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(ii) the strategy developed or revised pursuant to 
subparagraph (B). 
(2) TERMINATION.—This subsection terminates on the date 
that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) ELEMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT.—Each report submitted under subsection 
(b)(1)(C)(i) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the efforts of the United States 
Government to preserve United States leadership in key 
emerging technologies and prevent United States strategic 
competitors from leveraging advanced technologies to gain 
strategic military or economic advantages over the United 
States. 
(B) An assessment of public and private investment 
in science and technology relevant to national security 
purposes, and the implications of such for the geostrategic 
position of the United States. 
(C) A description of the prioritized economic security 
interests and objectives. 
(D) An assessment of global trends in science and 
technology, including potential threats to the national secu-
rity of the United States in science and technology. 
(E) An assessment of the national debt and its implica-
tions for the economic and national security of the United 
States. 
(F) An assessment of how regional innovation capacity 
efforts in STEM fields are contributing and could contribute 
to the national security the United States, including pro-
grams run by State and local governments. 
(G) An assessment of the following: 
(i) Workforce needs for competitiveness in tech-
nology areas identified in the national security 
strategy. 
(ii) Any efforts needed to expand pathways into 
technology fields to achieve the goals of the national 
security strategy. 
(H) An assessment of barriers to the development, 
evolution, or competitiveness of start-ups, small and mid- 
sized business entities, and industries that are critical to 
national security. 
(I) An assessment of the effectiveness of the Federal 
Government, federally funded research and development 
centers, and national laboratories in supporting and pro-
moting the technology commercialization and technology 
transfer of technologies critical to national security. 
(J) An assessment of manufacturing capacity, logistics, 
and supply chain dynamics of major export sectors that 
are critical to national security, including access to a skilled 
workforce, physical infrastructure, and broadband network 
infrastructure. 
(K) An assessment of how the Federal Government 
is increasing the participation of underrepresented popu-
lations in science, research, innovation, and manufacturing. 
(L) An assessment of public-private partnerships in 
technology commercialization in support of national secu-
rity, including—
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(i) the structure of current defense technology 
research and commercialization arrangements with 
regard to public-private partnerships; and 
(ii) the extent to which intellectual property devel-
oped with Federal defense funding— 
(I) is being used to manufacture in the United 
States rather than in other countries; and 
(II) is being used by foreign business entities 
that are majority owned or controlled (as such 
term is defined in section 800.208 of title 31, Code 
of Federal Regulations, or a successor regulation), 
or minority owned greater than 25 percent by— 
(aa) any governmental organization of a 
foreign country of concern; or 
(bb) any other entity that is— 
(AA) known to be owned or controlled 
by any governmental organization of a for-
eign country of concern; or 
(BB) organized under, or otherwise 
subject to, the laws of a foreign country 
of concern. 
(M) Recommendations to enhance the ability of the 
Federal Government to recruit into Federal service and 
retain in such service individuals with critical skills rel-
evant to national security. 
(N) Recommendations for policies to protect United 
States leadership and the allies of the United States in 
critical areas relevant to national security through targeted 
export controls, investment screening, and counterintel-
ligence activities. 
(O) Informed by the interagency process established 
under section 1758 of the Export Control Reform Act of 
2018, a technology annex, which may be classified, 
describing an integrated and enduring approach to the 
identification, prioritization, development, and fielding of 
emerging technologies relevant to national security. 
(2) STRATEGY.—Each strategy submitted under subsection 
(b)(1)(C)(ii) shall, to the extent practicable, include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A plan to utilize available tools to address or mini-
mize the leading threats and challenges and to take advan-
tage of the leading opportunities, particularly in regards 
to technologies central to international competition in 
science and technology relevant to national security pur-
poses, including the following: 
(i) Specific objectives, tasks, metrics, and mile-
stones for each relevant Federal agency. 
(ii) Strategic objectives and priorities necessary 
to maintain the leadership of the United States in 
science and technology relevant to national security 
purposes, including near-term, medium-term, and long- 
term research priorities. 
(iii) Specific plans to safeguard research and tech-
nology funded, as appropriate, in whole or in part, 
by the Federal Government, including in technologies 
critical to national security, from theft or exfiltration 
by foreign entities of concern.
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(iv) Specific plans to support public and private 
sector investment in research, technology development, 
education and workforce development, and domestic 
manufacturing supportive of the national security of 
the United States and to foster the use of public- 
private partnerships. 
(v) A description of the following: 
(I) How the strategy submitted under sub-
section (b)(1)(C)(ii) supports the national security 
strategy. 
