Sec. 2005. Key technology focus areas
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The initial key technology focus areas are: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy, and related advances. High performance computing, semiconductors, and advanced computer hardware and software. Quantum information science and technology. Robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing. Natural and anthropogenic disaster prevention or mitigation. Advanced communications technology and immersive technology. Biotechnology, medical technology, genomics, and synthetic biology.
Data storage, data management, distributed ledger technologies, and cybersecurity, including biometrics. Advanced energy and industrial efficiency technologies, such as batteries and advanced nuclear technologies, including but not limited to for the purposes of electric generation (consistent with section 15 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 ( 42 U.S.C. 1874 ). Advanced materials science, including composites and 2D materials. The Director and the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the interagency working group established under section 2004 and in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall annually review, and update as required, the list of key technology focus areas for purposes of this division.
As part of the annual review and update process required by section 2005(a)(2), the Director of the National Science Foundation and the Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the interagency working group established under section 2004— shall consider input from relevant industries; may consider the challenges and recommendations identified in the report required by section 2503 and in other relevant reports, such as technology and global trend reports from the defense and intelligence communities; shall consider the potential impact of the key technology focus areas on addressing national challenges, including competitive and security threats to the United States and to United States industries, including agriculture; and subject to the limitation under subsection (c), may add or delete key technology focus areas in light of shifting national needs or competitive threats to the United States (including for reasons of the United States or other countries having advanced or fallen behind in a technological area).
Not more than 10 key technology focus areas shall be included on the list of key technology focus areas at any time. Engineering and exploration relevant to the other key technology focus areas described in this section shall be considered part of the relevant key technology focus area. At the conclusion of the annual review and update process required by section 2005(a)(2), the Director and the Secretary of Energy shall deliver a report to Congress detailing— the key technology focus areas and rationale for their selection; the role of the Foundation, the Department of Energy, and other Federal entities, as relevant, in advancing the key technology focus areas; and the impact, including to the academic research community, of any changes to the key technology focus areas.
The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy shall, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, submit as part of their annual budget requests to Congress, a detailed description of the activities to be funded under this division, including an explanation of how the requested funding is complementary and not redundant of programs, efforts, and infrastructure undertaken or supported by other relevant Federal agencies. Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this division, the Director shall contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a review of the key technology focus areas, including whether Federal investment in the key technology focus areas have resulted in new domestic manufacturing capacity and job creation.
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