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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2097

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

States exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 10 (legislative day, MAY 2), 1994

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 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’’.

6 SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

7 EXPORTS.

8 (a) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TRADE ADVI9 SORY COMMITTEE.—Section 2313 of the Export Enhance10 ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking subsection (d);

2 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub3 section (e); and

4 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow5 ing new subsections:

6 ‘‘(c) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TRADE ADVI7 SORY COMMITTEE.—

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

9 Secretary, in carrying out the duties of the chair10 person of the TPCC, shall establish the Environ11 mental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee

12 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Commit13 tee’). The purpose of the Committee shall be to pro14 vide advice and guidance to the Working Group in

15 the development and administration of programs to

16 expand United States exports of environmental tech17 nologies, goods, and services.

18 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The members of the

20 Committee shall be drawn from representatives

21 of—

22 ‘‘(i) environmental businesses, includ23 ing small businesses;

24 ‘‘(ii) trade associations in the environ25 mental sector;
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1 ‘‘(iii) private sector organizations in2 volved in the promotion of environmental

3 exports;

4 ‘‘(iv) the States (as defined in section

5 2301(j)(5)) and associations representing

6 the States; and

7 ‘‘(v) other appropriate interested

8 members of the public.

9 ‘‘(B) COMMITTEE COMPOSITION.—The

10 Secretary shall appoint as members of the Com11 mittee no fewer than 1 individual under each of

12 clauses (i) through (v) of subparagraph (A).

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 the 5 countries with the greatest

21 potential for the application of United States Gov22 ernment export promotion resources related to envi23 ronmental exports as ‘priority countries’.

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 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 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is amended by

23 adding at 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 of Commerce, an employee of any

16 relevant Government department or agency assigned

17 on a temporary or limited term basis to the Depart18 ment of Commerce, 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—
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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 to producers of environ9 mental technologies, goods, and services in such

10 countries in order to enhance exports to the

11 country to which the specialist is assigned, the

12 effectiveness of such assistance on the competi13 tiveness of United States products, and whether

14 comparable United States assistance exists;

15 ‘‘(C) training Foreign Commercial Service

16 Officers in the country to which the specialist

17 is assigned, other countries in the region, and

18 United States and Foreign Commercial Service

19 offices in the United States, in environmental

20 technologies and the international environ21 mental market;

22 ‘‘(D) providing assistance in identifying

23 potential customers and market opportunities in

24 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 programs that could assist the pro9 motion, financing, and sale of United States en10 vironmental technologies, goods, and services in

11 the country to which the specialist is assigned.

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

13 SHOPS.—In addition to the training provided under sub14 section (f)(2)(C), the Secretary shall establish a mecha15 nism to train—

16 ‘‘(1) Commercial Service Officers assigned to

17 the one-stop shops provided for in section

18 2301(b)(8); and

19 ‘‘(2) Commercial Service Officers assigned to

20 district offices in districts having large numbers of

21 environmental businesses;

22 in environmental technologies and in the international en23 vironmental marketplace, and ensure that such officers re24 ceive appropriate training under such mechanism. Such

25 training may be provided by officers or employees of the
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1 Department of Commerce, and other United States de2 partments and agencies, with appropriate expertise in en3 vironmental technologies and the international environ4 mental workplace, and by appropriate representatives of

5 the private sector.

6 ‘‘(h) INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL

7 INITIATIVES.—

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

9 TPCC shall establish not less than one international

10 regional environmental initiative, the purpose of

11 which shall be to coordinate the activities of Federal

12 departments and agencies in order to build environ13 mental partnerships between the United States and

14 the geographic region outside of the United States

15 for which such initiative is established. Such part16 nerships shall enhance environmental protection and

17 promote sustainable development by using technical

18 expertise and financial resources of the United

19 States departments and agencies that provide for20 eign assistance, and by expanding United States ex21 ports of environmental technologies, goods, and serv22 ices to that region.

23 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out each inter24 national regional environmental initiative, the TPCC

25 shall—
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1 ‘‘(A) support the development of sound en2 vironmental policies and practices in countries

3 in the geographic region for which the initiative

4 is established, including the development of en5 vironmentally sound regulatory regimes and en6 forcement mechanisms, through the provision of

7 foreign assistance;

8 ‘‘(B) identify and disseminate to United

9 States environmental businesses information re10 garding specific environmental business oppor11 tunities in that geographic region;

12 ‘‘(C) coordinate existing Federal efforts to

13 promote environmental exports to that geo14 graphic region, and ensure that such efforts are

15 fully coordinated with environmental export

16 promotion efforts undertaken by the States and

17 the private sector;

18 ‘‘(D) increase assistance provided by the

19 United States to promote exports from the

20 United States of environmental technologies,

21 goods, and services to that geographic region,

22 such as trade missions, reverse trade missions,

23 trade fairs, and programs in the United States

24 to train foreign nationals in United States envi25 ronmental technologies; and
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1 ‘‘(E) increase high-level advocacy by Gov2 ernment officials (including the United States

3 ambassadors to the countries in the geographic

4 region outside of the United States) for United

5 States environmental businesses seeking market

6 opportunities in that geographic region.

7 ‘‘(i) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT AD8 VOCACY CALENDAR AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

9 PROGRAM.—The Working Group shall—

10 ‘‘(1) maintain a calendar, updated at the end of

11 each calendar quarter, of significant opportunities

12 for United States environmental businesses in for13 eign markets and trade promotion events, which

14 shall—

15 ‘‘(A) be made available to the public;

16 ‘‘(B) identify not less than 50 nor more

17 than 100 environmental infrastructure and pro18 curement projects in foreign markets that have

19 the greatest potential in the calendar quarter

20 for United States exports of environmental

21 technologies, goods, and services; and

22 ‘‘(C) include trade promotion events, such

23 as trade missions and trade fairs, in the envi24 ronmental sector; and
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1 ‘‘(2) provide, through the National Trade Data

2 Bank and other information dissemination channels,

3 information on opportunities for environmental busi4 nesses in foreign markets and information on Fed5 eral 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.’’.

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