[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2729 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2729

 To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce to establish 
  public-private partnerships under the Market Development Cooperator 
   Program of the International Trade Administration, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2015

   Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Meehan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce to establish 
  public-private partnerships under the Market Development Cooperator 
   Program of the International Trade Administration, 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 ``American Export Promotion Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR 
              PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Commerce, for the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on the last day of the 18th month 
thereafter, $4,000,000 for the Manufacturing and Services unit of the 
International Trade Administration--
            (1) to establish public-private partnerships under the 
        Market Development Cooperator Program of the International 
        Trade Administration; and
            (2) to underwrite a portion of the start-up costs for new 
        projects carried out under that Program to strengthen the 
        competitiveness and market share of United States industry, not 
        to exceed, for each such project, the lesser of--
                    (A) \1/3\ of the total start-up costs for the 
                project; or
                    (B) $500,000.
    (b) Requirements.--In obligating and expending the funds 
appropriated pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce 
shall give preference--
            (1) to activities that assist small- and medium-sized 
        businesses in the United States; and
            (2) to activities that the Secretary determines will create 
        or sustain the greatest number of jobs in the United States or 
        obtain the maximum return on investment.
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