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§18971 Expanding Opportunities Through the Manufacturing Usa Program

Title 42 › CHAPTER 163 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION › SUBCHAPTER II — NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FUTURE › Part D — Manufacturing USA Program › § 18971

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce must work with the Secretaries of Energy and Defense and other federal leaders to get Manufacturing USA institutes to include certain groups as active members, and must favor proposals to start or renew institutes that include one or more of those groups. The covered groups are: historically Black colleges and universities; Tribal colleges and universities; minority‑serving institutions; minority business enterprises (defined in 15 C.F.R. 1400.2 or successor); and rural‑serving institutions of higher education (defined in 20 U.S.C. 1161q).

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Title 42, §18971

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(a)In general

The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of such other Federal agencies as the Secretary of Commerce considers relevant, shall coordinate with existing and new Manufacturing USA institutes to integrate covered entities as active members of the Manufacturing USA institutes, including through the development of preferences in selection criteria for proposals to create new Manufacturing USA institutes or renew existing Manufacturing USA institutes that include one or more covered entities.

(b)Covered entities

For purposes of this subsection, a covered entity is—

(1)an historically Black college and university;

(2)a Tribal College or University;

(3)a minority-serving institution;

(4)a minority business enterprise (as such term is defined in section 1400.2 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulation); or

(5)a rural-serving institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 1161q of title 20).

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42 U.S.C. § 18971

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110