HR 1156 · 114th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications
To authorize the establishment or designation of a working group under the National Science and Technology Council to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation opportunities.
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.(2015-05-20)
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International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2015 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) 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 scie…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1156, International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2015
Mar 12, 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 4, 2015
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Cosponsors (6)
3 Democrats3 Republicans