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Two manufacturing leaders testified at House Ways and Means Committee field hearings in Nevada and California this past weekend.

• Click Bond Director of Manufacturing Austin Robinson on Friday in Las Vegas, focusing on the impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill’s tax provisions for the manufacturing workforce.
• On Saturday, Robinson Helicopter Company Vice President of Business Development Will Fulton alongside 51�Թ��� President and CEO Jay Timmons at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, where they discussed the impacts of the tax provisions for manufacturers. (In case you missed it, is our article from yesterday on Timmons’ testimony.).

Click Bond: Austin has spent his career in manufacturing. He now manages the 80% of employees who make up the manufacturing workforce at Click Bond, which designs, manufactures and supports adhesive bonded fasteners that are used in space, aviation, marine and other applications, both civil and defense.

• After Austin thanked policymakers for passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, he explained what it means for his company. “2017 tax reform was tremendously impactful for both our business and our workers,” he said. “It allowed us to increase wages, scale up our engineering and development workforce, invest in next-generation equipment and create a new employee academic assistance program.”
• “[By] making permanent a pro-growth tax code, the One Big Beautiful Bill will empower us to continue and expand these investments, to purchase more equipment and conduct more research and to further increase pay and benefits for our employees.”

Investing in workers: Austin emphasized that the bill will allow manufacturers to keep investing in workers, building on the pay increases Click Bond was able to provide to their hourly employees following the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

• “My first employer paid for my education, and I am proud to say that Click Bond does the same for any employees who want to go back to school and develop their skill,” he said. “Our workforce at Click Bond is the most precious resource, and that is reflected in the investments that we make in them. Those investments are actually enabled by a pro-growth tax policy.”

Robinson Helicopter: Will also thanked policymakers for this legislation.

• Robinson “specializes in helicopter design, assembly, inspection, flight testing, manufacturing and production. … Our Torrance, California, manufacturing facility is the world’s leading commercial helicopter manufacturer, period,” he told policymakers.
• “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act supports [Robinson] by driving our ability to accelerate domestic investment expansion and growth. … This legislation helps accelerate our ambitions into a more near-term reality.”

R&D support: “These tax provisions help us to invest both in the design of new technology and its production processes,” Will added. “We recently launched our newest helicopter, the R88, which offers more robust first responder capabilities.”

• “Our R&D efforts for the R88 include the ability to fit that helicopter with more advanced technology and equipment for firefighting, disaster response and emergency medical services. That helicopter will act as an operational control center to a fleet of fire surveillance drones to better scan for any signs of ignition, ensure faster response times and expand the capacity of fire departments to contain fires earlier.”
• “Thanks to your leadership, Congress and the administration have empowered Robinson Helicopter to create jobs, invest in equipment, innovate through R&D and drive economic growth faster,” he concluded.

The litigation of the Biden administration’s limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water will resume this fall (POLITICO’s subscription). The 51�Թ��� and other industry groups are leading the challenge against these standards, contending that they are unachievable and rely on invalid cost-benefit analyses.

What’s going on: In a court filing last week, the Environmental Protection Agency “said it and the … industry groups challenging the standards need until Aug. 1 to come up with a schedule for additional briefing, which was suspended earlier this year while EPA considered what to do.”

• In May, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that the agency would rescind and rework the standards for some substances while continuing to defend the equally unworkable standards for PFOA and PFOS.

A two-pronged strategy: While the 51�Թ��� and its allies are awaiting the resumption of the court case, the 51�Թ���’s experts are pressing the administration to reconsider the standards for all six substances, including PFOA and PFOS. This week, they the EPA and the National Drinking Water Advisory Council to revise the PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation.

• “The 51�Թ��� supports health-protective and science-based safe drinking water standards. Manufacturers continue to innovate ways to protect the environment and our communities,” said 51�Թ��� Managing Vice President of Policy Charles Crain. “The EPA’s [maximum contamination level] standards should encourage such innovation while setting attainable limits that water systems can realistically finance and meet. ”
• “Manufacturers support rational regulation of PFAS that allows manufacturers to continue supporting critical industries, while developing new chemistries and minimizing any potential environmental and public health impacts.”
• “Certain PFAS uses remain essential to the functionality and safety of products that underpin modern life, from semiconductor fabrication and advanced energy storage to lifesaving medical devices and aerospace systems, where no technically viable substitutes exist and are estimated to be decades out. PFAS regulations require a measured and evidence-based approach that the 2024 Final PFAS NPDWR lacks.”

