Union Calendar No. 269

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3813

[Report No. 103–478]

A BILL

To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to

ronmental technologies, goods, and services.promote further United States exports of enviAPRIL 18, 1994

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 269

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3813

[Report No. 103–478]

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

APRIL 18, 1994

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 8, 1994]

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

3 Promotion Act of 1994’’.

4 SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

5 EXPORTS.

6 (a) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TRADE ADVI7 SORY COMMITTEE.—Section 2313 of the Export Enhance8 ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is amended—

9 (1) by striking subsection (d);

10 (2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the

11 following:

12 ‘‘(5) PRIMARY ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—The

13 Secretary, in carrying out the duties of the chair14 person of the TPCC, shall coordinate all activities of

15 the Federal Government relating to the promotion of

16 exports of United States environmental technologies,

17 goods, and services.’’;

18 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection

19 (e); and

20 (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow21 ing:

22 ‘‘(c) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TRADE ADVI23 SORY COMMITTEE.—

24 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Sec25 retary, in carrying out the duties of the chairperson

26 of the TPCC, shall establish the Environmental Tech-
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1 nologies Trade Advisory Committee (hereafter in this

2 section referred to as the ‘Committee’). The purpose of

3 the Committee shall be to provide advice and guid4 ance to the Working Group in the development and

5 administration of programs to expand United States

6 exports of environmental technologies, goods, and

7 services.

8 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Com9 mittee shall be drawn from representatives of—

10 ‘‘(A) environmental businesses, including

11 small businesses;

12 ‘‘(B) trade associations in the environ13 mental sector;

14 ‘‘(C) private sector organizations involved

15 in the promotion of environmental exports;

16 ‘‘(D) States (as defined in section

17 2301(i)(5)) and associations representing the

18 States; and

19 ‘‘(E) other appropriate interested members

20 of the public.

21 The Secretary shall appoint as members of the Committee

22 at least 1 individual under each of subparagraphs (A)

23 through (E).

24 ‘‘(d) EXPORT PLANS FOR PRIORITY COUNTRIES.—
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1 ‘‘(1) PRIORITY COUNTRY IDENTIFICATION.—The

2 Working Group, in consultation with the Committee,

3 shall annually assess which foreign countries have

4 markets with the greatest potential for the export of

5 United States environmental technologies, goods, and

6 services. Of these countries the Working Group shall

7 select as priority countries 5 with the greatest poten8 tial for the application of United States Government

9 export promotion resources related to environmental

10 exports.

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

12 consultation with the Committee, shall annually cre13 ate a plan for each priority country selected under

14 paragraph (1), setting forth in detail ways to increase

15 United States environmental exports to such country.

16 Each such plan shall—

17 ‘‘(A) identify the primary public and pri18 vate sector opportunities for United States ex19 porters of environmental technologies, goods, and

20 services in the priority country;

21 ‘‘(B) analyze the financing and other re22 quirements for major projects in the priority

23 country which will use environmental tech24 nologies, goods, and services, and analyze wheth25 er such projects are dependent upon financial as-
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1 sistance from foreign countries or multilateral

2 institutions; and

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

4 member agencies of the Working Group to in5 crease United States exports to the priority

6 country.’’.

7 (b) ADDITIONAL MECHANISMS TO PROMOTE ENVIRON8 MENTAL EXPORTS.—Section 2313 of the Export Enhance9 ment Act of 1988 is further amended by adding at the end

10 the following:

11 ‘‘(f) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES SPECIALISTS IN

12 THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERV13 ICE.—

14 ‘‘(1) ASSIGNMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECH15 NOLOGIES SPECIALISTS.—The Secretary shall assign

16 a specialist in environmental technologies to the office

17 of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service

18 in each of the 5 priority countries selected under sub19 section (d)(1), and the Secretary is authorized to as20 sign such a specialist to the office of the United States

21 and Foreign Commercial Service in any country that

22 is a promising market for United States exports of

23 environmental technologies, goods, and services. Such

24 specialist may be an employee of the Department, an

25 employee of any relevant United States Government
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1 department or agency assigned on a temporary or

2 limited term basis to the Commerce Department, or

3 a representative of the private sector assigned to the

4 Department of Commerce.

5 ‘‘(2) DUTIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES

6 SPECIALISTS.—Each specialist assigned under para7 graph (1) shall provide export promotion assistance

8 to United States environmental businesses, including,

9 but not limited to—

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

11 which the specialist is assigned that affect the

12 United States share of the domestic market for

13 environmental technologies, goods, and services,

14 including market barriers, standards-setting ac15 tivities, and financing issues;

16 ‘‘(B) providing assessments of assistance by

17 foreign governments that is provided to produc18 ers of environmental technologies, goods, and

19 services in such countries in order to enhance ex20 ports to the country to which the specialist is as21 signed, the effectiveness of such assistance on the

22 competitiveness of United States products, and

23 whether comparable United States assistance

24 exists;
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1 ‘‘(C) training Foreign Commercial Service

