3.0.0 1616 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z Senate S S 2009-08-06 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-08-06T22:34:56Z United States-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act 111 2310 HR 2009-05-07 Referred to House Small Business Identical bill CRS 2009-08-06 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9016-9017) IntroReferral 2009-08-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9016) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2009-09-08 False Foreign Trade and International Finance China Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Congressional oversight Education programs funding Executive agency funding and structure Higher education Small Business Administration Small business State and local government operations User charges and fees Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-10T20:35:23Z United States-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) provide grants to states to establish and operate state offices in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to promote U.S. exports to the PRC; (2) establish a program to create China market advocate positions in United States Export Assistance Centers in order to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses in the export of U.S. goods to the PRC, including assistance for business-related expenses for trade missions to the PRC; and (3) submit to Congress a plan to consolidate fees for Gold Key matching services provided to such U.S. businesses that export U.S. goods or services to more than one market in the PRC.

Amends the Small Business Act to require the Office of International Trade of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide guidance to U.S. small businesses with respect to the export of U.S. goods and services to the PRC. Establishes in the Office a Director of China Program Grants.

Directs the Administrator of SBA, acting through the Director of China Program Grants, to make grants to institutions of higher education to establish and operate Chinese business education programs.

]]> United States-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act Display Title United States-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized businesses to promote exports to the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced United States-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act Introduced in Senate 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1616is/xml/BILLS-111s1616is.xml 2009-08-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9016-9017) 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.