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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3813

To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to promote further United

States exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 8, 1994

Mr. GEJDENSON (for himself, Mr. STUDDS, Ms. FURSE, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr.

ROTH, and Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to promote

further United States exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Export

5 Promotion Act of 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

2 EXPORTS.

3 (a) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TRADE ADVI4 SORY COMMITTEE.—Section 2313 of the Export Enhance5 ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is amended—

6 (1) by striking subsection (d);

7 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub8 section (e); and

9 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow10 ing:

11 ‘‘(c) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TRADE ADVI12 SORY COMMITTEE.—

13 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The

14 President shall establish the Environmental Tech15 nologies Trade Advisory Committee (hereafter in

16 this section referred to as the ‘Committee’). The

17 purpose of the Committee shall be to provide advice

18 and guidance to the Working Group in the develop19 ment and administration of programs to expand

20 United States exports of environmental technologies,

21 goods, and services.

22 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Com23 mittee shall be drawn from representatives of—

24 ‘‘(A) environmental businesses, including

25 small businesses;
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1 ‘‘(B) trade associations in the environ2 mental sector;

3 ‘‘(C) private sector organizations involved

4 in the promotion of environmental exports; and

5 ‘‘(D) other appropriate interested members

6 of the public.

7 ‘‘(d) EXPORT PLANS FOR PRIORITY COUNTRIES.—

8 ‘‘(1) PRIORITY COUNTRY IDENTIFICATION.—

9 The Working Group, in consultation with the Com10 mittee, shall annually assess which foreign countries

11 have markets with the greatest potential for the ex12 port of United States environmental technologies,

13 goods, and services. Of these countries the Working

14 Group shall select as priority countries 5 with the

15 greatest potential for the application of United

16 States Government export promotion resources relat17 ed to environmental exports.

18 ‘‘(2) EXPORT PLANS.—The Working Group, in

19 consultation with the Committee, shall annually cre20 ate a plan for each priority country selected under

21 paragraph (1), setting forth in detail ways to in22 crease United States environmental exports to such

23 country. Each such plan shall—

24 ‘‘(A) identify the primary public and pri25 vate sector opportunities for United States ex-
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1 porters of environmental technologies, goods,

2 and services in the priority country;

3 ‘‘(B) analyze the financing and other re4 quirements for major projects in the priority

5 country which will use environmental tech6 nologies, goods, and services, and analyze

7 whether such projects are dependent upon fi8 nancial assistance from foreign countries or

9 multilateral institutions; and

10 ‘‘(C) list specific actions to be taken by the

11 member agencies of the Working Group to in12 crease United States exports to the priority

13 country.’’.

14 (b) ADDITIONAL MECHANISMS TO PROMOTE ENVI15 RONMENTAL EXPORTS.—Section 2313 of the Export En16 hancement Act of 1988 is further amended by adding at

17 the end the following:

18 ‘‘(f) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES SPECIALISTS

19 IN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL

20 SERVICE.—

21 ‘‘(1) ASSIGNMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECH22 NOLOGIES SPECIALISTS.—The Secretary of Com23 merce shall assign a specialist in environmental tech24 nologies to the office of the United States and For25 eign Commercial Service in each of the 5 priority
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1 countries selected under subsection (d)(1), and the

2 Secretary is authorized to assign such a specialist to

3 the office of the United States and Foreign Com4 mercial Service in any country that is a promising

5 market for United States exports of environmental

6 technologies, goods, and services. Such specialist

7 may be an employee of the Department, an employee

8 of any relevant United States Government depart9 ment or agency assigned on a temporary or limited

10 term basis to the Commerce Department, or a rep11 resentative of the private sector assigned to the De12 partment of Commerce.

13 ‘‘(2) DUTIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECH14 NOLOGIES SPECIALISTS.—Each specialist assigned

15 under paragraph (1) shall provide export promotion

16 assistance to United States environmental busi17 nesses, including, but not limited to—

18 ‘‘(A) identifying factors in the country to

19 which the specialist is assigned that affect the

20 United States share of the domestic market for

21 environmental technologies, goods, and services,

22 including market barriers, standards-setting ac23 tivities, and financing issues;

24 ‘‘(B) providing assessments of assistance

25 by foreign governments that is provided to pro-
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1 ducers of environmental technologies, goods,

