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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5196 

To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to establish the Office 

of Trade Promotion in the Executive Office of the President, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2006 

Mr. MANZULLO (for himself, Mr. MICA, and Mrs. KELLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to establish 

the Office of Trade Promotion in the Executive Office 

of the President, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Small Business Trade Promotion Enhancement Act of 

6 2006’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Purpose. 

TITLE I—OFFICE OF TRADE PROMOTION 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Export Enhancement Act of 1988 

Sec. 101. Establishment and purpose. 

Sec. 102. Duties. 

Sec. 103. Strategic plan. 

Sec. 104. Director and Associate Directors. 

Sec. 105. Staff; experts and consultants. 

Sec. 106. Advisory Board on Trade Promotion. 

Sec. 107. Report to Congress. 

Sec. 108. Report on export policy. 

Sec. 109. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 110. Clerical amendment. 

Sec. 111. Effective date. 

Subtitle B—Conforming Amendments to Other Laws; References 

Sec. 121. Conforming amendments to other laws. 

Sec. 122. References. 

TITLE II—TRADE PROVISIONS RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS 

Sec. 201. Establishment of Associate Administrator for International Trade in 

Small Business Administration. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) As the world’s largest economy, the United 

6 States has an enormous stake in the future of the 

7 global trading system. 

8 (2) Exports are a crucial force driving the 

9 United States economy and job creation. 

10 (3) While nearly 97 percent of United States 

11 exporters are small and medium enterprises (SMEs), 


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1 SMEs account for just over one-fourth of exports, 

2 leaving much room for growth. 

3 (4) Two-thirds of United States exporters have 

4 fewer than 20 employees and sell to just one foreign 

5 market. 

6 (5) Manufacturers account for 61 percent of 

7 total United States exports with small manufactur8 ers accounting for approximately 15 percent of total 

9 United States exports. Thirty percent of small man10 ufacturers do not currently export but would con11 sider doing so if they had more help in securing vital 

12 information on foreign markets, customers, and ex13 port procedures. 

14 (6) United States small and medium enterprises 

15 face tough competition from trading partners of the 

16 United States that aggressively undertake export 

17 promotion programs that directly support and un18 derwrite the expanded growth in trade of their small 

19 and medium enterprises. 

20 (7) United States trade promotion is carried 

21 out in part by 21 departments and agencies of the 

22 Federal Government. Representatives from these 

23 Federal departments and agencies are members of 

24 the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee 

25 (TPCC), a Federal committee that has not lived up 


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1 to congressional intent to provide a seamless offering 

2 of export promotion products and services due in 

3 part to the inadequate allocation of resources and a 

4 lack of ultimate decision making budget input au5 thority to ensure effective results are achieved for 

6 the invested resources. 

7 (8) United States small and medium enterprises 

8 lack an effective voice in trade policy formulation, 

9 implementation, and promotion due in part to inad10 equate resource distribution by the Small Business 

11 Administration that would aggressively champion 

12 trade issues for small and medium enterprises in all 

13 fora. 

14 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

15 The purpose of this Act and the amendments made 

16 by this Act is to improve the performance and results of 

17 trade promotion policies and programs of the Federal Gov18 ernment in accordance with the Government Performance 

19 and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62). 


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1 TITLE I—OFFICE OF TRADE 

2 PROMOTION 

3 Subtitle A—Amendments to Export 

4 Enhancement Act of 1988 

5 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE. 

6 Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 

7 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

10 (1)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘in the Executive Of12 fice of the President’’ after ‘‘shall estab13 lish’’; 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘Trade Promotion Co15 ordinating Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Of16 fice of Trade Promotion’’; and 

17 (iii) by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ each place it 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘Office’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 

20 oversee’’ after ‘‘to coordinate’’; and 

21 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 

22 supervise implementation of’’ after ‘‘to de23 velop’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsections (b) through (f), by striking 

2 ‘‘TPCC’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Of3 fice’’. 

