[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1608 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1608

To authorize appropriations for the SelectUSA Initiative, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2013

  Mr. Schatz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize appropriations for the SelectUSA Initiative, 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 ``SelectUSA Authorization Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. SELECTUSA INITIATIVE DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``SelectUSA Initiative'' means the SelectUSA 
Initiative established by Executive Order 13577 of June 15, 2011.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SELECTUSA INITIATIVE.

    There is authorized to be appropriated for the SelectUSA Initiative 
$17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.

SEC. 4. REPORTS AND NOTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than December 31 of 2014, 2015, 2016, 
2017, and 2018, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to Congress a 
report on the activities of the SelectUSA Initiative during the 
preceding fiscal year.
    (b) Contents.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include, for the period covered by the report, the following:
            (1) A description of the outreach activities of the 
        SelectUSA Initiative and the amounts used by the SelectUSA 
        Initiative for such activities.
            (2) The number of foreign firms that relocated to the 
        United States as a result of the activities of the SelectUSA 
        Initiative.
            (3) A description of the progress made by the United States 
        in increasing its share of foreign direct investment from the 
        Asia and Pacific regions.
            (4) Any findings that are made by the SelectUSA Initiative 
        in conducting its activities and are relevant to promoting the 
        United States as a destination for the location of foreign 
        direct investment.
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