42 U.S.C. § 6687 — Critical technology strategies

(a) Requirement for critical technology strategies. (1) The President must develop and revise as needed a multiyear strategy for federally supported research and development for each technology the President designates as critical. The President must begin with the national critical technologies in the President’s biennial report to Congress. One strategy may cover multiple technologies. (2) The President must assign responsibilities and procedures for Executive Branch activities under this section. (3) While developing a strategy, the President must provide for (A) goals and objectives for the appropriate Federal role; (B) close consultation with qualified United States industry, labor, professional, and technical representatives and other qualified advisers; (C) a Federal organizational structure to coordinate, manage, and review implementation, including assigning roles among departments and agencies; (D) policies and procedures for coordinated government, industry, and university participation; and (E) Federal budget estimates for the covered research and development for the first five fiscal years. (b) Report. By February 15 each year beginning in 1993, the President must report to Congress on implementing subsection (a). The report must include (1) progress during the preceding fiscal year for each designated critical technology, (2) each proposed program for further implementation through the next report date, and (3) each strategy completed or revised during the covered fiscal year.