S.Amdt. 3954

1. Adds SEC. __. PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTES FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION at the end of subtitle H of title X

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   (j) Coordination With Other Amendments Made by This Act.--For purposes of applying amendments made by provisions of this Act other than this section, the amendments made by subsections (b) through (h) of this section shall be treated as having been enacted immediately before any such amendments by other provisions of this Act.

   Inserted: SEC. __. PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTES FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.

   Inserted: (a) Establishment of Program.--

   Inserted: (1) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may establish a program (referred to in this section as the "Program") for the purposes set forth in paragraph (2).

   Inserted: (2) Purposes of program.--The purposes of the Program are as follows:

   Inserted: (A) To improve measurably the ability of the United States manufacturing sector and to support military requirements and missions.

   Inserted: (B) To help the United States meet national security needs by minimizing the risk of dependence on foreign sources for critical components.

   Inserted: (C) To stimulate United States leadership in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, and technology that has a strong potential to generate substantial benefits to the United States.

   Inserted: (D) To facilitate the transition of innovative and transformative technologies into scalable, cost-effective, and high-performing manufacturing capabilities.

   Inserted: (E) To facilitate access by manufacturing enterprises to capital-intensive infrastructure, including high-performance computing, in order to improve the speed with which such enterprises commercialize new processes and technologies.

   Inserted: (F) To facilitate the execution of--

   Inserted: (i) joint research and development projects between industry partners; and

   Inserted: (ii) cost-shared research projects between the public and private sector.

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   Inserted: (G) To accelerate measurably the development of a skilled defense advanced manufacturing workforce.

   Inserted: (H) To facilitate peer exchange of and the documentation of best practices in addressing advanced manufacturing challenges.

   Inserted: (I) To leverage non-Federal sources of support to promote a stable and sustainable business model without the need for long-term Federal funding.

   Inserted: (3) Support.--If the Secretary establishes the Program, the Secretary shall carry out the purposes set forth in paragraph (2) by supporting the establishment of one or more institutes for manufacturing innovation.

   Inserted: (4) Metrics.--If the Secretary establishes the Program, the Secretary shall--

   Inserted: (A) develop metrics for each institute for manufacturing innovation supported under the Program to measure achievement of the purposes of the Program; and

   Inserted: (B) implement procedures for evaluation of such institutes based on such metrics.

   Inserted: (b) Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--For purposes of this section, an "institute for manufacturing innovation" is an institute that--

   Inserted: (A) has been established by a person or group of persons to address defense challenges in advanced manufacturing and to assist manufacturers in retaining or expanding industrial production of defense systems in the United States;

   Inserted: (B) has a predominant focus on research and development of manufacturing processes, novel materials, enabling technologies, supply chain integration practices, or such other aspects of advanced manufacturing as the Secretary considers relevant, with the potential--

   Inserted: (i) to ensure domestic sources for critical defense materiel;

   Inserted: (ii) to create or maintain a technical military advantage;

   Inserted: (iii) to improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing, in support of enhancing the affordability of defense systems;

   Inserted: (iv) to accelerate non-Federal investment in advanced defense manufacturing production capacity in the United States;

   Inserted: (v) to increase measurably the non-Federal investment in advanced manufacturing research; and

   Inserted: (vi) to enable the commercial application of new technologies or industry-wide manufacturing processes so as to improve the affordability of defense systems; and

   Inserted: (C) includes active participation among representatives from multiple industrial entities, research universities, community colleges, and such other entities as the Secretary considers appropriate, which may include industry-led consortia, career and technical education schools, Federal laboratories, State, local, and tribal governments, businesses, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.

   Inserted: (2) Activities.--Activities of an institute for manufacturing innovation may include the following:

   Inserted: (A) Research, development, and demonstration projects, including proof-of-concept development and prototyping, to reduce the cost, time, and risk of commercializing new technologies and improvements in existing technologies, processes, products, and research and development of materials to solve pre-competitive industrial problems with economic or national security implications.

   Inserted: (B) Development and implementation of education and training courses, materials, and programs.

   Inserted: (C) Development of workforce recruitment, training, retention, and exchange programs and initiatives.

   Inserted: (D) Development of innovative methodologies and practices for supply chain integration and introduction of new technologies into supply chains.

