[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9129 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9129
To establish an Office of Global Competition Analysis, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 4, 2022
Mr. Crow (for himself and Mr. Stewart) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Science, Space, and
Technology, Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To establish an 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 ``American Technology Leadership Act
of 2022''.
SEC. 2. 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 on
analysis of global competition.
(2) Director.--The office shall be headed by a Director of
Global Competition Analysis who shall be appointed by the
President.
(3) Purposes.--The purposes of the Office are as follows:
(A) To carry out a program of analysis on United
States leadership in 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 to ensure United States leadership in technology
and innovation sectors critical to national security
and economic prosperity.
(4) Designation.--The Office shall be known as the ``Office
of Global Competition Analysis''.
(5) Authority to accept details on a non-reimbursable
basis.--The Director may accept officers or employees of the
United States or members of the Armed Forces on a detail from
an element of the intelligence community (as such term is
defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) or from another element of the Federal
Government on a non-reimbursable basis, as jointly agreed to by
the heads of the receiving and detailing elements, for a period
not to exceed three years.
(c) Activities.--In accordance with the priorities determined under
subsection (d), the Office shall--
(1) acquire and prepare data relating to the purposes of
the Office under subsection (b), including data relating to
critical technologies, innovation, and production capacity in
the United States and other countries, consistent with
applicable provisions of law;
(2) conduct long- and short-term analysis 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 relative to those of other countries,
particularly with respect to countries that are
strategic competitors of the United States;
(C) United States competitiveness in technology and
innovation sectors critical to national security and
economic prosperity relative to other countries,
including the availability of United States technology
in such sectors abroad, particularly with respect to
countries that are strategic competitors of the United
States;
(D) trends and trajectories, including rate of
change in technologies, related to technology and
innovation sectors critical to national security and
economic prosperity;
(E) 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
(F) threats to United States interests based on
dependencies on foreign technologies critical to
national security and economic prosperity; and
(3) engage with private sector entities on matters relating
to analysis under paragraph (2).
(d) Determination of Priorities.--On a periodic basis, the Director
of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Economic
Council, and the National Security Council, in coordination with such
heads of such Executive agencies as the Director and the Councils
jointly consider appropriate, shall jointly determine the priorities of
the Office with respect to subsection (b)(2)(A).
(e) Administration.--To carry out the purposes set forth under
subsection (b)(2), the Office may enter into an agreement with a
public-private or a federally funded research and development center, a
university affiliated research center, or consortium of federally
funded research and development centers, and university affiliated
research centers.
(f) Access to, Use, and Handling of Information.--
(1) Federal information.--In carrying out the activities
under subsection (c), the Office shall have access to all
information, data, or reports of any Executive agency that the
Office determines necessary to carry out this section--
(A) upon written request;
(B) subject to limitations under applicable
provisions of law; and
(C) consistent with the protection of sources and
methods, law enforcement strictures, protection of
proprietary information of businesses, and protection
of personally identifiable information.
(2) Commercial information.--The Office may obtain
commercially available information that may not be publicly
available.
(3) Use of information.--The Office may use information
obtained under this subsection for purposes set forth under
subsection (b)(2).
(4) Handling of information.--The Office shall handle
information obtained under this subsection subject to all
restrictions required by the source of the information.
(g) Additional Support.--A head of an Executive agency may provide
to the Office such support, in the form of office space, furniture,
financial assistance and personnel, as the head considers appropriate
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. Reports and briefings produced by Office
personnel shall be transmitted to Congress as these publications are
released during each fiscal year.
(i) Initial Report.--Within 90 days of establishment, Office
personnel shall brief Congress on the Office's organizational
structure, including key personnel roles and responsibilities, along
with the initial Office plan of activities for fiscal year 2023 and the
five years following establishment of the Office.
(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for fiscal year
2023.
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