US Congress Senate Bill 771 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 18 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015 Authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish a program to designate up to 25 institutions of higher education as U.S. manufacturing universities that are to be awarded funds over a four-year period. Requires an institution applying for such program to submit a plan describing its engineering programs, its relationship to manufacturing industries, and its ability to positively impact local and regional economic development. Requires NIST to recommend adaptations to certain Small Business Act programs to assist small businesses that collaborate with such universities.

Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015

Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB1441 (Same As) 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/771/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s771/BILLS-114s771is.pdf