   Inserted: (E) Development or updating of industry-led, shared-vision technology roadmaps for the development of technologies underpinning next-generation or transformational innovations, developed in coordination with government organizations.

   Inserted: (F) Outreach and engagement with small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, in addition to large manufacturing enterprises.

   Inserted: (G) Coordinate with the Defense Production Act Committee on defense industrial base matters.

   Inserted: (H) Such other activities as the Secretary, in consultation with Federal departments and agencies whose missions contribute to or are affected by advanced manufacturing, considers consistent with the purposes described in subsection (a)(2).

   Inserted: (c) Funding for Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--In carrying out the Program, the Secretary of Defense may provide funding for planning, establishing, or supporting an institute for manufacturing innovation.

   Inserted: (2) Selection.--

   Inserted: (A) Competitive, merit review.--In awarding funding under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use appropriate, competitive, merit review.

   Inserted: (B) Collaboration.--In awarding funding under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall collaborate with Federal departments and agencies whose missions contribute to or are affected by advanced manufacturing.

   Inserted: (C) Considerations.--In awarding funding to plan, establish, or support an institute for manufacturing innovation, the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum, the following:

   Inserted: (i) The potential of the institute for manufacturing innovation to advance domestic defense manufacturing and the likelihood of military impact in the predominant focus areas of the institute for manufacturing innovation.

   Inserted: (ii) The commitment of continued financial support, advice, participation, and other contributions from non-Federal sources, to provide leverage and resources to promote a stable and sustainable business model without the need for long-term Federal funding.

   Inserted: (iii) Whether the financial support provided to the institute from non-Federal sources significantly outweighs the requested Federal funding.

   Inserted: (iv) How the institute will support core Department of Defense missions and address key technology priorities.

   Inserted: (v) How the institute will increase the non-Federal investment in advanced defense manufacturing research in the United States.

   Inserted: (vi) How the institute will engage with small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, to improve the capacity of such enterprises to commercialize new processes and technologies.

   Inserted: (vii) How the institute will carry out educational and workforce activities that meet industrial needs related to the predominant focus areas of the institute for manufacturing innovation, including activities focused on veterans and military dependents.

   Inserted: (viii) How the institute will advance economic competitiveness both globally and domestically and generate substantial benefits to the United States that extend beyond the direct return to participants in the Program.

   Inserted: (ix) Whether the predominant focus of the institute is a manufacturing process, novel material, enabling technology, supply chain integration methodology, or other relevant aspect of advanced manufacturing that has not already been commercialized, marketed, distributed, or sold by another entity.

   Inserted: (x) How the institute will strengthen and leverage the assets of a region to support military requirements and missions.

   Inserted: (3) Limitations on awards.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--No funding may be provided under the Program to an institute for manufacturing innovation after the five-year period beginning on the date on which the Secretary first awards funding to an institute under the Program.

   Inserted: (B) Matching funds and weighted preferences.--The total Federal funding awarded to an institute for manufacturing innovation, including funding awarded under the Program, during a five-year period shall not exceed 50 percent of the total funding of the institute during that period.

   Inserted: (d) Additional Authorities.--

   Inserted: (1) Appointment of personnel and contracts.--The Secretary may appoint such personnel and enter into such contracts, funding agreements, and other agreements as the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to carry out the Program, including support for research and development activities involving an institute for manufacturing innovation.

   Inserted: (2) Acceptance or transfer of funds.--The Secretary may accept from or transfer to other Federal agencies, or State or local governments, such sums as the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to carry out the Program.

   Inserted: (3) Use of resources.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Program, the Secretary may use, with the consent of a covered entity and with or without reimbursement, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of such covered entity.

   Inserted: (4) Acceptance of resources.--In addition to amounts appropriated to carry out the Program, the Secretary may accept funds, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities from any covered entity to carry out the Program pursuant to section 2601 of title 10, United States Code.

   Inserted: (5) Covered entity.--For purposes of this subsection, a covered entity is any Federal department, Federal agency, instrumentality of the United States, State, local government, tribal government, Territory or possession of the United States, or of any political subdivision thereof, or international organization, or any public or private entity or individual.

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   At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

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