A bill to improve the administration of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 4
- Latest action
- Jul 13, 2026
What it does
The bill amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to strengthen oversight and accountability of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership by requiring cooperative agreements to be mandatory (changing "may" to "shall"), expanding center evaluations to include financial management and fraud monitoring, tightening probation and remedy timelines, and establishing that adverse actions against centers can only be taken following a non-positive evaluation. It affects Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers nationwide by standardizing procedures for performance reviews, probation, and operator selection when financial assistance is not renewed or centers fail to…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.