(II) How the strategy submitted under such 
subsection is integrated and coordinated with the 
most recent— 
(aa) national defense strategy under sub-
section (g) of section 113 of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
(bb) national science and technology 
strategy under section 206 of the National 
Science and Technology Policy, Organization, 
and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6615). 
(vi) A plan to encourage the governments of coun-
tries that are allies or partners of the United States 
to cooperate with the execution of such strategy, where 
appropriate. 
(vii) A plan for strengthening the industrial base 
of the United States. 
(viii) A plan to remove or update overly burden-
some or outdated Federal regulations, as appropriate. 
(ix) A plan— 
(I) to further incentivize industry participation 
in public-private partnerships for the purposes of 
accelerating technology research and commer-
cialization 
in 
support 
of 
national 
security, 
including alternate ways of accounting for in-kind 
contributions and valuing partially manufactured 
products; 
(II) to ensure that intellectual property devel-
oped with Federal funding is commercialized in 
the United States; and 
(III) to ensure, to the maximum appropriate 
extent, that intellectual property developed with 
Federal funding is not being used by foreign busi-
ness entities that are majority owned or controlled 
(as such term is defined in section 800.208 of title 
31, Code of Federal Regulations, or a successor 
regulation), or minority owned greater than 25 
percent by— 
(aa) any governmental organization of a 
foreign country of concern; or 
(bb) any other entity that is— 
(AA) known to be owned or controlled 
by any governmental organization of a for-
eign country of concern; or 
(BB) organized under, or otherwise 
subject to, the laws of a foreign country 
of concern.
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(x) An identification of additional resources, 
administrative 
action, 
or 
legislative 
action 
rec-
ommended to assist with the implementation of such 
strategy. 
(d) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDING.—The Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall, as the Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy considers necessary, 
consult with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
and with the heads of such other elements of the Executive Office 
of the President as the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy considers appropriate to ensure the recommendations 
and priorities with respect to research and development funding 
relevant to national security, as expressed in the most recent report 
and strategy submitted under subsection (b)(1)(C) are incorporated 
into the development of annual budget requests for Federal research 
agencies. 
(e) PUBLICATION.—The Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall, consistent with the protection of national 
security and other sensitive matters and to the maximum extent 
practicable, 
make 
each 
report 
submitted 
under 
subsection 
(b)(1)(C)(i) publicly available on an internet website of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy. Each such report may include 
a classified annex if the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy determines such is appropriate. 
SEC. 10613. QUADRENNIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REVIEW. 
The National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 206 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 206B. QUADRENNIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) QUADRENNIAL
REVIEWS
REQUIRED.—Not later than 
December 31, 2023, and every four years thereafter, the 
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall 
complete a review of the science and technology enterprise 
of the United States (in this section referred to as the ‘quadren-
nial science and technology review’). 
‘‘(2) SCOPE.—The quadrennial science and technology 
review shall be a comprehensive examination of the science 
and technology strategy of the United States, including rec-
ommendations for maintaining global leadership in science and 
technology and advancing science and technology to address 
the societal and national challenges and guidance regarding 
the coordination of programs, assets, capabilities, budget, poli-
cies, and authorities across all Federal research and develop-
ment programs. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy shall conduct each quadrennial science 
and technology review in consultation with the following: 
‘‘(A) The National Science and Technology Council. 
‘‘(B) The President’s Council of Advisors on Science 
and Technology. 
‘‘(C) The National Science Board. 
‘‘(D) The National Security Council. 
‘‘(E) The heads of other relevant Federal agencies. 
‘‘(F) Other relevant governmental and nongovern-
mental entities, including representatives from industry,
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institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, 
Members of Congress, and other policy experts. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy shall ensure that each quadrennial 
science and technology review is coordinated with other relevant 
statutorily required reviews, and to the maximum extent prac-
ticable incorporates information and recommendations from 
existing reviews to avoid duplication. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—In each quadrennial science and technology 
review, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
shall— 
‘‘(1) provide an integrated view of, and recommendations 
for, science and technology policy across the Federal Govern-
ment, while considering economic and national security and 
other societal and national challenges; 
‘‘(2) assess and recommend priorities for research, develop-
ment, and demonstration programs to maintain United States 
leadership in science and technology, including in manufac-
turing and industrial innovation; 
‘‘(3) assess and recommend priorities for research, develop-
ment, and demonstration programs to address societal and 
national challenges; 
‘‘(4) assess the global competition in science and technology 
and identify potential threats to the leadership of the United 
States in science and technology and opportunities for inter-
national collaboration; 
‘‘(5) assess and make recommendations on the science, tech-
nology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science 
workforce of the United States; 
‘‘(6) assess and make recommendations to improve regional 
innovation across the United States; 
‘‘(7) identify and assess sectors critical for the long-term 
resilience of United States innovation leadership across design, 
manufacturing, supply chains, and markets; 
‘‘(8) assess and make recommendations to improve trans-
lation of basic and applied research and the enhancement of 
technology transfer of federally funded research; 
‘‘(9) identify, assess, and make recommendations to address 
science and technology gaps that would not be met without 
Federal investment; 
‘‘(10) review administrative and legislative policies and 
funding opportunities that affect private sector science and 
technology activities, and identify and make recommendations 
regarding policies that maintain and grow the participation 
and competitiveness of small- and medium-sized businesses; 
‘‘(11) assess and identify the infrastructure and tools 
needed to maintain the leadership of the United States in 
science and technology and address other societal and national 
challenges; and 
‘‘(12) review administrative or legislative policies that affect 
the science and technology enterprise and identify and make 
recommendations regarding policies that hinder research and 
development in the United States. 
