S.Amdt. 4027

SA 4027. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Sasse) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL.

The Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:

``TITLE VII--TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL

``SEC. 701. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL.

``The President shall establish within the Executive Office
of the President a Technology Competitiveness Council (in
this title, referred to as the `Council').

``SEC. 702. MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL.

``(a) In General.--The Council shall be composed of the
following members:
``(1) The Vice President.
``(2) The Secretary of State.
``(3) The Secretary of the Treasury.
``(4) The Secretary of Defense.
``(5) The Attorney General.
``(6) The Secretary of Commerce.
``(7) The Secretary of Energy.
``(8) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
``(9) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
``(10) The Assistant to the President for Technology
Competitiveness.
``(11) The Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs.
``(12) The Assistant to the President for Science and
Technology.
``(13) The Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.
``(14) The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.
``(15) The United States Trade Representative.
``(16) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
``(17) The Director of National Intelligence.
``(18) The heads of such other executive departments and
agencies and other senior officials within the Executive
Office of the President as the Chairperson of the Council
considers appropriate.
``(b) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Council shall be
the Vice President.

``SEC. 703. OPERATION OF COUNCIL.

``(a) Responsibilities of Chair.--The Chairperson of the
Council--
``(1) shall convene and preside over meetings of the
Council and shall determine the agenda for the Council;
``(2) may authorize the establishment of such committees of
the Council, including an executive committee, and of such
working groups, composed of senior designees of the Council
members and of other officials, as the Chairperson deems
necessary or appropriate for the efficient conduct of Council
functions; and
``(3) shall report to the President on the activities and
recommendations of the Council and shall advise the Council
as appropriate regarding the President's directions with
respect to the Council's activities and national technology
policy generally.
``(b) Administration.--
``(1) Staff.--The Council may hire a staff, which shall be
headed by the Assistant to the President for Technology
Competitiveness.
``(2) Support.--
``(A) Support from office of administration.--The Office of
Administration in the Executive Office of the President shall
provide the Council with such personnel, funding, and
administrative support, as directed by the Chair or, upon the
Chair's direction, the Assistant to the President for
Technology Competitiveness, subject to the availability of
appropriations.
``(B) Support from other agencies.--Subject to the
availability of appropriations, members of the Council who
are heads of Federal agencies shall make resources, including
personnel and office support, available to the Council as
reasonably requested by the Chairperson or, upon the
Chairperson's direction, the Assistant to the President for
Technology Competitiveness.
``(3) Information and assistance.--The heads of Federal
agencies shall provide to the Council such information and
assistance as the Chairperson may request to carry out the
functions described in section 704.
``(4) Coordination with national security council.--The
Council shall coordinate with the National Security Council
on technology policy and strategy matters relating primarily
to national security to ensure that the activities of the
Council are carried out in a manner that is consistent with
the responsibilities and authorities of the National Security
Council.

``SEC. 704. FUNCTIONS OF COUNCIL.

``The Council shall be responsible for the following:
``(1) Developing recommendations for the President on
United States technology competitiveness and technology-
related issues, advising and assisting the President in
development and implementation of national technology policy
and strategy, and performing such other duties as the
President may prescribe.
``(2) Developing and overseeing the implementation of a
National Technology Strategy required by section 601 of the
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
``(3) Serving as a forum for balancing national security,
economic, and technology considerations of United States
departments and agencies as they pertain to technology
research, development, commercial interests, and national
security applications.
``(4) Coordinating policies across Federal departments and
agencies relating to United States competitiveness in
critical and emerging technologies and ensuring that policies
designed to promote United States leadership and protect
existing competitive advantages in technologies of strategic
importance to the United States are integrated and mutually
reinforcing.
``(5) Synchronizing budgets and strategies, in consultation
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in
accordance with the National Technology Strategy required by
section 601 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2022.''.
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