[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1873 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1873

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 8, 2023

  Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Young, and Mr. Warner) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the 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 ``Global Technology Leadership Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF GLOBAL COMPETITION ANALYSIS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (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 
        for analysis of global competition.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of the Office are as follows:
                    (A) To carry out a program of analysis relevant to 
                United States leadership in science, 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 across the Federal Government to ensure United 
                States leadership in science, 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.
            (3) Designation.--The office established under paragraph 
        (1) shall be known as the ``Office of Global Competition 
        Analysis''.
    (c) Activities.--In accordance with the priorities determined under 
subsection (d), the Office shall--
            (1) subject to subsection (f), acquire, access, use, and 
        handle data or other information relating to the purposes of 
        the Office under subsection (b)(2);
            (2) conduct long- and short-term analyses 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, including regional and national research 
                development and capacity, technology innovation, and 
                science and engineering education and research 
                workforce, relative to those of other countries, 
                particularly with respect to countries that are 
                strategic competitors of the United States;
                    (C) United States technology development, 
                commercialization, and advanced manufacturing ecosystem 
                elements, including supply chain resiliency, scale-up 
                manufacturing testbeds, access to venture capital and 
                financing, technical and entrepreneurial workforce, and 
                production, relative to those of other countries, 
                particularly with respect to countries that are 
                strategic competitors of the United States;
                    (D) United States competitiveness in technology and 
                innovation sectors critical to national security and 
                economic prosperity relative to other countries, 
                including the availability and scalability of United 
                States technology in such sectors abroad, particularly 
                with respect to countries that are strategic 
                competitors of the United States;
                    (E) trends and trajectories, including rate of 
                change in technologies, related to technology and 
                innovation sectors critical to national security and 
                economic prosperity;
                    (F) 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
                    (G) threats to United States interests based on 
                dependencies on foreign technologies critical to 
                national security and economic prosperity;
            (3) solicit input on technology and economic trends, data, 
        and metrics from relevant private sector stakeholders, 
        including entities involved in financing technology development 
        and commercialization, and engage with academia to inform the 
        analyses under paragraph (2); and
            (4) to the greatest extent practicable and as may be 
        appropriate, ensure that versions of the analyses under 
        paragraph (2) are unclassified and available to relevant 
        Federal agencies and offices.
    (d) Determination of Priorities.--On a periodic basis, the Director 
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Assistant to the 
President for Economic Policy, and the Assistant to the President for 
National Security Affairs shall, in coordination with such heads of 
Executive agencies as the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy and such Assistants jointly consider appropriate, 
jointly determine the priorities of the Office with respect to 
subsection (b)(2)(A), considering, as may be appropriate, the 
strategies and reports under subtitle B of title VI of the Research and 
Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (Public Law 117-167).
    (e) Administration.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, 
to carry out the purposes set forth under subsection (b)(2), the Office 
shall enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and 
development center, a university affiliated research center, or a 
consortium of federally funded research and development centers and 
university-affiliated research centers.
    (f) Acquisition, Access, Use, and Handling of Data or 
Information.--In carrying out the activities under subsection (c), the 
Office--
            (1) shall acquire, access, use, and handle data or 
        information in a manner consistent with applicable provisions 
        of law and policy, including laws and policies providing for 
        the protection of privacy and civil liberties, and subject to 
        any restrictions required by the source of the information;
            (2) shall have access, upon written request, to all 
        information, data, or reports of any Executive agency that the 
        Office determines necessary to carry out the activities under 
        subsection (c), provided that such access is--
                    (A) conducted in a manner consistent with 
                applicable provisions of law and policy of the 
                originating agency, including laws and policies 
                providing for the protection of privacy and civil 
                liberties; and
                    (B) consistent with due regard for the protection 
                from unauthorized disclosure of classified information 
                relating to sensitive intelligence sources and methods 
                or other exceptionally sensitive matters; and
            (3) may obtain commercially available information that may 
        not be publicly available.
    (g) Detailee Support.--Consistent with applicable law, including 
sections 1341, 1517, and 1535 of title 31, United States Code, and 
section 112 of title 3, United States Code, the head of a department or 
agency within the executive branch of the Federal Government may detail 
personnel to the Office in order 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, including a description of the priorities 
under subsection (d) and any support, disaggregated by Executive 
agency, provided to the Office consistent with subsection (g) in order 
to advance those priorities.
    (i) Plans.--Before establishing the Office under subsection (b)(1), 
the President shall submit to Congress a report detailing plans for--
            (1) the administrative structure of the Office, including--
                    (A) a detailed spending plan that includes 
                administrative costs; and
                    (B) a disaggregation of costs associated with 
                carrying out subsection (e);
            (2) ensuring consistent and sufficient funding for the 
        Office; and
            (3) coordination between the Office and relevant Executive 
        agencies and offices.
    (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.
    (k) Funding.--This Act shall be carried out using amounts 
appropriated on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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