IIB 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1736 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 9, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To provide for the establishment of a committee to identify 

and coordinate international science and technology cooperation that can strengthen the domestic science and 

technology enterprise and support United States foreign 

policy goals. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Science 

3 and Technology Cooperation Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND 

5 TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 

7 Science and Technology Policy shall establish a committee 

8 under the National Science and Technology Council with 

9 the responsibility to identify and coordinate international 

10 science and technology cooperation that can strengthen 

11 the United States science and technology enterprise, im12 prove economic and national security, and support United 

13 States foreign policy goals. 

14 (b) COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP.—The committee es15 tablished under subsection (a) shall be co-chaired by sen16 ior level officials from the Office of Science and Tech17 nology Policy and the Department of State. 

18 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The committee established 

19 under subsection (a) shall— 

20 (1) plan and coordinate interagency inter21 national science and technology cooperative research 

22 and training activities and partnerships supported or 

23 managed by Federal agencies and work with other 

24 National Science and Technology Council commit25 tees to help plan and coordinate the international 


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1 component of national science and technology prior2 ities; 

3 (2) establish Federal priorities and policies for 

4 aligning, as appropriate, international science and 

5 technology cooperative research and training activi6 ties and partnerships supported or managed by Fed7 eral agencies with the foreign policy goals of the 

8 United States; 

9 (3) identify opportunities for new international 

10 science and technology cooperative research and 

11 training partnerships that advance both the science 

12 and technology and the foreign policy priorities of 

13 the United States; 

14 (4) in carrying out paragraph (3), solicit input 

15 and recommendations from non-Federal science and 

16 technology stakeholders, including universities, sci17 entific and professional societies, industry, and rel18 evant organizations and institutions, through work19 shops and other appropriate venues; 

20 (5) work with international science and tech21 nology counterparts, both non-governmental and 

22 governmental (in coordination with the Department 

23 of State), to establish and maintain international 

24 science and technology cooperative research and 


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1 training partnerships, as identified under paragraph 

2 (3); and 

3 (6) address broad issues that influence the abil4 ity of United States scientists and engineers to col5 laborate with foreign counterparts, including bar6 riers to collaboration and access to scientific infor7 mation. 

8 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Of9 fice of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit a re10 port annually to Congress at the time of the President’s 

11 budget request containing a description of the priorities 

12 and policies established under subsection (c)(2), the ongo13 ing and new partnerships established in the previous fiscal 

14 year, and how stakeholder input, as required under sub15 section (c)(4), was received. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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