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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3813

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 20 (legislative day, APRIL 11), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and

Urban Affairs

AN ACT

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 Secretary, in carrying out the duties of the chair15 person of the TPCC, shall establish the Environ16 mental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee

17 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Commit18 tee’). The purpose of the Committee shall be to pro19 vide advice and guidance to the Working Group in

20 the development and administration of programs to

21 expand United States exports of environmental tech22 nologies, goods, and services.

23 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Com24 mittee shall be drawn from representatives of—

25 ‘‘(A) environmental businesses, including

26 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;

5 ‘‘(D) States (as defined in section

6 2301(i)(5)) and associations representing the

7 States; and

8 ‘‘(E) other appropriate interested members

9 of the public.

10 The Secretary shall appoint as members of the Committee

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

12 through (E).

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

14 ‘‘(1) PRIORITY COUNTRY IDENTIFICATION.—

15 The Working Group, in consultation with the Com16 mittee, shall annually assess which foreign countries

17 have markets with the greatest potential for the ex18 port of United States environmental technologies,

19 goods, and services. Of these countries the Working

20 Group shall select as priority countries 5 with the

21 greatest potential for the application of United

22 States Government export promotion resources

23 related to environmental exports.

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

25 consultation with the Committee, shall annually cre-
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1 ate a plan for each priority country selected under

2 paragraph (1), setting forth in detail ways to in3 crease United States environmental exports to such

4 country. Each such plan shall—

5 ‘‘(A) identify the primary public and pri6 vate sector opportunities for United States ex7 porters of environmental technologies, goods,

8 and services in the priority country;

9 ‘‘(B) analyze the financing and other re10 quirements for major projects in the priority

11 country which will use environmental tech12 nologies, goods, and services, and analyze

13 whether such projects are dependent upon fi14 nancial assistance from foreign countries or

15 multilateral institutions; and

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

17 member agencies of the Working Group to in18 crease United States exports to the priority

19 country.’’.

20 (b) ADDITIONAL MECHANISMS TO PROMOTE ENVI21 RONMENTAL EXPORTS.—Section 2313 of the Export En22 hancement Act of 1988 is further amended by adding at

23 the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(f) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES SPECIALISTS

2 IN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL

3 SERVICE.—

4 ‘‘(1) ASSIGNMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECH5 NOLOGIES SPECIALISTS.—The Secretary shall assign

6 a specialist in environmental technologies to the of7 fice of the United States and Foreign Commercial

8 Service in each of the 5 priority countries selected

9 under subsection (d)(1), and the Secretary is author10 ized to assign such a specialist to the office of the

11 United States and Foreign Commercial Service in

12 any country that is a promising market for United

13 States exports of environmental technologies, goods,

14 and services. Such specialist may be an employee of

15 the Department, an employee of any relevant United

16 States Government department or agency assigned

17 on a temporary or limited term basis to the Com18 merce Department, or a representative of the private

19 sector assigned to the Department of Commerce.

20 ‘‘(2) DUTIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECH21 NOLOGIES SPECIALISTS.—Each specialist assigned

22 under paragraph (1) shall provide export promotion

23 assistance to United States environmental busi24 nesses, including, but not limited to—
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1 ‘‘(A) identifying factors in the country to

2 which the specialist is assigned that affect the

3 United States share of the domestic market for

4 environmental technologies, goods, and services,

5 including market barriers, standards-setting ac6 tivities, and financing issues;

7 ‘‘(B) providing assessments of assistance

8 by foreign governments that is provided to pro9 ducers of environmental technologies, goods,

10 and services in such countries in order to en11 hance exports to the country to which the spe12 cialist is assigned, the effectiveness of such as13 sistance on the competitiveness of United

14 States products, and whether comparable

15 United States assistance exists;

16 ‘‘(C) training Foreign Commercial Service

17 Officers in the country to which the specialist

18 is assigned, other countries in the region, and

19 United States and Foreign Commercial Service

20 offices in the United States, in environmental

21 technologies and the international environ22 mental market;

23 ‘‘(D) providing assistance in identifying

24 potential customers and market opportunities in

25 the country to which the specialist is assigned;
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1 ‘‘(E) providing assistance in obtaining nec2 essary business services in the country to which

3 the specialist is assigned;

4 ‘‘(F) providing information on environ5 mental standards and regulations in the coun6 try to which the specialist is assigned; and

7 ‘‘(G) providing information on all United

8 States Government programs that could assist

9 the promotion, financing, and sale of United

10 States environmental technologies, goods, and

11 services in the country to which the specialist is

12 assigned.

