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 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1511 PART E—DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY BASE SEC. 841. CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES PLANNING (a) NATIONAL CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES PANEL. —(1) The National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new title: "TITLE VI—NATIONAL CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES PANEL "ESTABLISHMENT "SEC. 601. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology 42 USC 6681. Policy shall establish within that office a National Critical Tech- nologies Panel (hereinafter in this title referred to as the 'panel'). The panel shall prepare the biennial national critical technologies report required by section 603. "MEMBERSHIP "SEC. 60?.. (a) The panel shall consist of 13 members appointed 42 USC 6682. from among persons who are experts in science and engineering as follows: "(1) The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall appoint nine members, of whom— "(A) three shall be Federal Government officials; and "(B) six shall be appointed from persons in private indus- try and higher education. "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall appoint one member, who shall be an official of the Department of Defense. "(3) The Secretary of Energy shall appoint one member, who shall be an official of the Department of Energy. "(4) The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint one member, who shall be an official of the Department of Commerce. "(5) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall appoint one member, who shall be an official of that agency. "(b)(1) Members appointed under subsection (a)(l)(B) shall serve for a term of two years. (2) Any vacancy in the membership of the panel shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. "(c) The Director shall designate one of the members appointed under subsection (a)(l)(A) as chairman of the panel. "BIENNIAL NATIONAL CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES REPORT "SEC. 603. (a) The panel shall submit to the President a biennial 42 USC 6683. report on national critical technologies. Each such report shall identify those product technologies and process technologies that the panel considers to be national critical technologies. The number of the such technologies identified in any such report may not exceed 30. The reports shall be submitted not later than October 1 of even-numbered years. "(b) For purposes of subsection (a), a product or process technology may be considered to be a national critical technology if the panel determines it to be a technology that it is essential for the United States to develop to further the long-term national security and economic prosperity of the United States.

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