International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2012 - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to establish a body under the National Science and Technology Council that has the responsibility of identifying and coordinating international science and technology cooperation that can strengthen U.S. science and technology enterprise, improve economic and national security, and support U.S. foreign policy goals.
Requires the body to be co-chaired by senior level officials from OSTP and the Department of State.
Requires the body to: (1) plan and coordinate interagency international science and technology cooperative research and training activities and partnerships supported or managed by federal agencies, (2) establish federal priorities and policies for aligning such international science and technology cooperative research and training activities and partnerships with the foreign policy goals of the United States, (3) identify opportunities for new international science and technology cooperative research and training partnerships that advance science and technology and U.S. foreign policy priorities, (4) solicit recommendations from non-federal science and technology stakeholders, and (5) identify broad issues that influence the ability of U.S. scientists and engineers to collaborate with foreign counterparts.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5916 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5916
To provide for the establishment of a body to identify and coordinate
international science and technology cooperation that can strengthen
the domestic science and technology enterprise and support United
States foreign policy goals.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 7, 2012
Mr. Carnahan (for himself, Mr. Holt, Mr. Moran, Mr. Lipinski, Mr.
Engel, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Miller of North
Carolina, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Norton, and Mrs.
Biggert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
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A BILL
To provide for the establishment of a body to identify and coordinate
international science and technology cooperation that can strengthen
the domestic science and technology enterprise and support United
States foreign policy goals.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``International Science and Technology
Cooperation Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PARTNERSHIPS.
(a) Establishment.--The Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy shall establish a body under the National Science and
Technology Council (NSTC) with the responsibility to identify and
coordinate international science and technology cooperation that can
strengthen the United States science and technology enterprise, improve
economic and national security, and support United States foreign
policy goals.
(b) NSTC Body Leadership.--The body established under subsection
(a) shall be co-chaired by senior level officials from the Office of
Science and Technology Policy and the Department of State.
(c) Responsibilities.--The body established under subsection (a)
shall--
(1) plan and coordinate interagency international science
and technology cooperative research and training activities and
partnerships supported or managed by Federal agencies and work
with other National Science and Technology Council committees
to help plan and coordinate the international component of
national science and technology priorities;
(2) establish Federal priorities and policies for aligning,
as appropriate, international science and technology
cooperative research and training activities and partnerships
supported or managed by Federal agencies with the foreign
policy goals of the United States;
(3) identify opportunities for new international science
and technology cooperative research and training partnerships
that advance both the science and technology and the foreign
policy priorities of the United States;
(4) in carrying out paragraph (3), solicit input and
recommendations from non-Federal science and technology
stakeholders, including universities, scientific and
professional societies, industry, and relevant organizations
and institutions; and
(5) identify broad issues that influence the ability of
United States scientists and engineers to collaborate with
foreign counterparts, including barriers to collaboration and
access to scientific information.
(d) Report to Congress.--The Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy shall transmit a report, to be updated annually, to
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate. The report shall also be made available to the
public on the reporting agency's website. The report shall contain a
description of--
(1) the priorities and policies established under
subsection (c)(2);
(2) the ongoing and new partnerships established since the
last update to the report;
(3) the means by which stakeholder input was received, as
well as summary views of stakeholder input; and
(4) the issues influencing the ability of United States
scientists and engineers to collaborate with foreign
counterparts.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
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