S.Amdt. 4744

SA 4744. 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. ___. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY.

(a) In General.--Each year, the President shall submit to
Congress a comprehensive report on the technology strategy of
the United States designed to maintain United States
leadership in critical and emerging technologies essential to
United States national security and economic prosperity.
(b) Elements.--Each National Technology Strategy developed
and submitted under subsection (a) shall contain at least the
following elements:
(1) An assessment of the efforts of the United States
Government to preserve United States leadership in key
emerging technologies and prevent United States strategic
competitors from leveraging advanced technologies to gain
strategic military or economic advantages over the United
States.
(2) A review of existing United States Government
technology policy, including long-range goals.
(3) An analysis of technology trends and assessment of the
relative competitiveness of United States technology sectors
in relation to strategic competitors.
(4) Identification of sectors critical for the long-term
resilience of United States innovation leadership across
design, manufacturing, supply chains, and markets.
(5) Recommendations for domestic policy incentives to
sustain an innovation economy and develop specific, high-cost
sectors necessary for long-term national security ends.
(6) Recommendations for policies to protect United States
and leadership of allies of the United States in critical
areas through targeted export controls, investment screening,
and counterintelligence activities.
(7) Identification of priority domestic research and
development areas critical to national security and necessary
to sustain United States leadership, and directing funding to
fill gaps in basic and applied research where the private
sector does not focus.
(8) Recommendations for talent programs to grow United
States talent in key critical and emerging technologies and
enhance the ability of the Federal Government to recruit and
retain individuals with critical skills into Federal service.
(9) Methods to foster the development of international
partnerships to reinforce domestic policy actions, build new
markets, engage in collaborative research, and create an
international environment that reflects United States values
and protects United States interests.
(10) A technology annex, which may be classified, to
establish an integrated and enduring approach to the
identification, prioritization, development, and fielding of
emerging technologies.
(11) Such other information as may be necessary to help
inform Congress on matters relating to the technology
strategy of the United States and related implications for
United States national security.
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