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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3038 
To establish an interagency working group to coordinate activities and develop 
policy guidance to protect federally funded research and development 
from foreign interference, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 30, 2019 
Ms. SHERRILL (for herself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. LUCAS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish an interagency working group to coordinate 
activities and develop policy guidance to protect federally 
funded research and development from foreign inter-
ference, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Securing American 
Science and Technology Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), acting through 
the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), in 
consultation with the National Security Advisor, shall es-
tablish an interagency working group to coordinate activi-
ties to protect federally funded research and development 
from foreign interference, cyberattacks, theft, or espionage 
and to develop common definitions and best practices for 
Federal science agencies and grantees, while accounting 
for the importance of the open exchange of ideas and 
international talent required for scientific progress and 
American leadership in science and technology. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The working group shall in-
clude a representative of each— 
(A) the National Science Foundation; 
(B) the Department of Energy; 
(C) the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; 
(D) the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology; 
(E) the Department of Commerce; 
(F) the National Institutes of Health; 
(G) the Department of Defense; 
(H) the Department of Agriculture; 
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(I) the Department of Education; 
(J) the Department of State; 
(K) the Department of the Treasury; 
(L) the Department of Justice; 
(M) the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity; 
(N) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
(O) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(P) the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence; 
(Q) the Office of Management and Budget; 
(R) the National Economic Council; and 
(S) such other Federal department or 
agency as the President considers appropriate. 
(2) CHAIR.—The working group shall be 
chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy (or the Director’s designee). 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP.— 
The working group established under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) identify and track known and potential 
cyber, physical, and human intelligence threats and 
vulnerabilities within the United States scientific 
and technological enterprise; 
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(2) coordinate efforts among agencies to share 
important information, including specific examples 
of foreign interference, cyberattacks, theft, or espio-
nage directed at federally funded research and devel-
opment or the integrity of the United States sci-
entific enterprise; 
(3) identify and assess existing mechanisms for 
control of federally funded research and develop-
ment; 
(4) develop an inventory of— 
(A) terms and definitions used across Fed-
eral science agencies to delineate areas that 
may require additional control; and 
(B) policies and procedures at Federal 
science agencies regarding control of federally 
funded research; and 
(5) develop and periodically update unclassified 
policy guidance to assist Federal science agencies 
and grantees in defending against threats to feder-
ally funded research and development and the integ-
rity of the United States scientific enterprise that— 
(A) includes— 
(i) descriptions of known and poten-
tial threats to federally funded research 
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and development and the integrity of the 
United States scientific enterprise; 
(ii) common definitions and termi-
nology for classification of research and 
technologies that are controlled; 
(iii) identified areas of research or 
technology that might require additional 
controls; 
(iv) recommendations for how control 
mechanisms can be utilized to protect fed-
erally funded research and development 
from foreign interference, cyberattacks, 
theft or espionage, including any rec-
ommendations for updates to existing con-
trol mechanisms; 
(v) recommendations for best prac-
tices for Federal science agencies and 
grantees to defend against such threats; 
(vi) assessments of potential con-
sequences that any proposed practices 
would have on international collaboration 
and United States leadership in science 
and technology; and 
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(vii) a classified addendum as nec-
essary to further inform Federal science 
agency decisionmaking; and 
(B) accounts for the range of needs across 
different sectors of the United States science 
and technology enterprise. 
(d) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL ACADEMIES 
ROUNDTABLE.—The Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall coordinate with the Academies to 
ensure that at least one member of the interagency work-
ing group is also a member of the roundtable under sec-
tion 3. 
(e) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall provide 
a report to the relevant Committees that includes the in-
ventory required under subsection (c)(4), and an update 
on progress toward developing the policy guidance re-
quired under subsection (c)(5), as well as any additional 
activities undertaken by the working group in that time. 
(f) BIENNIAL REPORTING.—Two years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and at least every 2 years there-
after, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy shall provide a summary report to the relevant 
Committees on the activities of the working group and the 
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most current version of the policy guidance required under 
subsection (c)(5). 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL ACADEMIES SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 
AND SECURITY ROUNDTABLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The National Science Founda-
tion, the Department of Energy, and the Department of 
Defense, and any other agencies as determined by the Di-
rector of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall 
enter into a joint agreement with the Academies to create 
a new ‘‘National Science, Technology, and Security 
Roundtable’’ (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
‘‘roundtable’’). 
(b) PARTICIPANTS.—The roundtable shall include 
senior representatives and practitioners from Federal 
science, intelligence, and national security agencies, law 
enforcement, as well as key stakeholders in the United 
States scientific enterprise including institutions of higher 
education, Federal research laboratories, industry, and 
non-profit research organizations. 
(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the roundtable is to 
facilitate among participants— 
(1) exploration of critical issues related to pro-
tecting United States national and economic security 
while ensuring the open exchange of ideas and inter-
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