Bill Introduced in House to Move Some Advanced Manufacturing to Western Hemisphere
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., recently introduced a bill that would require the secretary of state to develop a strategy to reduce reliance on single foreign countries for critical goods and to encourage manufacturing of computer hardware, communications technology, biotechnology, semiconductors,…
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batteries, aerospace metals and parts, polysilicon destined for solar panels and more to be done in the Western Hemisphere or the U.S. The bill said if a good critical to national or economic security is majority imported, and if 30% of those imports come from a single foreign country, the government should develop a strategy to encourage diversification. Kinzinger said the Allies Strengthening Economies And Manufacturing (Allies SEAM) Act would "bolster national security, prevent future disruptions to our economy, and provide good-paying jobs in the United States."