1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Fab Lab Network Act of 2018 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Scientific discoveries and technical innovations are critical to the economic and national security of the United States. (2) Maintaining the leadership of the United States in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics will require a diverse population with the skills, interest, and access to tools required to advance these fields. (3) Just as earlier digital revolutions in communications and computation provided individuals with the Internet and personal computers, a digital revolution in fabrication will allow anyone to make almost anything, anywhere. (4) These creations include communications devices, solar powered housing, consumer products, and new kinds of machines and tools for advanced manufacturing. (5) The Center for Bits and Atoms of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (CBA) has contributed significantly to the advancement of these goals through its work in creating and advancing digital fabrication facilities, or fab labs in the United States and abroad. (6) MakerSpaces, TechShops, and other creative platforms also facilitate access to digital fabrication capabilities. (7) The fab labs of the Center for Bits and Atoms provide a model for a new kind of national laboratory that links local facilities for advanced manufacturing, providing universal access, and empowering communities. (8) A coordinated national public-private partnership will be the most effective way to accelerate the provision of this universal infrastructure for learning skills, developing inventions, creating businesses, and producing personalized products. 3. Federal charter for National Fab Lab network (a) In general Part B of subtitle II of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: 2501 National Fab Lab Network CHAPTER 2501—National Fab Lab Network Sec. 250101. Definitions. 250102. Organization. 250103. Purposes and goals. 250104. Membership