Referred in Senate — H.R. 7342

IIB

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 7342

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 25, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

AN ACT

To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide for certain grant eligibility relating to projects that facilitate the relocation, to the United States, of a source of employment located outside the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Made in America Jobs Act of 2026.

Sec. 2. Grants for public works and economic development

(a) Grants for public works and economic development

Section 201(c) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141(c)) is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (7) by striking or at the end;

(2)

in paragraph (8) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

(3)

by adding at the end the following:

(9)
facilitate the relocation, to the United States, of a source of employment located outside the United States; and
(10)
facilitate the growth of the manufacturing sector.

(b) Grants for planning and grants for administrative expenses

Section 203(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3143(a)) is amended by inserting , including planning with respect to projects to facilitate the relocation, to the United States, of a source of employment located outside the United States or to facilitate the growth of the manufacturing sector, after economic development planning.

(c) Grants for training, research, and technical assistance

Section 207(a)(2) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3147(a)(2)) is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (H) by striking and at the end;

(2)

by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (K); and

(3)

by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following:

(I)
activities to facilitate the relocation, to the United States, of a source of employment located outside the United States;
(J)
activities to facilitate the growth of the manufacturing sector; and

(d) Grants for economic adjustment

Section 209(a) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149(a)) is amended by inserting projects to facilitate the relocation, to the United States, of a source of employment located outside the United States, projects to facilitate the growth of the manufacturing sector, after loan fund),.