3.0.0 1208 2023-01-11T13:18:38Z 2023-01-11T13:18:38Z Senate S S 2009-06-08 111 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-08T21:47:02Z Small Business Export Enhancement and International Trade Act of 2009 111 2862 S 2010-09-29 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 633. Related bill CRS 2009-06-08 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6268-6271) IntroReferral 2009-06-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6267-6268) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N Commerce Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Free trade and trade barriers Government lending and loan guarantees Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Small Business Administration Small business Trade agreements and negotiations Commerce 00 2009-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-08T21:13:13Z Small Business Export Opportunity Development Act of 2009 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) an Office of Export Development and Promotion (Office), headed by an Associate Administrator for Export Development and Promotion, to undertake specified activities with respect to the development and promotion of small business goods and services abroad. Requires the Associate Administrator to: (1) develop a program through which SBA export finance specialists, regional and local loan officers, and small business development center (SBDC) personnel facilitate the access of small businesses to relevant export financing programs of the Export-Import Bank and to export and pre-export financing programs available through the SBA and the private sector; (2) provide international trade counseling for small businesses; (3) set up export assistance programs within each SBDC; (4) establish an export development grant program for small businesses; (5) develop performance measures to support Office export growth goals; and (6) discharge SBA export promotion responsibilities.

Directs the SBA Administrator to fill certain vacant positions at Export Assistance Centers (as established under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988).

Allows the Administrator to guarantee small business loans of up to $5 million for the purpose of developing foreign markets.

Makes eligible under the SBA's Preferred Lenders Program any lender participating in the Delegated Authority Lender Program of the Export-Import Bank.

Authorizes the Administrator to guarantee the timely payment of an express (expedited) loan of up to $500,000 made to a small business for an export development activity.

Increases the maximum amount of small business international trade loans.

Directs the Administrator to expand the network of lenders participating in export loan programs.

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to establish within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) the position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business, with specified duties.

Directs the Administrator to carry out a program to provide technical assistance, counseling, and reference materials to small businesses relating to resources, procedures, and requirements for mechanisms to resolve international trade disputes or address unfair international trade practices under international trade agreements or federal law.

]]> Small Business Export Opportunity Development Act of 2009 Display Title Small Business Export Opportunity Development Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve export growth opportunities for small businesses, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Export Opportunity Development Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1208is/xml/BILLS-111s1208is.xml 2009-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6268-6271) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.