Establish an American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange Program at the State Department to send eligible American manufacturing workers abroad for hands-on training and certifications in allied countries, then bring those skills back to support U.S. manufacturing and reshoring.

Specifically, the American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange Program Act establishes an international exchange program, known as the American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange Program, at the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Under this program, the State Department will send eligible Americans working in manufacturing fields abroad for hands-on manufacturing training and certifications in allied countries with deep manufacturing expertise, who then return to the U.S. with new skills to help meet the labor skill shortage in the U.S. manufacturing industry and aid in reshoring efforts.

Huizenga introduced bipartisan legislation to create a State Department exchange program for American manufacturing workers to receive hands-on training and certifications abroad and return with skills to support domestic manufacturing and reshoring.

Huizenga, Olszewski, Kim, Thompson, and Bilirakis Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen American Manufacturing | U.S. House of Representatives
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Congressman Bill Huizenga represents Michigan's 4th Congressional District. The page says the district includes all of Allegan and Van Buren Counties and portions of Berrien, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, and Ottawa Counties, and has a strong manufacturing base.

Establishes the relevant federal office and that manufacturing is a district issue during Huizenga's current House service.

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U.S. Representative Bill Huizenga official House website
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Huizenga's office announced introduction of H.R. 9097, the American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange Program Act, and said it establishes an international exchange program at the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to send eligible Americans in manufacturing fields abroad for hands-on training and certifications, then return with skills for U.S. manufacturing and reshoring.

Huizenga clearly advanced concrete legislation matching the promise, but the evidence is introduction of a bill, not enactment or program launch.

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Huizenga, Olszewski, Kim, Thompson, and Bilirakis Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen American Manufacturing | U.S. House of Representatives
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The State Department ECA page says it offers a complete list of programs for U.S. citizens seeking cultural, educational, or professional exchange abroad. The listed U.S.-citizen programs include CBYX, Fulbright programs, YES Abroad, TechGirls, TechCamp, and others; it does not list the American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange Program.

The promised State Department exchange program does not appear in ECA's U.S.-citizen exchange program list, indicating the program was not operationally established on that official list as found.

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Alphabetical List of Programs | Exchange Programs
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Congress.gov states enacted bills and joint resolutions appear on its public-laws list after NARA assigns public law numbers. The 119th Congress list shown includes public laws and bill numbers, but no H.R. 9097 or American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange Program Act entry was found.

An official public-law list did not show the Huizenga bill as enacted, so the program had not been established by enacted public law in the reviewed record.

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Public Laws | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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