Amendment109th Congress
Amendment sought to provide for the establishment of a Manufacturing and Technology Administration in the Department of Commerce.
- Amendment Number
- 561
- Description
- Amendment sought to provide for the establishment of a Manufacturing and Technology Administration in the Department of Commerce.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 109-227 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, an Undersecretary of Manufacturing, and an Office of Industry Analysis; to require the Manufacturing Administration to conduct broad-based manufacturing and technology policy analysis; and to coordinate with States, local governments, and universities on manufacturing and technology activities. NIST and the National Technical Information Service would remain a part of the Manufacturing Administration.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Sep 21, 2005
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Larson (CT) amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 210 - 213 (Roll no. 482).
- Latest Action Time
- 16:06:53
- Submitted Date
- Sep 21, 2005
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Dec 5, 2020