110 HR 5883 IH: Export Promotion Enhancement
U.S. House of Representatives
2008-04-23
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Export Promotion Enhancement
Act of 2008
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purpose.
Title I—Amendments to Export Enhancement Act of 1988
Sec. 101. Establishment and purpose.
Sec. 102. Duties.
Sec. 103. Strategic plan.
Sec. 104. Director and Associate Directors.
Sec. 105. Staff; experts and consultants.
Sec. 106. Advisory Board on Trade Promotion.
Sec. 107. Report to Congress.
Sec. 108. Report on export policy.
Sec. 109. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 110. Clerical amendment.
Sec. 111. Effective date.
Title II—Conforming amendments to other laws;
references
Sec. 201. Conforming amendments to other laws.
Sec. 202. References.
2.Congress finds the following:
(1)As the world’s largest economy, the United
States has an enormous stake in the future of the global trading system.
(2)Exports are a crucial force driving the
United States economy and job creation.
(3)While nearly 97 percent of United States
exporters are small and medium enterprises (SMEs), SMEs account for just over
one-fourth of exports, leaving much room for growth.
(4)Two-thirds of United States exporters have
fewer than 20 employees and sell to just one foreign market.
(5)Manufacturers account for 61 percent of
total United States exports with small manufacturers accounting for
approximately 15 percent of total United States exports. Thirty percent of
small manufacturers do not currently export but would consider doing so if they
had more help in securing vital information on foreign markets, customers, and
export procedures.
(6)United States small and medium enterprises
face tough competition from trading partners of the United States that
aggressively undertake export promotion programs that directly support and
underwrite the expanded growth in trade of their small and medium
enterprises.
(7)United States trade promotion is carried
out in part by 21 departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
Representatives from these Federal departments and agencies are members of the
Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), a Federal committee that has not
lived up to congressional intent to provide a seamless offering of export
promotion products and services due in part to the inadequate allocation of
resources and a lack of ultimate decision making budget input authority to
ensure effective results are achieved for the invested resources.
3.The purpose of this Act and the amendments
made by this Act is to improve the performance and results of trade promotion
policies and programs of the Federal Government in accordance with the
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62).
<enum>I</enum><header>Amendments to
Export Enhancement Act of 1988</header>
<section id="H5EC0756EAAA34A04B8BC74682DA8507E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Establishment
and purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2312 of
the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4727">15 U.S.C. 4727</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H29D353FFDEB141FAB9A74C698797F4C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7891FE5873624229846E77A428676344"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H60E637DD4EA147F3BB76A182C2F027FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>in the Executive Office of the President</quote> after
<quote>shall establish</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H97BC0E443FCE4BEDA121DCF7ECA41E19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee</quote> and inserting
<quote>Office of Trade Promotion</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H01A5E80DA48E4FC390F58716F5377CB2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>TPCC</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Office</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0431AF1FEE74029B5A4D6B7E782652D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>and oversee</quote> after <quote>to coordinate</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H329827873979421388455FA100572D67"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>and supervise implementation of</quote> after <quote>to
develop</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7656A104076A4D0AA323E52EEAE4B7D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsections (b)
through (f), by striking <quote>TPCC</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>Office</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H85AAF303F5A0421DAEED9550598F6D31"><enum>102.</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2312(b) of the Export Enhancement
Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4727">15 U.S.C. 4727(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCAB69542DAA7435CB7ECC4C83672C0E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10402016B1DD41B382B8C3A742849233"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before paragraph (2) (as redesignated) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2340A4C927744B14A4D69DB9CEAAF800" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H46B8490659B14B1596C95104695B90DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advise the
President, and others within the Executive Office of the President, on matters
relating to trade promotion policies and programs of the United States
Government;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE95594117E447F39D18305B7C68A0A1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)
(as redesignated), by striking <quote>coordinate</quote> and inserting
<quote>supervise</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC45B347C61BA4D1C98C36C3F7D09CE8F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)
(as redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDAEE86E763EC4F24B052825E68C7C94E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H371BBC1E0BC34249A9A66F1B2BA8A09E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and attainment of measurable results</quote> after
<quote>better delivery of services</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A329A08E4EA40C39353B16C5CA6CEF8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>with emphasis on small and medium enterprises</quote> after
<quote>United States businesses</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8CEAB01DC4284D88AB4EF5C211AAFBDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>,
including assistance to match United States businesses with foreign businesses,
as appropriate</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBEC478E6CD3442DD9F2B64D68DC866B2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)
(as redesignated), by inserting <quote>and enhance the effectiveness of</quote>
after <quote>prevent unnecessary duplication in</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H838C7C0EFA87482CA43EA5E250904EF8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
(as redesignated) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38B87443D7894708818871926D60CB00" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7CA32231E36B4457A99FD67C1FBDF2B5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>review and make
