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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5029 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 8, 2014 

Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Ms. 

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. ESTY, Ms. WILSON of Florida, 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 and Technology Cooperation Act of 2014’’. 


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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 body 

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 United States science and technology enterprise, im9 prove economic and national security, and support United 

10 States foreign policy goals. 

11 (b) NSTC BODY LEADERSHIP.—The body estab12 lished under subsection (a) shall be co-chaired by senior 

13 level officials from the Office of Science and Technology 

14 Policy and the Department of State. 

15 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The body established under 

16 subsection (a) shall— 

17 (1) coordinate interagency international science 

18 and technology cooperative research and training ac19 tivities and partnerships supported or managed by 

20 Federal agencies and work with other National 

21 Science and Technology Council committees to help 

22 plan and coordinate the international component of 

23 national science and technology priorities; 

24 (2) establish Federal priorities and policies for 

25 aligning, as appropriate, international science and 

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1 ties and partnerships supported or managed by Fed2 eral agencies with the foreign policy goals of the 

3 United States; 

4 (3) identify opportunities for new international 

5 science and technology cooperative research and 

6 training partnerships that advance both the science 

7 and technology and the foreign policy priorities of 

8 the United States; 

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

10 and recommendations from non-Federal science and 

11 technology stakeholders, including universities, sci12 entific and professional societies, industry, and rel13 evant organizations and institutions; and 

14 (5) identify broad issues that influence the abil15 ity of United States scientists and engineers to col16 laborate with foreign counterparts, including bar17 riers to collaboration and access to scientific infor18 mation. 

19 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Of20 fice of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit a re21 port, to be updated annually, to the Committee on Science, 

22 Space, and Technology and the Committee on Foreign Af23 fairs of the House of Representatives, and to the Com24 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 

25 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. The report 


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

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

3 of— 

4 (1) the priorities and policies established under 

5 subsection (c)(2); 

6 (2) the ongoing and new partnerships estab7 lished since the last update to the report; 

8 (3) the means by which stakeholder input was 

9 received, as well as summary views of stakeholder 

10 input; and 

11 (4) the issues influencing the ability of United 

12 States scientists and engineers to collaborate with 

13 foreign counterparts. 

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