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42 U.S.C. § 18971 — Standards development organization grants

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42 U.S.C. § 18971 — Standards development organization grants

**(a) Nongovernmental standards development organization defined** In this section, the term “nongovernmental standards development organization” means a nongovernmental standards development organization (as defined in section 2(e) of the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–119 (relating to Federal participation in the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in conformity assessment activities), or any successor document) that adheres to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Essential Requirements for Due Process for American National Standards. **(b) Grant authority** The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director, shall establish a competitive program of grants for nongovernmental standards development organizations for the purposes described in subsection (c). **(c) Purposes** A grant awarded under subsection (b) shall be used to develop, approve, disseminate, maintain, and review forensic science voluntary consensus standards and best practices that shall be available to the public free of charge. **(d) Additional requirements** The Director may promulgate such requirements, guidelines, and procedures as may be necessary to carry out this section. **(e) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

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**(a) Nongovernmental standards development organization defined** In this section, the term “nongovernmental standards development organization” means a nongovernmental standards development organization (as defined in section 2(e) of the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–119 (relating to Federal participation in the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in conformity assessment activities), or any successor document) that adheres to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Essential Requirements for Due Process for American National Standards. **(b) Grant authority** The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director, shall establish a competitive program of grants for nongovernmental standards development organizations for the purposes described in subsection (c). **(c) Purposes** A grant awarded under subsection (b) shall be used to develop, approve, disseminate, maintain, and review forensic science voluntary consensus standards and best practices that shall be available to the public free of charge. **(d) Additional requirements** The Director may promulgate such requirements, guidelines, and procedures as may be necessary to carry out this section. **(e) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.

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15 U.S.C. § 278s — Manufacturing USA

**(a) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Agency head** — The term “agency head” means the head of any Executive agency (as defined in [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim)), other than the Department of Defense. (2) **Regional innovation initiative** — The term “regional innovation initiative” has the meaning given such term in [section 3722(f)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3722/f/1&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Establishment of Manufacturing USA Program** (1) **In general** — The Secretary shall establish within the Institute a program to be known as the “Manufacturing United States of America Program” or the “Manufacturing USA Program” (referred to in this section as the “Program”). (2) **Purposes of Program** — The purposes of the Program are— (A) to improve the competitiveness of United States manufacturing and to increase the production of goods manufactured predominantly within the United States; (B) to stimulate United States leadership in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, and technology; (C) to facilitate the transition of innovative technologies into scalable, cost-effective, and high-performing manufacturing capabilities; (D) to facilitate access by manufacturing enterprises to capital-intensive infrastructure, including high-performance electronics and computing, and the supply chains that enable these technologies; (E) to accelerate the development of an advanced manufacturing workforce; (F) to facilitate peer exchange of and the documentation of best practices in addressing advanced manufacturing challenges; (G) to leverage non-Federal sources of support to promote a sta

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42 U.S.C. § 18971 — Expanding opportunities through the

Page 9268 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 18971 (2) Sector 54 – Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. (3) Sector 48-49 – Transportation and Warehousing. (h) Levels The National Supply Chain Database shall be multi-leveled as agreed to under terms of mu- tual disclosure as follows: (1) Level 1 shall have the capability to pro- vide basic private sector entity information and shall be available to the public. (2) Level 2 shall have the capability to pro- vide a deeper, nonproprietary overview into capabilities, products, and accreditations and shall be available to all companies that con- tribute to the Database. (3) Level 3 shall have the capability to hold proprietary information. (i) Matters relating to disclosure and access (1) FOIA exemption The National Supply Chain Database, and any information contained therein that is not publicly released by the Institute, shall be ex- empt from public disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5. (2) Limitation on access to content Access to a contributing private sector enti- ty’s nonpublic content in the National Supply Chain Database shall be limited to— (A) the contributing private sector entity, the Institute, and staff from a Center who sign a nondisclosure agreement, and (B) other Federal departments and agen- cies, as the Director considers appropriate. (3) Aggregated information The Director may make aggregated, de-iden- tified information available to contributing companies, Centers, or the public, as the Di- rector considers appropriate, in support of the purposes of this section. (j) Coordination with National Technology and Industrial Base Council The Director, acting through the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, may work with the Nati

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