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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4211

To provide for the coordination within the Federal Government of

biotechnology research and development.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 14, 1994

Mr. BLUTE (for himself and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the following bill; which

was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and

Science, Space, and Technology

A BILL

To provide for the coordination within the Federal

Government of biotechnology research and development.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Biotechnology Com5 petitiveness Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

7 AND DEVELOPMENT.

8 (a) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Director of

9 the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall, in co10 ordination with the heads of other Federal agencies that
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1 have substantial investment in the development and adop2 tion of biotechnologies, take any action necessary—

3 (1) to ensure, to the maximum extent prac4 ticable, the coordinate, interagency promotion of the

5 research, development, and adoption of

6 biotechnologies; and

7 (2) to develop priorities for Federal bio8 technology research, development, and adoption ef9 forts.

10 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this section,

11 the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Pol12 icy shall—

13 (1) review current Federally funded programs,

14 including Federal budget outlays for these programs,

15 to determine their role in the development and dis16 semination of biotechnologies;

17 (2) coordinate with the relevant Federal agen18 cies the specific responsibilities of each appropriate

19 Federal agency to achieve the goals and priorities

20 developed under this section;

21 (3) calculate the levels of Federal funding re22 quired for each Federal agency to carry out the spe23 cific responsibilities determined in paragraph (2);

24 (4) develop a means for ensuring, to the maxi25 mum extent practicable, that the principles of sus-
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1 tainable economic development are integrated into

2 the research, development, and technology programs

3 of all Federal agencies;

4 (5) ensure that the efforts of the Federal Gov5 ernment are coordinated with the efforts of State

6 and local governments and private and nonprofit or7 ganizations promoting the research, development,

8 and demonstration of biotechnologies; and

9 (6) submit to the Congress any recommenda10 tions regarding legislative action, including rec11 ommendations on the roles of Federal agencies,

12 which may be required to carry out this section.

13 (c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—The Director of the

14 Office of Science and Technology Policy shall annually as15 sess, before the President submits to the Congress the

16 budget for a fiscal year, the budget estimate of each rel17 evant Federal agency for consistency with the plans, re18 views, and priorities developed under this section. The Di19 rector shall make the results of the annual assessment

20 available to the appropriate elements of the Executive Of21 fice of the President, particularly the Office of Manage22 ment and Budget, for use in the preparation of such

23 budget.

24 (d) ANNUAL REVIEW AND PLAN.—The Director of

25 the Office of Science and Technology shall annually sub-
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1 mit to the Congress a report containing an evaluation and

2 plan that assesses the progress of Federal efforts in ad3 vancing the research, development, and adoption of

4 biotechnologies.

5 (e) NON-FEDERAL PARTICIPATION.—The Director of

6 the Office of Science and Technology shall establish mech7 anisms to ensure the participation of non-Federal entities,

8 including State and local governments, United States in9 dustry, institutions of higher education, worker organiza10 tions, professional associations, and United States non11 profit organizations, in carrying out this section, including

12 the development of the plans and reviews developed under

13 this section.

14 (f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term

15 ‘‘biotechnology’’ means the application of engineering and

16 technological principles to living organisms or their com17 ponents to produce new inventions or processes.

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