American Technology Preeminence Act

Summary

American Technology Preeminence Act - Title I: Department of Commerce Research and Technology - Technology Administration Authorization Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out the following activities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): (1) measurement research and standards; (2) materials science and engineering; (3) engineering measurements and standards; (4) computer science and technology; (5) research support activities; (6) cold neutron source facility; and (7) technology services. Earmarks specified amounts for: (1) steel technology; (2) the Center for Building Technology; (3) the Center for Fire Research; (4) the technical competence fund; (5) the evaluation of nonenergy-related inventions and related technology extension activities; and (6) Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology. Permits transfers of funds among activities under specified conditions. Prohibits the merger of the Center for Building Technology and the Center for Fire Research. Authorizes the use of certain funds to pay the Federal share of the cost of a pilot program to assist in the development of comprehensive industrial standards for countries that have requested such assistance, if other conditions are met. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology; (2) carrying out the Japanese Technical Literature Act of 1986; (3) modernization of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS); (4) the Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation; and (5) adjustments in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits which may be provided for by law. Requires NTIS operating costs, associated with the acquisition and storage of information, to be recovered through the collection of fees. Amends Federal law to remove the cap on expenditures for construction and improvement of NIST buildings and facilities, but retains the requirement that such expenditures be within the limits of funds appropriated to NIST. Amends Federal law to authorize appropriations for the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology (Centers). Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions mandating a nationwide study of current State technology extension services. Amends Federal law to establish within NIST an Office of Technology Services to supervise the Centers Program, NIST's assistance to State technology programs, and other activities or programs as the Secretary or the NIST Director may specify. Prohibits funds appropriated for NIST activities from being expended unless the activities have been specifically authorized by law. Title II: Advanced Technology Program Amendments - Emerging Technology Research and Development Act of 1990 - Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the Director of NIST, to support joint ventures to identify and solve generic technology and manufacturing problems in emerging technology fields including high resolution information systems and advanced materials research and development so as to speed commercialization of products and services based on these technologies, and to establish procedures for technology sharing and technology transfer among members of the joint venture while protecting against transfer of intellectual properties, trade secrets, or proprietary data overseas. Requires that awards to joint ventures be based on competitive or other merit-based procedures. Directs the Secretary, through the Director, to negotiate an agreement with any joint venture participants: (1) delineating their activities and responsibilities; and (2) specifying a period of time during which the Federal Government shall receive payments from any profits of the venture in proportion to the Federal share of the cost or, as an alternative, an option to pay an amount determined by the Secretary to be equal to the full Federal investment plus a reasonable return on such investment. Sets forth criteria for determining whether a company shall be considered a U.S. business and other eligibility criteria. Authorizes the Secretary, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, and the Director to organize such industry advisory committees as appropriate. Authorizes the use of up to a specified percentage of the funds appropriated for carrying out provisions relating to the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) for standards development in support of those provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research and development of new or advanced technology of significant long-term value to the civilian U.S. economy, or for research and development concerning the generic commercial adaptation of such technology. Requires grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under the ATP to be designed to support projects which are high risk and which have potential for eventual substantial widespread commercial application. Authorizes appropriations for the ATP. Title III: Amendments to Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (Stevenson-Wydler Act) to remove fiscal year limitations from provisions requiring that each Federal agency transfer an amount to NIST for the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer. Adds references to intellectual property to provisions defining "cooperative research and development agreement." Amends the definition of "Federal agency" to include any agency of the legislative branch. Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to use appropriated funds to carry out the Secretary's responsibilities under the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987. Title IV: Office of Science and Technology Policy - Amends Federal law to add the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to the list of positions at level I of the Executive Schedule. Adds the Director of the Office of Science and Technology to the list of positions at level II of the Executive Schedule. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to report annually to the Congress on all major science and technology proposals involving more than one country and having a total estimated cost greater than a specified sum. Amends the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (STPOP) to add a new title to be cited as the National High Performance Computer Technology Program Act of 1990. Directs the President, through the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology, to develop a National High Performance Computer Technology Plan containing recommendations for a five-year national effort. Mandates that the plan include: (1) funding requirements; and (2) the establishment of a multi-gigabit-per-second research and education computer network by 1996, to be known as the National Research and Education Network, to link government, industry and the higher education community, to provide computer users with access to supercomputers, data bases, and other research facilities, and to meet other goals. Requires the Plan to define the organizational arrangement for managing the operation of the Network. Requires the Council to develop the Plan, coordinate the high performance computing research and development activities of Federal agencies, and establish an advisory board. Amends the STPOP to establish a Presidential Commission on Reducing Capital Costs for Emerging Technology to develop recommendations to increase the competitiveness of U.S. industry by encouraging investment in quality, product and process improvements, and new product development and marketing. Terminates the Commission six months after submission of its final report. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth the sense of the Congress that the research and experimentation tax credit be permanently extended and raised to 25 percent, and the research and development costs allocation rules for deduction of expenses from foreign income be revised so as to not discourage activities in the United States and not penalize companies exporting U.S. made products or providing services through U.S. citizens stationed abroad. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish within that office a Presidential Commission on Procurement and Technology to develop recommendations for changes to Federal procurement laws, procedures, and policies with respect to the development of advanced technologies. Terminates the Commission six months after submission of its final report. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Information Collection and Dissemination - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility of establishing and operating a Federal Online Information Product Catalog (FEDLINE) at the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Amends the National Technical Information Act of 1988 to add producing and disseminating products in electronic format to the duties of the NTIS. Title VI: High Resolution Information Systems - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish within that office a High Resolution Information Systems Board to foster and monitor the development of U.S. based high resolution information systems industries. Includes high definition television in the definition of such systems. Title VII: Reports - Amends the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (STPOP) to require that the biennial national critical technologies report include the most economically important emerging civilian technologies during the ten-year period following the report, together with the estimated current and future size of domestic and international markets for products derived from these technologies. Allows a product or process technology to be considered to be a national critical technology if it is essential for U.S. long-term national security or (currently, and) economic prosperity. Requires each report to identify technology base gaps between the United States and its major trading partners and list the technologies and markets targeted by major trading partners for development or capture. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report to the Congress on the feasibility and advisability of establishing, in affiliation with NIST, a Quality Institute and privately-funded foundation to support that Institute. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to propose to the Congress a strategy for improving the university research capabilities of those States which historically have received relatively little Federal research and development funding. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to enter into a contract with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis for the development of a methodology or approach that can be used in the establishment of international product standards. Authorizes the use of a specified sum of the amounts authorized under the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 to carry out such requirement.

