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S. 3882Senate116th Congress (2019-2021)In Committee

National Technology Industrial Base Enhancement Act of 2020

Sponsored by Mike RoundsSen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)
Introduced June 3, 2020

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The National Technology Industrial Base Enhancement Act of 2020 creates a new National Technology Industrial Base Quadrilateral Council. The council brings together the U.S. defense technology council chair and counterparts from three other nations to coordinate policies affecting the technology and industrial base. It targets government, private sector, and academic entities involved in defense‑related research, production, and supply chains.

Key Provisions

  • Amends Title 10 U.S. Code to add a new subsection establishing the Quadrilateral Council.
  • The council, led by the U.S. National Defense Technology and Industrial Base Council chair and foreign designees, must meet twice a year.
  • It will work to harmonize policies and propose legislation on industrial security, supply‑chain and cyber security, foreign investment, export controls, and related research and acquisition matters.
  • Provides a government‑to‑government mechanism for members to raise and resolve disputes within the technology industrial base.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 3, 2020

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Introduced in Senate

June 3, 2020

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 3, 2020

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Introduced in SenateIssued June 3, 2020

II

116th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 3882

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 3, 2020

Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To establish the National Technology Industrial Base Quadrilateral Council.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Technology Industrial Base Enhancement Act of 2020.

2.

Establishment of National Technology Industrial Base Quadrilateral Council

Section 2502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(e)

National Technology Industrial Base Quadrilateral Council

(1)

The chairman of the National Defense Technology and Industrial Base Council shall work with the equivalent designees in the countries that comprise the national technology industrial base to form the National Technology Industrial Base Quadrilateral Council.

(2)

The National Technology Industrial Base Quadrilateral Council shall meet biannually to harmonize respective policies and regulations, and to propose new legislation that increases the seamless integration between the persons and organizations comprising the national technology and industrial base.

(3)

The National Technology Industrial Base Quadrilateral Council shall—

(A)

address and review issues related to indus- trial security, supply-chain security, cybersecurity, regulating foreign direct investment and foreign ownership, control and influence mitigation, market research, technology assessment, and research cooperation within public and private research and development organizations and universities, technology and export control measures, acquisition processes and oversight, and management best practices; and

(B)

establish a mechanism for National Technology Industrial Base Quadrilateral Council members to raise disputes that arise within the national technology industrial base at a government-to-government level.

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