[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5036-S5037]
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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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