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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expositions Provide 

3 Opportunities Act of 2019’’ or ‘‘EXPO Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR PAVIL5 ION AT EXPO 2020 DUBAI. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 204 of 

7 the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign 

8 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 

9 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), there is authorized to be appropriated 

10 for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 funds for a United 

11 States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, subject to sub12 sections (b) and (c). 

13 (b) COST-SHARE REQUIREMENT.—Funds made 

14 available pursuant to subsection (a) to the Department of 

15 State for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai 

16 shall be made available on a cost-matching basis, to the 

17 maximum extent practicable, from sources other than the 

18 United States Government. 

19 (c) NOTIFICATION.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available pur21 suant to subsection (a) to the Department of State 

22 for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai 

23 may be obligated only after the appropriate congres24 sional committees are notified not less than 15 days 

25 prior to such obligation. 
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1 (2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Such notifi2 cation shall include the following: 

3 (A) A description of the source of such 

4 funds, including any funds reprogrammed or 

5 transferred by the Department of State to be 

6 made available for such pavilion. 

7 (B) An estimate of the amount of invest8 ment such pavilion could bring to the United 

9 States. 

10 (C) A description of the strategy of the 

11 Department to identify and obtain such match12 ing funds from sources other than the United 

13 States Government, in accordance with sub14 section (b). 

15 (D) An analysis of the human rights 

16 record of the United Arab Emirates. 

17 (E) A certification that each entity receiv18 ing amounts for a contract, grant, or other 

19 agreement to construct, maintain, or otherwise 

20 service such pavilion— 

21 (i) is not in violation of the labor laws 

22 of the United Arab Emirates, the Foreign 

23 Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (Public Law 

24 95–213), and any other applicable anti25 corruption laws; and 
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1 (ii) does not employ, or otherwise uti2 lize, a victim of trafficking (as defined in 

3 section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Pro4 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). 

5 (d) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

6 the date on which a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 

7 Dubai is opened, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

8 the appropriate congressional committees a report that in9 cludes— 

10 (1) the number of United States businesses 

11 that participated in such pavilion; and 

12 (2) the dollar amount and source of any match13 ing funds obtained by the Department. 

14 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE15 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres16 sional committees’’ means the following: 

17 (1) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

18 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep19 resentatives. 

20 (2) The Committee on Foreign Relations and 

21 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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1 (f) SUNSET.—This section ceases to be effective on 

2 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 

Dubai, and for other purposes. funds for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020