In-person appearance: The 51�Թ��� also manufacturers’ concerns to the EPA and the National Drinking Water Advisory Council in a public meeting on Monday.

• “[R]ules that are not feasible, cost effective or adequately supported by robust scientific analysis don’t just strain water systems, they cascade through water rates, capital plans, liability frameworks and ultimately the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing,” 51�Թ��� Director of Chemicals Policy Reagan Giesenschlag said.
• “In a time of fragile supply chains, regulations that unintentionally push manufacturing offshore or stall investments in innovation are devasting and at odds with the President’s America First priorities.”

What to watch: The 51�Թ��� will continue its advocacy directed at the federal agencies, while appearing again in court once those proceedings resume. There it will argue that the government’s cost-benefit and feasibility analyses are irretrievably flawed and violate both the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Administrative Procedure Act.

Over the course of two days, manufacturers praised the pro-growth tax provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during field hearings hosted by the House Ways and Means Committee. On Friday, Click Bond Director of Manufacturing Austin Robinson testified in Las Vegas, Nevada. On Saturday, 51�Թ��� President and CEO Jay Timmons and Robinson Helicopter Company Vice President of Business Development William Fulton testified at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Timmons also joined NewsNation ahead of the hearing to discuss the passage of historic tax legislation.

“This is a manufacturers’ law, through and through. By making immediate R&D expensing, full expensing of capital equipment and interest deductibility permanent, this Manufacturing Law delivers for investment and innovation.

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“Through the pass-through deduction, reduced individual tax rates and estate tax protections for family-owned businesses, this Manufacturing Law delivers for the small businesses that power our economy.

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“Through protecting the 21% corporate tax rate—and through strengthening the international tax system that incentivizes companies to invest here, build here [and] hire here—this Manufacturing Law will help to deliver another American century.”

“Many of our employees come from families who have worked at Robinson Helicopter across multiple generations, and we are proud of the work we do, which the One Big Beautiful Bill Act supports by driving our ability to accelerate domestic investment, expansion and growth.

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“The One Big Beautiful Bill retained a 21% corporate tax rate that underpins the baseline for our global competitiveness, and included critical provisions to reduce the cost of investment that will facilitate our product and job growth plans. Manufacturers are innovators, and one of the most important provisions of H.R. 1 is the restoration of immediate R&D expensing. Though manufacturing accounts for only 10% of the country’s GDP, we make up 53% of all private-sector research spending. These tax provisions help us to invest both in the design of new technology and its production processes.

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“Thanks to your leadership, Congress and the administration have empowered Robinson Helicopter to create jobs, invest in equipment, innovate through R&D and drive economic growth faster.”

“The One Big Beautiful Bill’s impacts on manufacturing workers [are] substantial. It protects them from tax hikes, provides further cuts via no tax on overtime and frees up capital for businesses like Click Bond to hire more workers [and] increase wages and benefits. By recognizing the importance of innovation, investment and workers, this bill gives manufacturers in Nevada and across the country the tools they need to succeed and grow. This means more jobs and higher wages and more lifelong family-supporting careers for manufacturing workers across this great country.”

“Manufacturers have been given an incredible opportunity with this tax law … I think this is once in the lifetime of the country that we’ve seen something that is this competition-focused—allowing us to attract investment to our shores. So Chairman Jason Smith … he understands that when you create the economic conditions, then businesses, and specifically manufacturers in our case, can help provide opportunities to folks all across this country … So we’re pretty excited about the ability to do that, and we’ve been given the tools to do that, and I can assure you that manufacturers will live up to that promise.”

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The 51�Թ��� is the largest manufacturing association in the United States, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states. Manufacturing employs nearly 13 million men and women, contributes $2.90 trillion to the U.S. economy annually and accounts for 53% of private-sector research and development. The 51�Թ��� is the powerful voice of the manufacturing community and the leading advocate for a policy agenda that helps manufacturers compete in the global economy and create jobs across the United States. For more information about the 51�Թ��� or to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, please visit .

