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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1873
5	5	To establish the Office of Global Competition Analysis, and for other
6	6	purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	JUNE8, 2023
9	9	Mr. B
10	10	ENNET(for himself, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the fol-
11	11	lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Com-
12	12	merce, Science, and Transportation
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To establish the Office of Global Competition Analysis, and
15	15	for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Technology 4
20	20	Leadership Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. OFFICE OF GLOBAL COMPETITION ANALYSIS. 6
22	22	(a) D
23	23	EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 7
24	24	(1) E
25	25	XECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 8
26	26	agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 9
27	27	105 of title 5, United States Code. 10
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31	31	(2) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-1
32	32	fice of Global Competition Analysis established 2
33	33	under subsection (b). 3
34	34	(b) E
35	35	STABLISHMENT.— 4
36	36	(1) I
37	37	N GENERAL.—The President shall establish 5
38	38	an office for analysis of global competition. 6
39	39	(2) P
40	40	URPOSES.—The purposes of the Office are 7
41	41	as follows: 8
42	42	(A) To carry out a program of analysis rel-9
43	43	evant to United States leadership in science, 10
44	44	technology, and innovation sectors critical to 11
45	45	national security and economic prosperity rel-12
46	46	ative to other countries, particularly those coun-13
47	47	tries that are strategic competitors of the 14
48	48	United States. 15
49	49	(B) To support policy development and de-16
50	50	cision making across the Federal Government 17
51	51	to ensure United States leadership in science, 18
52	52	technology, and innovation sectors critical to 19
53	53	national security and economic prosperity rel-20
54	54	ative to other countries, particularly those coun-21
55	55	tries that are strategic competitors of the 22
56	56	United States. 23
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60	60	(3) DESIGNATION.—The office established 1
61	61	under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘Office 2
62	62	of Global Competition Analysis’’. 3
63	63	(c) A
64	64	CTIVITIES.—In accordance with the priorities 4
65	65	determined under subsection (d), the Office shall— 5
66	66	(1) subject to subsection (f), acquire, access, 6
67	67	use, and handle data or other information relating 7
68	68	to the purposes of the Office under subsection 8
69	69	(b)(2); 9
70	70	(2) conduct long- and short-term analyses re-10
71	71	garding— 11
72	72	(A) United States policies that enable tech-12
73	73	nological competitiveness relative to those of 13
74	74	other countries, particularly with respect to 14
75	75	countries that are strategic competitors of the 15
76	76	United States; 16
77	77	(B) United States science and technology 17
78	78	ecosystem elements, including regional and na-18
79	79	tional research development and capacity, tech-19
80	80	nology innovation, and science and engineering 20
81	81	education and research workforce, relative to 21
82	82	those of other countries, particularly with re-22
83	83	spect to countries that are strategic competitors 23
84	84	of the United States; 24
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88	88	(C) United States technology development, 1
89	89	commercialization, and advanced manufacturing 2
90	90	ecosystem elements, including supply chain re-3
91	91	siliency, scale-up manufacturing testbeds, ac-4
92	92	cess to venture capital and financing, technical 5
93	93	and entrepreneurial workforce, and production, 6
94	94	relative to those of other countries, particularly 7
95	95	with respect to countries that are strategic com-8
96	96	petitors of the United States; 9
97	97	(D) United States competitiveness in tech-10
98	98	nology and innovation sectors critical to na-11
99	99	tional security and economic prosperity relative 12
100	100	to other countries, including the availability and 13
101	101	scalability of United States technology in such 14
102	102	sectors abroad, particularly with respect to 15
103	103	countries that are strategic competitors of the 16
104	104	United States; 17
105	105	(E) trends and trajectories, including rate 18
106	106	of change in technologies, related to technology 19
107	107	and innovation sectors critical to national secu-20
108	108	rity and economic prosperity; 21
109	109	(F) threats to United States national secu-22
110	110	rity interests as a result of any foreign coun-23
111	111	try’s dependence on technologies of strategic 24
112	112	competitors of the United States; and 25
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116	116	(G) threats to United States interests 1
117	117	based on dependencies on foreign technologies 2
118	118	critical to national security and economic pros-3
119	119	perity; 4
120	120	(3) solicit input on technology and economic 5
121	121	trends, data, and metrics from relevant private sec-6
122	122	tor stakeholders, including entities involved in fi-7
