[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9320 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9320

 To direct the President to submit to Congress a national strategy on 
 economic competitiveness and technological leadership, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 2024

 Ms. Sherrill introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the 
  Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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 direct the President to submit to Congress a national strategy on 
 economic competitiveness and technological leadership, 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 ``Ensuring America's Competitiveness 
and Technological Leadership Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the United States and its allies and partners now face 
        significant economic and technological competition from non-
        democratic countries and non-market economies, which could have 
        widespread impacts on the development, adoption, proliferation, 
        and use of new technologies in everyday life;
            (2) global leadership vacuums in the trade and technology 
        sectors allow competitors of the United States to ignore the 
        rules of the global economic system and promote their own 
        norms, technology standards, and products;
            (3) non-democratic regimes are producing, exporting, and 
        working to have their technology adopted across the world, 
        leading to a competition beyond profits that poses a risk to 
        democratic norms, international relations, information 
        security, privacy, economic competitiveness, and innovation;
            (4) United States allies and partners are crucial to 
        developing and proliferating global products, standards, and 
        technological norms that benefit the United States and 
        strengthen democratic ideals and processes worldwide;
            (5) United States public investments in critical technology 
        sectors alongside private sector investment can, as 
        demonstrated throughout United States history, lay the 
        foundation for robust job, economic, and technological growth 
        and innovation; and
            (6) United States agencies have a crucial role to play in 
        supporting democratically aligned United States economic 
        competitiveness and technological advancement and creating the 
        infrastructure needed for an innovative economy.
    (b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States 
to--
            (1) remain a leading global driver of economic and 
        technological progress, while coordinating and sharing the 
        benefits of democratically led innovative development with 
        like-minded nations;
            (2) seek out and promote fair global trade and competition 
        that allows the best quality and most efficiently produced 
        goods and services to succeed in the global marketplace;
            (3) combat and remedy global unfair trade practices at home 
        and abroad;
            (4) lead, with the international allies and partners of the 
        United States, the development of democratically based and safe 
        emerging technologies and global standards; and
            (5) use all appropriate facets of United States power and 
        influence to support economic competitiveness and secure the 
        leadership of the United States in crucial technology sectors 
        of this century.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL STRATEGY ON ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL 
              LEADERSHIP.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the President 
shall develop and submit to Congress and make public a national 
strategy on economic competitiveness and technological leadership.
    (b) Delegation to a Federal Agency.--
            (1) In general.--The President may delegate to the head of 
        a Federal agency the writing and coordination of the national 
        strategy.
            (2) Authorization to request agency cooperation.--The head 
        of a Federal agency described in paragraph (1) is authorized to 
        request timely information, assistance, and coordination from 
        any agency to fulfill the requirements of this Act.
    (c) Matters To Be Addressed in the National Strategy.--The national 
strategy shall address the following:
            (1) The development of specific standards for assessing and 
        maintaining the global leadership of the United States in 
        science and technological innovation, particularly regarding 
        emerging technologies, sustainable supply chains, and 
        manufacturing.
            (2) The development of global technical and industrial 
        standards and frameworks to support the national security and 
        economic security of the United States, while strengthening the 
        role of the United States in international standards-setting 
        bodies.
            (3) The effectiveness of export controls, sanctions, and 
        other foreign economic policy tools to further strengthen 
        United States controls on critical and emerging technologies, 
        with a particular focus on preventing foreign countries, 
        particularly the strategic competitors of the United States, 
        from the misappropriation or misuse of any domestically 
        produced and manufactured technology of the United States.
            (4) The sustainability and resiliency of United States 
        competitiveness given current and future global market 
        conditions.
            (5) The state of the security and protection of the 
        intellectual property and trade secrets of persons of the 
        United States, particularly in regard to emerging technologies 
        and current and future high-value economic sectors for the 
        United States economy.
            (6) Critical products and services that should be 
        manufactured in the United States, or in a country allied with 
        the United States, to increase supply chain resiliency and 
        national security.
            (7) Any Federal policy, process, and capability that is 
        critical to technological innovation to ensure that any such 
        policy, process, and capability is properly arranged to support 
        the economic competitiveness and technological leadership of 
        the United States.
            (8) The creation of a proactive and coordinated Federal 
        approach to supporting the competitiveness and technological 
        leadership of the United States.
            (9) The development, coordination, and implementation of 
        the strategy with democratic allied and partner nations or 
        international organizations, and other nations with which the 
        United States maintains a comprehensive free trade agreement, 
        as determined by the President.
            (10) Any challenge from a strategic competitor outside of 
        the United States, particularly a nonmarket economy.
            (11) Recommendations for Congress on what investments, 
        authorities, regulations, resources, and policies are needed to 
        promote the global economic competitiveness and technology 
        leadership of the United States.
    (d) Development of the National Strategy.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall develop a framework to 
        prioritize the tasks necessary to implement the national 
        strategy across the Federal Government, in consultation with 
        State and local governments and pertinent non-governmental and 
        private sector persons.
            (2) Assessment of national security plans.--In executing 
        the national strategy described in paragraph (1), the President 
        shall assess pertinent national security plans and policies 
        that may contribute to the development of the strategy and 
        ensure pertinent, current economic and trade policies are 
        analyzed in the context of the strategy, as appropriate.
            (3) Consultation.--In creating the national strategy 
        described in paragraph (1), the President shall solicit 
        insights and perspectives from the following:
                    (A) Academia.
                    (B) Trade organizations and associations.
                    (C) Unions.
                    (D) Small, medium, and large enterprises.
                    (E) State and local governments.
    (e) Execution of the National Strategy.--
            (1) In general.--After submitting to Congress the first 
        national strategy described in subsection (a), the President 
        shall execute the strategy.
            (2) Updates.--During the period between each submission to 
        Congress of an updated national strategy as described in 
        subsection (a), the President shall submit to Congress annually 
        an update on any progress and challenges related to the 
        execution of the strategy.
    (f) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
        term ``Executive agency'' in section 105 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Nonmarket economy.--The term ``nonmarket economy'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 771 of the Tariff Act of 
        1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677).
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, 
        or possession of the United States, and each federally 
        recognized Indian Tribe.
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