[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1736 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1736


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2009

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To provide for the establishment of a committee to identify and 
 coordinate international science and technology cooperation that can 
 strengthen the domestic science and technology enterprise and support 
                  United States foreign policy goals.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Science and Technology 
Cooperation Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
              PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall establish a committee 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, improve 
economic and national security, and support United States foreign 
policy goals.
    (b) Committee Leadership.--The committee established 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 committee established under subsection 
(a) shall--
            (1) plan and coordinate interagency international science 
        and technology cooperative research and training activities 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;
            (2) establish Federal priorities and policies for aligning, 
        as appropriate, international science and technology 
        cooperative research and training activities and partnerships 
        supported or managed by Federal 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, scientific and 
        professional societies, industry, and relevant organizations 
        and institutions, through workshops and other appropriate 
        venues;
            (5) work with international science and technology 
        counterparts, both non-governmental and governmental (in 
        coordination with the Department of State), to establish and 
        maintain international science and technology cooperative 
        research and training partnerships, as identified under 
        paragraph (3); and
            (6) address broad issues that influence the ability of 
        United States scientists and engineers to collaborate with 
        foreign counterparts, including barriers to collaboration and 
        access to scientific information.
    (d) Report to Congress.--The Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall transmit a report annually to Congress at the 
time of the President's budget request containing a description of the 
priorities and policies established under subsection (c)(2), the 
ongoing and new partnerships established in the previous fiscal year, 
and how stakeholder input, as required under subsection (c)(4), was 
received.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.