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S.99 - 119th Congress
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2025-10-24 - Held at the desk.
Introduced Date
2025-01-15
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Commerce
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This bill requires the Secretary of Commerce to study how the Department of Commerce handles programs related to keeping important supply chains strong and supporting manufacturing and industrial innovation. Within one year, the Secretary must produce a report that reviews which Commerce offices and bureaus work on these issues, what they do, how well they work, where they overlap, and where there are gaps or weak spots. The goal is to find ways to make these programs more effective, more efficient, and more useful. The bill also requires the Secretary to work with the National Academy of Public Administration on the report and later send Congress the report, possible legislative ideas, and the Secretary’s response to the findings.
- The report must identify the Commerce offices and bureaus that deal with supply chain resilience and manufacturing innovation.
- It must describe each office’s duties, programs, expertise, legal authority, and any limits or weaknesses in how it operates.
- The study must look for duplication, overlap, and coordination problems within the Department of Commerce and with other federal agencies doing similar work.
- The final submission to Congress must include the report, suggestions for possible new laws, and the Secretary’s response to the report’s recommendations.
Official Summaries
Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration to study and report on the offices and bureaus of the department that are relevant to critical supply chain resilience and manufacturing and industrial innovation.
The report must evaluate the purpose, statutory authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limitations of each such office and bureau and provide recommendations to improve their effectiveness, efficiency, and impact.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 99 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 99
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides
recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of
Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience and
manufacturing and industrial innovation, 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 ``Strengthening Support for American
Manufacturing Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives.
(2) Covered offices and bureaus.--The term ``covered
offices and bureaus'' means offices and bureaus of the
Department of Commerce identified under section 3(a)(1).
(3) Critical supply chain.--The term ``critical supply
chain'' means an end-to-end system that converts raw materials
into finished products in critical sectors, including in--
(A) the defense industrial base;
(B) the public health and biological preparedness
industrial base;
(C) the information and communications technology
industrial base;
(D) the energy sector industrial base;
(E) the transportation industrial base; and
(F) agricultural supply chains.
(4) Critical supply chain resilience.--The term ``critical
supply chain resilience'' means mitigating gaps and
vulnerabilities in critical supply chains, including by--
(A) reducing risk of malicious sabotage or external
or internal manipulation; and
(B) improving the ability to withstand supply chain
interruptions such as logistical challenges and
workforce, materials, equipment, or product shortages.
(5) Manufacturing and industrial innovation.--The term
``manufacturing and industrial innovation'' means--
(A) providing assistance, resources, or services to
manufacturers or manufacturing workers in the United
States;
(B) offering expertise, improvements, research, and
development or other assistance in technological
innovations or advanced manufacturing in partnership
with or for use by manufacturers in the United States;
or
(C) developing policy that substantially impacts
the manufacturing sector in the United States.
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Commerce.
SEC. 3. STUDY RELATING TO MANUFACTURING PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE.
(a) Assessment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall produce a report that--
(1) identifies offices and bureaus of the Department of
Commerce with responsibilities related to--
(A) critical supply chain resilience; and
(B) manufacturing and industrial innovation;
(2) identifies the duties, responsibilities, programs, and
expertise relevant to critical supply chain resilience and
manufacturing and industrial innovation of each covered office
and bureau;
(3) identifies and assesses the purpose, statutory
authority, effectiveness, efficiency, and limitations of each
covered office and bureau;
(4) identifies gaps between offices with duplicative
duties, responsibilities, programs, and expertise within the
Department of Commerce that are implementing activities related
to critical supply chain resilience and manufacturing and
industrial innovation; and
(5) provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness,
efficiency, and impact of each covered office and bureau,
including recommendations to--
(A) optimize operations within or across covered
offices and bureaus;
(B) improve coordination across covered offices and
bureaus; and
(C) improve coordination with Federal agencies
implementing similar activities related to critical
supply chain resilience and manufacturing and
industrial innovation.
(b) National Academy of Public Administration.--The Secretary shall
contract with the National Academy of Public Administration in
producing the report under subsection (a).
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the
Secretary produces the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
(1) the report produced under subsection (a);
(2) recommendations for potential legislative action
addressing recommendations in the report produced under
subsection (a); and
(3) a response from the Secretary to the recommendations
included in the report produced under subsection (a).
Passed the Senate October 23, 2025.
Attest:
Secretary.
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 99
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Commerce to produce a report that provides
recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of
Department of Commerce programs related to supply chain resilience and
manufacturing and industrial innovation, and for other purposes.