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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5140 

To require the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology 

Policy to conduct a study and to prepare a comprehensive national 

economic competitiveness and innovation strategy. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2010 

Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 

and Commerce, the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and Ways and 

Means, 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 require the Director of the White House Office of Science 

and Technology Policy to conduct a study and to prepare 

a comprehensive national economic competitiveness and 

innovation strategy. 

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 ‘‘National Economic 

5 Competitiveness and Innovation Strategy Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON NATIONAL ECONOMIC 

2 COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION. 

3 (a) STUDY.—The Director of the White House Office 

4 of Science and Technology Policy shall conduct a com5 prehensive study of the economic competitiveness and in6 novative capacity of the United States. Such study shall 

7 consist of an analysis of various aspects of the United 

8 States economy and innovation infrastructure, including— 

9 (1) the policies of the United States with re10 spect to science, technology, education, and other 

11 matters designed to promote innovation; 

12 (2) regional issues that influence economic com13 petitiveness and local innovative capacity, including 

14 the role of State and local governments; 

15 (3) the effectiveness of the organization of the 

16 Federal Government in supporting and promoting 

17 economic competitiveness; 

18 (4) the business climate as it relates to eco19 nomic competitiveness and domestic innovation, in20 cluding tax and regulatory policy; 

21 (5) the effects United States domestic trade 

22 policy and international trade policy have on the 

23 competitiveness of the United States and the United 

24 States economy as a whole; 

25 (6) the effect the supply chains and manufac26 turing capacity of each sector of the economy have 


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1 on the 25 largest (as determined by the Director) 

2 export sectors; and 

3 (7) immigration policies that affect higher edu4 cation and employers of highly skilled employees. 

5 (b) COORDINATION.—The Director of the White 

6 House Office of Science and Technology Policy shall co7 ordinate with the Economic Advisers and heads of Federal 

8 agencies, as necessary, for purposes of this study. 

9 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the White 

11 House Office of Science and Technology Policy shall sub12 mit to Congress and the President a report that in13 cludes— 

14 (1) the findings of the study conducted under 

15 subsection (a); 

16 (2) a list of the type of measurements needed 

17 to evaluate economic competitiveness and innovation 

18 over time; and 

19 (3) a national economic competitiveness strat20 egy for strengthening the innovative and competitive 

21 capacity of the Federal Government, State and local 

22 governments, institutions of higher education, and 

23 the private sector that includes— 

24 (A) proposed legislative changes and ac25 tion; 


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1 (B) proposed actions to be taken collec2 tively by executive agencies, including White 

3 House offices; 

4 (C) proposed actions to be taken by indi5 vidual executive agencies, including White 

6 House offices; and 

7 (D) a proposal for the monitoring and 

8 oversight of the progress of the Federal Govern9 ment with respect to improving conditions for 

10 the innovation occuring in and the competitive11 ness of the United States. 

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