Streamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5157 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5157 To amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the periodic update to the strategic plan to guide the Manufacturing USA Program to align with the mandatory updates to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 4, 2025 Ms. Rivas (for herself and Mr. Rouzer) 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 Technology Act to require the periodic update to the strategic plan to guide the Manufacturing USA Program to align with the mandatory updates to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing. 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 ``Streamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Act''. SEC. 2. ALIGNMENT OF TIMING OF UPDATES OF STRATEGIC PLAN WITH UPDATES TO NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 34(i) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(i)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and update not less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter,''; (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (M) as subparagraphs (E) through (N), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C), the following: ``(D) to update the strategic plan developed under subparagraph (C) not less frequently than once every 4 years such that the planning cycle for the updates aligns with the planning cycle for updates to the National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing required