[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7505]
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  SA 4027. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Sasse) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL.

       The Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
     Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

            ``TITLE VII--TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL

     ``SEC. 701. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL.

       ``The President shall establish within the Executive Office 
     of the President a Technology Competitiveness Council (in 
     this title, referred to as the `Council').

     ``SEC. 702. MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL.

       ``(a) In General.--The Council shall be composed of the 
     following members:
       ``(1) The Vice President.
       ``(2) The Secretary of State.
       ``(3) The Secretary of the Treasury.
       ``(4) The Secretary of Defense.
       ``(5) The Attorney General.
       ``(6) The Secretary of Commerce.
       ``(7) The Secretary of Energy.
       ``(8) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
       ``(9) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
       ``(10) The Assistant to the President for Technology 
     Competitiveness.
       ``(11) The Assistant to the President for National Security 
     Affairs.
       ``(12) The Assistant to the President for Science and 
     Technology.
       ``(13) The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.
       ``(14) The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.
       ``(15) The United States Trade Representative.
       ``(16) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
       ``(17) The Director of National Intelligence.
       ``(18) The heads of such other executive departments and 
     agencies and other senior officials within the Executive 
     Office of the President as the Chairperson of the Council 
     considers appropriate.
       ``(b) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Council shall be 
     the Vice President.

     ``SEC. 703. OPERATION OF COUNCIL.

       ``(a) Responsibilities of Chair.--The Chairperson of the 
     Council--
       ``(1) shall convene and preside over meetings of the 
     Council and shall determine the agenda for the Council;
       ``(2) may authorize the establishment of such committees of 
     the Council, including an executive committee, and of such 
     working groups, composed of senior designees of the Council 
     members and of other officials, as the Chairperson deems 
     necessary or appropriate for the efficient conduct of Council 
     functions; and
       ``(3) shall report to the President on the activities and 
     recommendations of the Council and shall advise the Council 
     as appropriate regarding the President's directions with 
     respect to the Council's activities and national technology 
     policy generally.
       ``(b) Administration.--
       ``(1) Staff.--The Council may hire a staff, which shall be 
     headed by the Assistant to the President for Technology 
     Competitiveness.
       ``(2) Support.--
       ``(A) Support from office of administration.--The Office of 
     Administration in the Executive Office of the President shall 
     provide the Council with such personnel, funding, and 
     administrative support, as directed by the Chair or, upon the 
     Chair's direction, the Assistant to the President for 
     Technology Competitiveness, subject to the availability of 
     appropriations.
       ``(B) Support from other agencies.--Subject to the 
     availability of appropriations, members of the Council who 
     are heads of Federal agencies shall make resources, including 
     personnel and office support, available to the Council as 
     reasonably requested by the Chairperson or, upon the 
     Chairperson's direction, the Assistant to the President for 
     Technology Competitiveness.
       ``(3) Information and assistance.--The heads of Federal 
     agencies shall provide to the Council such information and 
     assistance as the Chairperson may request to carry out the 
     functions described in section 704.
       ``(4) Coordination with national security council.--The 
     Council shall coordinate with the National Security Council 
     on technology policy and strategy matters relating primarily 
     to national security to ensure that the activities of the 
     Council are carried out in a manner that is consistent with 
     the responsibilities and authorities of the National Security 
     Council.

     ``SEC. 704. FUNCTIONS OF COUNCIL.

       ``The Council shall be responsible for the following:
       ``(1) Developing recommendations for the President on 
     United States technology competitiveness and technology-
     related issues, advising and assisting the President in 
     development and implementation of national technology policy 
     and strategy, and performing such other duties as the 
     President may prescribe.
       ``(2) Developing and overseeing the implementation of a 
     National Technology Strategy required by section 601 of the 
     Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
       ``(3) Serving as a forum for balancing national security, 
     economic, and technology considerations of United States 
     departments and agencies as they pertain to technology 
     research, development, commercial interests, and national 
     security applications.
       ``(4) Coordinating policies across Federal departments and 
     agencies relating to United States competitiveness in 
     critical and emerging technologies and ensuring that policies 
     designed to promote United States leadership and protect 
     existing competitive advantages in technologies of strategic 
     importance to the United States are integrated and mutually 
     reinforcing.
       ``(5) Synchronizing budgets and strategies, in consultation 
     with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
     accordance with the National Technology Strategy required by 
     section 601 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2022.''.
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