‘‘(c) REPORTING.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31 of the year 
in which a quadrennial science and technology review is con-
ducted, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy shall submit to Congress a report relating to such review. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy shall, consistent with the protection 
of national security and other sensitive matters to the max-
imum extent practicable, make each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) publicly available on an internet website of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy. Each report may 
include a classified annex if the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy determines such appropriate. 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate on the date 
that is ten years after the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
Subtitle C—Regional Innovation 
SEC. 10621. REGIONAL INNOVATION CAPACITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–480; 15 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 28 as section 30; and 
(2) by inserting after section 27 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 28. REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HUB PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS.—The term 
‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(2) 
COOPERATIVE
EXTENSION
SERVICES.—The 
term 
‘cooperative extension services’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 1404 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3103). 
‘‘(3) SITE CONNECTIVITY INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term ‘site 
connectivity infrastructure’ means localized driveways and 
access roads to a facility as well as hookups to the new facility 
for drinking water, waste water, broadband, and other basic 
infrastructure services already present in the area. 
‘‘(4) VENTURE
DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘venture development organization’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 27(a) of the Stevenson-Wydler Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 3722(a)). 
‘‘(5) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘community development financial institution’ has 
the meaning given in section 103 of the Community Develop-
ment Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 
4702). 
‘‘(6) 
MINORITY
DEPOSITORY
INSTITUTION.—The 
term 
‘minority depository institution’ means an entity that is—
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‘‘(A) a minority depository institution, as defined in 
section 308 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, 
and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note); or 
‘‘(B) considered to be a minority depository institution 
by— 
‘‘(i) the appropriate Federal banking agency; or 
‘‘(ii) the National Credit Union Administration, in 
the case of an insured credit union. 
‘‘(7) LOW
POPULATION
STATE.—The term ‘low population 
State’ means a State without an urbanized area with a popu-
lation greater than 250,000 as reported in the decennial census. 
‘‘(8) SMALL AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.—The term ‘small and 
rural community’ means a noncore area, a micropolitan area, 
or a small metropolitan statistical area with a population of 
not more than 250,000. 
‘‘(b) REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HUB PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Secretary shall carry out a program— 
‘‘(A) to encourage new and constructive collaborations 
among local, State, Tribal, and Federal government enti-
ties, institutions of higher education, the private sector, 
economic development organizations, labor organizations, 
nonprofit organizations, and community organizations that 
promote broad-based regional innovation initiatives; 
‘‘(B) to support eligible consortia in the development 
and implementation of regional innovation strategies; 
‘‘(C) to designate eligible consortia as regional tech-
nology and innovation hubs and facilitate activities by con-
sortia designated as regional technology and innovation 
hubs in implementing their regional innovation strategies— 
‘‘(i) to enable United States leadership in tech-
nology and innovation sectors critical to national and 
economic security; 
‘‘(ii) to support regional economic development and 
resilience, including in small cities and rural areas, 
and promote increased geographic diversity of innova-
tion across the United States; 
‘‘(iii) to promote the benefits of technology develop-
ment and innovation for all Americans, including 
underserved communities and vulnerable communities; 
‘‘(iv) to support the modernization and expansion 
of United States manufacturing based on advances 
in technology and innovation; 
‘‘(v) to support domestic job creation and broad- 
based economic growth; and 
‘‘(vi) to improve the pace of market readiness, 
industry maturation, and overall commercialization 
and domestic production of innovative research; 
‘‘(D) to ensure that the regional technology and innova-
tion hubs address the intersection of emerging technologies 
and either regional challenges or national challenges; and 
‘‘(E) to conduct ongoing research, evaluation, analysis, 
and dissemination of best practices for regional develop-
ment and competitiveness in technology and innovation. 