The U.S. and European Union have announced a trade deal, but no joint statement or official order has been released, though the White House issued a broad fact sheet. The president must issue an executive order or other legal document amending his April 2 EO that established “reciprocal” tariff rates to make the terms of the new trade deal official.

15% tariff: President Trump said that U.S. goods would gain access to European markets without tariffs, but the specific terms of that arrangement are not yet known.

• Meanwhile, the EU agreed to a 15% tariff by the U.S. on its products, which it regards as a “clear ceiling.”
• The 15% tariff on EU goods will apply “across most sectors, including cars, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals,” according to a ��issued by EU President Ursula von der Leyen.
• President Trump and EU leaders also made differing statements about metals, with the EU statement saying that metal “tariffs will be cut. A quota system will be put in place.” President Trump, however, said the 50% tariff on steel and aluminum would remain.

Zero-for-zero: According to the EU statement, the U.S. and EU agreed on zero-for-zero tariffs on many strategic products, including all aircraft and component parts, certain chemicals, certain generics, semiconductor equipment, certain agricultural products, natural resources and critical raw materials.

• This agreement, if verified, would reflect in part the 51�Թ���’s longstanding advocacy of zero-for-zero tariffs on industrial trade.
• The EU has also said it is working to get other products added to this list.

EU investments in the U.S.: President Trump suggested the EU would purchase $750 billion in U.S. liquefied natural gas, oil and nuclear fuels; buy U.S. military equipment; and increase its foreign direct investment into the United States by $600 billion. The EU statement references energy and U.S. AI chips.

Stay tuned: These statements represent an uncertain sketch of an eventual deal, and the 51�Թ��� will report on the official terms of the agreement once they become available.

• Meanwhile, President Trump indicated in a press conference that other countries might soon receive tariff letters outlining new rates, though these too require EOs to become official policy.

A bipartisan duo in Congress has introduced legislation to speed up permitting reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act while limiting legal challenges (, subscription). The 51�Թ��� has called for for years.

What’s going on: Last Friday, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) unveiled the SPEED Act to “help launch America into a future where we can effectively innovate and implement to revitalize our infrastructure, meet skyrocketing energy demands, lead the world in the AI race and work in harmony with our natural environment,” said Westerman, who told POLITICO Pro there “really seems to be momentum” in the government to make the changes outlined in the measure.

The backdrop: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said last week Republican leadership plans to make bipartisan permitting reform a priority this fall.

• “Under direction from Trump’s Inauguration Day executive order, the Council on Environmental Quality has pulled back federal-wide NEPA regulations, and agencies have weakened their own NEPA rules.”
• Senate Democrats have said recently they’re willing to restart permitting reform talks with Republicans.

What the measure would do: The SPEED Act “would codify parts of��a May Supreme Court ruling��that limited the scope of environmental reviews” and build on 2023 NEPA reforms, including the establishment of a two-year time limit on conducting environmental impact statements. And among other actions, it would:

• Stop agencies “from evaluating impacts outside the immediate causal result of the proposed action”;
• Reduce the number of projects that can be deemed “major federal action” and thus become subject to the NEPA process;
• Set a higher bar for judicial challenges, mandating that litigants sue within 150 days and courts issue judgments within 180 days;
• “[O]nly allow parties that provided substantive comments during the public review period the opportunity to issue a legal challenge”; and
• “[L]imit a court’s ability to remand an agency decision.”

Our take: “This bill provides critically needed clarity and guardrails for manufacturers to invest and grow in America—while maintaining public input and safeguarding our environment,” said 51�Թ��� Vice President of Domestic Policy Chris Phalen.

• “Energy sources of all types have for too long run into needless delays and frivolous litigation—delaying jobs for Americans and getting electrons on our grid. Manufacturers look forward to working with Chairman Westerman and Rep. Golden to advance this legislation as part of a comprehensive and bipartisan permitting reform package to drive America forward.”

The Manufacturing Institute, the 51�Թ���’s 501(c)3 workforce development and education affiliate, a blueprint for much-needed changes to federal workforce policy.

• This framework is the manufacturing industry’s response to , which calls for the modernization of the federal workforce system and the expansion of employer-led apprenticeship opportunities.