input on the appropriate levels and allocation of resources among agencies in
support of export promotion and export financing and advise the President as to
the concurrence in these allocations based on its review;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H6BF09173214E44A7AE479DBF2B20007E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Strategic
plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2312(c) of the
Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4727">15 U.S.C. 4727(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE314F3EF14CC4E6D00616468B9416BCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB20906F79755437CA2FE173958F4FD2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and explain</quote> and inserting <quote>, explain</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A06738F7FAE4BF0B5D311AD1FE2AF2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end before the semicolon the following: <quote>, and detail the benchmarks for
the implementation of the priorities</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H51B45684907D48DBB923D6EFCBBFFAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>and effectiveness</quote> after <quote>to
improve coordination</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC2A1E39BDAD4689B484F5A3004FDB4C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF80545E37ACD419C8BD7DDAF6444807D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>propose to the President an annual</quote> and inserting <quote>include
in the annual Federal budget submission to Congress a detailed</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36A0DA0397DE4875833EFC857FF9FE04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>that supports</quote> and inserting <quote>and oversee its
implementation so it supports</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83F71237EC66415E8EB35827F1F139D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9799EF846AA44158D72F564CA54C7ED"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E084A0208A44061A97087B5CCAE187D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (6).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H371A54D9F1A84DC985CA00D6A3E9A9A9"><enum>104.</enum><header>Director and
Associate Directors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4727">15 U.S.C. 4727</external-xref>) is amended by
striking subsection (d) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AA4F55C35D549BF8E5B9EE644FA8E97" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1AE5DF56B9C34381BCEA500EFA4071E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Director and
Associate Directors</header>
<paragraph id="HD01B5D6D9B8F4F36B4D79BEC74EE65CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>There
shall be at the head of the Office a Director of the Office of Trade Promotion,
who shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEFDC670250A40C687D4CE89A6009827"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADAEFE2DE3374ACBB48C68439DDB2EE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be compensated at
a rate consistent with the compensation of the directors of other offices
within the Executive Office of the President.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF14800D380304118B2FD8CAE8483C52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Associate
directors</header><text>The President may appoint not more than two Associate
Directors of the Office of Trade Promotion, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, who shall each—</text>
<subparagraph id="H79D9F5B02A57402AA6B470F357637891"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be compensated at
a rate not to exceed the rate provided for other associate directors of offices
within the Executive Office of the President; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF104D95529874F61A9F0F0101DD21BE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>perform such
functions as the Director may
prescribe.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H7A770ECBBF5B48DEB0F2EF1352DFDB8F"><enum>105.</enum><header>Staff; experts
and consultants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2312
of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4727">15 U.S.C. 4727</external-xref>) is amended by striking
subsection (e) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D45790465C641EC891F16F271A77B1D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H93B668EA5BC34EE7963BA822B321FB73"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Staff; experts
and consultants</header>
<paragraph id="HAE9E391C63894E1000E7237508CED4ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Staff</header>
<subparagraph id="HE1DE4F614857427CA398AAB643A7BE9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Director of the Office may appoint and fix the pay of
additional personnel as the Director considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE55E7E20196048FBA3791102C37633FD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Staff of federal
agencies</header><text>Upon request of the Director, the head of any Federal
department or agency that is represented on the Advisory Board on Trade
Promotion established pursuant to subsection (f) may detail any of the
personnel of that department or agency to the Office to assist it in carrying
out its duties under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H38FDE8FB8B464DDDAAE4D2D6FD83467"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Experts and
consultants</header><text>The Director of the Office may procure temporary and
intermittent services under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">section 3109(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum
annual rate of basic pay for GS–15 of the General
Schedule.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HAE96C0639B9642A08F7D72001056927D"><enum>106.</enum><header>Advisory Board
on Trade Promotion</header>
<subsection id="H92F651C276CC4E598744E64F64A5F2A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Advisory Board
on Trade Promotion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4727">15 U.S.C. 4727</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA9725AE2BFB54D5498B8385300DEB343"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (g); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BE201F8D79A405992BBBB0096C0D364"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (e) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C41480582284F7395E2FA1E266FCE00" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6DD40617145A488F003C1FA7C3C7A5EC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Advisory Board
on Trade Promotion</header>
<paragraph id="H593D8F4CF15F4BCE94CB00B6B0979274"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment
and purpose</header><text>The President shall establish the Advisory Board on
Trade Promotion (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the
<quote>Advisory Board</quote>). The purpose of the Advisory Board shall be to
advise the Director of the Office in carrying out the duties of the Office
under this section and section 6 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1999 (15
