§ 4803. — Duties of Council.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC4803]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 74--COMPETITIVENESS POLICY COUNCIL
Sec. 4803. Duties of Council
The Council shall--
(1) develop recommendations for national strategies and on
specific policies intended to enhance the productivity and
international competitiveness of United States industries;
(2) provide comments, when appropriate, and through any existing
comment procedure, on--
(A) private sector requests for governmental assistance or
relief, specifically as to whether the applicant is likely, by
receiving the assistance or relief, to become internationally
competitive; and
(B) what actions should be taken by the applicant as a
condition of such assistance or relief to ensure that the
applicant is likely to become internationally competitive;
(3) analyze information concerning current and future United
States economic competitiveness useful to decision making in
government and industry;
(4) create a forum where national leaders with experience and
background in business, labor, academia, public interest activities,
and government shall identify and develop recommendations to address
problems affecting the economic competitiveness of the United
States;
(5) evaluate Federal policies, regulations, and unclassified
international agreement on trade, science, and technology to which
the United States is a party with respect to the impact on United
States competitiveness;
(6) provide policy recommendations to the Congress, the
President, and the Federal departments and agencies regarding
specific issues concerning competitiveness strategies;
(7) monitor the changing nature of research, science, and
technology in the United States and the changing nature of the
United States economy and its capacity--
(A) to provide marketable, high quality goods and services
in domestic and international markets; and
(B) to respond to international competition;
(8) identify--
(A) Federal and private sector resources devoted to
increased competitiveness; and
(B) State and local government programs devised to enhance
competitiveness, including joint ventures between universities
and corporations;
(9) establish, when appropriate, subcouncils of public and
private leaders to develop recommendations on long-term strategies
for sectors of the economy and for specific competitiveness issues;
(10) review policy recommendations developed by the subcouncils
and transmit such recommendations to the Federal agencies
responsible for the implementation of such recommendations;
(11) prepare, publish, and distribute reports containing the
recommendations of the Council; and
(12) publish their analysis and recommendations in the form of
an annual report to the President and the Congress which also
comments on the overall competitiveness of the American economy.
(Pub. L. 100-418, title V, Sec. 5204, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1456.)
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law
requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other
regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103-7 (in which a
report required under par. (12) of this section is listed on page 158),
see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under
section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
