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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 jurisdic-
tion 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Economic 
Competitiveness and Innovation Strategy Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON NATIONAL ECONOMIC 
COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION. 
(a) STUDY.—The Director of the White House Office 
of Science and Technology Policy shall conduct a com-
prehensive study of the economic competitiveness and in-
novative capacity of the United States. Such study shall 
consist of an analysis of various aspects of the United 
States economy and innovation infrastructure, including— 
(1) the policies of the United States with re-
spect to science, technology, education, and other 
matters designed to promote innovation; 
(2) regional issues that influence economic com-
petitiveness and local innovative capacity, including 
the role of State and local governments; 
(3) the effectiveness of the organization of the 
Federal Government in supporting and promoting 
economic competitiveness; 
(4) the business climate as it relates to eco-
nomic competitiveness and domestic innovation, in-
cluding tax and regulatory policy; 
(5) the effects United States domestic trade 
policy and international trade policy have on the 
competitiveness of the United States and the United 
States economy as a whole; 
(6) the effect the supply chains and manufac-
turing capacity of each sector of the economy have 
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on the 25 largest (as determined by the Director) 
export sectors; and 
(7) immigration policies that affect higher edu-
cation and employers of highly skilled employees. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The Director of the White 
House Office of Science and Technology Policy shall co-
ordinate with the Economic Advisers and heads of Federal 
agencies, as necessary, for purposes of this study. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the White 
House Office of Science and Technology Policy shall sub-
mit to Congress and the President a report that in-
cludes— 
(1) the findings of the study conducted under 
subsection (a); 
(2) a list of the type of measurements needed 
to evaluate economic competitiveness and innovation 
over time; and 
(3) a national economic competitiveness strat-
egy for strengthening the innovative and competitive 
capacity of the Federal Government, State and local 
governments, institutions of higher education, and 
the private sector that includes— 
(A) proposed legislative changes and ac-
tion; 
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