[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 979 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 979

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
   establish an environmental export program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 18 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

Mr. Lautenberg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
   establish an environmental export program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Greentech Jobs 
Initiative Act of 1993''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings; policy; purposes.
    TITLE I--EXPORT PROGRAMS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Environmental protection agency global greentech initiative.
Sec. 103. Environmental technology information.
Sec. 104. International environmental technology financing program.
Sec. 105. Environmental export technology training.
Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations.
       TITLE II--AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1988

Sec. 201. Advisory committee.
Sec. 202. Study of export promotion practices. 
Sec. 203. Environmental export information center and outreach program.

    SEC. 2. FINDINGS; POLICY; PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the estimated dollar amount of the world market for 
        environmental technologies, goods, and services is expected to 
        grow at a rate of 5 percent per year, and the amount is 
        expected to reach $300,000,000,000 by the year 2000;
            (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency has the expertise to play an active role in the export 
        assistance activities of the Federal Government relating to--
                    (A) the demonstration of innovative and proven 
                solutions to environmental problems in foreign 
                countries; and
                    (B) the development and dispersal of innovative and 
                proven environmental technologies.
    (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the Federal Government to--
            (1) foster the export of proven, cost-effective 
        environmental technologies, goods, and services to assist in 
        achieving the environmental objectives of the Federal 
        Government;
            (2) promote international economic and social development 
        on a sustainable basis;
            (3) improve the competitiveness of the United States in 
        international trade;
            (4) reduce the balance of trade deficit of the United 
        States through the export of environmental technologies and 
        technological expertise;
            (5) retain and create manufacturing and related service 
        jobs in the United States;
            (6) develop markets for environmental technologies to be 
        used in meeting the environmental needs of foreign countries; 
        and
            (7) provide financial assistance to foster increased 
        participation by business concerns of the United States in the 
        financing, ownership, design, construction, or operation of 
        environmental technology projects in foreign countries.
    (c) Purposes.--It is the purpose of this Act to--
            (1) develop information on environmental technology 
        testing, demonstration, and evaluation;
            (2) create financial mechanisms to assist domestic business 
        concerns in establishing and operating technology projects in 
        foreign countries;
            (3) provide environmental training for export assistance 
        officers; and
            (4) establish a central repository for information on 
        environmental exports.

    TITLE I--EXPORT PROGRAMS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this title:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Business concern.--The term ``business concern'' means 
        a private firm, corporation, or other entity that the 
        Administrator determines to be appropriate.
            (3) Developing country.--The term ``developing country'' 
        means a country eligible for foreign assistance from the United 
        States, and includes the countries of--
                    (A) Central and Eastern Europe; and
                    (B) the independent states of the former Soviet 
                Union.
            (4) Domestic business concern.--The term ``domestic 
        business concern'' means a business concern whose principal 
        place of business is the United States.
            (5) Environmental export activity.--The term 
        ``environmental export activity'' means an activity associated 
        with the export of environmental technology.
            (6) Environmental technology.--The term ``environmental 
        technology'' means a technology, good, or service that reduces 
        environmental risks by--
                    (A) fulfilling a function other than protection of 
                the environment with less impact on the environment 
                than other technologies, goods, and services; and
                    (B) protecting or enhancing the environment through 
                pollution control or environmental remediation.
            (7) Foreign business concern.--The term ``foreign business 
        concern'' means a business concern whose principal place of 
        business is a foreign country.
            (8) Host country.--The term ``host country'' means a 
        foreign country that--
                    (A) is the participant in, or the site of, a 
                proposed innovative environmental technology project 
                under section 104; and
                    (B) is either--
                            (i) classified as a country eligible to 
                        participate in development assistance programs 
                        of the Agency for International Development 
                        pursuant to applicable laws (including 
                        regulations); or
                            (ii) a developing country.
            (9) Innovative environmental technology.--The term 
        ``innovative environmental technology'' means a new technology 
        (or a related good or service) that--
                    (A) would effect a significant and cost-effective 
                reduction in an environmental risk (as determined by 
                the Administrator);
                    (B) represents a significant technological advance 
                (or in the case of a related good or service, is 
                associated with a technology that represents a 
                significant technological advance); and
                    (C) would result in a high degree of social benefit 
                from private investment.
            (10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.