4 SEC. 102. DUTIES. 

5 Section 2312(b) of the Export Enhancement Act of 

6 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

8 (6) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively; 

9 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as redes10 ignated) the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(1) advise the President, and others within the 

12 Executive Office of the President, on matters relat13 ing to trade promotion policies and programs of the 

14 United States Government;’’. 

15 (3) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated), by strik16 ing ‘‘coordinate’’ and inserting ‘‘supervise’’; 

17 (4) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

19 (A)— 

20 (i) by inserting ‘‘and attainment of 

21 measurable results’’ after ‘‘better delivery 

22 of services’’; and 

23 (ii) by inserting ‘‘with emphasis on 

24 small and medium enterprises’’ after 

25 ‘‘United States businesses’’; and 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the 

2 end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, in3 cluding assistance to match United States busi4 nesses with foreign businesses, as appropriate’’; 

5 (5) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated), by in6 serting ‘‘and enhance the effectiveness of’’ after 

7 ‘‘prevent unnecessary duplication in’’; and 

8 (6) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated) to read 

9 as follows: 

10 ‘‘(6) review and make input on the appropriate 

11 levels and allocation of resources among agencies in 

12 support of export promotion and export financing 

13 and advise the President as to the concurrence in 

14 these allocations based on its review; and’’. 

15 SEC. 103. STRATEGIC PLAN. 

16 Section 2312(c) of the Export Enhancement Act of 

17 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(c)) is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘and explain’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘, explain’’; and 

21 (B) by adding at the end before the semi22 colon the following: ‘‘, and detail the bench23 marks for the implementation of the priorities’’; 

24 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and effec25 tiveness’’ after ‘‘to improve coordination’’; and 


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1 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘propose to the President 

3 an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘include in the an4 nual Federal budget submission to Congress a 

5 detailed’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘that supports’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘and oversee its implementation so it sup8 ports’’; and 

9 (C) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

10 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

11 inserting a period; and 

12 (5) by striking paragraph (6). 

13 SEC. 104. DIRECTOR AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS. 

14 Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 

15 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727) is amended by striking subsection 

16 (d) and inserting the following new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(d) DIRECTOR AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—There shall be at the head of 

19 the Office a Director of the Office of Trade Pro20 motion, who shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) be appointed by the President, by and 

22 with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 

23 ‘‘(B) be compensated at a rate consistent 

24 with the compensation of the directors of other 


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1 offices within the Executive Office of the Presi2 dent. 

3 ‘‘(2) ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS.—The President 

4 may appoint not more than two Associate Directors 

5 of the Office of Trade Promotion, by and with the 

6 advice and consent of the Senate, who shall each— 

7 ‘‘(A) be compensated at a rate not to ex8 ceed the rate provided for other associate direc9 tors of offices within the Executive Office of the 

10 President; and 

11 ‘‘(B) perform such functions as the Direc12 tor may prescribe.’’. 

13 SEC. 105. STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS. 

14 Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 

15 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727) is amended by striking subsection 

16 (e) and inserting the following new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(e) STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) STAFF.— 

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

20 Office may appoint and fix the pay of additional 

21 personnel as the Director considers appropriate. 

22 ‘‘(B) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

23 Upon request of the Director, the head of any 

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1 motion established pursuant to subsection (f) 

2 may detail any of the personnel of that depart3 ment or agency to the Office to assist it in car4 rying out its duties under this section. 

5 ‘‘(2) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Direc6 tor of the Office may procure temporary and inter7 mittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 

8 United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 

9 to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum an10 nual rate of basic pay for GS–15 of the General 

11 Schedule.’’. 

12 SEC. 106. ADVISORY BOARD ON TRADE PROMOTION. 

13 (a) ADVISORY BOARD ON TRADE PROMOTION.—Sec14 tion 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 

15 U.S.C. 4727) is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub17 section (g); and 

18 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol19 lowing new subsection: 

20 ‘‘(f) ADVISORY BOARD ON TRADE PROMOTION.— 

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

22 President shall establish the Advisory Board on 

23 Trade Promotion (hereafter in this subsection re24 ferred to as the ‘Advisory Board’). The purpose of 

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1 of the Office in carrying out the duties of the Office 

2 under this section and section 6 of the Export En3 hancement Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 4727a). 

4 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Advi6 sory Board shall include representatives from— 

7 ‘‘(i) the Department of Agriculture; 

8 ‘‘(ii) the Department of Commerce; 

9 ‘‘(iii) the Department of Defense; 

10 ‘‘(iv) the Department of Energy; 

11 ‘‘(v) the Department of the Interior; 

12 ‘‘(vi) the Department of Labor; 

13 ‘‘(vii) the Department of State; 

14 ‘‘(viii) the Department of Transpor15 tation; 

16 ‘‘(ix) the Department of the Treasury; 

17 ‘‘(x) the Environmental Protection 

18 Agency; 

19 ‘‘(xi) the Export-Import Bank of the 

20 United States; 

21 ‘‘(xii) the United States Agency for 

22 International Development; 

23 ‘‘(xiii) the Office of Management and 

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1 ‘‘(xiv) the Overseas Private Invest2 ment Corporation; 

3 ‘‘(xv) the Small Business Administra4 tion; 

5 ‘‘(xvi) the Trade and Development 

6 Agency; 

7 ‘‘(xvii) the Office of the United States 

8 Trade Representative; and 

9 ‘‘(xviii) at the discretion of the Presi10 dent, such other departments or agencies 

11 as may be necessary. 

