[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9129 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9129

 To establish an Office of Global Competition Analysis, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2022

 Mr. Crow (for himself and Mr. Stewart) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
  addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and 
Technology, Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 establish an Office of Global Competition Analysis, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``American Technology Leadership Act 
of 2022''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF GLOBAL COMPETITION ANALYSIS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given such term in section 105 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the Office of Global 
        Competition Analysis established under subsection (b).
    (b) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall establish an office on 
        analysis of global competition.
            (2) Director.--The office shall be headed by a Director of 
        Global Competition Analysis who shall be appointed by the 
        President.
            (3) Purposes.--The purposes of the Office are as follows:
                    (A) To carry out a program of analysis on United 
                States leadership in technology and innovation sectors 
                critical to national security and economic prosperity 
                relative to other countries, particularly those 
                countries that are strategic competitors of the United 
                States.
                    (B) To support policy development and decision 
                making to ensure United States leadership in technology 
                and innovation sectors critical to national security 
                and economic prosperity.
            (4) Designation.--The Office shall be known as the ``Office 
        of Global Competition Analysis''.
            (5) Authority to accept details on a non-reimbursable 
        basis.--The Director may accept officers or employees of the 
        United States or members of the Armed Forces on a detail from 
        an element of the intelligence community (as such term is 
        defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 
        (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) or from another element of the Federal 
        Government on a non-reimbursable basis, as jointly agreed to by 
        the heads of the receiving and detailing elements, for a period 
        not to exceed three years.
    (c) Activities.--In accordance with the priorities determined under 
subsection (d), the Office shall--
            (1) acquire and prepare data relating to the purposes of 
        the Office under subsection (b), including data relating to 
        critical technologies, innovation, and production capacity in 
        the United States and other countries, consistent with 
        applicable provisions of law;
            (2) conduct long- and short-term analysis regarding--
                    (A) United States policies that enable 
                technological competitiveness relative to those of 
                other countries, particularly with respect to countries 
                that are strategic competitors of the United States;
                    (B) United States science and technology ecosystem 
                elements relative to those of other countries, 
                particularly with respect to countries that are 
                strategic competitors of the United States;
                    (C) United States competitiveness in technology and 
                innovation sectors critical to national security and 
                economic prosperity relative to other countries, 
                including the availability of United States technology 
                in such sectors abroad, particularly with respect to 
                countries that are strategic competitors of the United 
                States;
                    (D) trends and trajectories, including rate of 
                change in technologies, related to technology and 
                innovation sectors critical to national security and 
                economic prosperity;
                    (E) threats to United States national security 
                interests as a result of any foreign country's 
                dependence on technologies of strategic competitors of 
                the United States; and
                    (F) threats to United States interests based on 
                dependencies on foreign technologies critical to 
                national security and economic prosperity; and
            (3) engage with private sector entities on matters relating 
        to analysis under paragraph (2).
    (d) Determination of Priorities.--On a periodic basis, the Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Economic 
Council, and the National Security Council, in coordination with such 
heads of such Executive agencies as the Director and the Councils 
jointly consider appropriate, shall jointly determine the priorities of 
the Office with respect to subsection (b)(2)(A).
    (e) Administration.--To carry out the purposes set forth under 
subsection (b)(2), the Office may enter into an agreement with a 
public-private or a federally funded research and development center, a 
university affiliated research center, or consortium of federally 
funded research and development centers, and university affiliated 
research centers.
    (f) Access to, Use, and Handling of Information.--
            (1) Federal information.--In carrying out the activities 
        under subsection (c), the Office shall have access to all 
        information, data, or reports of any Executive agency that the 
        Office determines necessary to carry out this section--
                    (A) upon written request;
                    (B) subject to limitations under applicable 
                provisions of law; and
                    (C) consistent with the protection of sources and 
                methods, law enforcement strictures, protection of 
                proprietary information of businesses, and protection 
                of personally identifiable information.
            (2) Commercial information.--The Office may obtain 
        commercially available information that may not be publicly 
        available.
            (3) Use of information.--The Office may use information 
        obtained under this subsection for purposes set forth under 
        subsection (b)(2).
            (4) Handling of information.--The Office shall handle 
        information obtained under this subsection subject to all 
        restrictions required by the source of the information.
    (g) Additional Support.--A head of an Executive agency may provide 
to the Office such support, in the form of office space, furniture, 
financial assistance and personnel, as the head considers appropriate 
to assist the Office in carrying out any activity under subsection (c), 
consistent with the priorities determined under subsection (d).
    (h) Annual Report.--Not less frequently than once each year, the 
Office shall submit to Congress a report on the activities of the 
Office under this section. Reports and briefings produced by Office 
personnel shall be transmitted to Congress as these publications are 
released during each fiscal year.
    (i) Initial Report.--Within 90 days of establishment, Office 
personnel shall brief Congress on the Office's organizational 
structure, including key personnel roles and responsibilities, along 
with the initial Office plan of activities for fiscal year 2023 and the 
five years following establishment of the Office.
    (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 
2023.
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