[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5140 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5140

   To require the Director of the White House Office of Science and 
  Technology Policy to conduct a study and to prepare a comprehensive 
       national economic competitiveness and innovation strategy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2010

   Mr. Holt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committees 
 on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and Ways 
 and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Director of the White House Office of Science and 
  Technology Policy to conduct a study and to prepare a comprehensive 
       national economic competitiveness and innovation strategy.

    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 ``National Economic Competitiveness 
and Innovation Strategy Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT ON NATIONAL ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND 
              INNOVATION.

    (a) Study.--The Director of the White House Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall conduct a comprehensive study of the economic 
competitiveness and innovative capacity of the United States. Such 
study shall consist of an analysis of various aspects of the United 
States economy and innovation infrastructure, including--
            (1) the policies of the United States with respect to 
        science, technology, education, and other matters designed to 
        promote innovation;
            (2) regional issues that influence economic competitiveness 
        and local innovative capacity, including the role of State and 
        local governments;
            (3) the effectiveness of the organization of the Federal 
        Government in supporting and promoting economic 
        competitiveness;
            (4) the business climate as it relates to economic 
        competitiveness and domestic innovation, including tax and 
        regulatory policy;
            (5) the effects United States domestic trade policy and 
        international trade policy have on the competitiveness of the 
        United States and the United States economy as a whole;
            (6) the effect the supply chains and manufacturing capacity 
        of each sector of the economy have on the 25 largest (as 
        determined by the Director) export sectors; and
            (7) immigration policies that affect higher education and 
        employers of highly skilled employees.
    (b) Coordination.--The Director of the White House Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall coordinate with the Economic 
Advisers and heads of Federal agencies, as necessary, for purposes of 
this study.
    (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the White House Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall submit to Congress and the 
President a report that includes--
            (1) the findings of the study conducted under subsection 
        (a);
            (2) a list of the type of measurements needed to evaluate 
        economic competitiveness and innovation over time; and
            (3) a national economic competitiveness strategy for 
        strengthening the innovative and competitive capacity of the 
        Federal Government, State and local governments, institutions 
        of higher education, and the private sector that includes--
                    (A) proposed legislative changes and action;
                    (B) proposed actions to be taken collectively by 
                executive agencies, including White House offices;
                    (C) proposed actions to be taken by individual 
                executive agencies, including White House offices; and
                    (D) a proposal for the monitoring and oversight of 
                the progress of the Federal Government with respect to 
                improving conditions for the innovation occuring in and 
                the competitiveness of the United States.
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