12 ‘‘(B) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of 

13 Commerce shall serve as the chairperson of the 

14 Advisory Board. 

15 ‘‘(3) MEMBER QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of 

16 the Advisory Board shall be appointed by the heads 

17 of their respective departments or agencies. Such 

18 members, as well as alternates designated by any 

19 members unable to attend a meeting of the Advisory 

20 Board, shall be individuals who exercise significant 

21 decisionmaking authority in their respective depart22 ments or agencies.’’. 

23 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE PROMOTION.— 

24 (1) ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE WORKING

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1 ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728(b)) is amend2 ed— 

3 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRADE

4 PROMOTION COORDINATION COMMITTEE’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘ADVISORY BOARD ON TRADE PRO6 MOTION’’ ; 

7 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘Trade Promotion Co9 ordination Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Ad10 visory Board on Trade Promotion’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘Advisory Board’’; 

13 (C) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 

14 ‘‘TPCC’’ and inserting ‘‘Advisory Board’’; and 

15 (D) in paragraph (4) to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The chairperson 

17 of the Advisory Board shall submit to the Director 

18 of the Office of Trade Promotion a report on the ac19 tivities of the Working Group to be included in the 

20 annual report submitted to Congress by the Director 

21 of the Office pursuant to section 2312(g).’’. 

22 (2) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TRADE

23 ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 2313(c)(1) of the 

24 Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 


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1 4728(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ and in2 serting ‘‘Advisory Board’’. 

3 (3) INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL ENVIRON4 MENTAL INITIATIVES.—Section 2313(h) of the Ex5 port Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728(h)) 

6 is amended by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ each place it ap7 pears and inserting ‘‘Office of Trade Promotion’’. 

8 SEC. 107. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

9 (a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 2312(g) of the 

10 Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (as redesignated by sec11 tion 106(a)(1) of this subtitle) is amended to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 

15 shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congres16 sional committees an annual report that describes 

17 the strategic plan developed by the Office pursuant 

18 to subsection (c), the implementation of the plan 

19 and any revisions thereto, and the extent to which 

20 funding for the plan is appropriate. 

21 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

22 ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— 

23 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

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1 Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(B) the Committee on International Rela4 tions and the Committee on Small Business of 

5 the House of Representatives.’’. 

6 SEC. 108. REPORT ON EXPORT POLICY. 

7 Section 2314(b)(1)(B) of the Export Enhancement 

8 Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4729(b)(1)(B)) is amended to 

9 read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(B) the report of the Director of the Of11 fice of Trade Promotion that contains the stra12 tegic plan submitted to Congress in accordance 

13 with section 2312(g);’’. 

14 SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 

16 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727), as amended by this subtitle, is 

17 further amended by adding at the end the following new 

18 subsection: 

19 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

21 appropriated to carry out this section and section 

22 2313, section 6 of the Export Enhancement Act of 

23 1999, and section 304 of the FREEDOM Support 

24 Act such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 

25 2007 and each subsequent fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated 

2 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

3 under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain avail4 able until expended.’’. 

5 SEC. 110. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 

6 Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 

7 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(a)) is amended in the heading by 

8 striking ‘‘TRADE PROMOTION COORDINATING COM9 MITTEE’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICE OF TRADE PRO10 MOTION’’. 

