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22 U.S.C. § 2656b — Congressional declaration of policy regarding consequences of science and technology on conduct of foreign policy
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In order to maximize the benefits and to minimize the adverse consequences of science and technology in the conduct of foreign policy, the Congress declares the following to be the policy of the United States:
(1) Technological opportunities, impacts, changes, and threats should be anticipated and assessed, and appropriate measures should be implemented to influence such technological developments in ways beneficial to the United States and other countries.
(2) The mutually beneficial applications of technology in bilateral and multilateral agreements and activities involving the United States and foreign countries or international organizations should be recognized and supported as an important element of United States foreign policy.
(3) The United States Government should implement appropriate measures to insure that individuals are trained in the use of science and technology as an instrument in international relations and that officers and employees of the United States Government engaged in formal and informal exchanges of scientific and technical information, personnel, and hardware are knowledgeable in international affairs.
(4) In recognition of the environmental and technological factors that change relations among countries and in recognition of the growing interdependence between the domestic and foreign policies and programs of the United States, United States foreign policy should be continually reviewed by the executive and legislative branches of the Government to insure appropriate and timely application of science and technology to the conduct of United States foreign policy.
(5) Federally supported international science and technology agreements should be negotiated to ensure that—
(A) intellectual property rights are properly protected; and
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In order to maximize the benefits and to minimize the adverse consequences of science and technology in the conduct of foreign policy, the Congress declares the following to be the policy of the United States:
(1) Technological opportunities, impacts, changes, and threats should be anticipated and assessed, and appropriate measures should be implemented to influence such technological developments in ways beneficial to the United States and other countries.
(2) The mutually beneficial applications of technology in bilateral and multilateral agreements and activities involving the United States and foreign countries or international organizations should be recognized and supported as an important element of United States foreign policy.
(3) The United States Government should implement appropriate measures to insure that individuals are trained in the use of science and technology as an instrument in international relations and that officers and employees of the United States Government engaged in formal and informal exchanges of scientific and technical information, personnel, and hardware are knowledgeable in international affairs.
(4) In recognition of the environmental and technological factors that change relations among countries and in recognition of the growing interdependence between the domestic and foreign policies and programs of the United States, United States foreign policy should be continually reviewed by the executive and legislative branches of the Government to insure appropriate and timely application of science and technology to the conduct of United States foreign policy.
(5) Federally supported international science and technology agreements should be negotiated to ensure that—
(A) intellectual property rights are properly protected; and
(B) access to research and development opportunities and facilities, and the flow of scientific and technological information, are, to the maximum extent practicable, equitable and reciprocal.
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**(a) Coordination and oversight over science and technology agreements between United States and foreign countries, etc.**
(1) In order to implement the policies set forth in [section 2656b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2656b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of State (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall have primary responsibility for coordination and oversight with respect to all major science or science and technology agreements and activities between the United States and foreign countries, international organizations, or commissions of which the United States and one or more foreign countries are members.
(2) In coordinating and overseeing such agreements and activities, the Secretary shall consider (A) scientific merit; (B) equity of access as described in [section 2656c(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2656c/b&num=0&edition=prelim); (C) possible commercial or trade linkages with the United States which may flow from the agreement or activity; (D) national security concerns; and (E) any other factors deemed appropriate.
(3) Prior to entering into negotiations on such an agreement or activity, the Secretary shall provide Federal agencies which have primary responsibility for, or substantial interest in, the subject matter of the agreement or activity, including those agencies responsible for—
(A) Federal technology management policies set forth by Public Law 96–517 and the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 [[15 U.S.C. 3701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.];
(B) national security policies;
(C) United States t
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2656a
randum [Feb. 4, 2021] or as soon as possible thereafter,
all agencies engaged abroad shall review and, as appro-
priate and consistent with applicable law, take steps to
rescind any directives, orders, regulations, policies, or
guidance inconsistent with this memorandum, includ-
ing those issued from January 20, 2017, to January 20,
2021, to the extent that they are inconsistent with this
memorandum. The heads of such agencies shall also,
within 100 days of the date of this memorandum, report
to the President on their progress in implementing this
memorandum and recommend additional opportunities
and actions to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+
persons around the world. Agencies engaged abroad
shall each prepare a report within 180 days of the date
of this memorandum, and annually thereafter, on their
progress toward advancing these initiatives. All such
agencies shall submit these reports to the Department
of State, which will compile a report on the federal
government’s progress in advancing these initiatives
for transmittal to the President. The Department of
State shall make a version of the compiled annual re-
port available to the Members of the Congress and the
public.
SEC. 7. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this memo-
randum, agencies engaged abroad include the Depart-
ments of State, the Treasury, Defense, Justice, Agri-
culture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Homeland Security, the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), the United States
International Development Finance Corporation (DFC),
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Export-Im-
port Bank of the United States, the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, and
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