‘‘(2) AWARDS.—The Secretary shall carry out the program 
required by paragraph (1) through the award of the following:
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‘‘(A) Strategy development grants or cooperative agree-
ments to eligible consortia under subsection (e). 
‘‘(B) Strategy implementation grants or cooperative 
agreements to regional technology and innovation hubs 
under subsection (f). 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall carry out this 
section through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Eco-
nomic Development in coordination with the Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Standards and Technology. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIA.—For purposes of this section, an 
eligible consortium is a consortium that— 
‘‘(1) includes 1 or more of each of the following— 
‘‘(A) institutions of higher education, which may 
include Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal 
Colleges or Universities, and minority-serving institutions; 
‘‘(B) State, territorial, local, or Tribal governments or 
other political subdivisions of a State, including State and 
local agencies, or a consortium thereof; 
‘‘(C) industry or firms in relevant technology, innova-
tion, or manufacturing sectors; 
‘‘(D) economic development organizations or similar 
entities that are focused primarily on improving science, 
technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, or access to cap-
ital; and 
‘‘(E) labor organizations or workforce training organiza-
tions, which may include State and local workforce develop-
ment boards as established under sections 101 and 107 
of the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3111; 3122); and 
‘‘(2) may include 1 or more— 
‘‘(A) economic development entities with relevant 
expertise, including a district organization (as defined in 
section 300.3 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
successor regulation); 
‘‘(B) organizations that contribute to increasing the 
participation of underserved populations in science, tech-
nology, innovation, and entrepreneurship; 
‘‘(C) venture development organizations; 
‘‘(D) organizations that promote local economic sta-
bility, high-wage domestic jobs, and broad-based economic 
opportunities, such as employee ownership membership 
associations and State or local employee ownerships and 
cooperative development centers, financial institutions and 
investment funds, including community development finan-
cial institutions and minority depository institutions; 
‘‘(E) 
elementary 
schools 
and 
secondary 
schools, 
including area career and technical education schools (as 
defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 (29 U.S.C. 2302); 
‘‘(F) National Laboratories (as defined in section 2 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)); 
‘‘(G) Federal laboratories; 
‘‘(H) Manufacturing extension centers; 
‘‘(I) Manufacturing USA institutes; 
‘‘(J) transportation planning organizations; 
‘‘(K) a cooperative extension services;
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‘‘(L) organizations that represent the perspectives of 
underserved communities in economic development initia-
tives; and 
‘‘(M) institutions receiving an award under section 
10388 of the Research and Development, Competition, and 
Innovation Act. 
‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 
HUBS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection (b)(1)(C), the 
Secretary shall use a competitive, merit-review process to des-
ignate eligible consortia as regional technology and innovation 
hubs. 
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.—In conducting the competitive process 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure geographic 
and demographic diversity in the designation of regional tech-
nology hubs by, subject to available appropriations, designating 
at least 20 technology hubs, and— 
‘‘(A) seeking to designate at least three technology 
hubs in each region covered by a regional office of the 
Economic Development Administration, while— 
‘‘(i) ensuring that not fewer than one-third of 
eligible consortia so designated as regional technology 
hubs significantly benefit a small and rural community, 
which may include a State or territory described in 
clauses (ii) and (iii); 
‘‘(ii) ensuring that not fewer than one-third of 
eligible consortia so designated as regional technology 
hubs include as a member of the eligible consortia 
at least 1 member that is a State or territory that 
is eligible to receive funding from the Established Pro-
gram to Stimulate Competitive Research of the 
National Science Foundation; and 
‘‘(iii) ensuring that at least one eligible consortium 
so designated as a regional technology hub is 
headquartered in a low population State that is eligible 
to receive funding from the Established Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research of the National 
Science Foundation; 
‘‘(B) seeking to designate an additional two regional 
technology hubs based on selection factors which shall 
include likelihood of success and may include regional fac-
tors such as the extent to which the regional technology 
and innovation hub significantly engages and benefits 
underserved communities in and near metropolitan areas; 
‘‘(C) encouraging eligible consortia to leverage institu-
tions of higher education serving populations historically 
underrepresented in STEM, including historically Black 
Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges or Universities, 
and minority-serving institutions to significantly benefit 
an area or region; and 
‘‘(D) encouraging proposals from eligible consortia that 
would significantly benefit an area or region whose 
economy significantly relies on or has recently relied on 
coal, oil, or natural gas production or development. 
‘‘(3) RELATION TO CERTAIN GRANT AWARDS.—The Secretary 
shall not require an eligible consortium to receive a grant 
or cooperative agreement under subsection (e) in order to be