Global Technology Leadership Act

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1873 To establish the Office of Global Competition Analysis, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 8, 2023 Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. WARNER) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Com- merce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To establish the Office of Global Competition Analysis, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Technology 4 Leadership Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF GLOBAL COMPETITION ANALYSIS. 6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 7 (1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 8 agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 9 105 of title 5, United States Code. 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1873.IS S1873 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1873 IS (2) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of- 1 fice of Global Competition Analysis established 2 under subsection (b). 3 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 5 an office for analysis of global competition. 6 (2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Office are 7 as follows: 8 (A) To carry out a program of analysis rel- 9 evant to United States leadership in science, 10 technology, and innovation sectors critical to 11 national security and economic prosperity rel- 12 ative to other countries, particularly those coun- 13 tries that are strategic competitors of the 14 United States. 15 (B) To support policy development and de- 16 cision making across the Federal Government 17 to ensure United States leadership in science, 18 technology, and innovation sectors critical to 19 national security and economic prosperity rel- 20 ative to other countries, particularly those coun- 21 tries that are strategic competitors of the 22 United States. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1873.IS S1873 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1873 IS (3) DESIGNATION.—The office established 1 under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘Office 2 of Global Competition Analysis’’. 3 (c) ACTIVITIES.—In accordance with the priorities 4 determined under subsection (d), the Office shall— 5 (1) subject to subsection (f), acquire, access, 6 use, and handle data or other information relating 7 to the purposes of the Office under subsection 8 (b)(2); 9 (2) conduct long- and short-term analyses re- 10 garding— 11 (A) United States policies that enable tech- 12 nological competitiveness relative to those of 13 other countries, particularly with respect to 14 countries that are strategic competitors of the 15 United States; 16 (B) United States science and technology 17 ecosystem elements, including regional and na- 18 tional research development and capacity, tech- 19 nology innovation, and science and engineering 20 education and research workforce, relative to 21 those of other countries, particularly with re- 22 spect to countries that are strategic competitors 23 of the United States; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1873.IS S1873 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1873 IS (C) United States technology development, 1 commercialization, and advanced manufacturing 2 ecosystem elements, including supply chain re- 3 siliency, scale-up manufacturing testbeds, ac- 4 cess to venture capital and financing, technical 5 and entrepreneurial workforce, and production, 6 relative to those of other countries, particularly 7 with respect to countries that are strategic com- 8 petitors of the United States; 9 (D) United States competitiveness in tech- 10 nology and innovation sectors critical to na- 11 tional security and economic prosperity relative 12 to other countries, including the availability and 13 scalability of United States technology in such 14 sectors abroad, particularly with respect to 15 countries that are strategic competitors of the 16 United States; 17 (E) trends and trajectories, including rate 18 of change in technologies, related to technology 19 and innovation sectors critical to national secu- 20 rity and economic prosperity; 21 (F) threats to United States national secu- 22 rity interests as a result of any foreign coun- 23 try’s dependence on technologies of strategic 24 competitors of the United States; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1873.IS S1873 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •S 1873 IS (G) threats to United States interests 1 based on dependencies on foreign technologies 2 critical to national security and economic pros- 3 perity; 4 (3) solicit input on technology and economic 5 trends, data, and metrics from relevant private sec- 6 tor stakeholders, including entities involved in fi- 7 nancing technology development and commercializa- 8 tion, and engage with academia to inform the anal- 9 yses under paragraph (2); and 10 (4) to the greatest extent practicable and as 11 may be appropriate, ensure that versions of the 12 analyses under paragraph (2) are unclassified and 13 available to relevant Federal agencies and offices. 14 (d) DETERMINATION OF PRIORITIES.—On a periodic 15 basis, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 16 Policy, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, 17 and the Assistant to the President for National Security 18 Affairs shall, in coordination with such heads of Executive 19 agencies as the Director of the Office of Science and Tech- 20 nology Policy and such Assistants jointly consider appro- 21 priate, jointly determine the priorities of the Office with 22 respect to subsection (b)(2)(A), considering, as may be ap- 23 propriate, the strategies and reports under subtitle B of 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1873.IS S1873 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •S 1873 IS title VI of the Research and Development, Competition, 1 and Innovation Act (Public Law 117–167). 2 (e) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to the availability of 3 appropriations, to carry out the purposes set forth under 4 subsection (b)(2), the Office shall enter into an agreement 5 with a federally funded research and development center, 6 a university affiliated research center, or a consortium of 7 federally funded research and development centers and 8 university-affiliated research centers. 9 (f) ACQUISITION, ACCESS, USE, AND HANDLING OF 10 DATA OR INFORMATION.—In carrying out the activities 11 under subsection (c), the Office— 12 (1) shall acquire, access, use, and handle data 13 or information in a manner consistent with applica- 14 ble provisions of law and policy, including laws and 15 policies providing for the protection of privacy and 16 civil liberties, and subject to any restrictions re- 17 quired by the source of the information; 18 (2) shall have access, upon written request, to 19 all information, data, or reports of any Executive 20 agency that the Office determines necessary to carry 21 out the activities under subsection (c), provided that 22 such access is— 23 (A) conducted in a manner consistent with 24 applicable provisions of law and policy of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1873.IS S1873 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7 •S 1873 IS originating agency, including laws and policies 1 providing for the protection of privacy and civil 2 liberties; and 3 (B) consistent with due regard for the pro- 4 tection from unauthorized disclosure of classi- 5 fied information relating to sensitive intelligence 6 sources and methods or other exceptionally sen- 7 sitive matters; and 8 (3) may obtain commercially available informa- 9 tion that may not be publicly available. 10 (g) DETAILEE SUPPORT.—Consistent with applicable 11 law, including sections 1341, 1517, and 1535 of title 31, 12 United States Code, and section 112 of title 3, United 13 States Code, the head of a department or agency within 14 the executive branch of the Federal Government may de- 15 tail personnel to the Office in order to assist the Office 16 in carrying out any activity under subsection (c), con- 17 sistent with the priorities determined under subsection (d). 18 (h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not less frequently than once 19 each year, the Office shall submit to Congress a report 20 on the activities of the Office under this section, including 21 a description of the priorities under subsection (d) and any 22 support, disaggregated by Executive agency, provided to 23 the Office consistent with subsection (g) in order to ad- 24 vance those priorities. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1873.IS S1873 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 8 •S 1873 IS (i) PLANS.—Before establishing the Office under 1 subsection (b)(1), the President shall submit to Congress 2 a report detailing plans for— 3 (1) the administrative structure of the Office, 4 including— 5 (A) a detailed spending plan that includes 6 administrative costs; and 7 (B) a disaggregation of costs associated 8 with carrying out subsection (e); 9 (2) ensuring consistent and sufficient funding 10 for the Office; and 11 (3) coordination between the Office and rel- 12 evant Executive agencies and offices. 13 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 14 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 15 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 16 (k) FUNDING.—This Act shall be carried out using 17 amounts appropriated on or after the date of the enact- 18 ment of this Act. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jun 30, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1873.IS S1873 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS