HR 7342 · in committee · significant
Made in America Jobs Act of 2026
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill expands federal grants to support projects that bring jobs and manufacturing back to the United States.
- Economic development agencies and regions with struggling economies are affected by these new grant opportunities.
- The bill modifies existing Economic Development Administration grant programs to prioritize job relocation and manufacturing growth.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would the bill's prioritization of job relocation affect regions that currently host manufacturing but may lose facilities to areas receiving these new grants?
- 02
What evidence or benchmarks does the bill use to determine which regions qualify as 'struggling economies' eligible for these federal grants?
- 03
How might expanding federal grants for domestic manufacturing affect the total budget available for other Economic Development Administration programs?
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Sponsor · R-CO-3
Jeff Hurd
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Introduced 2026-03-25
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Legislative timeline
2026-03-25 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2026-03-24 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2026-03-24 · house · Floor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2652-2653)
2026-03-24 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
2026-03-24 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7342.
2026-03-24 · house · Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2652-2654)
2026-03-24 · house · Floor
Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2026-03-20 · Committee
Committee on Financial Services discharged.
2026-03-20 · house · Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 488.
2026-03-20 · house · Discharge
Committee on Financial Services discharged.
2026-03-20 · house · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-567, Part I.
2026-03-20 · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-567, Part I.
2026-02-11 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2026-02-11 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2026-02-11 · house · Committee
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
2026-02-05 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2026-02-04 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-02-04 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-02-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2026-02-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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