2 Officers in the country to which the specialist is

3 assigned, other countries in the region, and

4 United States and Foreign Commercial Service

5 offices in the United States, in environmental

6 technologies and the international environmental

7 market;

8 ‘‘(D) providing assistance in identifying po9 tential customers and market opportunities in

10 the country to which the specialist is assigned;

11 ‘‘(E) providing assistance in obtaining nec12 essary business services in the country to which

13 the specialist is assigned;

14 ‘‘(F) providing information on environ15 mental standards and regulations in the country

16 to which the specialist is assigned; and

17 ‘‘(G) providing information on all United

18 States Government programs that could assist

19 the promotion, financing, and sale of United

20 States environmental technologies, goods, and

21 services in the country to which the specialist is

22 assigned.

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

24 SHOPS.—In addition to the training provided under sub-
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1 section (f)(2)(C), the Secretary shall establish a mechanism

2 to train—

3 ‘‘(1) Commercial Service Officers assigned to the

4 one-stop shops provided for in section 2301(b)(8), and

5 ‘‘(2) Commercial Service Officers assigned to dis6 trict offices in districts having large numbers of envi7 ronmental businesses,

8 in environmental technologies and in the international en9 vironmental marketplace, and ensure that such officers re10 ceive appropriate training under such mechanism. Such

11 training may be provided by officers or employees of the

12 Department of Commerce, and other United States Govern13 ment departments and agencies, with appropriate expertise

14 in environmental technologies and the international envi15 ronmental workplace, and by appropriate representatives of

16 the private sector.

17 ‘‘(h) INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INI18 TIATIVES.—

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

20 TPCC shall establish one or more international re21 gional environmental initiatives the purpose of which

22 shall be to coordinate the activities of Federal depart23 ments and agencies with the activities of State and

24 local governmental institutions and the private sector

25 to build environmental partnerships between the
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1 United States and the geographic region outside the

2 United States for which such initiative is established.

3 Such partnerships shall enhance environmental pro4 tection and promote sustainable development by using

5 technical expertise and financial resources of the

6 United States in the region and by expanding United

7 States exports of environmental technologies, goods,

8 and services to that region.

9 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out each inter10 national regional environmental initiative, the TPCC

11 shall—

12 ‘‘(A) support the development of sound envi13 ronmental policies and practices in countries in

14 the geographic region for which the initiative is

15 established, including the development of envi16 ronmentally sound regulatory regimes and en17 forcement mechanisms, through the provision of

18 foreign assistance;

19 ‘‘(B) identify and disseminate to United

20 States environmental businesses information re21 garding specific environmental business opportu22 nities in that geographic region;

23 ‘‘(C) coordinate existing Federal efforts to

24 promote environmental exports to that geo25 graphic region, and ensure that such efforts are
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1 fully coordinated with environmental export pro2 motion efforts undertaken by the States and the

3 private sector;

4 ‘‘(D) increase assistance provided by the

5 Federal Government to promote exports from the

6 United States of environmental technologies,

7 goods, and services to that geographic region,

8 such as trade missions, reverse trade missions,

9 trade fairs, and programs in the United States

10 to train foreign nationals in United States envi11 ronmental technologies; and

12 ‘‘(E) increase high-level advocacy by United

13 States Government officials (including the

14 United States ambassadors to the countries in

15 that geographic region) for United States envi16 ronmental businesses seeking market opportuni17 ties in that geographic region.

18 ‘‘(i) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT ADVO19 CACY CALENDAR AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION PRO20 GRAM.—The Working Group shall maintain a calendar, up21 dated at the end of each calendar quarter, of significant

22 opportunities for United States environmental businesses in

23 foreign markets and trade promotion events, which shall be

24 made available to the public. Such calendar shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) identify the 50 to 100 environmental infra2 structure and procurement projects in foreign markets

3 that have the greatest potential in the calendar quar4 ter for United States exports of environmental tech5 nologies, goods, and services; and

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

7 trade missions and trade fairs, in the environmental

8 sector.

9 The Working Group shall also provide, through the National

10 Trade Data Bank and other information dissemination

11 channels, information on opportunities for environmental

12 businesses in foreign markets and information on Federal

13 export promotion programs.

14 ‘‘(j) REGIONAL CENTERS.—The Secretary, through the

15 Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of

16 the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, is au17 thorized to provide matching funds for the establishment in

18 the United States of regional environmental business and

19 technology cooperation centers that will draw upon the ex20 pertise of the private sector and institutions of higher edu21 cation and existing Federal programs to provide export pro22 motion assistance, education, and training to United States

23 environmental businesses which export or are interested in

24 exporting environmental technologies, goods, and services to

25 foreign markets, and to provide training to foreign nation-
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1 als interested in acquiring such environmental technologies,

2 goods, and services.

3 ‘‘(k) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

4 term ‘environmental business’ means a business that pro5 duces environmental technologies, goods, or services.’’.