2 and services in such countries in order to en3 hance exports to the country to which the spe4 cialist is assigned, the effectiveness of such as5 sistance on the competitiveness of United

6 States products, and whether comparable Unit7 ed States assistance exists;

8 ‘‘(C) training Foreign Commercial Service

9 Officers in the country to which the specialist

10 is assigned, other countries in the region, and

11 United States and Foreign Commercial Service

12 offices in the United States, in environmental

13 technologies and the international environ14 mental market;

15 ‘‘(D) providing assistance in identifying

16 potential customers and market opportunities in

17 the country to which the specialist is assigned;

18 ‘‘(E) providing assistance in obtaining nec19 essary business services in the country to which

20 the specialist is assigned;

21 ‘‘(F) providing information on environ22 mental standards and regulations in the coun23 try to which the specialist is assigned; and

24 ‘‘(G) providing information on all United

25 States Government programs that could assist
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1 the promotion, financing, and sale of United

2 States environmental technologies, goods, and

3 services in the country to which the specialist is

4 assigned.

5 ‘‘(g) ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING IN ONE-STOP

6 SHOPS.—In addition to the training provided under sub7 section (f)(2)(C), the Secretary of Commerce shall estab8 lish a mechanism to train—

9 ‘‘(1) Commercial Service Officers assigned to

10 the one-stop shops provided for in section

11 2301(b)(8), and

12 ‘‘(2) Commercial Service Officers assigned to

13 district offices in districts having large numbers of

14 environmental businesses,

15 in environmental technologies and in the international en16 vironmental marketplace, and ensure that such officers re17 ceive appropriate training under such mechanism. Such

18 training may be provided by officers or employees of the

19 Department of Commerce, and other United States Gov20 ernment departments and agencies, with appropriate ex21 pertise in environmental technologies and the international

22 environmental workplace, and by appropriate representa23 tives of the private sector.

24 ‘‘(h) INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

25 INITIATIVES.—
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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF INITIATIVES.—The

2 TPCC shall establish international regional environ3 mental initiatives the purpose of which shall be to

4 coordinate the activities of Federal departments and

5 agencies with the activities of State and local gov6 ernmental institutions and the private sector to build

7 environmental partnerships between the United

8 States and the geographic region outside the United

9 States for which such initiative is established. Such

10 partnerships shall enhance environmental protection

11 and promote sustainable development by using tech12 nical expertise and financial resources of the United

13 States in the region and by expanding United States

14 exports of environmental technologies, goods, and

15 services to that region.

16 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out each inter17 national regional environmental initiative, the TPCC

18 shall—

19 ‘‘(A) support the development of sound en20 vironmental policies and practices in countries

21 in the geographic region for which the initiative

22 is established, including the development of en23 vironmentally sound regulatory regimes and en24 forcement mechanisms, through the provision of

25 foreign assistance;
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1 ‘‘(B) identify and disseminate to United

2 States environmental businesses information re3 garding specific environmental business oppor4 tunities in that geographic region;

5 ‘‘(C) coordinate existing Federal efforts to

6 promote environmental exports to that geo7 graphic region, and ensure that such efforts are

8 fully coordinated with environmental export

9 promotion efforts undertaken by the States and

10 the private sector;

11 ‘‘(D) increase assistance provided by the

12 Federal Government to promote exports from

13 the United States of environmental tech14 nologies, goods, and services to that geographic

15 region, such as trade missions, reverse trade

16 missions, trade fairs, and programs in the Unit17 ed States to train foreign nationals in United

18 States environmental technologies; and

19 ‘‘(E) increase high-level advocacy by Unit20 ed States Government officials for United

21 States environmental businesses seeking market

22 opportunities in that geographic region.

23 ‘‘(i) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT AD24 VOCACY CALENDAR.—The Working Group shall maintain

25 a calendar, updated at the end of each calendar quarter,
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1 of significant opportunities for United States environ2 mental businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion

3 events, which shall be made available to the public. Such

4 calendar shall—

5 ‘‘(1) identify the 50 to 100 environmental infra6 structure and procurement projects in foreign mar7 kets that have the greatest potential in the calendar

8 quarter for United States exports of environmental

9 technologies, goods, and services; and

10 ‘‘(2) include trade promotion events, such as

11 trade missions and trade fairs, in the environmental

12 sector.

13 ‘‘(j) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

14 term ‘environmental business’ means a business that pro15 duces environmental technologies, goods, or services.’’.

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