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<dc:title>117 S4368 IS: American Technology Leadership Act of 2022</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2022-06-09</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>117th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4368</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20220609">June 9, 2022</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S330">Mr. Bennet</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S382">Mr. Sasse</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S327">Mr. Warner</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSCM00">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To establish the Office of Global Competition Analysis, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="iddfca4dc3ffde4811bd50b82701f56d9d" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>American Technology Leadership Act of 2022</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="id0f98630ac14f40648264f17fd97bfac2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Office of Global Competition Analysis</header><subsection id="id40FD85E2EE7B46E4B65122BDB8951489"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idA4AB539631B648A1854EFC5BEA8D0781"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Executive agency</header><text>The term <term>Executive agency</term> has the meaning given such term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7565FE5829AB41C6A17E2E561D93AD51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Office</header><text>The term <term>Office</term> means the Office of Global Competition Analysis established under subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id83a5c09a1aa04de581bbb562213d979a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="id25EA1C3FF99C495885EE4F0A61936F7C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall establish an office on analysis of global competition.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id347CCFDFE8AE430C9E38871BBD6C3C47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the Office are as follows:</text><subparagraph id="idd0674a31bcc64ccb822304ddea7af541"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id33e7c72ff31d4102a5c89bacf680d666"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To support policy development and decisionmaking to ensure United States leadership in technology and innovation sectors critical to national security and economic prosperity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id374A4D0104CB45C5B7B473DE1825F98C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The Office shall be known as the <quote>Office of Global Competition Analysis</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0f156fab1af4444793c2ecc6bcb5ca47"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>In accordance with the priorities determined under subsection (d), the Office shall—</text><paragraph id="id216c9e0e452044168272622b59ab5bf7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4dd0891eaeda4c789ea6aeb074f97c08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct long- and short-term analysis regarding—</text><subparagraph id="id5058b4463838467593f98105f8a7a61e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9eec6c071ea046c4addc26992d1a8116"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6aedd2042c3446f82a5f75dbcbbce35"><enum>(C)</enum><text>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;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idae305cad4be84ba2ae95ffc641c3e684"><enum>(D)</enum><text>trends and trajectories, including rate of change in technologies, related to technology and innovation sectors critical to national security and economic prosperity;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id35DFB9941A9D4DFABD54EF835F93DDC4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>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</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbddf57f7f2cd444aa7307d83b35fb61c"><enum>(F)</enum><text>threats to United States interests based on dependencies on foreign technologies critical to national security and economic prosperity; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7020b0707c014bf99f5166fa9944e130"><enum>(3)</enum><text>engage with private sector entities on matters relating to analysis under paragraph (2). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8137bd259e414fcba3941c4433825045"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Determination of priorities</header><text>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).</text></subsection><subsection id="iddfba7a9b449a481cacea8b18fe84386a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>To carry out the purposes set forth under subsection (b)(2), the Office shall 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.</text></subsection><subsection id="id40287a6d1873460b9c80ef26a713ce4a"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Access to, use, and handling of information</header><paragraph id="idEDD060CF4DBF4CFE9CB6C264FB541880"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal information</header><text>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—</text><subparagraph id="id031F7C60B50F417EB90C2ABF2C65D7B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>upon written request;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id71F7E1FDDDE84A1B9E35F6397C91571C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to limitations under applicable provisions of law; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB5BFF808D1A14F33A552D673CF153FD0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consistent with the protection of sources and methods, law enforcement strictures, protection of proprietary information of businesses, and protection of personally identifiable information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd77d3a7e21af48d9bfc55f7fbcaca042"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commercial information</header><text>The Office may obtain commercially available information that may not be publicly available.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc9fb76eef1fb4db3b071e1639ae05dfa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of information</header><text>The Office may use information obtained under this subsection for purposes set forth under subsection (b)(2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1e4992551dcc44629dd15223086a508c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Handling of information</header><text>The Office shall handle information obtained under this subsection subject to all restrictions required by the source of the information.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBD1DF9A6CBAB47F2BDE70D152B09CF46"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Additional support</header><text>A head of an Executive agency may provide to the Office such support, in the form of 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).</text></subsection><subsection id="id6EF93CBA570A487F857EABD3165DB9FB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not less frequently than once each year, the Office shall submit to Congress a report on the activities of the Office under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4d841028dd94404591336ef2147988c3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

