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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1977

To promote the manufacturing industry in the United States by establishing 

an Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing within the Department of 

Commerce, an Interagency Manufacturing Task Force, and a Small 

Business Manufacturing Task Force, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 25, 2003

Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. VOINOVICH) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 

and Entrepreneurship 

A BILL

To promote the manufacturing industry in the United States 

by establishing an Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing 

within the Department of Commerce, an Interagency 

Manufacturing Task Force, and a Small Business Manufacturing Task Force, 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 Manufacturers Assistance, Recovery, and Trade 

6 Act’’ or ‘‘SMART Act’’. 
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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—MANUFACTURING AND TRADE REPRESENTATIVES AND 

TASK FORCE 

Sec. 101. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing. 

Sec. 102. Interagency Manufacturing Task Force. 

Sec. 103. Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small Business. 

TITLE II—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Subtitle A—Manufacturing and Entrepreneurial Development 

Sec. 201. Small Business Manufacturing Task Force. 

Sec. 202. Entrepreneurial development programs and services. 

Subtitle B—Small Business Loan Programs 

Sec. 211. Increased loan amounts for exporters. 

Sec. 212. Debenture size. 

Sec. 213. Job creation or retention standards. 

Sec. 214. Clarification of maximum surety bond guarantee. 

Subtitle C—International Trade 

Sec. 221. Office of International Trade.

3 TITLE I—MANUFACTURING AND 

4 TRADE REPRESENTATIVES 

5 AND TASK FORCE 

6 SEC. 101. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR MAN7 UFACTURING. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the Depart9 ment of Commerce, in addition to the Assistant Secre10 taries of Commerce provided by law as of the date of en11 actment of this Act, 1 additional Assistant Secretary of 

12 Commerce, to be known as the Assistant Secretary of 

13 Commerce for Manufacturing, who shall—
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1 (1) be appointed by the President, by and with 

2 the advice and consent of the Senate; and 

3 (2) be compensated at the rate of pay provided 

4 for under level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 

5 U.S.C. 5315). 

6 (b) DUTIES.—The Assistant Secretary of Commerce 

7 for Manufacturing shall—

8 (1) identify and address the concerns of manu9 facturers; 

10 (2) represent and advocate for the interests of 

11 United States manufacturers; 

12 (3) aid in the development of policies that pro13 mote the vitality and expansion of United States 

14 manufacturing; 

15 (4) review policies that adversely impact manu16 facturers; 

17 (5) identify and address issues that are unique 

18 to small manufacturers and those that are exacer19 bated by the size or limited capital of small manu20 facturers; and 

21 (6) perform such other duties as the Secretary 

22 of Commerce may prescribe. 

23 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Assistant 

24 Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing shall submit to 

25 Congress an annual report that contains—
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1 (1) an overview of the state of the manufac2 turing sector in the United States; 

3 (2) a forecast of the future state of the manu4 facturing sector in the United States; and 

5 (3) an analysis of current and significant laws, 

6 regulations, and policies that adversely impact the 

7 manufacturing sector in the United States. 

8 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

9 Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Commerce (11)’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Commerce (12)’’. 

12 SEC. 102. INTERAGENCY MANUFACTURING TASK FORCE. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an Inter14 agency Manufacturing Task Force (referred to in this sec15 tion as the ‘‘IMTF’’) for the purposes of—

16 (1) maximizing the efforts and resources of 

17 Federal agencies in assisting the manufacturing in18 dustry; 

19 (2) improving interagency cooperation in their 

20 efforts to assist the manufacturing industry; 

21 (3) encouraging additional efforts to assist 

22 United States manufacturers; 

23 (4) coordinating the agencies’ efforts to assist 

24 the manufacturing industry; and 
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1 (5) identifying and addressing collective manu2 facturing concerns. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The IMTF shall be composed of 

4 14 members, including—

5 (1) the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

6 Manufacturing, who shall serve as chair of the 

7 IMTF; 

8 (2) a representative of the Department of the 

9 Treasury, to be designated by the Secretary of the 

10 Treasury; 

11 (3) a representative of the Department of De12 fense, to be designated by the Secretary of Defense; 

13 (4) a representative of the Department of Edu14 cation, to be designated by the Secretary of Edu15 cation; 

16 (5) a representative of the Department of En17 ergy, to be designated by the Secretary of Energy; 

18 (6) a representative of the Department of 

19 Health and Human Services, to be designated by the 

20 Secretary of Health and Human Services; 

21 (7) a representative of the Department of 

22 Homeland Security, to be designated by the Sec23 retary of Homeland Security; 

24 (8) a representative of the Department of 

25 Labor, to be designated by the Secretary of Labor;
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1 (9) a representative of the Environmental Pro2 tection Agency, to be designated by the Adminis3 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency; 

4 (10) a representative of the Office of the United 

5 States Trade Representative, to be designated by the 

6 United States Trade Representative; 

7 (11) a representative of the Small Business Ad8 ministration, to be designated by the Administrator 

9 of the Small Business Administration; 

10 (12) a representative of the Executive Office of 

11 the President, to be designated by the President; 

12 and 

13 (13) 2 additional members, to be designated by 

14 the President. 

