Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 13, 2017)
Smart Manufacturing Leadership Act
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to complete a national plan for smart manufacturing technology (certain advanced technologies in information, automation, monitoring, computation, sensing, modeling, and networking) development and deployment to improve the productivity and energy efficiency of the U.S. manufacturing sector.
DOE must expand the scope of technologies covered by Industrial Assessment Centers to include smart manufacturing technologies and practices and to equip the centers' directors with the training and tools necessary to provide technical assistance in smart manufacturing technologies and practices.
DOE must: (1) study how it can increase access to existing high-performance computing resources in the National Laboratories, and (2) facilitate access to the laboratories by small and medium manufacturers.
DOE may make grants to states for supporting the implementation of smart manufacturing technologies. States must use those grants to: (1) provide access to shared supercomputing facilities to small and medium manufacturers, (2) fund research and development of transformational manufacturing processes and materials technology that advance smart manufacturing, and (3) provide tools and training to aid the adoption of energy management systems and implement smart manufacturing technologies in the manufacturers' facilities.
What just happenedMay 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 13, 2017
- May 22, 2018Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Research and Technology Subcommittee - May 22, 2018Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Energy Subcommittee - Jul 14, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee - Jul 13, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Science, Space, and Technology Committee - Jul 13, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jul 13, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 13, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House