Manufacturers’ voices: The MI spent months consulting with manufacturers across the country as it formulated its recommendations. Firms of all sizes and sectors, in both rural and urban locations, told the same story: too few workers with the necessary skills are applying for the many open jobs in the industry, and this shortage has become a threat to America’s economic health.

• These testimonials echo previous findings from the MI: A landmark 2024 study it produced with Deloitte found that the U.S. manufacturing sector will face��—more than half of which may go unfilled without substantial investment in workforce development.

A policy update: To remedy this dire situation, the MI is recommending a slate of new policies to the Departments of Labor, Education and Commerce to help inform their own recommendations to the White House. Among other actions, it advises federal policymakers to:

• Promote employer participation��in program design and delivery to ensure training reflects real-time industry needs;
• Simplify and stabilize access to funding��for employer-led training initiatives, particularly for small and medium-sized manufacturers; and
• Expand support for incumbent worker training��to help manufacturers invest in upskilling their current workforce and retaining talent.

Apprenticeship reform: The MI also offers specific recommendations for creating and enhancing employer-based apprenticeship programs. Policymakers should:

• Support flexible work-based learning models, including apprenticeships by right-sizing the regulatory scheme and investing in program development and expansion;
• Incentivize employer-responsive organizations��to serve as��apprenticeship intermediaries��to assist employers in launching and managing programs; and
• Expand financial incentives��for employers to create and operate apprenticeships.

Read the whole thing: You can read the MI’s full list of recommendations for policymakers .

Hands-on experience: The MI’s recommendations are informed by its own expertise in running a nationwide apprenticeship program.

• The MI manages the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (), founded by Toyota, which has become the new American model for manufacturing skills training.
• With nearly 500 employers participating across 46 locations in 16 states, FAME has graduated more than 2,700 students, has nearly 1,500 students currently enrolled and boasts a 90% job placement rate.

The MI says: “It’s more important than ever that we ensure manufacturers in the U.S. have the talent they need for today and tomorrow—talent that is prepared with the skills necessary to compete,” said��MI President and Executive Director Carolyn Lee.

• “The United States has long faced a structural workforce shortage, and we applaud the Trump administration for recognizing that the federal workforce development infrastructure needs to be streamlined and focused on supporting manufacturers’ and employers’ talent needs.”

To win the artificial intelligence race with China and better compete with Russia, the U.S. must reduce its project-approval times, the head of the largest American natural gas company has warned Congress (, subscription).

What’s going on: “Congress [needs] to step up and act,” EQT President and CEO Toby Rice told the FT regarding the need for the government to streamline “America’s byzantine permitting process,” which has greatly increased infrastructure project costs and times.

• “The threat of not getting infrastructure built has only gotten larger,” he continued. “Not only from bad actors getting rich by selling energy that could be replaced with American energy—it’s also the threat of China winning the AI race.”
• The biggest concern, according to Rice: judicial review, which allows for up to six years of legal challenges of permit decisions.

We need it all: In recent years, the U.S. has been shuttering baseload power plants and making it harder for companies to build natural gas infrastructure, Rice continued, and as a result, prices have risen and the electrical grid is becoming unreliable.

• Since the start of his second term, however, President Trump has prioritized making the U.S. energy dominant, taking actions like lifting the previous administration’s ban on new LNG export permits.

The backdrop: “These actions come as the U.S. races to meet growing domestic and global power demand caused by the data centers used to build and develop AI.”

• Global electricity demand from data centers is expected to double by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency.

A positive step: This week, EQT “signed an agreement in principle to provide gas to a 4.4[-gigawatt] plant that will power the Homer City Energy Campus, a 3,200 acre data center in Pennsylvania.”

Europe, too: Europe has been trying to wean itself off Russian gas since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

• This week, ENI—one of Europe’s biggest energy firms—signed an agreement to purchase 2 million metric tonnes of LNG from U.S. company Venture Global.

The 51�Թ���’s view: “Mr. Rice is right that, as the 51�Թ��� has long said, the U.S. permitting system is holding us back,” said 51�Թ��� Vice President of Domestic Policy Chris Phalen.

• “The administration has made important strides in cutting needless red tape, but manufacturers need comprehensive permitting reform legislation from Congress that supports all energy sources and makes improvements to our transmission and distribution systems for the nation to reach its full potential.”

