[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5036-S5037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2773. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Young) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. OFFICE OF GLOBAL COMPETITION ANALYSIS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (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

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     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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