PRESIDENTIAL STUDY.

SEC. 163. PRESIDENTIAL STUDY. Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2170) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(k) Quadrennial Report.— “(1) In general.— In order to assist the Congress in its oversight responsibilities with respect to this section, the President and such agencies as the President shall designate shall complete and furnish to the Congress, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section and upon the expiration of every 4 years thereafter, a report which— “(A) evaluates whether there is credible evidence of a coordinated strategy by 1 or more countries or companies to acquire United States companies involved in research, development, or production of critical technologies for which the United States is a leading producer, and “(B) evaluates whether there are industrial espionage activities directed by foreign governments against private United States companies aimed at obtaining commercial secrets related to critical technologies. “(2) Definition.— For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘critical technologies’ means technologies identified under title VI of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 or other critical tech-106 STAT. 4220nology, critical components, or critical technology items essential to national defense identified pursuant to this section. “(3) Release of unclassified study.— The report required by this subsection may be classified. An unclassified version of the report shall be made available to the public.”.