Manufacturing Partnership Improvement Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3854 To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act relating to the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership to provide for enhanced representation on the Advisory Board, better assist United States-based small manufacturers and exporters, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 6, 2023 Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. POCAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To amend the National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology Act relating to the Hollings Manufacturing Exten- sion Partnership to provide for enhanced representation on the Advisory Board, better assist United States-based small manufacturers and exporters, and for other pur- poses. 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 ‘‘Manufacturing Part- 4 nership Improvement Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Jul 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3854.IH H3854 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3854 IH SEC. 2. MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP ADVI- 1 SORY BOARD; SMALL MANUFACTURERS AND 2 EXPORTERS. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 25 of the National Insti- 4 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k) 5 is amended— 6 (1) in subsection (m)(2)(A)(ii)— 7 (A) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ 8 after the semicolon; 9 (B) in subclause (III), by striking the pe- 10 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 11 (C) by adding at the end the following new 12 subclause: 13 ‘‘(IV) at least 1 member shall 14 represent 1 or more labor organiza- 15 tions (as such term is defined in sec- 16 tion 2 of the National Labor Relations 17 Act (29 U.S.C. 152))— 18 ‘‘(aa) that is a national or 19 international labor organization 20 subject to section 401(a) of the 21 Labor-Management Reporting 22 and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 23 U.S.C. 481(a)) with members 24 who are direct production em- 25 ployees in manufacturing estab- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Jul 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3854.IH H3854 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3854 IH lishments, as determined by the 1 Director; or 2 ‘‘(bb) that participates in 1 3 or more training programs reg- 4 istered under the Act of August 5 16, 1937 (popularly known as 6 the ‘National Apprenticeship 7 Act’; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), for a 8 highly skilled trade in manufac- 9 turing, as determined by the Di- 10 rector.’’; and 11 (2) in subsection (n)(1)— 12 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 13 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 14 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 15 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 16 (C) by adding at the end the following new 17 subparagraph: 18 ‘‘(D) to the greatest extent practicable, es- 19 tablish partnerships between each Center and 20 the nearest— 21 ‘‘(i) regional or district offices of the 22 Small Business Administration to provide 23 training and guidance with respect to the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Jul 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3854.IH H3854 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3854 IH application process for loans guaranteed by 1 the Small Business Administration; 2 ‘‘(ii) regional or district offices of the 3 Economic Development Administration of 4 the Department of Commerce to provide 5 guidance in accessing relevant Federal as- 6 sistance for manufacturing; 7 ‘‘(iii) regional offices of the Depart- 8 ment of Labor to assist in workforce devel- 9 opment for manufacturing; or 10 ‘‘(iv) U.S. Export Assistance Center 11 established by the United States and For- 12 eign Commercial Service of the Depart- 13 ment of Commerce pursuant to section 14 2301(b)(8) of the Export Enhancement 15 Act of 1988 (enacted as part of the Omni- 16 bus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 17 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721(b)(8))).’’. 18 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The National Insti- 19 tute of Standards and Technology Act is amended— 20 (1) in section 25 (15 U.S.C. 278k)— 21 (A) in subsection (a)— 22 (i) by redesignating the second para- 23 graph (7) (relating to the definition of the 24 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Part- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Jul 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3854.IH H3854 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3854 IH nership or Program), and paragraphs (8) 1 through (11), as paragraph (8), and para- 2 graphs (9) through (12), respectively; and 3 (ii) in paragraph (8), as so redesig- 4 nated, by striking ‘‘established under sub- 5 section (n)’’ and inserting ‘‘established 6 under subsection (m)’’; 7 (B) in subsection (f)(2)— 8 (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking 9 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 10 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 11 the period and inserting a semicolon; and 12 (C) in subsection (m)(5)(B), by striking 13 ‘‘and describe’’ through ‘‘section 23 (15 U.S.C. 14 278i)’’; and 15 (2) in section 34 (15 U.S.C. 278s)— 16 (A) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(iv)(I), by in- 17 serting ‘‘a’’ before ‘‘renewed’’; and 18 (B) in subsection (j)(7)— 19 (i) in subparagraph (I), by inserting 20 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 21 (ii) in subparagraph (J)— 22 (I) by inserting ‘‘that are’’ before 23 ‘‘additional programs’’; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Jul 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3854.IH H3854 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3854 IH (II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in- 1 serting a period; and 2 (iii) by striking subparagraph (K). 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:41 Jul 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3854.IH H3854 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS