To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The Invent Here, Make Here Act requires that products developed from federally-funded research be manufactured in the United States. It strengthens existing domestic manufacturing preferences in patent law and directs federal agencies to help connect research institutions with domestic manufacturers and investors.
Who Benefits and How
Domestic manufacturers benefit by gaining preferential access to commercialize federally-funded inventions that previously may have gone to foreign competitors. U.S. workers in manufacturing sectors benefit from jobs created when production stays onshore. The defense industrial base benefits from reduced reliance on countries of concern for technology supply chains.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Small businesses and nonprofits holding patents on federally-funded inventions face more restrictions on licensing to foreign manufacturers, even when domestic production is not commercially feasible. Federal agencies must establish new reporting and review processes for waiver requests. Foreign manufacturers, particularly those in designated countries of concern like China, lose access to exclusive licenses for U.S. federally-funded technology.
Key Provisions
- Requires NIST to maintain a public database of domestic manufacturers capable of commercializing federal research
- Mandates that exclusive licenses for federally-funded inventions include domestic manufacturing agreements
- Prohibits waivers that would allow manufacturing in countries of concern without presidential authorization
- Requires annual congressional reporting on waiver requests and decisions
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Ensures that federally-funded research inventions are commercialized and manufactured in the United States rather than abroad, with particular restrictions on manufacturing in countries of concern.
Key Policy Areas
Manufacturing, Research & Development, Intellectual Property, Trade, National Security
Primary Purpose
Ensures that federally-funded research inventions are commercialized and manufactured in the United States rather than abroad, with particular restrictions on manufacturing in countries of concern.
Policy Domains
Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2024
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Domestic manufacturers
- U.S. manufacturing workers
- Defense industrial base
- Manufacturing USA Network members
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Small businesses with federal research funding
- Nonprofit research organizations
- Federal agencies administering research grants
- Foreign manufacturers in countries of concern
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedAdditional sponsors: Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Jackson of North …
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. McCarthy (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Costa, …
Mr. McCarthy (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Costa, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Department of Interior and Forest Service, Department of Interior and Forest Service employees, Environmental regulators (EPA, Fish and Wildlife Service)
Positive-direction: Department of Interior and Forest Service, Indian tribes participating in Good Neighbor agreements, Tribal conservation programs, Tribal governments and tribal historic preservation officers, Tribal historic preservation officers and tribal conservation programs, Tule River Indian Tribe
Negative-direction: Department of Interior and Forest Service employees, Federal land management agencies (Forest Service, NPS, BLM), Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition member agencies
Forest management and restoration contractors, Forest management and timber harvesting contractors, Giant sequoia conservation project implementers
County governments (e.g., Tulare County), State of California forestry programs
Tree nurseries and seedling producers, Tree nurseries serving giant sequoia reforestation
Environmental advocacy organizations, Wilderness preservation advocates
National Forest Foundation, National Park Foundation
Forestry consulting and environmental assessment firms
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States (for waiver authorizations)
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Commerce (for country of concern determinations)
- "federal_agency"
- → Any Federal agency that funds research resulting in subject inventions
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A country that is a covered nation as defined in section 4872(d) of title 10 (includes China, Russia, North Korea, Iran)
Senate Commerce & Judiciary Committees; House Science, Space & Technology and Judiciary Committees
Products must agree to be manufactured substantially in the United States to receive exclusive license rights
An invention conceived or first reduced to practice under a federal funding agreement
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