Sec. 112. GAO study on Federal research security
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Congress a report detailing the results of a study on Federal science agency efforts to protect federally funded research and development from foreign interference, theft, or espionage. Such study shall include— an inventory of current policies, procedures, and guidance for protecting federally funded intramural and extramural research from foreign interference, theft, or espionage; an inventory of policies and procedures for foreign scientists participating in research or research administration at Federal facilities, including Federal laboratories; an inventory of known security breaches and other similar incidents of foreign interference, theft, or espionage of intramural research, merit-review panels, or other Federal grant administration activities; an assessment of the best practices at Federal agencies for protecting federally funded research; an assessment of interagency coordination efforts on policies and procedures on research security; an assessment of any potential consequences that any agency practice would have on international collaboration and United States leadership in science and technology; and recommendations for further steps that agencies should take to protect federally funded research from foreign interference, theft or espionage.