IIB 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5029 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 15, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To provide for the establishment of a body 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 2014’’. 

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 body 

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) NSTC BODY LEADERSHIP.—The body estab15 lished under subsection (a) shall be co-chaired by senior 

16 level officials from the Office of Science and Technology 

17 Policy and the Department of State. 

18 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The body established under 

19 subsection (a) shall— 

20 (1) coordinate interagency international science 

21 and technology cooperative research and training ac22 tivities and partnerships supported or managed by 

23 Federal agencies and work with other National 

24 Science and Technology Council committees to help 

25 plan and coordinate the international component of 

26 national science and technology priorities; 


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1 (2) establish Federal priorities and policies for 

2 aligning, as appropriate, international science and 

3 technology cooperative research and training activi4 ties and partnerships supported or managed by Fed5 eral agencies with the foreign policy goals of the 

6 United States; 

7 (3) identify opportunities for new international 

8 science and technology cooperative research and 

9 training partnerships that advance both the science 

10 and technology and the foreign policy priorities of 

11 the United States; 

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

13 and recommendations from non-Federal science and 

14 technology stakeholders, including universities, sci15 entific and professional societies, industry, and rel16 evant organizations and institutions; and 

17 (5) identify broad issues that influence the abil18 ity of United States scientists and engineers to col19 laborate with foreign counterparts, including bar20 riers to collaboration and access to scientific infor21 mation. 

22 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Of23 fice of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit a re24 port, to be updated annually, to the Committee on Science, 

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1 fairs of the House of Representatives, and to the Com2 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 

3 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. The report 

4 shall also be made available to the public on the reporting 

5 agency’s website. The report shall contain a description 

6 of— 

7 (1) the priorities and policies established under 

8 subsection (c)(2); 

9 (2) the ongoing and new partnerships estab10 lished since the last update to the report; 

11 (3) the means by which stakeholder input was 

12 received, as well as summary views of stakeholder 

13 input; and 

14 (4) the issues influencing the ability of United 

15 States scientists and engineers to collaborate with 

16 foreign counterparts. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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