IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5029 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 15, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of a body to identify and 
coordinate international science and technology coopera-
tion that can strengthen the domestic science and tech-
nology enterprise and support United States foreign pol-
icy goals. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Science 
and Technology Cooperation Act of 2014’’. 
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 with 
the responsibility to identify and coordinate international 
science and technology cooperation that can strengthen 
the United States science and technology enterprise, im-
prove economic and national security, and support 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) coordinate interagency international science 
and technology cooperative research and training ac-
tivities and partnerships supported or managed by 
Federal agencies and work with other National 
Science and Technology Council committees to help 
plan and coordinate the international component of 
national science and technology priorities; 
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(2) establish Federal priorities and policies for 
aligning, as appropriate, international science and 
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-
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fairs of the House of Representatives, and to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
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. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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