SEC. 102. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GREENTECH JOBS INITIATIVE.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall establish and carry out a 
program to be known as the ``Greentech Jobs Initiative''.
    (b) Duties of the Administrator.--In carrying out the Greentech 
Jobs Initiative, the Administrator shall--
            (1) establish a program to develop environmental technology 
        information pursuant to section 103;
            (2) establish an International Environmental Technology 
        Financing Program pursuant to section 104;
            (3) provide for environmental training pursuant to section 
        105;
            (4) participate in the establishment and operation of the 
        Environmental Export Information Center and Outreach Program 
        pursuant to section 2313(g) of the Export Enhancement Act of 
        1988 (as added by section 203);
            (5) ensure the participation by a representative of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency on the Environmental Trade 
        Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee, as 
        required under section 2313(b) of the Export Enhancement Act of 
        1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728(b));
            (6) ensure the coordination of the environmental export 
        promotion activities of the Environmental Protection Agency 
        with the export promotion activities of the Department of 
        Commerce and other Federal agencies; and
            (7) cooperate with the Secretary--
                    (A) to facilitate contacts between persons and 
                entities that possess environmental technologies and 
                expertise and persons and entities that need the 
                environmental technologies and expertise;
                    (B) to participate in environmental trade missions 
                and trade fairs;
                    (C) to provide technical assistance to State export 
                promotion offices, including information sharing and 
                training; and
                    (D) to promote the level of awareness of 
                environmental problems of officials of financial 
                institutions of the Federal Government.

SEC. 103. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall establish a program to 
foster the development and international dissemination of credible data 
and information concerning the performance, costs, potential 
applications, and environmental applications of competitive 
technologies of the United States (referred to in this section as the 
``program'').
    (b) Coordination of Efforts.--The Administrator shall coordinate 
the activities of the program with the activities of--
            (1) the Environmental Trade Promotion Working Group of the 
        Trade Promotion Coordination Committee established under 
        section 2313(b) of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 
        U.S.C. 4728(b));
            (2) national laboratories;
            (3) appropriate officials of institutions of higher 
        education; and
            (4) representatives of nongovernmental groups and 
        organizations.
    (c) Duties of the Administrator.--
            (1) Testing.--In carrying out the program, the 
        Administrator shall conduct a program of field and laboratory 
        testing of new and innovative environmental technologies. Under 
        the testing program, the Administrator shall designate 
        categories of innovative environmental technologies to receive 
        priority for testing. The Administrator shall designate the 
        categories on the basis of international needs for 
        environmental technologies.
            (2) Protocols for product testing; dissemination of 
        information.--In carrying out the program, the Administrator 
        shall--
                    (A) develop testing protocols and a peer review 
                process to obtain technology performance data; and
                    (B) disseminate the information obtained pursuant 
                to subparagraph (A) to the appropriate officials of 
                Federal agencies, departments and agencies of States, 
                institutions of higher education, and industrial 
                testing organizations.
            (3) Demonstrations; evaluations.--
                    (A) In general.--In carrying out the program, the 
                Administrator shall establish a demonstration program 
                to conduct projects to demonstrate environmental 
                technologies and evaluate the technologies by applying 
                the testing protocols developed pursuant to paragraph 
                (2).
                    (B) Demonstration team.--To carry out a 
                demonstration project referred to in subparagraph (A), 
                the Administrator shall establish a team of individuals 
                with recognized expertise in fields related to 
                environmental technologies who represent professional 
                societies, institutions of higher education, Federal 
                agencies and departments and agencies of States. The 
                Administrator shall, by regulation, provide for the 
                administration of, and compensation for, members of 
                each team.
                    (C) Demonstration.--With respect to the 
                demonstration projects referred to in subparagraph (A), 
                the Administrator shall--
                            (i) solicit applications from persons and 
                        entities for the demonstration and testing of 
                        an environmental technology;
                            (ii) approve each application that meets 
                        requirements that the Administrator shall 
                        establish by regulation;
                            (iii) conduct a demonstration project for 
                        each applicant that--
                                    (I) submits an application approved 
                                by the Administrator; and
                                    (II) enters into an agreement with 
                                the Administrator to accept such terms 
                                for the demonstration project as the 
                                Administrator determines to be 
                                appropriate; and
                            (iv) establish a schedule of fees that 
                        shall--
                                    (I) as a condition to carrying out 
                                the demonstration, be assessed by the 
                                Administrator to cover, in whole or in 
                                part, the cost of the demonstration and 
                                testing of an environmental technology 
                                under this paragraph; and
                                    (II) allow for adjustments by the 
                                Administrator to take into account the 
                                ability of an applicant to pay a fee 
                                under the schedule.
            (4) Environmental technology profiles.--In carrying out the 
        program, the Administrator shall publish monographs of 
        technological approaches to address specific environmental 
        problems. Each monograph published under this paragraph shall 
        identify each available environmental technology and emerging 
        environmental technology that could address the environmental 
        problem that is the subject of the monograph, and describe, 
        with respect to the environmental technology, the--
                    (A) performance costs;
                    (B) benefits;
                    (C) limitations; and
                    (D) design criteria.
            (5) Research and development.--In carrying out the program, 
        the Administrator shall establish a research and development 
        program. If the Administrator determines that a cost-effective 
        technology is needed to meet environmental goals in 1 or more 
        foreign countries, the Administrator shall, to the extent 
        practicable, conduct a research and development project under 
        the program to meet the identified need.

