(B) be a Deputy Director for the National 
Economic Council and serve as a member of 
such council; and 
(C) serve as the chairperson of the Council 
on Critical Technologies and Security estab-
lished under section 3. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Director of 
the Office are as follows: 
(1) COORDINATION.—To carry out coordination 
functions as follows: 
(A) To serve as a centralized focal point 
within the Executive Office of the President for 
coordinating policy and actions of the Federal 
Government— 
(i) to stop the transfer of critical 
emerging, foundational, and dual-use tech-
nologies to countries that pose a national 
security risk, including by leading the 
interagency process to identify emerging 
and foundational technologies under sec-
tion 1758 of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2019 (Public Law 115–232); and 
(ii) to maintain United States techno-
logical leadership with respect to critical 
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emerging, foundational, and dual-use tech-
nologies and ensure supply chain integrity 
and security for such technologies. 
(B) To coordinate whole-of-government re-
sponses, working in partnership with heads of 
national security and economic agencies and 
agencies with science and technology hubs, in-
cluding the heads described in section 3(c)(1). 
(C) To facilitate coordination and consulta-
tion with— 
(i) Federal and State regulators of 
telecommunications and technology indus-
tries, including the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, the Federal Trade Com-
mission, and the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy; 
(ii) the private sector, including indus-
try, labor, consumer, and other groups as 
necessary; 
(iii) other nongovernmental scientific 
and technical hubs and stakeholders, in-
cluding academic stakeholders; and 
(iv) United States allies and other de-
fense partners. 
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(2) MESSAGING AND OUTREACH.—To lead mes-
saging and outreach efforts by the Federal Govern-
ment on the national security threat posed by the 
improper acquisition and transfer of critical emerg-
ing, foundational, and dual-use technologies that the 
Federal Government determines necessary to pro-
tect, by countries of concern including— 
(A) acting as the chief policy spokesperson 
for the Federal Government on related critical 
technology and security issues; 
(B) encouraging Federal agencies to work 
with key stakeholders as described in paragraph 
(1), as well as States, localities, international 
partners, and allies, to better analyze and dis-
seminate critical information from the intel-
ligence community (as defined in section 3 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003)); and 
(C) improving overall education of the 
United States public and business leaders in 
key sectors about the threat to United States 
national security posed by— 
(i) the improper acquisition and trans-
fer of critical emerging, foundational, and 
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dual-use technologies by countries that 
pose a national security risk; and 
(ii) reliance on foreign products iden-
tified by the Federal Government that pose 
a national security risk in private sector 
supply chains. 
(3) LONG-TERM STRATEGY.—To lead the devel-
opment of a comprehensive, long-term strategic plan 
in coordination with United States allies and other 
defense partners— 
(A) to enhance the interagency process for 
identifying emerging and foundational tech-
nologies carried out under section 1758 of the 
John S. McCain National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 
115–232) and to re-evaluate those identifica-
tions on an ongoing basis; 
(B)(i) to protect and enforce intellectual 
property rights; 
(ii) to reduce reliance on foreign products 
identified by the Federal Government that pose 
a national security risk to the United States in 
critical public sector supply chains; 
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(iii) to develop a strategy to inform the 
private sector about critical supply chain risks; 
and 
(iv) to address other security concerns re-
lated to forced or unfair technology transfer to 
and from such countries; 
(C) to maintain technological leadership 
with respect to critical emerging, foundational, 
and dual-use technologies and to increase public 
sector funding for research and development 
that is key to maintaining such technological 
leadership; 
(D) to develop specific policies and actions 
to enforce intellectual property and cybersecuri-
ty standards to deter and prosecute industrial 
espionage and other similar measures; and 
(E) to develop specific policies— 
(i) to improve the research and devel-
opment ecosystem, including academic in-
stitutions, nonprofit organizations, and pri-
vate entities; and 
(ii) to reestablish the United States as 
the world leader in research and develop-
ment; and 
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(F) to develop specific measures and goals 
that can be tracked and monitored as described 
in paragraph (4). 
(4) MONITORING AND TRACKING.— 
(A) MEASURES.—In conjunction with the 
Council of Economic Advisors, the United 
States Trade Representative, the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, to use measures 
developed under paragraph (3)(F) to monitor 
and track— 
(i) key trends relating to transfer of 
critical emerging, foundational, and dual- 
use technologies; 
(ii) key trends relating to United 
States Government investments in innova-
tion and competitiveness compared to gov-
ernments of other countries; 
(iii) inappropriate influence of inter-
national standards setting processes by 
foreign countries that pose a national secu-
rity risk; and 
(iv) progress implementing the com-
prehensive, long-term strategic plan devel-
oped under paragraph (3). 
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(B) 
GOALS.—To 
monitor 
and 
track 
progress, using specific measures developed by 
the Office, made towards achieving goals relat-
ing to protecting the security of critical emerg-
ing, foundational, and dual-use technologies of 
the United States. 
(d) STAFF.—The Director of the Office may— 
(1) without regard to the civil service laws, em-
ploy, and fix the compensation of, such specialists 
and other experts as may be necessary for the Direc-
tor to carry out the functions of the Director; and 
(2) subject to the civil service laws, employ such 
other officers and employees as may be necessary to 
carry out the functions of the Director. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
once each year, the Director shall submit to Con-
gress a report on— 
(A) the activities of the Office; and 
(B) matters relating to national security 
and 
the 
protection 
of 
critical 
emerging, 
foundational, dual-use technologies. 
(2) FORM.—Each report submitted under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
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(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 101(c) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(c)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘the Director of the Office of 
Critical Technologies and Security,’’ after ‘‘Treasury,’’. 
SEC. 3. COUNCIL ON CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SECU-
RITY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is a council known as 
the Council on Critical Technologies and Security (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Council’’). 
(b) FUNCTION.—The function of the Council shall be 
to advise the President on matters relating to challenges 
posed by foreign powers with respect to technology acqui-
sition and transfer. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be com-
posed of the following: 
(A) The Director of the Office of Critical 
Technologies and Security appointed under sec-
tion 2(b)(1). 
(B) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(C) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(D) The Secretary of Defense. 
(E) The Secretary of Education. 
(F) The Secretary of Energy. 
(G) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 
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(H) The Secretary of State. 
(I) The Secretary of Transportation. 
(J) The Secretary of the Treasury. 
(K) The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
(L) The Director of National Intelligence. 
(M) The Director of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency. 
(N) The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. 
(O) The United States Trade Representa-
tive. 
(P) The Director of the National Economic 
Council. 
(Q) The National Security Advisor. 
(R) The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy. 
(S) A representative of the Committee on 
Foreign Investment in the United States who 
shall be selected by the Committee for purposes 
of this section. 
(T) The United States Ambassador to the 
United Nations. 
(U) The Chair of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission. 
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(V) The Chair of the Federal Trade Com-
mission. 
(W) Such other heads of Federal agencies 
as the chairperson of the Council considers ap-
propriate. 
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of the 
Council shall be the Director of the Office of Critical 
Technologies and Security appointed under section 
2(b)(1). 
(d) CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION.—The Coun-
cil— 
(1) may constitute such advisory committees 
and may consult with such representatives of indus-
try, agriculture, labor, consumers, State and local 
governments, and other groups, as the Council con-
siders advisable; 
(2) shall consult with the entities listed under 
section 2(c)(1)(C); and 
(3) shall seek and obtain the cooperation of ex-
ecutive agencies, including independent agencies, of 
the Federal Government in the development of spe-
cialized studies essential to its responsibilities. 
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