SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall establish a body 
under the National Science and Technology Council 
(NSTC) with the responsibility to identify and coordinate 
international science and technology cooperation that can 
strengthen the United States science and technology en-
terprise, improve economic and national security, and sup-
port United States foreign policy goals. 
(b) NSTC BODY LEADERSHIP.—The body estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall be co-chaired by senior 
level officials from the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy and the Department of State. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The body established under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) plan and coordinate interagency inter-
national science and technology cooperative research 
and training activities and partnerships supported or 
managed by Federal agencies and work with other 
National Science and Technology Council commit-
tees to help plan and coordinate the international 
component of national science and technology prior-
ities; 
(2) establish Federal priorities and policies for 
aligning, as appropriate, international science and 
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technology cooperative research and training activi-
ties and partnerships supported or managed by Fed-
eral agencies with the foreign policy goals of the 
United States; 
(3) identify opportunities for new international 
science and technology cooperative research and 
training partnerships that advance both the science 
and technology and the foreign policy priorities of 
the United States; 
(4) in carrying out paragraph (3), solicit input 
and recommendations from non-Federal science and 
technology stakeholders, including universities, sci-
entific and professional societies, industry, and rel-
evant organizations and institutions; and 
(5) identify broad issues that influence the abil-
ity of United States scientists and engineers to col-
laborate with foreign counterparts, including bar-
riers to collaboration and access to scientific infor-
mation. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit a re-
port, to be updated annually, to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives, and to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
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Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. The report 
shall also be made available to the public on the reporting 
agency’s website. The report shall contain a description 
of— 
(1) the priorities and policies established under 
subsection (c)(2); 
(2) the ongoing and new partnerships estab-
lished since the last update to the report; 
(3) the means by which stakeholder input was 
received, as well as summary views of stakeholder 
input; and 
(4) the issues influencing the ability of United 
States scientists and engineers to collaborate with 
foreign counterparts. 
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