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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9320 

To direct the President to submit to Congress a national strategy on economic 

competitiveness and technological leadership, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 6, 2024 

Ms. SHERRILL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the President to submit to Congress a national 

strategy on economic competitiveness and technological 

leadership, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Ensuring America’s 

5 Competitiveness and Technological Leadership Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

7 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con8 gress that— 


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1 (1) the United States and its allies and part2 ners now face significant economic and technological 

3 competition from non-democratic countries and non4 market economies, which could have widespread im5 pacts on the development, adoption, proliferation, 

6 and use of new technologies in everyday life; 

7 (2) global leadership vacuums in the trade and 

8 technology sectors allow competitors of the United 

9 States to ignore the rules of the global economic sys10 tem and promote their own norms, technology stand11 ards, and products; 

12 (3) non-democratic regimes are producing, ex13 porting, and working to have their technology adopt14 ed across the world, leading to a competition beyond 

15 profits that poses a risk to democratic norms, inter16 national relations, information security, privacy, eco17 nomic competitiveness, and innovation; 

18 (4) United States allies and partners are crucial 

19 to developing and proliferating global products, 

20 standards, and technological norms that benefit the 

21 United States and strengthen democratic ideals and 

22 processes worldwide; 

23 (5) United States public investments in critical 

24 technology sectors alongside private sector invest25 ment can, as demonstrated throughout United 


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1 States history, lay the foundation for robust job, 

2 economic, and technological growth and innovation; 

3 and 

4 (6) United States agencies have a crucial role 

5 to play in supporting democratically aligned United 

6 States economic competitiveness and technological 

7 advancement and creating the infrastructure needed 

8 for an innovative economy. 

9 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

10 United States to— 

11 (1) remain a leading global driver of economic 

12 and technological progress, while coordinating and 

13 sharing the benefits of democratically led innovative 

14 development with like-minded nations; 

15 (2) seek out and promote fair global trade and 

16 competition that allows the best quality and most ef17 ficiently produced goods and services to succeed in 

18 the global marketplace; 

19 (3) combat and remedy global unfair trade 

20 practices at home and abroad; 

21 (4) lead, with the international allies and part22 ners of the United States, the development of demo23 cratically based and safe emerging technologies and 

24 global standards; and 


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1 (5) use all appropriate facets of United States 

2 power and influence to support economic competi3 tiveness and secure the leadership of the United 

4 States in crucial technology sectors of this century. 

5 SEC. 3. NATIONAL STRATEGY ON ECONOMIC COMPETITIVE6 NESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 3 years 

9 thereafter, the President shall develop and submit to Con10 gress and make public a national strategy on economic 

11 competitiveness and technological leadership. 

12 (b) DELEGATION TO A FEDERAL AGENCY.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may delegate 

14 to the head of a Federal agency the writing and co15 ordination of the national strategy. 

16 (2) AUTHORIZATION TO REQUEST AGENCY CO17 OPERATION.—The head of a Federal agency de18 scribed in paragraph (1) is authorized to request 

19 timely information, assistance, and coordination 

20 from any agency to fulfill the requirements of this 

21 Act. 

22 (c) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE NATIONAL

23 STRATEGY.—The national strategy shall address the fol24 lowing: 


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1 (1) The development of specific standards for 

2 assessing and maintaining the global leadership of 

3 the United States in science and technological inno4 vation, particularly regarding emerging technologies, 

5 sustainable supply chains, and manufacturing. 

6 (2) The development of global technical and in7 dustrial standards and frameworks to support the 

8 national security and economic security of the 

9 United States, while strengthening the role of the 

10 United States in international standards-setting bod11 ies. 

12 (3) The effectiveness of export controls, sanc13 tions, and other foreign economic policy tools to fur14 ther strengthen United States controls on critical 

15 and emerging technologies, with a particular focus 

16 on preventing foreign countries, particularly the 

17 strategic competitors of the United States, from the 

18 misappropriation or misuse of any domestically pro19 duced and manufactured technology of the United 

20 States. 

21 (4) The sustainability and resiliency of United 

22 States competitiveness given current and future 

23 global market conditions. 

24 (5) The state of the security and protection of 

25 the intellectual property and trade secrets of persons 


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1 of the United States, particularly in regard to 

2 emerging technologies and current and future high3 value economic sectors for the United States econ4 omy. 

5 (6) Critical products and services that should 

6 be manufactured in the United States, or in a coun7 try allied with the United States, to increase supply 

8 chain resiliency and national security. 

9 (7) Any Federal policy, process, and capability 

10 that is critical to technological innovation to ensure 

11 that any such policy, process, and capability is prop12 erly arranged to support the economic competitive13 ness and technological leadership of the United 

14 States. 

15 (8) The creation of a proactive and coordinated 

16 Federal approach to supporting the competitiveness 

17 and technological leadership of the United States. 

18 (9) The development, coordination, and imple19 mentation of the strategy with democratic allied and 

20 partner nations or international organizations, and 

21 other nations with which the United States main22 tains a comprehensive free trade agreement, as de23 termined by the President. 


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1 (10) Any challenge from a strategic competitor 

2 outside of the United States, particularly a non3 market economy. 

4 (11) Recommendations for Congress on what 

5 investments, authorities, regulations, resources, and 

6 policies are needed to promote the global economic 

7 competitiveness and technology leadership of the 

8 United States. 

9 (d) DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall develop 

11 a framework to prioritize the tasks necessary to im12 plement the national strategy across the Federal 

13 Government, in consultation with State and local 

14 governments and pertinent non-governmental and 

15 private sector persons. 

16 (2) ASSESSMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY

17 PLANS.—In executing the national strategy de18 scribed in paragraph (1), the President shall assess 

19 pertinent national security plans and policies that 

20 may contribute to the development of the strategy 

21 and ensure pertinent, current economic and trade 

22 policies are analyzed in the context of the strategy, 

23 as appropriate. 

24 (3) CONSULTATION.—In creating the national 

25 strategy described in paragraph (1), the President 


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1 shall solicit insights and perspectives from the fol2 lowing: 

3 (A) Academia. 

4 (B) Trade organizations and associations. 

5 (C) Unions. 

6 (D) Small, medium, and large enterprises. 

7 (E) State and local governments. 

8 (e) EXECUTION OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—After submitting to Con10 gress the first national strategy described in sub11 section (a), the President shall execute the strategy. 

12 (2) UPDATES.—During the period between each 

13 submission to Congress of an updated national strat14 egy as described in subsection (a), the President 

15 shall submit to Congress annually an update on any 

16 progress and challenges related to the execution of 

17 the strategy. 

18 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

19 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

20 meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ in sec21 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

22 (2) NONMARKET ECONOMY.—The term ‘‘non23 market economy’’ has the meaning given that term 

24 in section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

25 1677). 


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1 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

2 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

3 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

4 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

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