[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4842 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4842

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To authorize the Secretary of State to provide funds for a United 
      States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, 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 ``Expositions Provide Opportunities 
Act of 2019'' or ``EXPO Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR PAVILION AT EXPO 2020 DUBAI.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 204 of the Admiral James 
W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Years 2000 and 2001 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), there is authorized to be 
appropriated for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 funds for a United 
States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, subject to subsections (b) and (c).
    (b) Cost-Share Requirement.--Funds made available pursuant to 
subsection (a) to the Department of State for a United States pavilion 
at Expo 2020 Dubai shall be made available on a cost-matching basis, to 
the maximum extent practicable, from sources other than the United 
States Government.
    (c) Notification.--
            (1) In general.--Funds made available pursuant to 
        subsection (a) to the Department of State for a United States 
        pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai may be obligated only after the 
        appropriate congressional committees are notified not less than 
        15 days prior to such obligation.
            (2) Matters to be included.--Such notification shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) A description of the source of such funds, 
                including any funds reprogrammed or transferred by the 
                Department of State to be made available for such 
                pavilion.
                    (B) An estimate of the amount of investment such 
                pavilion could bring to the United States.
                    (C) A description of the strategy of the Department 
                to identify and obtain such matching funds from sources 
                other than the United States Government, in accordance 
                with subsection (b).
                    (D) An analysis of the human rights record of the 
                United Arab Emirates.
                    (E) A certification that each entity receiving 
                amounts for a contract, grant, or other agreement to 
                construct, maintain, or otherwise service such 
                pavilion--
                            (i) is not in violation of the labor laws 
                        of the United Arab Emirates, the Foreign 
                        Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-
                        213), and any other applicable anti-corruption 
                        laws; and
                            (ii) does not employ, or otherwise utilize, 
                        a victim of trafficking (as defined in section 
                        103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 
                        of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)).
    (d) Final Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which 
a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is opened, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that includes--
            (1) the number of United States businesses that 
        participated in such pavilion; and
            (2) the dollar amount and source of any matching funds 
        obtained by the Department.
    (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the following:
            (1) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
            (2) The Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate.
    (f) Sunset.--This section ceases to be effective on September 30, 
2021.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 29, 2019.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 4842

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

   To authorize the Secretary of State to provide funds for a United 
      States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, and for other purposes.