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

14 SHOPS.—In addition to the training provided under sub15 section (f)(2)(C), the Secretary shall establish a mecha16 nism to train—

17 ‘‘(1) Commercial Service Officers assigned to

18 the one-stop shops provided for in section

19 2301(b)(8), and

20 ‘‘(2) Commercial Service Officers assigned to

21 district offices in districts having large numbers of

22 environmental businesses,

23 in environmental technologies and in the international en24 vironmental marketplace, and ensure that such officers re25 ceive appropriate training under such mechanism. Such
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1 training may be provided by officers or employees of the

2 Department of Commerce, and other United States Gov3 ernment departments and agencies, with appropriate ex4 pertise in environmental technologies and the international

5 environmental workplace, and by appropriate representa6 tives of the private sector.

7 ‘‘(h) INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

8 INITIATIVES.—

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

10 TPCC shall establish one or more international re11 gional environmental initiatives the purpose of which

12 shall be to coordinate the activities of Federal de13 partments and agencies in order to build environ14 mental partnerships between the United States and

15 the geographic region outside the United States for

16 which such initiative is established. Such partner17 ships shall enhance environmental protection and

18 promote sustainable development by using in the re19 gion technical expertise and financial resources of

20 United States departments and agencies that pro21 vide foreign assistance and by expanding United

22 States exports of environmental technologies, goods,

23 and services to that region.
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1 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out each inter2 national regional environmental initiative, the TPCC

3 shall—

4 ‘‘(A) support, through the provision of for5 eign assistance, the development of sound envi6 ronmental policies and practices in countries in

7 the geographic region for which the initiative is

8 established, including the development of envi9 ronmentally sound regulatory regimes and en10 forcement mechanisms;

11 ‘‘(B) identify and disseminate to United

12 States environmental businesses information re13 garding specific environmental business oppor14 tunities in that geographic region;

15 ‘‘(C) coordinate existing Federal efforts to

16 promote environmental exports to that geo17 graphic region, and ensure that such efforts are

18 fully coordinated with environmental export

19 promotion efforts undertaken by the States and

20 the private sector;

21 ‘‘(D) increase assistance provided by the

22 Federal Government to promote exports from

23 the United States of environmental tech24 nologies, goods, and services to that geographic

25 region, such as trade missions, reverse trade
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1 missions, trade fairs, and programs in the

2 United States to train foreign nationals in

3 United States environmental technologies; and

4 ‘‘(E) increase high-level advocacy by

5 United States Government officials (including

6 the United States ambassadors to the countries

7 in that geographic region) for United States en8 vironmental businesses seeking market opportu9 nities in that geographic region.

10 ‘‘(i) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT AD11 VOCACY CALENDAR AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

12 PROGRAM.—The Working Group shall maintain a cal13 endar, updated at the end of each calendar quarter, of

14 significant opportunities for United States environmental

15 businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion events,

16 which shall be made available to the public. Such calendar

17 shall—

18 ‘‘(1) identify the 50 to 100 environmental infra19 structure and procurement projects in foreign mar20 kets that have the greatest potential in the calendar

21 quarter for United States exports of environmental

22 technologies, goods, and services; and

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

24 trade missions and trade fairs, in the environmental

25 sector.
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1 The Working Group shall also provide, through the Na2 tional Trade Data Bank and other information dissemina3 tion channels, information on opportunities for environ4 mental businesses in foreign markets and information on

5 Federal export promotion programs.

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

7 the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director Gen8 eral of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service,

9 is authorized to provide matching funds for the establish10 ment in the United States of regional environmental busi11 ness and technology cooperation centers that will draw

12 upon the expertise of the private sector and institutions

13 of higher education and existing Federal programs to pro14 vide export promotion assistance related to environmental

15 technologies, goods, and services.

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

17 term ‘environmental business’ means a business that pro18 duces environmental technologies, goods, or services.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives April 19, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.