[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2861 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2861

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish an Assistant United States 
    Trade Representative for Small Business, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2009

Ms. Snowe (for herself and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish an Assistant United States 
    Trade Representative for Small Business, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Trade Representation 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FOR SMALL 
              BUSINESS.

    (a) Establishment of Position.--Section 141(c) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
    ``(6)(A) There is established within the Office the position of 
Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small Business, who 
shall be appointed by the United States Trade Representative.
    ``(B) The Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small 
Business shall--
            ``(i) promote the trade interests of small-business 
        concerns (as that term is defined in section 103 of the Small 
        Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 662));
            ``(ii) advocate for the reduction of foreign trade barriers 
        with respect to the trade issues of small-business concerns 
        that are exporters;
            ``(iii) collaborate with the Administrator of the Small 
        Business Administration with respect to the trade issues of 
        small-business concerns;
            ``(iv) assist the United States Trade Representative in 
        developing trade policies that increase opportunities for 
        small-business concerns in foreign and domestic markets, 
        including polices that reduce trade barriers for small-business 
        concerns; and
            ``(v) perform such other duties as the United States Trade 
        Representative may direct.
    ``(C) The Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small 
Business shall be compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code.''.
    (b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 2112 of the Bipartisan Trade 
Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3812) is repealed.
    (c) Technical Corrections.--Section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2171), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by moving paragraph (5) 2 ems to the 
        left; and
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``5314'' and 
                inserting ``5315''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the maximum 
                rate of pay for grade GS-18 as provided in section 
                5332'' and inserting ``the maximum rate of pay for 
                level IV of the Executive Schedule in section 5315''.
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