U.S.C. 4727a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFEBCC5702504EC8B400341E23888E9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="HCBA44E3BF2BA413A008F92CFFA6E7BC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Members of the Advisory Board shall include
representatives from—</text>
<clause id="H4B407A4724E34CC0B85DD8E5C331A8EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Department of
Agriculture;</text>
</clause><clause id="H94D38E75FB254B5FBF92AA80A00E819"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Department of
Commerce;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4EFCFE7C21964E40976E4477F1838FAB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Department
of Defense;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF862D79EF4984B96AD3F776FE71F00CB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Department of
Energy;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBB709D7E69F1407586B08C1E8B72B781"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Department of
the Interior;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2F921C77317E4A368FA4C5987388B6FB"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Department of
Labor;</text>
</clause><clause id="H214EBDCD2E14487EBEA000AE3EF148F7"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the Department
of State;</text>
</clause><clause id="H34F7D8F14516456D953FB26FD39B912"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the Department
of Transportation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3160AAFE417F442C00817EB7F1F8DFC5"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the Department of
the Treasury;</text>
</clause><clause id="H47D4AFA7BBE34FB1B627D64892B10045"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the Environmental
Protection Agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC836500C5887441D99BE31CD6500F0AC"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the Export-Import
Bank of the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDBBF4AEC583A46D4B626BFEE6B269280"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>the United
States Agency for International Development;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBF626F0C3C9F4140BFAC9DC0BF485476"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Millennium Challenge Corporation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H98B67F4F1D9D4B6C9FF9B0098774D517"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>the Office of
Management and Budget;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1BD10D88C4E647729D928389B651841D"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE946D81B3E9E4A7DA1E64859EC71E52"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>the Small
Business Administration;</text>
</clause><clause id="H643EF3F888164746910016D410F0B1AC"><enum>(xvii)</enum><text>the Trade and
Development Agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8B1F3F5C7AFD4EB8A7DE00EFFF7FEC8"><enum>(xviii)</enum><text>the Office of
the United States Trade Representative; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7E60F13853684967AC1258A97503C54D"><enum>(xix)</enum><text>at the
discretion of the President, such other departments or agencies as may be
necessary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H735CA9D820CB43CD8D174045D3477E05"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The
Secretary of Commerce shall serve as the chairperson of the Advisory
Board.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H85F17B7B62B44040A34D09C3DCDEA29"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Member
qualifications</header><text>Members of the Advisory Board shall be appointed
by the heads of their respective departments or agencies. Such members, as well
as alternates designated by any members unable to attend a meeting of the
Advisory Board, shall be individuals who exercise significant decisionmaking
authority in their respective departments or
agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1348ABD2A94D4740AE9D01543800A4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental
trade promotion</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9974CE8402D04F7E00FCB5C0C7BFCDE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Environmental
trade working group</header><text>Section 2313(b) of the Export Enhancement Act
of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4728">15 U.S.C. 4728(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB2749D1D878B454E9B09F34E355BCF48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">trade promotion
coordination committee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">advisory board on trade
promotion</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H116D5788F43D423A8BA68E51503F48E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H5AFD6560548D480686576979C1434F7F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Trade Promotion Coordination Committee</quote> and inserting
<quote>Advisory Board on Trade Promotion</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2DD8F02B8ED540849DF8A60652F89128"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>TPCC</quote> and inserting <quote>Advisory Board</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H630C82F7E1F04AAE86F5BB1037ACBFE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(A), by striking
<quote>TPCC</quote> and inserting <quote>Advisory Board</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA4013F4D65D406BB64683946D48A98F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A9F7E62F4784B50A9099E138BC4CC72" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9D1A88EC085844ACB709AB83DB7DB256"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text>The chairperson of the Advisory Board shall submit to
the Director of the Office of Trade Promotion a report on the activities of the
Working Group to be included in the annual report submitted to Congress by the
Director of the Office pursuant to section
2312(g).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF09E62EE9B2846919816530057A8BAE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Environmental
technologies trade advisory committee</header><text>Section 2313(c)(1) of the
Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4728">15 U.S.C. 4728(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>TPCC</quote> and inserting <quote>Advisory Board</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2569E8EA1D084D20B67C94A3F322737C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>International
regional environmental initiatives</header><text>Section 2313(h) of the Export
Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4728">15 U.S.C. 4728(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>TPCC</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Office of Trade
Promotion</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4605FEFC3D314033AFEF462CAFA43D3F"><enum>107.</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header>
<subsection id="HBA5640D6D0D14D7EB0B9B9CABE11A159"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Section 2312(g) of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988