SEC. 104. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY FINANCING PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator, in cooperation with the 
        Administrator of the Agency for International Development, and 
        in consultation with the other members of the Environmental 
        Trade Promotion Working Group (in this section referred to as 
        the ``interagency working group'') established under section 
        2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728), 
        shall establish an environmental technology financing program 
        to carry out the purposes described in subsection (b).
            (2) Written agreement.--Not later than 150 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the 
        Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall 
        enter into a written agreement to carry out this section.
            (3) Agreements relating to certain foreign countries.--With 
        respect to any foreign country that does not receive assistance 
        from the Agency for International Development, the 
        Administrator may, if appropriate, enter into an agreement with 
        the head of another Federal agency to provide the assistance 
        that would otherwise be provided pursuant to paragraph (2).
    (b) Identification.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to the agreements required by 
        subsection (a), the Administrator, in consultation with the 
        Administrator of the Agency for International Development, each 
        head of a Federal agency who is a signatory to an agreement 
        under subsection (a)(3), the Environmental Trade Promotion 
        Working Group, representatives from domestic business concerns, 
        and representatives from foreign countries, shall develop 
        mechanisms to identify projects in host countries that could 
        benefit from environmental technologies.
            (2) List of projects.--Not later than 240 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, and periodically thereafter (as 
        determined by the Administrator), the Administrator shall 
        prepare a list of the projects identified pursuant to paragraph 
        (1).
    (c) Financial Mechanisms.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to the agreement under subsection 
        (a), the Administrator, acting through the Administrator of the 
        Agency for International Development (or the head of a Federal 
        agency who is a signatory to an agreement under subsection 
        (a)(3)), shall--
                    (A) establish appropriate financial mechanisms to 
                increase the participation of domestic business 
                concerns with respect to supplying environmental 
                technologies in developing countries; and
                    (B) use financial assistance authorized under this 
                section to counterbalance assistance provided by 
                foreign governments.
            (2) Financial assistance.--The financial assistance 
        authorized under this section may be--
                    (A) provided in combination with other forms of 
                financial assistance, including funding from sources 
                from foreign countries and other non-Federal sources 
                that is available to fund a project; and
                    (B) used to assist domestic business concerns in 
                the development of financing packages for environmental 
                technology projects that use other Federal financial 
                assistance programs.
            (3) Applicability of obligations of the united states.--The 
        obligations of the United States under the Arrangement on 
        Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits established 
        through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
        Development shall apply under this section.
    (d) Solicitations for Project Proposals.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, and as appropriate thereafter (as 
        determined by the Administrator), the Administrator, in 
        cooperation with the Administrator of the Agency for 
        International Development and each head of a Federal agency who 
        enters into an agreement under subsection (a), shall solicit 
        proposals from domestic business concerns of the United States 
        for environmental projects in host countries.
            (2) Contents of projects.--A project referred to in 
        paragraph (1) shall be designed to provide assistance in a host 
        country in carrying out a project identified and listed 
        pursuant to subsection (c). The assistance may include 
        engineering design, demonstration, transportation, personnel 
        training, testing, and financing, except that no assistance may 
        be provided or used under this Act for the purchase or 
        construction of capital equipment or for the routine operations 
        of a business concern.
            (3) Requirements for projects.--Each solicitation made by 
        the Administrator under this subsection shall include 
        notification of the following requirements relating to projects 
        conducted under this subsection:
                    (A) Each domestic business concern that submits a 
                proposal in response to a solicitation under this 
                subsection shall have an equity interest (as defined 
                and determined by the Administrator) in the project 
                that is the subject of the proposal.
                    (B) Each project that is approved by the 
                Administrator shall use a technology developed by a 
                domestic business concern to meet any applicable 
                environmental requirements of the host country.
                    (C) Each project proposal shall be submitted by, 
                and carried out by, a domestic business concern, except 
                that the Administrator may approve a project to be 
                conducted pursuant to a joint venture or other 
                arrangement that teams a domestic business concern with 
                a foreign business concern.