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Timeline

1. 21 March 1990

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

2. 21 March 1990

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

3. 21 March 1990

   Committee

   For Previous Action See H.R.3042.

   Source: Committee

4. 21 March 1990

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 21 March 1990

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

6. 21 March 1990

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

7. 4 April 1990

   Passed

   Mr. Roe asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Science, Space and Technology have until 6:00 p.m. on April 12 to file a report on H.R. 4329. Agreed to without objection.

   Source: Committee

8. 10 May 1990

   Introduced

   Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Judiciary for a period ending not later than June 11, 1990 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(m), Rule X.

   Source: IntroReferral

9. 10 May 1990

   Reported

   Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 481, Part I.

   Source: Committee

10. 10 May 1990

    Reported

    Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 481, Part I.

    Source: Committee

11. 11 June 1990

    Introduced

    House Committee on Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 14, 1990.

    Source: IntroReferral

12. 12 June 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

13. 12 June 1990

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

14. 14 June 1990

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.

    Source: Calendars

15. 14 June 1990

    Reported

    Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 481, Part II.

    Source: Committee

16. 14 June 1990

    Reported

    Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 481, Part II.

    Source: Committee

17. 26 June 1990

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 422 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4329 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. In lieu of the amendments now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the bill H.R. 5072 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments.

    Source: Floor

18. 11 July 1990

    Floor

    Laid on the table. See S. 1191 for further action.

    Source: Floor

19. 11 July 1990

    Floor

    The House discharged from Committee and moved to the consideration of S. 1191, a similar measure to H.R. 4329.

    Source: Floor

20. 11 July 1990

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

21. 11 July 1990

    Vote

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 327 - 93 (Roll no. 221).

    Source: Floor

22. 11 July 1990

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 327 - 93 (Roll no. 221).

    Source: Floor

23. 11 July 1990

    Vote

    On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 165 - 257 (Roll No. 220).

    Source: Floor

24. 11 July 1990

    Floor

    Mr. Walker moved to recommit with instructions to Science, Space and Technology.

    Source: Floor

25. 11 July 1990

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

    Source: Floor

26. 11 July 1990

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

27. 11 July 1990

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4329.

    Source: Floor

28. 11 July 1990

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4329 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. In lieu of the amendments now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the bill H.R. 5072 as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments.

    Source: Floor

29. 11 July 1990

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Jim McDermott to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

30. 11 July 1990

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 422 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

31. 11 July 1990

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 422.

    Source: Floor

32. 11 July 1990

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 422 passed House.

    Source: Floor

Votes

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Related records

• related to → Department of Commerce Research and Technology Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990, 1991, and 1992
• related to → Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4329) to enhance the position of United States industry through application of the results of Federal research and development, and for other purposes.
• related to ← Technology Administration Authorization Act of 1989
• amends ← An amendment to change the bill's fiscal year 1992 authorization for the Advanced Technology Program from $250 million to "such sums as may be necessary".
• amends ← An amendment to rename the bill's "Presidential Commission on Reducing Capital Costs for Emerging Technology" as "National Commission on Reducing Capital Costs for Emerging Technology". The amendment also provides that members would be appointed by both the President and Congress, rather than just by the President as is provided in the bill. Under the provisions of the amendment, 14 members of the Commission would be appointed by Congress and the remaining 6 members would be appointed by the President. Finally, the amendment provides for a two-thirds vote requirement by the commission in order to report out any recommendations.
• amends ← An amendment to strike the provisions of the bill which would elevate the position of the Director of the Office of Science and Technology from Executive Level I to Executive Level II.
• amends ← An amendment to add three new sections to the bill as follows: Establish "Buy-American" requirements for projects authorized in the bill; Require the Commerce Department to declare any person who makes fraudulent use of a "Made in America" label ineligible to receive federal contracts or grants in conjunction with the projects authorized by the bill for a period of three to five years; Prohibit the award of contracts or subcontracts for projects authorized by the bill to firms based in, or incorporated under the laws of, any country that maintains a "significant and persistent pattern or practice of discrimination" against U.S. products or services in its government procurement, where said discrimination results in identifiable harm to U.S. businesses.
• amends ← An amendment offered en bloc to delete the provisions in the bill which would establish a permanent extension of the Research and Development Investment Tax Credit on the grounds that the provisions more properly fall within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means.
• amends ← An amendment restricting ownership of patentable technology developed through joint ventures in the Advance Technology Program to companies incorporated in the United States or Canada. Titles for new technologies developed under the program could not be sold for 17 years. The amendment applies only to new patentable technology and not technology that would be copyrighted.