(as redesignated by section 106(a)(1) of this title) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H388D575462FD4365B3074CAF2EBBCD1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H32632E65EBA643EEA0E4D22C7EF53D45"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H38B83516909A48638E667FB533B1C891"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Director of the Office shall prepare and submit to
the appropriate congressional committees an annual report that describes the
strategic plan developed by the Office pursuant to subsection (c), the
implementation of the plan and any revisions thereto, and the extent to which
funding for the plan is appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H57553FEE41FC498C97EE158DF202E4A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF1407A2A85A45E3897F00E01454EF55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H741A7F87F8C348130000CA59D5D6F948"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HF66E8F466F0C4602A336D19DC1AAD5AC"><enum>108.</enum><header>Report on
export policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
2314(b)(1)(B) of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4729">15 U.S.C. 4729(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>)
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6D28DA26C1048FA9D83C3BB3429EA08" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD0E12F2E29BE44B28CDCBFFC70492B00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the report of the
Director of the Office of Trade Promotion that contains the strategic plan
submitted to Congress in accordance with section
2312(g);</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H7543C17E6E494017BCC3546DFB936B97"><enum>109.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2312
of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4727">15 U.S.C. 4727</external-xref>), as amended by this
title, is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0CB421F0E204B009B00EA86A7C7EBF7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCB528618BEA14190BFCF47C57009BAA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H49F78611A8C647BDAFB5C14C8BB4EBF0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section and section 2313, section 6 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1999, and
section 304 of the FREEDOM Support Act such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2008 and each subsequent fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H104D76AEC95544E2A120D4AE23BDA4F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under paragraph
(1) are authorized to remain available until
expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H0534C145AC914B1A93C100AE7118CF62"><enum>110.</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2312 of the
Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/4727">15 U.S.C. 4727(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the heading by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">trade promotion
coordinating committee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">office of trade
promotion</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H1631298A8614451E99D0AE3EEACFE477"><enum>111.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President shall
establish the Office of Trade Promotion and the Advisory Board on Trade
Promotion pursuant to section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (as
amended by this title) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Conforming
amendments to other laws; references</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04CC973A33924B1CAFBCBD00713B80C7"><enum>201.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments to other laws</header>
<subsection id="H288A32A0EA5745EAB91196B47EDF664C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Export
Enhancement Act of 1999</header><text>The Export Enhancement Act of 1999 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E0F2DFBF340434BAC48007DE0B7D13"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
section 6 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1547a">15 U.S.C. 1547a</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H348F13566ED74178B642B7FADF8F7B84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">tpcc</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">the office of trade
promotion</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19863E6517D94802AD625DB6A0490137"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Trade Promotion Coordinating
Committee</quote> and inserting <quote>Office of Trade Promotion</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEF5EDFA8EEC4FAEA05FF952D500BD3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>inclding</quote> and inserting <quote>including</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC04EF541D13D402E887CAD457B208C27"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading of section 7, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">tpcc
reports</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">reports of the office of trade
promotion</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9E0541AAA8642C69141C37DF07767A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>FREEDOM Support
Act</header><text>The FREEDOM Support Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H051860A05E584BAC8C4C358FDCABCE07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 303(b)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5823">22 U.S.C. 5823(b)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>Chair of the Trade Promotion
Coordinating Committee</quote> and inserting <quote>Director of the Office of
Trade Promotion</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43055A4E96E34129B1C17F0192422FDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 304 (22
U.S.C. 5824)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H99F54D3361BD40419357906B83B8A375"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">trade promotion
coordinating committee</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">office of trade
promotion</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40BB65D0C42B41708DBAAB25B504D74C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Trade Promotion Coordinating
Committee</quote> and inserting <quote>Office of Trade Promotion</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H798331E5E13048B600F869CF30C7206E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending the
item relating to section 304 of the table of contents to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45F002C083EF48279BF90183BF13F438" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 304. Interagency working group on
energy of the Office of Trade
Promotion.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBE0B69721290457FAE8000AE94A1A3CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
2(b)(1)(A) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/635">12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee</quote> and
inserting <quote>Office of Trade Promotion</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFF77AA0F824348B6A6D53143BDC5C12F"><enum>202.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any reference in a law, regulation,
document, or other record of the United States to the Trade Promotion
Coordinating Committee or TPCC shall be deemed to be a reference to the Office
of Trade Promotion.</text>
</section>