11 SEC. 111. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 The President shall establish the Office of Trade Pro13 motion and the Advisory Board on Trade Promotion pur14 suant to section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 

15 1988 (as amended by this subtitle) not later than 180 

16 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 Subtitle B—Conforming Amend18 ments to Other Laws; Ref19 erences 

20 SEC. 121. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS. 

21 (a) EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1999.—The Ex22 port Enhancement Act of 1999 is amended— 

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1 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘THE OFFICE OF TRADE PRO3 MOTION’’; 

4 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

5 by striking ‘‘Trade Promotion Coordinating 

6 Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Trade 

7 Promotion’’; and 

8 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking 

9 ‘‘inclding’’ and inserting ‘‘including’’; and 

10 (2) in the heading of section 7, by striking 

11 ‘‘TPCC REPORTS’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORTS OF

12 THE OFFICE OF TRADE PROMOTION’’. 

13 (b) FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT.—The FREEDOM 

14 Support Act is amended— 

15 (1) in section 303(b) (22 U.S.C. 5823(b)), by 

16 striking ‘‘Chair of the Trade Promotion Coordi17 nating Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the 

18 Office of Trade Promotion’’; 

19 (2) in section 304 (22 U.S.C. 5824)— 

20 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRADE

21 PROMOTION COORDINATING COMMITTEE’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘OFFICE OF TRADE PRO23 MOTION’’; and 

24 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

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1 Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Trade 

2 Promotion’’; and 

3 (3) by amending the item relating to section 

4 304 of the table of contents to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 304. Interagency working group on energy of the Office of Trade Promotion’’. 

5 (c) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ACT OF 1945.—Section 

6 2(b)(1)(A) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 

7 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Trade Pro8 motion Coordinating Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of 

9 Trade Promotion’’. 

10 SEC. 122. REFERENCES. 

11 Any reference in a law, regulation, document, or 

12 other record of the United States to the Trade Promotion 

13 Coordinating Committee or TPCC shall be deemed to be 

14 a reference to the Office of Trade Promotion. 

15 TITLE II—TRADE PROVISIONS 

16 RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS 

17 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR 

18 FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SMALL BUSI19 NESS ADMINISTRATION. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 22(a) of the Small 

21 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(a)) is amended by adding 

22 at the end the following: ‘‘The head of the Office shall 

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1 who shall be an employee in the Senior Executive Service 

2 and shall be responsible to the Administrator.’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE AD4 MINISTRATOR.—Section 4(b)(1) of the Small Business Act 

5 (15 U.S.C. 633(b)(1)) is amended— 

6 (1) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘five Asso7 ciate Administrators’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Ad8 ministrators’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘One of 

10 the Associate Administrators shall be the Associate 

11 Administrator for International Trade, who shall be 

12 the head of the Office of International Trade estab13 lished under section 22.’’. 

14 (c) DISCHARGE OF ADMINISTRATION INTER15 NATIONAL TRADE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 22 of the 

16 Small Business Act, as amended by subsection (a), is fur17 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub18 section: 

19 ‘‘(h) The Administrator shall ensure that— 

20 ‘‘(1) the responsibilities of the Administration 

21 regarding international trade are carried out 

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1 ‘‘(2) the Associate Administrator for Inter2 national Trade has sufficient resources to carry out 

3 such responsibilities; and 

4 ‘‘(3) the Associate Administrator for Inter5 national Trade has direct supervision and control 

6 over the staff of the Office of International Trade, 

7 and over any employee of the Administration whose 

8 principal duty station is a United States Export As9 sistance Center or any successor entity.’’. 

10 (d) ROLE OF ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR IN CAR11 RYING OUT INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY.—Section 

12 2(b)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 631(b)(1)) is amended in 

13 the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 

14 (1) by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of’’ before 

15 ‘‘the Small Business Administration’’; and 

16 (2) by inserting ‘‘through the Associate Admin17 istrator for International Trade’’ before ‘‘in coopera18 tion with’’. 

19 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 22 of the 

20 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649), as amended by sub21 sections (a) and (c) is further amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

24 by striking ‘‘The Office’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

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1 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the di2 rector of the Office’’ and inserting ‘‘the Asso3 ciate Administrator’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (c) in the matter preceding 

5 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Office’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘The Associate Administrator’’; 

7 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Office’’ both 

8 places it appears and inserting ‘‘Associate Adminis9 trator’’; 

10 (4) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding 

11 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Office’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘The Associate Administrator’’; and 

13 (5) in subsections (f) and (g), by striking ‘‘The 

14 Office’’ and inserting ‘‘The Associate Adminis15 trator’’. 

16 (f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 22 of the 

17 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649), as amended by sub18 sections (a), (c), and (e), is further amended by striking 

19 the period at the end of subsection (c)(5) and inserting 

20 a semicolon. 

21 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Administrator shall ap22 point an Associate Administrator for International Trade 

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1 (15 U.S.C. 648) (as amended by this section) not later 

2 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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