Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014
Latest action. Received in the Senate.
Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) a Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program to:
improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and increase production of goods manufactured predominately within the United States;
stimulate U.S. leadership in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, and technology;
accelerate the development of an advanced manufacturing workforce; and
create and preserve jobs.
Requires the Secretary to establish a network of centers for manufacturing innovation (CMIs), to be known as the Network for Manufacturing Innovation.
Names as key advanced manufacturing technologies:
nanotechnology,
advanced ceramics,
photonics and optics,
composites,
biobased and advanced materials,
flexible hybrid technologies, and
tool development for microelectronics.
Considers to be CMIs the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute and other manufacturing centers formally recognized as manufacturing innovation centers pursuant to federal law or executive actions, or under pending interagency review for such recognition; but prohibits them from receiving any financial assistance under this Act.
Allows a manufacturing center substantially similar to a CMI but not receiving such financial assistance to be recognized as a CMI, upon its request, in order to participate in the Network.
Directs the Secretary to award financial assistance to a person or group of persons to assist the organization in planning, establishing, or supporting such CMIs.
Prescribes requirements for awarding assistance, including an open process for soliciting applications and a competitive merit-review selection process that includes peer review by a diverse group of individuals with relevant expertise from both private and public sectors.
Prohibits political appointees from participating on a peer review panel. Requires the Secretary to implement a conflict of interest policy, with full disclosure of any real or potential conflicts of interest on the parts of individuals that participate in the merit selection process.
Discontinues financial assistance seven years after a CMI first receives an award. Specifies federal matching funds requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make an exception to these requirements for large capital facilities or equipment purchases, and (2) give a weighted preference to applicants seeking less than the maximum federal share of funds allowed.
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Tom Reed (R-NY) introduced it on August 2, 2013, and 100 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
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