On the recordJuly 9, 2004
Mr. Costello moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3598 to the Committee on Science with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Redesignate section 8 as section 9, and insert after section 7 the following new section: SEC. 8. MANUFACTURING AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT STUDY. (a) Study.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology shall enter into a contract with the RAND Corporation, or a similar organization, for a study, as relates to the manufacturing sector including manufacturing research and technology, assessing-- (1) the nature and number of United States manufacturing and professional jobs moving outside the United States; (2) the nature and number of jobs that have been moved outside the United States to support exports to the United States market; (3) reemployment prospects for United States workers displaced by United States manufacturing and professional jobs moving outside the United States; (4) the number of nonimmigrant alien H-1B and L-1 visas that have been issued, and what jobs they are being used for; (5) the nature and number of jobs created in the United States by foreign investment in the United States; (6) the nature and number of jobs moved outside the United States that are supported by Federal contractors…
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