Sec. 283. INDEPENDENT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EFFORTS BY CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN RESEARCHERS IN NATIONAL SECURITY-RELATED AND DEFENSE-RELATED FIELDS

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## SEC. 283 INDEPENDENT COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EFFORTS BY CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN RESEARCHERS IN NATIONAL SECURITY-RELATED AND DEFENSE-RELATED FIELDS ###

(a)Agreement ####

(1)In general The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to perform the services covered by this section. ####

(2)Timing The Secretary shall seek to enter into the agreement described in paragraph

(1)not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. ###

(b)Review ####

(1)In general Under an agreement between the Secretary and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under this section, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall carry out a comparative analysis of efforts by China and the United States Government to recruit and retain domestic and foreign researchers and develop recommendations for the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other Federal agencies as appropriate. ####

(2)Elements The comparative analysis carried out under paragraph

(1)and the recommendations developed under such paragraph shall include the following: #####

(A)A list of the “talent programs” used by China and a list of the incentive programs used by the United States to recruit and retain researchers in fields relating to national security or defense research. #####

(B)The types of researchers, scientists, other technical experts, and fields targeted by each talent program listed under subparagraph (A). #####

(C)The number of researchers in academia, the Department of Defense Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories, and national security science and engineering programs of the National Nuclear Security Administration targeted by the talent programs listed under subparagraph (A). #####

(D)The number of personnel currently participating in the talent programs listed under subparagraph

(A)and the number of researchers currently participating in the incentive programs listed under such subparagraph. #####

(E)The incentives offered by each of the talent programs listed under subparagraph

(A)and a description of the incentives offered through incentive programs under such subparagraph to recruit and retain researchers, scientists, and other technical experts. #####

(F)A characterization of the national security, economic, and scientific benefits China gains through the talent programs listed under subparagraph

(A)and a description of similar gains accrued to the United States through incentive programs listed under such subparagraph. #####

(G)An assessment of the risks to national security and benefits to the United States of scientific research cooperation between the United States and China, such as that which is performed under the agreement between the United States and the People’s Republic of China known as the “Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in Science and Technology”, signed in Washington on January 31, 1979, successor agreements, and similar agreements, administered by the Secretary of State and the heads of other Federal agencies. #####

(H)A list of findings and recommendations relating to policies that can be implemented by the United States, especially the Department of Defense and other appropriate Federal agencies, to improve the relative effectiveness of United States activities to recruit and retain researchers, scientists, and other technical experts relative to China. ###

(c)Report ####

(1)In general Not later than one year after the date of the execution of an agreement under subsection (a), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall— #####

(A)submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine with respect to the review carried out under this section and the recommendations developed under this section; and #####

(B)make available to the public on a publicly accessible website a version of report that is suitable for public viewing. ####

(2)Form The report submitted under paragraph (1)(A) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. # TITLE III OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ## Subtitle A Authorization of Appropriations