[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4744. 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. ___. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY.

       (a) In General.--Each year, the President shall submit to 
     Congress a comprehensive report on the technology strategy of 
     the United States designed to maintain United States 
     leadership in critical and emerging technologies essential to 
     United States national security and economic prosperity.
       (b) Elements.--Each National Technology Strategy developed 
     and submitted under subsection (a) shall contain at least the 
     following elements:
       (1) An assessment of the efforts of the United States 
     Government to preserve United States leadership in key 
     emerging technologies and prevent United States strategic 
     competitors from leveraging advanced technologies to gain 
     strategic military or economic advantages over the United 
     States.
       (2) A review of existing United States Government 
     technology policy, including long-range goals.
       (3) An analysis of technology trends and assessment of the 
     relative competitiveness of United States technology sectors 
     in relation to strategic competitors.
       (4) Identification of sectors critical for the long-term 
     resilience of United States innovation leadership across 
     design, manufacturing, supply chains, and markets.
       (5) Recommendations for domestic policy incentives to 
     sustain an innovation economy and develop specific, high-cost 
     sectors necessary for long-term national security ends.
       (6) Recommendations for policies to protect United States 
     and leadership of allies of the United States in critical 
     areas through targeted export controls, investment screening, 
     and counterintelligence activities.
       (7) Identification of priority domestic research and 
     development areas critical to national security and necessary 
     to sustain United States leadership, and directing funding to 
     fill gaps in basic and applied research where the private 
     sector does not focus.
       (8) Recommendations for talent programs to grow United 
     States talent in key critical and emerging technologies and 
     enhance the ability of the Federal Government to recruit and 
     retain individuals with critical skills into Federal service.
       (9) Methods to foster the development of international 
     partnerships to reinforce domestic policy actions, build new 
     markets, engage in collaborative research, and create an 
     international environment that reflects United States values 
     and protects United States interests.
       (10) A technology annex, which may be classified, to 
     establish an integrated and enduring approach to the 
     identification, prioritization, development, and fielding of 
     emerging technologies.
       (11) Such other information as may be necessary to help 
     inform Congress on matters relating to the technology 
     strategy of the United States and related implications for 
     United States national security.
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