Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014
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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 measurably the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and increase domestic production;
stimulate U.S. leadership in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, and technology with a strong potential to generate substantial benefits extending significantly beyond direct return to Program participants; and
accelerate measurably the development of an advanced manufacturing workforce.
Requires the Secretary to establish a network of centers for manufacturing innovation (CMIs), to be known as the Network for Manufacturing Innovation.
Considers to be CMIs the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute and manufacturing centers formally recognized or under pending interagency review; but prohibits them from receiving any preference for financial assistance under this Act solely on that basis.
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 assist a person 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.
Discontinues financial assistance seven years after a CMI first receives an award. Specifies federal matching funds requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to give a weighted preference to applicants seeking less than the maximum amount of funding allowed.
Requires the amount of financial assistance to a CMI to decrease after its second year of funding and in each year thereafter, unless the Secretary determines that:
the CMI is otherwise meeting its stated goals and metrics,
unforeseen circumstances have altered its anticipated funding, and
the CMI can identify future non-federal funding sources that would warrant a temporary exemption from certain limitations.
Prohibits financial assistance to more than 15 CMIs in any single year.
The summary continues for 19 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to Senate with amendment(s)" stage on August 26, 2014. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on August 26, 2014: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 547.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
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In the 113th Congress (2013-14), 296 of the 9,091 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.3 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
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Who is behind it?
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced it on August 1, 2013, and 18 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 10 Democrats, 7 Republicans, 1 independent.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on August 1, 2013, 4788 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 4398 days ago, on August 26, 2014.
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Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers