[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 1736 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  Union Calendar No. 64
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1736

                          [Report No. 111-128]

    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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2009

  Mr. Baird (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
  Johnson of Texas, and Mr. Carnahan) introduced the following bill; 
     which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology

                              May 21, 2009

     Additional sponsors: Mr. Holt and Mr. Miller of North Carolina

                              May 21, 2009

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
    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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
              PARTNERSHIPS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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 domestic science and technology enterprise and support 
United States foreign policy goals.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Responsibilities.--The committee established under 
subsection (a) shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) plan and coordinate interagency international 
        science and technology cooperative research and training 
        activities and partnerships supported or managed by Federal 
        agencies;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) work with international science and technology 
        counterparts to establish international science and technology 
        cooperative research and training partnerships, as identified 
        under paragraph (3); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) establish, periodically update, and maintain 
        an inventory of all nonclassified international science and 
        technology cooperative research and training activities and 
        partnerships that involve an annual United States Federal 
        investment of at least $500,000 dollars.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) 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 describing the 
priorities and policies established under subsection (b)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Publication of Inventory.--The Director of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy shall publish the inventory required 
under subsection (b)(5) at least once every 5 years, beginning 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

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.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 64

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1736

                          [Report No. 111-128]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 21, 2009

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed