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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1736 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2009 

Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE

JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. CARNAHAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 and Technology Cooperation Act of 2009’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND 

2 TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS. 

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

4 Science and Technology Policy shall establish a committee 

5 under the National Science and Technology Council with 

6 the responsibility to identify and coordinate international 

7 science and technology cooperation that can strengthen 

8 the domestic science and technology enterprise and sup9 port United States foreign policy goals. 

10 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The committee established 

11 under subsection (a) shall— 

12 (1) plan and coordinate interagency inter13 national science and technology cooperative research 

14 and training activities and partnerships supported or 

15 managed by Federal agencies; 

16 (2) establish Federal priorities and policies for 

17 aligning, as appropriate, international science and 

18 technology cooperative research and training activi19 ties and partnerships supported or managed by Fed20 eral agencies with the foreign policy goals of the 

21 United States; 

22 (3) identify opportunities for new international 

23 science and technology cooperative research and 

24 training partnerships that advance both the science 

25 and technology and the foreign policy priorities of 

26 the United States; 

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1 (4) work with international science and tech2 nology counterparts to establish international science 

3 and technology cooperative research and training 

4 partnerships, as identified under paragraph (3); and 

5 (5) establish, periodically update, and maintain 

6 an inventory of all nonclassified international science 

7 and technology cooperative research and training ac8 tivities and partnerships that involve an annual 

9 United States Federal investment of at least 

10 $500,000 dollars. 

11 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Of12 fice of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit a re13 port annually to Congress at the time of the President’s 

14 budget request describing the priorities and policies estab15 lished under subsection (b)(2). 

16 (d) PUBLICATION OF INVENTORY.—The Director of 

17 the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall publish 

18 the inventory required under subsection (b)(5) at least 

19 once every 5 years, beginning 1 year after the date of en20 actment of this Act. 

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