Researchers seeking new methods of generating thermal energy are now trying something new: the oil and gas industry (POLITICO’s ).

What’s going on: “State research officials in North Dakota are examining two new options—pairing geothermal with active oil and gas sites and using captured carbon dioxide as a feedstock for geothermal power production.”

• The state gave the go-ahead in June for a $250,000 feasibility study looking at “whether those two new geothermal technologies could be used” there.

Why it’s happening now: President Trump signed an executive order in April, calling for the elimination of “all illegitimate impediments” to the development of geothermal projects.

• Geothermal power enjoys bipartisan support in Congress, and federal tax incentives for both geothermal and carbon capture and storage have “created an environment where companies and researchers can start to explore different methods of production,” Matt Villante, an earth scientist with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, told E&E News.
• In addition, the 45Q tax credit, which offers an incentive for carbon management undertakings that capture carbon dioxide, was preserved in the recent reconciliation bill.

How it works: Researchers are exploring several different methods for using captured carbon dioxide to produce geothermal energy, which is traditionally extracted “by drilling and pumping up brine from deep within the earth.”

• One method would involve injecting large amounts of carbon dioxide into the ground to push out the brine.
• “Another approach could be pushing CO2 underground to the heat source, and pumping back up the heated CO2 to power the turbines, then injected the cooled carbon dioxide back underground in a closed-loop system.”
• A third way would use hydraulic fracturing to break up “hot dry rock” using carbon dioxide.

Yes, but…Despite the support for geothermal, actual projects to harness it are thin on the ground.

• In 2023, only about 0.4% of U.S. power came from geothermal sources, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, as “investors … [wait] for the existing technology to become safer bets.”

The 51�Թ��� says: “While geothermal represents a small portion of the energy mix now, the 51�Թ��� supports efforts to invest in developing the technology so that the U.S. has more sources in its all-of-the-above energy portfolio,” said 51�Թ��� Director of Energy and Resources Policy Michael Davin.

Following his release of the White House’s AI Action Plan yesterday—which the 51�Թ��� ��for reflecting manufacturers’ priorities—President Trump signed executive orders that will help put that plan into action. These include an important����aimed at accelerating and streamlining the permitting process for data centers, which����with many of the 51�Թ���’s��AI permitting policy recommendations.

The big picture:��The EO directs agencies to accelerate permitting and offer financial incentives to “covered components”—key energy products and infrastructure essential to the buildout of data centers.

• These include infrastructure such as transmission lines, natural gas pipelines, substations and much more, along with natural gas turbines, nuclear power equipment and other power-generating systems. Also included are semiconductors and related materials.

Environmental review:��Importantly, the EO directs the Council on Environmental Quality to speed up the interagency permitting process via existing categorial exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act.

• It also requires the CEQ to coordinate the development of new categorical exclusions to that statute.
• In addition, any federal loans or other financial incentives below 50% of a project’s cost won’t qualify as “major Federal action” under NEPA and therefore won’t incur additional review requirements.

More speed:��The EO directs the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council to work with executive agencies and project sponsors to expedite permitting reviews by listing projects on the FPISC’s Permitting Dashboard.

• A “covered project” designation on the FPISC dashboard helps projects by providing expedited interagency reviews, dispute resolution and timeline accountability.

Mobilizing the EPA:��The Environmental Protection Agency will help expedite permitting by developing or modifying regulations under the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; and the Toxic Substances Control Act.

• The exact details of these regulatory changes are under development. The 51�Թ��� will continue to engage with policymakers as they develop these procedures.
• Meanwhile, the EPA will also identify appropriate Superfund and Brownfield sites that can be used for projects.

Water and endangered species:��The EO also directs several agencies to identify typical construction activities at qualifying projects over the next 10 years that could be eligible for expedited review under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.

• Meanwhile, the Army Corps of Engineers will determine whether an activity-specific nationwide permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act should be issued, which would also speed up the permitting process.

Federal lands:��Lastly, the EO directs the Departments of Energy, Interior and Defense to make federal lands available for the development of AI data centers and related infrastructure.

