Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse unveils plan to strengthen U.S. technology competitiveness

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOWT) – A number of senators have launched new laws to strengthen U.S. expertise.

Friday, U.S. Senators Ben Sasse (R-NE), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) unveiled the American Expertise Management Act.

The senators say the brand new invoice would set up a brand new Workplace of World Competitors Evaluation, geared toward assessing how the U.S. compares to different nations in rising expertise, equivalent to synthetic intelligence and quantum computing.

“We’re at the moment in a tech battle with China, and the urgency to maintain the higher hand is rising,” mentioned Sasse. “Staying technologically aggressive must be our prime precedence, which is why we have to assess how we evaluate with different nations technologically and which applied sciences matter most to our financial and nationwide safety.”

Based on Sasse, there isn’t a federal workplace at the moment chargeable for assessing how the U.S. fares on rising expertise. The Division of Protection does evaluations evaluating U.S. battleships, tanks and plane to different nations, however there isn’t a comparable analysis course of for different applied sciences.

Specialists from the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and Protection and different businesses would workers the Workplace of World Competitors Evaluation. Sasse provides that the brand new workplace would assist determine which rising applied sciences would matter probably the most to financial and nationwide safety.

Senator Michael Bennet plans to advocate for the invoice’s inclusion within the Fiscal Yr 2023 Intelligence Authorization Act.

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