; and (B) in carrying out subparagraph (A), take adequate account of the interests of individuals and groups that may be affected by Federal manufacturing and industrial innovation programs, including, as appropriate, by consulting with those individuals and groups. (2) Considerations In carrying out the functions of the Committee under this section, the Committee shall consider the need for— (A) organizational reform, including institutional realignment or establishment designed to place within a single cabinet-level department (either within an existing agency or a new cabinet-level department) with missions that are primarily or solely devoted to manufacturing and industrial innovation; (B) improvements in existing programs and policies of manufacturing and industrial innovation of the Federal Government, including consideration of the appropriate role to be played by the private sector; (C) improved manufacturing and industrial innovation assessment in the executive branch of the Federal Government; (D) improved methods for effecting development of manufacturing capabilities, especially capabilities arising from federally funded research; (E) stimulating more effective Federal-State and Federal-industry liaison and cooperation in manufacturing and industrial innovation policy, including the formation of Federal-State mechanisms for the mutual pursuit of the shared goal of growing and improving manufacturing; (F) reforming any Federal regulation or administrative practice or procedure that may have the effect of slowing technological innovation or opportunities for the use of technological innovation; (G) improvements to Federal research and development activities to make those activities more responsive to industrial needs; (H) ways of strengthening the competency of academic institutions in the United States for education and workforce training to better foster manufacturing and industrial innovation, capacity, and diversity