A major advance:��There remains a great deal of specificity to be filled in by executive agencies for implementation,” said 51�Թ��� Vice President of Domestic Policy Chris Phalen, “but this EO represents a major advance for American technological and energy dominance.”

The MI’s take on the White House’s AI Action Plan:��Upon release of the AI Action Plan, Manufacturing Institute President and Executive Director Carolyn Lee applauded the plan in posts on�������Ի�����noting it “ensure[s] the manufacturing workforce has the necessary skills to leverage AI.

• Lee added, “[As] AI becomes a national priority, long-term success in manufacturing hinges on how well we prepare our workers to integrate it. But the success of any AI strategy depends on workforce readiness. Tools and tech can enhance production but only if the workers utilizing them are prepared to adapt, apply and lead with AI.
• “That’s why the Manufacturing Institute is focused on leading efforts to close that skills gap. Transformation of American manufacturing won’t come from technology alone, but from the trained and empowered workers who know how to use it. …”
• “We are glad to see an emphasis on AI skill development in publicly funded programs to support this. Ensuring that AI training programs qualify as eligible educational assistance will amplify the investment manufacturers make to skill their workforce and meet AI-driven career opportunities.”
• “The administration’s responsiveness to the rapid piloting of new approaches to workforce challenges created by AI is necessary and will be welcomed by manufacturers as they navigate AI innovations.”

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Washington, D.C. – Following the release of the White House’s AI Action Plan today, 51�Թ��� President and CEO Jay Timmons issued the following statement:��

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“Reflecting President Trump’s vision for the United States to lead on artificial intelligence, the White House’s AI Action Plan underscores what manufacturers across the country already know: AI is no longer a future ambition—it is already central to modern manufacturing. For years, manufacturers have been developing and deploying AI-driven technologies—machine vision, digital twins, robotics and more—to make shop floors safer, strengthen supply chains and drive growth.

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“Manufacturers have been leading the charge to shape AI policy that accelerates innovation while ensuring appropriate guardrails. The White House’s plan reflects many of the recommendations we’ve put forward—from permitting reform for all energy sources so we can unleash American energy dominance, to a smarter, more targeted regulatory approach, to supporting workforce development and ensuring small and medium manufacturers can access these technologies. With nearly 400,000 open jobs in manufacturing, we need to invest in the workforce of tomorrow—training existing workers to use AI technologies and attracting new high-skilled talent into the sector.

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“We’ve been calling for a pro-AI policy environment—one that supports innovation and responsible integration of AI into real-world operations. That means not rushing to impose burdensome laws or regulations when workable rules already exist. It means adopting requirements that are tailored to specific use cases of AI. It also means light-touch regulations that limit compliance costs so small and medium-sized manufacturers aren’t locked out of this technology.

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“The White House plan answers that call.”

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Background:

Manufacturers have been at the forefront of developing and implementing cutting-edge AI systems that are transforming shop floors and revolutionizing operations.

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In March, the 51�Թ��� ��to inform the White House’s development of an AI Action Plan, explaining how manufacturers are using AI on shop floors and in operations, with specific recommendations on rebalancing and right-sizing AI regulations to enhance America’s global AI dominance.

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In May, the 51�Թ��� proposed a series of policy recommendations��for policymakers to drive AI development and adoption in manufacturing, and the Manufacturing Leadership Council, the digital transformation division of the 51�Թ���, released a groundbreaking report, “,” revealing that��51% of manufacturers already deploy AI in their operations, and 80% say AI will be essential to growing or maintaining their business by 2030.��This is not just about efficiency—it’s about competitiveness, innovation and the future of American industry.

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In May 2024, the 51�Թ��� published “Working Smarter: How Manufacturers Are Using Artificial Intelligence”—a report that explains the ways in which manufacturers are using AI already, making the technology integral to modern manufacturing with manufacturers at the forefront of developing and implementing AI systems.

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The 51�Թ��� is the largest manufacturing association in the United States, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states. Manufacturing employs nearly 13 million men and women, contributes $2.90 trillion to the U.S. economy annually and accounts for 53% of private-sector rese arch and development. The 51�Թ��� is the powerful voice of the manufacturing community and the leading advocate for a policy agenda that helps manufacturers compete in the global economy and create jobs across the United States. For more information about the 51�Թ��� or to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, please visit .