    (e) Certain Financial Assistance to Domestic Business Concerns.--
Pursuant to the agreements under subsection (a), the Administrator, in 
cooperation with the Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development and each head of a Federal agency who enters into an 
agreement under subsection (a), and in consultation with the 
interagency working group, shall establish a procedure to provide 
financial assistance to a domestic business concern for a project 
identified under subsection (c) in any case in which a solicitation for 
the project is conducted by a host country or a multilateral lending 
institution.
    (f) Other Program Requirements.--Pursuant to the agreements under 
subsection (a), the Secretary, in cooperation with the Administrator of 
the Agency for International Development and each head of a Federal 
agency who enters into an agreement under subsection (a), and in 
consultation with the interagency working group, shall--
            (1) establish eligibility criteria for host countries;
            (2) periodically review the environmental needs of host 
        countries and export opportunities for domestic business 
        concerns for the development of projects in host countries;
            (3) consult with appropriate officials of the governments 
        of host countries to determine the level of interest in, and 
        support for, potential projects under this section; and
            (4) determine whether each project selected under this 
        section is developmentally sound, as determined under the 
        criteria developed by the Development Assistance Committee of 
        the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
    (g) Selection of Projects.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to the agreements under 
        subsection (a), the Administrator, in cooperation with the 
        Administrator of the Agency for International Development and 
        each head of a Federal agency who enters into an agreement 
        under subsection (a), shall, not later than 120 days after a 
        deadline for receipt of proposals in response to a solicitation 
        under subsection (e) that the Administrator shall establish, 
        select 1 or more project proposals for approval.
            (2) Selection.--In selecting a project proposal for 
        approval, the Administrator, in cooperation with the 
        Administrator of the Agency for International Development or 
        the appropriate head of a Federal agency referred to in 
        paragraph (1), shall consider--
                    (A) the ability of the domestic business concern, 
                in cooperation with the host country, to undertake and 
                complete the project;
                    (B) the degree to which the equipment to be 
                included in the project is designed and manufactured in 
                the United States;
                    (C) the long-term technical and competitive 
                viability of the environmental technology that is the 
                subject of the project proposal (including any related 
                services);
                    (D) the ability of the domestic business concern to 
                compete in the development of additional environmental 
                projects using the environmental technology referred to 
                in subparagraph (C) in the host country and in other 
                foreign countries;
                    (E) the extent of technical and financial 
                involvement of the host country in the project;
                    (F) the extent of technical, financial, management, 
                and marketing capabilities of the participants in the 
                project, and the commitment of the participants to 
                completion of a successful project in a manner that 
                will facilitate acceptance of the technology of the 
                United States for future application;
                    (G) the extent to which the environmental 
                technology effectively addresses the environmental 
                needs of the host country; and
                    (H) such other criteria as the Administrator, in 
                consultation with the Administrator of the Agency for 
                International Development and each head of a Federal 
                agency who enters into an agreement under subsection 
                (a), considers appropriate.
    (h) United States-Asia Environmental Partnership.--The 
Administrator shall coordinate the activities carried out under this 
section with the United States-Asia Environmental Partnership.
    (i) Buy America.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to the agreements under 
        subsection (a), in carrying out this section, the 
        Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
        Agency for International Development and each head of a Federal 
        agency who enters into an agreement under subsection (a), shall 
        ensure--
                    (A) that a maximum percentage, but in no case less 
                than 50 percent, of the cost of any equipment furnished 
                in connection with a project authorized under this 
                section shall be attributable to components 
                manufactured in the United States; and
                    (B) the maximum participation of domestic business 
                concerns.
            (2) Determination of cost.--In determining whether the cost 
        of the components referred to in paragraph (1) equals or 
        exceeds the percentage specified in paragraph (2), the 
        Administrator may not consider the cost of assembly of the 
        components in the host country as part of the cost of the 
        component.
    (j) Reports to Congress.--The Administrator, in cooperation with 
the Administrator of the Agency for International Development and each 
head of a Federal agency who enters into an agreement under subsection 
(a) shall, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and annually thereafter, submit a report to Congress concerning 
the progress made with respect to introducing environmental 
technologies into foreign countries.

