Made in America Week, 2024, 59815-59816 [2024-16400]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 59815-59816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16400]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 24, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 10786 of July 19, 2024

                
Made in America Week, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Across the Nation, American workers are writing the 
                greatest comeback story in our country's history. After 
                a once-in-a-century pandemic, they are bringing new 
                jobs, businesses, and hope to their communities. This 
                week, we celebrate the American workers, unions, 
                companies, and innovators who are the backbone of 
                America's economy, who make ``Made in America'' not 
                just a slogan but a reality, and who are leading our 
                Nation's transformation to win the global economic 
                competition of the 21st century.

                For decades, manufacturing products here at home 
                created good-paying jobs across the country and forged 
                a clear path to the middle class. But over the years, 
                trickle-down economics reversed that progress. American 
                manufacturers shut down their factories. American jobs 
                were exported overseas. And American communities were 
                hollowed out. People and families throughout the United 
                States were robbed of not just their jobs but their 
                dignity, hope, and pride.

                My Administration was determined to turn things around 
                by investing in America and Americans once again--
                building an economy from the middle out and bottom up, 
                not the top down. The results are clear: Since I came 
                into office, the economy has created over 15 million 
                jobs--including nearly 800,000 manufacturing jobs. The 
                unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in half a 
                century. And manufacturing is roaring back with new 
                factories being built all across the country--in big 
                cities and rural communities. So far, companies have 
                invested more than $700 billion in American 
                manufacturing.

                On my watch, Federal projects are being made with 
                American products and are being built by American 
                workers. I signed the ``Invent It Here, Make It Here'' 
                Executive Order, which directs Federal agencies to 
                prioritize domestic manufacturing when it comes to 
                research, development, innovation, and bringing 
                inventions to market. We are also using the immense 
                purchasing power of the Federal Government--the largest 
                buyer of consumer goods in the world--to bring 
                manufacturing back home. My Administration has 
                implemented the most robust change to the Buy American 
                Act in almost 70 years by raising the domestic content 
                threshold for Federal procurement from 55 percent to 65 
                percent in 2024--and we are set to raise the bar even 
                higher to 75 percent in 2029.

                Additionally, thanks to our Bipartisan Infrastructure 
                Law, 60,000 new infrastructure projects have been 
                announced across the country, rebuilding our roads, 
                bridges, airports, ports, rail networks, water systems, 
                and more. We are investing $90 billion to provide 
                affordable, reliable, high-speed internet to everyone 
                in the United States, which is driving manufacturing 
                jobs in industries like fiber optic cable 
                manufacturing. My CHIPS and Science Act is investing in 
                more research and development for manufacturing than 
                ever before, attracting $348 billion in private sector 
                investments to build new semiconductor factories. This 
                manufacturing boom is creating hundreds of thousands of 
                jobs--many of which pay over $100,000 and do not 
                require a college degree.

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                At the same time, our Inflation Reduction Act is 
                ensuring that the clean energy future is built here in 
                America. Our investments have spurred the private 
                sector to build and create new jobs here at home. To 
                date, the private sector has announced investments in 
                126 new and expanded solar manufacturing plants; more 
                than 30 wind manufacturing facilities; more than 150 
                new or expanded sites for electric vehicle assembly, 
                component manufacturing, and charger manufacturing; and 
                more than 250 new or expanded facilities in the battery 
                manufacturing and critical mineral supply chain. These 
                investments are supporting historic growth in clean 
                energy deployment and adoption and creating good-paying 
                jobs across the country. Altogether, since taking 
                office, companies have committed more than $400 billion 
                in private-sector investment in manufacturing and 
                deployment of clean energy, electric vehicles, and 
                batteries.

                For the first time in a long time, American workers are 
                putting shovels in the ground and leading our Nation's 
                greatest economic comeback. Thousands of cities and 
                towns across the country are proving that we can get 
                big things done when we work together. This Made in 
                America Week, let us celebrate America's incredible 
                workers who are restoring American pride. Let us honor 
                the proud legacy and promising future of American 
                products. And let us recommit to nurturing the spirit 
                of innovation that will continue to drive American 
                prosperity for generations to come.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim July 21 
                through July 27, 2024, as Made in America Week. I call 
                upon all Americans to observe this week by celebrating 
                Made in America and supporting American workers and 
                domestic businesses that are the backbone of building a 
                future here in America.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                ninth.
                
                
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