HR7342-119

What This Bill Does

The Made in America Jobs Act of 2026 amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. It adds two new eligible purposes to Economic Development Administration public works and economic development grants: facilitating the relocation to the United States of a source of employment located outside the United States, and facilitating growth of the manufacturing sector.

The bill also inserts the same reshoring and manufacturing-growth language into economic development planning. That means EDA planning grants can cover planning for projects that bring employment sources from abroad into the United States or expand manufacturing. It further adds those activities to economic adjustment assistance, so EDA can support implementation activities tied to reshoring employment and manufacturing-sector growth.

Who Benefits and How

Local economic development districts benefit because EDA planning and implementation tools can support reshoring and manufacturing growth projects. Manufacturing firms considering U.S. expansion benefit because public works and economic-adjustment assistance can help communities prepare sites, infrastructure, and support services. Workers in manufacturing communities benefit if EDA-backed projects attract employers or expand production. State and local development agencies benefit from a clearer statutory basis for grant applications focused on bringing jobs back from abroad. Domestic supply-chain advocates benefit because federal economic-development grants can explicitly favor U.S. manufacturing capacity.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Economic Development Administration grant staff must evaluate reshoring and manufacturing-growth applications under public works, planning, and economic-adjustment programs. Local grant applicants must document how proposed projects facilitate relocation of employment sources to the United States or growth of manufacturing. Communities competing for EDA funds may face a shifted grant priority toward manufacturing and reshoring. Employers relocating work to the United States may need to coordinate with local development agencies and infrastructure plans.

Key Provisions

• Expands public works and economic development grants to facilitate relocation of employment sources to the United States.
• Expands public works and economic development grants to facilitate growth of the manufacturing sector.
• Provides that economic development planning may cover reshoring and manufacturing-growth projects.
• Expands economic adjustment assistance to cover reshoring activities.
• Expands economic adjustment assistance to cover manufacturing-sector growth activities.