SEC. 105. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPORT TECHNOLOGY TRAINING.

    (a) Training of Environmental Export Assistance Officers.--The 
Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall 
establish a program to provide training to each Environmental Export 
Assistance Officer designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 
2313(d) of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728(d)).
    (b) Training of Individuals of Developing Countries.--The 
Administrator, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Agency for 
International Development, shall establish a program to provide 
training to individuals of developing countries concerning the 
operation and maintenance of environmental technologies. Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
enter into a written agreement with the Administrator of the Agency for 
International Development to carry out the program.

SEC. 106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Environmental 
Protection Agency such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
title.

       TITLE II--AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1988

SEC. 201. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    Section 2313 of the Export Enhancement Act (15 U.S.C. 4728) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Advisory Committee.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an 
        advisory committee to advise the Working Group concerning 
        increasing the number of exports of environmental technologies, 
        goods, and services.
            ``(2) Members.--The advisory committee shall be composed of 
        11 members, including representatives of industrial groups, 
        institutions of higher education, professional organizations, 
        individuals with recognized expertise in fields related to 
        trade, and environmental groups.
            ``(3) Chairperson.--The Secretary shall appoint a 
        Chairperson from among the members of the advisory committee.
            ``(4) Compensation of members.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each member of the advisory 
                committee who is not an officer or employee of the 
                Federal Government may be compensated at a rate 
                determined by the Secretary, but not to exceed the 
                daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 
                prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
                section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each 
                day (including travel time) during which the member is 
                engaged in the performance of the duties of the 
                advisory committee. All members of the advisory 
                committee who are officers or employees of the United 
                States shall serve without compensation in addition to 
                that received for their services as officers or 
                employees of the United States.
                    ``(B) Travel expenses.--The members of the advisory 
                committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including 
                per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized 
                for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 
                57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from 
                their homes or regular places of business in the 
                performance of services of the advisory committee.
            ``(5) Staff.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide to 
                the advisory committee such staff as the Secretary, in 
                consultation with the Chairperson, determines to be 
                necessary for the advisory commission to carry out the 
                functions specified in this subsection.
                    ``(B) Detail.--The head of any Federal agency may, 
                with or without reimbursement, detail to the advisory 
                committee an employee of the Federal agency to assist 
                in carrying out necessary functions of the advisory 
                committee.''.

SEC. 202. STUDY OF EXPORT PROMOTION PRACTICES.

    Section 2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 
4728), as amended by section 201, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Study.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Working Group shall conduct a study 
        of subsidies, incentives, and policies used by foreign 
        countries to promote exports of the environmental technologies, 
        goods, and services of the foreign countries. In conducting the 
        study, the Working Group shall identify any foreign trade 
        barrier that restricts the import of environmental technologies 
        goods, or services manufactured, produced in, or otherwise 
        originating from, the United States.
            ``(2) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection, the Working Group shall submit a 
        report on the findings of the study described in paragraph (1) 
        to Congress.''.

SEC. 203. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPORT INFORMATION CENTER AND OUTREACH PROGRAM.

    Section 2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 
4728), as amended by section 202, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Environmental Export Information Center and Outreach 
Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall establish an 
        environmental export information center (referred to in this 
        subsection as the `Center').
            `(2) Functions of center.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Center shall serve as a 
                centralized repository for information concerning the 
                export of environmental technologies, goods, and 
                services to foreign countries, including information 
                concerning--
                            ``(i) potential sources of financial and 
                        technical assistance;
                             ``(ii) the environmental needs of foreign 
                        countries;
                             ``(iii) opportunities for the export of 
                        environmental technologies, goods, and services 
                        to foreign countries;
                             ``(iv) the names of business contacts in 
                        foreign countries that could facilitate the 
                        exports; and
                            ``(v) environmental and trade laws and 
                        regulations of foreign countries.
                    ``(B) Dissemination of information.--An appropriate 
                official of the Center shall provide the information 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) to any person or entity 
                that requests the information.
                    ``(C) Outreach.--The Center shall conduct a 
                comprehensive program to identify domestic business 
                concerns that might export environmental technologies 
                and to provide  information to these domestic business 
                concerns about the programs and services of the 
                Center.''.

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