United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-04-26 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-660T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-660T P0b002ee18039bf2e f:d06660t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-660T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-660T GAO-06-660T Budget authority Exporting Federal agencies Interagency relations International trade Small business Strategic planning Reporting requirements Testimony A52599

In 1992, Congress established the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) to provide a unifying interagency framework to coordinate U.S. export promotion activities and to develop a governmentwide strategic plan. TPCC member agencies' activities include providing training, market information, advocacy, trade finance and other services to U.S. companies, especially small- and medium-sized businesses. These U.S. government agencies together have $1.5 billion in budget authority for export promotion programs and activities for fiscal year 2006. Each year, the TPCC submits to Congress a mandated national export strategy, reporting member agencies' activities and trade promotion budget authority and establishing broad priorities. The TPCC secretariat, which has no budget of its own, is housed in the Commerce Department, which chairs the committee. In this testimony, which updates findings from a 2002 report, GAO (1) reports on trends in TPCC member agencies' budget authority; (2) assesses TPCC's coordination of trade promotion and its national export strategies; and (3) discusses small- and medium-sized businesses' participation in trade promotion activities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-660T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-660T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-660T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-660T.pdf GAO-06-660T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-660T Testimony GAO-06-660T; Export Promotion: Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee's Role Remains Limited; Budget authority Exporting Federal agencies Interagency relations International trade Small business Strategic planning Reporting requirements Title 15 Section 4727(a)(1) 15 U.S.C. 4727(a)(1) Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720 Title 315 Section 4727(f) 315 U.S.C. 4727(f) Title 1815 Section 4727(c)(4) 1815 U.S.C. 4727(c)(4) Public Law 102-429