[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5245 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5245

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require 
certain congressional notification prior to entering into, renewing, or 
extending a science and technology agreement with the People's Republic 
                   of China, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 22, 2023

Mr. Barr (for himself, Mr. Dunn of Florida, and Mr. Wittman) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require 
certain congressional notification prior to entering into, renewing, or 
extending a science and technology agreement with the People's Republic 
                   of China, 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 ``Science and Technology Agreement 
Enhanced Congressional Notification Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REGARDING SCIENCE AND 
              TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENTS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
              CHINA.

    (a) Notification Required.--Title I of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 64. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REGARDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
              AGREEMENTS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    ``(a) Notification Required.--The Secretary of State may not enter 
into, renew, or extend any science and technology agreement with the 
People's Republic of China until--
            ``(1) the Secretary submits to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a notification containing each of the 
        matters described in subsection (b); and
            ``(2) a period of not less than 30 days has elapsed 
        following such submission.
    ``(b) Matters Described.--The matters described in this subsection 
are, with respect to the science and technology agreement for which the 
notification is submitted, the following:
            ``(1) A written notice of such agreement, including the 
        full text of such agreement.
            ``(2) A detailed justification for such agreement, 
        including an explanation as to why such agreement is in the 
        national security interests of the United States.
            ``(3) An assessment of the risks and potential effects of 
        such agreement, including any potential for the transfer under 
        such agreement of technology or intellectual property capable 
        of harming the national security interests of the United 
        States.
            ``(4) A detailed justification for how the Secretary 
        intends to address human rights concerns in any scientific and 
        technology collaboration proposed to be conducted under such 
        agreement.
            ``(5) An assessment of the extent to which the Secretary 
        will be able to continuously monitor the commitments made by 
        the People's Republic of China under such agreement.
            ``(6) Such other information relating to such agreement as 
        may be determined appropriate.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        `appropriate congressional committees' means--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    ``(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate.
            ``(2) Science and technology agreement.--The term `science 
        and technology agreement' means any treaty, memorandum of 
        understanding, or other contract or agreement between the 
        United States and one or more foreign countries for the purpose 
        of collaborating on or otherwise engaging in joint activities 
        relating to scientific research, technological development, or 
        the sharing of scientific or technical knowledge or resources 
        between such countries.''.
    (b) Applicability.--
            (1) In general.--The requirements under section 64 of the 
        State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added by 
        subsection (a), shall apply with respect to science and 
        technology agreements entered into, renewed, or extended on or 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Existing agreements.--Any science and technology 
        agreement between the Secretary of State and the People's 
        Republic of China in effect as of the date of the enactment of 
        this Act shall be revoked unless, not later than 60 days after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
        submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
        notification of such agreement containing each of the matters 
        described in subsection (b) of such section 64.
            (3) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' and ``science and 
        technology agreement'' have the meanings given such terms in 
        subsection (c) of such section 64.
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