Costello #1
Requires a study on the manufacturing and professional workforce to assess various trends relating to outsourcing, foreign investment, federal contractors, and reemployment.

Emanuel #8
Fully funds the President's ?Jobs for the 21st Century Initiative? by increasing the authorization for the Department of Labor's community college based High Growth Job Training Initiative. (Authorizes $250 million for FY05, $275 million for FY06, $300 million for FY07, and $300 million for FY08).

Flake # 13
Reduces the appropriation authorization levels for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program to $39,190,000 annually, the level requested by the administration for FY05.

Gordon #2
Authorizes $117 million for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and 10% yearly increases for FY06-08 and allows the federal cost-share for MEP Centers in the FY05-08 to increase up to one-half on a case-by-case basis as determined by the Administration.

Gordon #3
Authorizes $169 million per year for FY05-08 for the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) at the Department of Commerce of which 25% of new award funding will be for a focused competition in manufacturing sciences.

Jackson Lee #5
Prevents the use of appropriated funds for general re-competition of Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers.

Larson #9
Re-orients the current Technology Administration (TA), the Undersecretary of Technology, and Office of Technology Policy (OTP) towards manufacturing and competitiveness issues. Renames and refocuses TA by establishing a Manufacturing Administration, and Undersecretary of Manufacturing, and an Office of Industry Analysis. Requires the Manufacturing Administration to conduct broad-based manufacturing and technology policy analysis; coordinate with States, local governments, universities, on manufacturing and technology activities. NIST and the National Technical Information Service would remain a part of the Manufacturing Administration.

Peterson, John (PA) #11
Clarifies requirements for applicants and recipients of MEP assistance to ensure their activities an spending decisions are made available to the public.

Sanders #10
Prohibits companies that lay off a greater percentage of workers in the U.S. than in other countries from receiving grants authorized under this act or the National Institute of Standards and Technology (including the Advanced Technology Program).

Slaughter #6
Sense of Congress that the federal government can be a partner not only in the research and development of new products but also in the revitalization of key sectors of domestic manufacturing. Specifically, the federal government can help revive the domestic electronics component sector by adopting federal procurement policies that promote, and even require that equipment procured by the federal government contains electronic components that are made in America.

Slaughter #7
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to develop a revitalization plan for the domestic electronic components sector and present this plan to Congress no later than 180 days after enactment of the bill. The plan should consider approaches including the establishment of new federal procurement rules. Specifically, it should evaluate the potential impact on domestic electronics component sector if all new weapons and security equipment purchased by the Department of Defense and Homeland Security must contain domestically- manufactured electronic components, such as computer chips.

Tiahrt #12
Second Degree Amendment to Costello Amendment #1. Ensures that any such study focuses on the factors which are the cause of such movement: health care costs, burdensome regulation, life-ling learning needs, energy costs, research and development costs, tax burdens, trade opportunities, and the cost of lawsuit abuse. LATE

Udall, Mark (CO) #4
Expands the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education program to include the preparation of students to manufacturing jobs and provides funding for the manufacturing Skills Standards Council.

* Summaries derived from information submitted by the amendment sponsors.