To establish within the Executive Office of the President a Technology Competitiveness Council.
Bill: H.R.8027 | Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don (R-NE)
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
This bill establishes a Technology Competitiveness Council.
The President shall establish such council within the Executive Office of the President.
The council's responsibilities include
The strategy shall be designed to maintain U.S. leadership in critical and emerging technologies essential to U.S. national security and economic prosperity.

To establish within the Executive Office of the President a Technology 
                        Competitiveness Council.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL.

    (a) In General.--The National Science and Technology Policy, 
Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

            ``TITLE VII--TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL

``SEC. 701. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL.

    ``The President shall establish within the Executive Office of the 
President a Technology Competitiveness Council (in this title referred 
to as the `Council').

``SEC. 702. MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL.

    ``The Council shall be composed of the following members:
            ``(1) The Vice President, who shall be Chair of the 
        Council.
            ``(2) The following executive branch officials:
                    ``(A) The Secretary of State.
                    ``(B) The Secretary of the Treasury.
                    ``(C) The Secretary of Defense.
                    ``(D) The Attorney General.
                    ``(E) The Secretary of Commerce.
                    ``(F) The Secretary of Energy.
                    ``(G) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
                    ``(H) The Director of the Office of Management and 
                Budget.
                    ``(I) The Assistant to the President for Technology 
                Competitiveness.
                    ``(J) The Assistant to the President for National 
                Security Affairs.
                    ``(K) The Assistant to the President for Science 
                and Technology.
                    ``(L) The Assistant to the President for Economic 
                Policy.
                    ``(M) The Assistant to the President for Domestic 
                Policy.
                    ``(N) The United States Trade Representative.
                    ``(O) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
                    ``(P) The heads of such other executive departments 
                and agencies and other senior officials within the 
                Executive Office of the President, as may be determined 
                by the Chair of the Council.

``SEC. 703. OPERATION OF COUNCIL.

    ``(a) Responsibilities of the Chair.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Chair shall convene and preside over 
        meetings of the Council and shall determine the agenda for the 
        Council.
            ``(2) Committees.--The Chair may authorize the 
        establishment of such committees of the Council, including an 
        executive committee, and of such working groups, composed of 
        senior designees of the Council members and of other officials, 
        as he or she deems necessary or appropriate for the efficient 
        conduct of Council functions.
            ``(3) Reporting.--The Chair shall report to the President 
        on the activities and recommendations of the Council. The Chair 
        shall advise the Council as appropriate regarding the 
        President's directions with respect to the Council's activities 
        and national technology policy generally.
    ``(b) Administration.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Council shall have a staff, headed 
        by the Assistant to the President for Technology 
        Competitiveness.
            ``(2) Personnel, funding, and administrative support.--The 
        Office of Administration in the Executive Office of the 
        President shall provide the Council with such personnel, 
        funding, and administrative support, as directed by the Chair 
        or, upon the Chair's direction, the Assistant to the President 
        for Technology Competitiveness, subject to the availability of 
        appropriations.
            ``(3) Resources.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations, heads of agencies serving on the Council shall 
        make resources, including but not limited to personnel and 
        office support, available to the Council as reasonably 
        requested by the Chair or, upon the Chair's direction, the 
        Assistant to the President for Technology Competitiveness.
            ``(4) Information and assistance.--The heads of agencies 
        shall provide to the Council such information and assistance as 
        the Chair may request to carry out the functions described in 
        section 704.
            ``(5) Coordination.--The Council shall coordinate with the 
        National Security Council on Technology Policy and Strategy 
        matters relating primarily to national security to ensure that 
        the activities of the Council are carried out in a manner that 
        is consistent with the responsibilities and authorities of the 
        National Security Council.

``SEC. 704. FUNCTIONS OF COUNCIL.

    ``(a) In General.--The Council shall be responsible for--
            ``(1) developing recommendations for the President on 
        United States technology competitiveness and technology-related 
        issues, advising and assisting the President in the development 
        and implementation of national technology policy and strategy, 
        and performing such other duties as the President may 
        prescribe;
            ``(2) developing and overseeing the implementation of a 
        National Technology Strategy as described in subsection (b);
            ``(3) serving as a forum for balancing national security, 
        economic, and technology considerations of United States 
        departments and agencies as they pertain to technology 
        research, development, commercial interests, and national 
        security applications;
            ``(4) coordinating policies across Federal departments and 
        agencies related to United States competitiveness in critical 
        and emerging technologies and ensuring that policies designed 
        to promote United States leadership and protect existing 
        competitive advantages are integrated and mutually reinforcing; 
        and
            ``(5) synchronizing budgets and strategies, in consultation 
        with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
        accordance with the National Technology Strategy.
    ``(b) National Technology Strategy.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Council shall be responsible for 
        developing and annually submitting to the President a National 
        Technology Strategy designed to maintain United States 
        leadership in critical and emerging technologies essential to 
        United States national security and economic prosperity.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The National Technology Strategy 
        required by paragraph (1) shall contain at least the following 
        elements:
                    ``(A) An assessment of the United States 
                Government's efforts 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) A review of existing United States Government 
                technology policy, including long-range goals.
                    ``(C) An analysis of technology trends and 
                assessment of the relative competitiveness of United 
                States technology sectors in relation to strategic 
                competitors.
                    ``(D) Identification of sectors critical for the 
                long-term resilience of United States innovation 
                leadership across design, manufacturing, supply chains, 
                and markets.
                    ``(E) Recommendations for domestic policy 
                incentives to sustain an innovation economy and develop 
                specific, high-cost sectors necessary for long-term 
                national security ends.
                    ``(F) Recommendations for policies to protect 
                United States and allied leadership in critical areas 
                through targeted export controls, investment screening, 
                and counterintelligence activities.
                    ``(G) Identification of priority domestic research 
                and development areas critical to national security and 
                necessary to sustain United States leadership, and 
                directing funding to fill gaps in basic and applied 
                research where the private sector does not focus.
                    ``(H) Recommendations for talent programs to grow 
                United States talent in key critical and emerging 
                technologies and enhance the ability of the Federal 
                Government to recruit and retain individuals with 
                critical skills into Federal service.
                    ``(I) Methods to foster the development of 
                international partnerships to reinforce domestic policy 
                actions, build new markets, engage in collaborative 
                research, and create an international environment that 
                reflects United States values and protects United 
                States interests.''.
    (b) Initial National Technology Strategy.--The National Technology 
Council established pursuant to section 701 of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976, as added 
by this Act, shall provide the first National Technology Strategy 
required by section 704(b) of such Act, not later than the date that is 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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