in- 23 serting ‘‘STEM EDUCATION’’; 24 (2) in subsection (a)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3828 IH (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 1 ‘‘SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ’’ 2 and inserting ‘‘STEM EDUCATION’’; 3 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph 4 (1)— 5 (i) by inserting ‘‘and education to pre- 6 pare the skilled technical workforce to 7 meet workforce demands’’ before ‘‘, and to 8 improve’’; 9 (ii) by striking ‘‘core education 10 courses in science and mathematics’’ and 11 inserting ‘‘core education courses in STEM 12 fields’’; 13 (iii) by inserting ‘‘veterans and indi- 14 viduals engaged in’’ before ‘‘work in the 15 home’’; and 16 (iv) by inserting ‘‘and on building a 17 pathway from secondary schools, to asso- 18 ciate-degree-granting institutions, to ca- 19 reers that require technical training’’ be- 20 fore ‘‘, and shall be designed’’; 21 (C) in paragraph (1)— 22 (i) by inserting ‘‘and study’’ after 23 ‘‘development’’; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3828 IH (ii) by striking ‘‘core science and 1 mathematics courses’’ and inserting ‘‘core 2 STEM courses’’; 3 (D) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘science, 4 mathematics, and advanced-technology fields’’ 5 and inserting ‘‘STEM and advanced-technology 6 fields’’; 7 (E) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘to 8 support the advanced-technology industries that 9 drive the competitiveness of the United States 10 in the global economy’’ before the semicolon at 11 the end; 12 (F) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘sci- 13 entific and advanced-technology fields’’ and in- 14 serting ‘‘STEM and advanced-technology 15 fields’’; and 16 (G) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘ad- 17 vanced scientific and technical education’’ and 18 inserting ‘‘advanced STEM and advanced-tech- 19 nology’’; 20 (3) in subsection (b)— 21 (A) by striking the subsection heading and 22 inserting the following: ‘‘CENTERS OF SCI- 23 ENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3828 IH (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 1 by striking ‘‘not to exceed 12 in number’’ and 2 inserting ‘‘in advanced-technology fields’’; 3 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘edu- 4 cation in mathematics and science’’ and insert- 5 ing ‘‘STEM education’’; and 6 (D) in the flush matter following para- 7 graph (2), by striking ‘‘in the geographic region 8 served by the center’’; 9 (4) in subsection (c)— 10 (A) in paragraph (1)— 11 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 12 (I) in the matter preceding clause 13 (i), by striking ‘‘to encourage’’ and all 14 that follows through ‘‘such means 15 as—’’ and inserting ‘‘to encourage the 16 development of career and educational 17 pathways with multiple entry and exit 18 points leading to credentials and de- 19 grees, and to assist students pursuing 20 pathways in STEM fields to transition 21 from associate-degree-granting col- 22 leges to bachelor-degree-granting in- 23 stitutions, through such means as—’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3828 IH (II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘to 1 ensure’’ and inserting ‘‘to develop ar- 2 ticulation agreements that ensure’’; 3 and 4 (III) in clause (ii), by striking 5 ‘‘courses at the bachelor-degree-grant- 6 ing institution’’ and inserting ‘‘the ca- 7 reer and educational pathways sup- 8 ported by the articulation agree- 9 ments’’; 10 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 11 (I) in clause (i), by inserting 12 ‘‘veterans and individuals engaged in’’ 13 before ‘‘work in the home’’; 14 (II) in clause (iii)— 15 (aa) by striking ‘‘bachelor’s- 16 degree-granting institutions’’ and 17 inserting ‘‘institutions or work 18 sites’’; and 19 (bb) by inserting ‘‘or indus- 20 try internships’’ after ‘‘summer 21 programs’’; and 22 (III) by striking the flush text 23 following clause (iv); and 24 (iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 3828 IH (B) in paragraph (2)— 1 (i) by striking ‘‘mathematics and 2 science programs’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM 3 programs’’; 4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and, as appropriate, 5 elementary schools,’’ after ‘‘with secondary 6 schools’’; 7 (iii) by striking ‘‘mathematics and 8 science education’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM 9 education’’; 10 (iv) by striking ‘‘secondary school stu- 11 dents’’ and inserting ‘‘students at these 12 schools’’; 13 (v) by striking ‘‘science and advanced- 14 technology fields’’ and inserting ‘‘STEM 15 and advanced-technology fields’’; and 16 (vi) by striking ‘‘agreements with local 17 educational agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘ar- 18 ticulation agreements or dual credit 19 courses with local secondary schools, or 20 other means as the Director determines 21 appropriate,’’; and 22 (C) in paragraph (3)— 23 (i) by striking subparagraph (B); 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 3828 IH (ii) by striking ‘‘shall—’’and all that 1 follows through ‘‘establish a’’ and inserting 2 ‘‘shall establish a’’; 3 (iii) by striking ‘‘the fields of science, 4 technology, engineering, and mathematics’’ 5 and inserting ‘‘STEM fields’’; and 6 (iv) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 7 ‘‘, including jobs at Federal and academic 8 laboratories.’’; 9 (5) in subsection (d)(2)— 10 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 11 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 12 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 13 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 14 and 15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(F) as appropriate, applications that 17 apply the best practices for STEM education 18 and technical skills education through distance 19 learning or in a simulated work environment, as 20 determined by research described in subsection 21 (f); and’’; 22 (6) in subsection (g), by striking the second 23 sentence; 24 (7) in subsection (h)(1)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 3828 IH (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 1 ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’; 2 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 3 ‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’; and 4 (C) in subparagraph (C)— 5 (i) by striking ‘‘up to $2,500,000’’ 6 and inserting ‘‘not less than $3,000,000’’; 7 and 8 (ii) by striking ‘‘2022’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘2026’’; 10 (8) in subsection (i)— 11 (A) by striking paragraph (3); and 12 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 13 (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 14 (9) in subsection (j)— 15 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert- 16 ing the following: 17 ‘‘(1) the term advanced-technology includes 18 technological fields such as advanced manufacturing, 19 agricultural-, biological- and chemical-technologies, 20 energy and environmental technologies, engineering 21 technologies, information technologies, micro and 22 nano-technologies, cybersecurity technologies, 23 geospatial technologies, and new, emerging tech- 24 nology areas;’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 3828 IH (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘separate 1 bachelor-degree-granting institutions’’ and in- 2 serting ‘‘other entities’’; 3 (C) by striking paragraph (7); 4 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 5 (9) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; 6 (E) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 7 subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 8 semicolon; 9 (F) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by 10 subparagraph (D)— 11 (i) by striking ‘‘mathematics, science, 12 engineering, or technology’’ and inserting 13 ‘‘science, technology, engineering, or math- 14 ematics’’; and 15 (ii) by striking the period at the end 16 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17 (G) by adding at the end the following: 18 ‘‘(9) the term skilled technical workforce means 19 workers— 20 ‘‘(A) in occupations that use significant 21 levels of science and engineering expertise and 22 technical knowledge; and 23 ‘‘(B) whose level of educational attainment 24 is less than a bachelor degree.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 3828 IH (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 1 5 of the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 2 (42 U.S.C. 1862j) is amended to read as follows: 3 ‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 4 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Di- 5 rector for carrying out sections 2 through 4, $150,000,000 6 for fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:26 Jun 29, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3828.IH H3828 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with BILLS