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HR 7342 · in committee · significant

Made in America Jobs Act of 2026

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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  1. 01

    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?

  2. 02

    What evidence or benchmarks does the bill use to determine which regions qualify as 'struggling economies' eligible for these federal grants?

  3. 03

    How might expanding federal grants for domestic manufacturing affect the total budget available for other Economic Development Administration programs?

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Jeff Hurd

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-03-25 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

  2. 2026-03-24 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 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)

  4. 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.

  5. 2026-03-24 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7342.

  6. 2026-03-24 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2652-2654)

  7. 2026-03-24 · house · Floor

    Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2026-03-20 · Committee

    Committee on Financial Services discharged.

  9. 2026-03-20 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 488.

  10. 2026-03-20 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Financial Services discharged.

  11. 2026-03-20 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-567, Part I.

  12. 2026-03-20 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-567, Part I.

  13. 2026-02-11 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  14. 2026-02-11 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2026-02-11 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged

  16. 2026-02-05 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 2026-02-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  20. 2026-02-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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