123	123	nancing technology development and commercializa-8
124	124	tion, and engage with academia to inform the anal-9
125	125	yses under paragraph (2); and 10
126	126	(4) to the greatest extent practicable and as 11
127	127	may be appropriate, ensure that versions of the 12
128	128	analyses under paragraph (2) are unclassified and 13
129	129	available to relevant Federal agencies and offices. 14
130	130	(d) D
131	131	ETERMINATION OF PRIORITIES.—On a periodic 15
132	132	basis, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 16
133	133	Policy, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, 17
134	134	and the Assistant to the President for National Security 18
135	135	Affairs shall, in coordination with such heads of Executive 19
136	136	agencies as the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-20
137	137	nology Policy and such Assistants jointly consider appro-21
138	138	priate, jointly determine the priorities of the Office with 22
139	139	respect to subsection (b)(2)(A), considering, as may be ap-23
140	140	propriate, the strategies and reports under subtitle B of 24
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144	144	title VI of the Research and Development, Competition, 1
145	145	and Innovation Act (Public Law 117–167). 2
146	146	(e) A
147	147	DMINISTRATION.—Subject to the availability of 3
148	148	appropriations, to carry out the purposes set forth under 4
149	149	subsection (b)(2), the Office shall enter into an agreement 5
150	150	with a federally funded research and development center, 6
151	151	a university affiliated research center, or a consortium of 7
152	152	federally funded research and development centers and 8
153	153	university-affiliated research centers. 9
154	154	(f) A
155	155	CQUISITION, ACCESS, USE, ANDHANDLING OF 10
156	156	D
157	157	ATA ORINFORMATION.—In carrying out the activities 11
158	158	under subsection (c), the Office— 12
159	159	(1) shall acquire, access, use, and handle data 13
160	160	or information in a manner consistent with applica-14
161	161	ble provisions of law and policy, including laws and 15
162	162	policies providing for the protection of privacy and 16
163	163	civil liberties, and subject to any restrictions re-17
164	164	quired by the source of the information; 18
165	165	(2) shall have access, upon written request, to 19
166	166	all information, data, or reports of any Executive 20
167	167	agency that the Office determines necessary to carry 21
168	168	out the activities under subsection (c), provided that 22
169	169	such access is— 23
170	170	(A) conducted in a manner consistent with 24
171	171	applicable provisions of law and policy of the 25
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175	175	originating agency, including laws and policies 1
176	176	providing for the protection of privacy and civil 2
177	177	liberties; and 3
178	178	(B) consistent with due regard for the pro-4
179	179	tection from unauthorized disclosure of classi-5
180	180	fied information relating to sensitive intelligence 6
181	181	sources and methods or other exceptionally sen-7
182	182	sitive matters; and 8
183	183	(3) may obtain commercially available informa-9
184	184	tion that may not be publicly available. 10
185	185	(g) D
186	186	ETAILEESUPPORT.—Consistent with applicable 11
187	187	law, including sections 1341, 1517, and 1535 of title 31, 12
188	188	United States Code, and section 112 of title 3, United 13
189	189	States Code, the head of a department or agency within 14
190	190	the executive branch of the Federal Government may de-15
191	191	tail personnel to the Office in order to assist the Office 16
192	192	in carrying out any activity under subsection (c), con-17
193	193	sistent with the priorities determined under subsection (d). 18
194	194	(h) A
195	195	NNUALREPORT.—Not less frequently than once 19
196	196	each year, the Office shall submit to Congress a report 20
197	197	on the activities of the Office under this section, including 21
198	198	a description of the priorities under subsection (d) and any 22
199	199	support, disaggregated by Executive agency, provided to 23
200	200	the Office consistent with subsection (g) in order to ad-24
201	201	vance those priorities. 25
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205	205	(i) PLANS.—Before establishing the Office under 1
206	206	subsection (b)(1), the President shall submit to Congress 2
207	207	a report detailing plans for— 3
208	208	(1) the administrative structure of the Office, 4
209	209	including— 5
210	210	(A) a detailed spending plan that includes 6
211	211	administrative costs; and 7
212	212	(B) a disaggregation of costs associated 8
213	213	with carrying out subsection (e); 9
214	214	(2) ensuring consistent and sufficient funding 10
215	215	for the Office; and 11
216	216	(3) coordination between the Office and rel-12
217	217	evant Executive agencies and offices. 13
218	218	(j) A
219	219	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 14
220	220	authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 15
221	221	$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 16
222	222	(k) F
223	223	UNDING.—This Act shall be carried out using 17
224	224	amounts appropriated on or after the date of the enact-18
225	225	ment of this Act. 19
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