Amendment108th Congress
Amendment sought to provide for the establishment of a Manufacturing and Technology Administration in the Department of Commerce.
- Amendment Number
- 664
- Description
- Amendment sought to provide for the establishment of a Manufacturing and Technology Administration in the Department of Commerce.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 108-589 to re-orient the current Technology Administration (TA), the Undersecretary of Technology, and Office of Technology Policy (OTP) towards manufacturing and competitiveness issues; to rename and refocus TA by establishing a Manufacturing Administration, and Undersecretary of Manufacturing, and an Office of Industry Analysis; to require the Manufacturing Administration to conduct broad-based manufacturing and technology policy analysis; to coordinate with States, local governments, universities, on manufacturing and technology activities; finally, NIST and the National Technical Information Service would remain a part of the Manufacturing Administration.
- Congress
- 108
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Jul 9, 2004
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Larson (CT) amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 170 - 189 (Roll no. 357).
- Latest Action Time
- 15:40:16
- Submitted Date
- Jul 9, 2004
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Feb 3, 2022