Building to Win

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the CHIPS and Science Act represented historic wins for manufacturers over the past two years, and the NAM remains laser-focused on helping policymakers maximize these massive investments to support competitiveness across the supply chain.

The NAM led advocacy for both of these pieces of legislation, and the NAM’s “Competing to Win” policy roadmap continues to guide policymakers in resolving unprecedented supply chain challenges.

To ensure our products arrive at the customer site, we rely on roads, bridges, rails, airports, ports and waterways. Modern and efficient transportation systems allow us to do the work—the efficient flow of materials to suppliers, of parts in and out of our manufacturing plants and, ultimately, of products to our customer site is heavily dependent on our transportation systems.
— Denise Johnson, Group President of Resource Industries, Caterpillar

For manufacturers, permitting reform is essential for our ability to compete in the global economy. If we want more critical minerals for chip manufacturing, more domestic energy development and transport … more manufacturing facilities and jobs back home, better highways, bridges, airports [and] waterways, then we need permitting reform to make them a reality in the near future.
— Jay Timmons, NAM President and CEO

Critical Highlights

Through our consistent advocacy, the NAM’s solutions have helped policymakers pass bipartisan legislation and helped manufacturers navigate supply chain bottlenecks and execute on critical infrastructure projects. Below are a few examples of these legislative milestones:

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Bridges and Roads: Secured by the IIJA, $350 billion in federal aid highway funding is being allocated to states for road, bridge and infrastructure projects of local significance and benefit.
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Permitting: Agency environmental and permit review processes have been modified by codifying One Federal Decision, a policy within the IIJA that streamlines previously duplicative reviews and sets firm timelines for approval and response to review applications for major projects.
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Ports and Maritime: Through the IIJA, $17 billion is being directed to new port infrastructure, waterways maintenance and marine facility upgrades.

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Electric Vehicles and EV Infrastructure: A new $7.5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program has been established through the IIJA, which has already started to build out a national charging network.
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Semiconductors: The CHIPS and Science Act included funding for programs aimed at supporting key areas of supply chain resilience.
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Shipping: The bipartisan Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 included immediate regulatory changes to address port congestion and competition issues in ocean shipping.

What Should We Do Now?

The NAM is committed to being at the center of the solutions across the transportation supply chain to enforce infrastructure investment and generate the economic growth needed to protect America’s competitiveness. Below are critical policy recommendations that Congress and the president should act on to ensure these historic and bipartisan gains continue.

Share Your Voice

By sharing our voices, manufacturers play a vital role in advocating for improved federal legislation that is shaping supply chain resiliency, innovation and future production.

We encourage you to share with us your thoughts on why it’s critical that manufacturers continue to fight for infrastructure investment across the supply chain. In doing so, you’re helping to equip the NAM with our most powerful advocacy tool: the manufacturing voice.

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Resources for Company Leaders

Through the Manufacturing Institute, the NAM’s Manufacturing Leadership Council, Innovation Research Interchange and the NAM Legal Center, the NAM is working to promote manufacturers’ operational excellence and drive industry transformation needed to help address the supply chain crisis. Below are related NAM resources we encourage you to review:

From the Manufacturing Institute

The Manufacturing Institute, in partnership with global consulting firms, produces leading market research on the manufacturing sector.

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From the Manufacturing Leadership Council

Get the latest news and insights on business operations from the Manufacturing Leadership Council.

From the Innovation Research Interchange

The Innovation Research Interchange continues to address supply chain and broader operational issues in whitepapers, video presentations, community forum surveys, RTM journal articles and webinar recordings, accessible through the Resource Center.

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From Creators Wanted

Creators Wanted, a joint project of the NAM and the Manufacturing Institute—the workforce development and education affiliate of the NAM—features stories of workers who are keeping the American supply chain moving and creating the future of modern manufacturing.

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