15 (c) DUTIES.—Under the direction of the Assistant 

16 Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing, the IMTF 

17 shall—

18 (1) provide advice and counsel to the President 

19 and Congress on matters of importance to manufac20 turers; 

21 (2) monitor, coordinate, and promote the plans, 

22 programs, and operations of the departments and 

23 agencies of the Federal Government that may con24 tribute to the growth of the United States manufac25 turing industry; 
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1 (3) develop and promote new public sector ini2 tiatives, policies, programs, and plans designed to 

3 foster the manufacturing industry; 

4 (4) review, monitor, and coordinate plans and 

5 programs developed in the public sector, which affect 

6 the ability of manufacturers to obtain capital, credit, 

7 and access to technology; 

8 (5) identify and address regulations that are 

9 needlessly burdensome on manufacturers; and 

10 (6) design a comprehensive plan for a joint 

11 public-private sector effort to facilitate the growth 

12 and development of the United States manufac13 turing industry. 

14 (d) MEETINGS.—

15 (1) FREQUENCY.—The IMTF shall meet not 

16 less than 4 times per year to perform the duties 

17 under subsection (c). 

18 (2) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

19 the IMTF shall constitute a quorum to approve rec20 ommendations or reports. 

21 (e) PERSONNEL MATTERS.—

22 (1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—

23 (A) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Each member 

24 of the IMTF who is an officer or employee of 

25 the Federal Government shall serve without 
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1 compensation in addition to that received for 

2 services rendered as an officer or employee of 

3 the United States. 

4 (B) OTHER MEMBERS.—Each member of 

5 the IMTF who is not an officer or employee of 

6 the Federal Government shall be compensated 

7 at a rate equal to the daily equivalent for level 

8 IV of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315) 

9 for each day (including travel time) during 

10 which such member is engaged in the perform11 ance of the duties of the IMTF. 

12 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the 

13 IMTF shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 

14 diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for 

15 employees of Federal agencies under subchapter I of 

16 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 

17 away from their homes or regular place of business 

18 in the performance of services for the IMTF. 

19 (3) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Any 

20 employee of the Federal Government may be de21 tailed to the IMTF without reimbursement, and 

22 such detail shall be without interruption or loss of 

23 civil service status or privilege. 

24 (f) REPORTS.—
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1 (1) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

2 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

3 Act, and annually thereafter, the IMTF shall submit 

4 a report containing the findings and recommenda5 tions described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of 

6 subsection (c) to—

7 (A) the President; 

8 (B) the Committee on Small Business and 

9 Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and 

10 (C) the Committee on Small Business of 

11 the House of Representatives. 

12 (2) GROWTH PLAN.—Not later than 1 year 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assist14 ant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing shall 

15 submit the plan prepared pursuant to subsection 

16 (c)(6) to—

17 (A) the President; 

18 (B) the Committee on Small Business and 

19 Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and 

20 (C) the Committee on Small Business of 

21 the House of Representatives. 

22 SEC. 103. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTA23 TIVE FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 

24 Section 141(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

25 2171(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(6)(A) There is established within the Office the po2 sition of Assistant United States Trade Representative for 

3 Small Business, which shall be appointed by the United 

4 States Trade Representative. 

5 ‘‘(B) The Assistant United States Trade Representa6 tive for Small Business shall—

7 ‘‘(i) promote the trade interests of small busi8 nesses, including manufacturers; 

9 ‘‘(ii) identify and address foreign trade barriers 

10 that impede small business exporters; 

11 ‘‘(iii) enforce existing trade agreements bene12 ficial to small businesses; 

13 ‘‘(iv) maintain an open line of communication 

14 with the Small Business Administration concerning 

15 small business trade issues; 

16 ‘‘(v) ensure that small business concerns are 

17 considered in trade negotiations and agreements; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(vi) perform such other duties as the United 

20 States Trade Representative may direct. 

21 ‘‘(C) The Assistant United States Trade Representa22 tive for Small Business shall be paid at the level of a mem23 ber of the Senior Executive Service with equivalent time 

24 and service.’’.
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1 TITLE II—SMALL BUSINESS 

2 ADMINISTRATION 

3 Subtitle A—Manufacturing and 

4 Entrepreneurial Development 

5 SEC. 201. SMALL BUSINESS MANUFACTURING TASK FORCE. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 

7 Small Business Administration (referred to in this subtitle 

8 as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall establish a Small Business 

9 Manufacturing Task Force (referred to in this section as 

10 the ‘‘Task Force’’) to address the concerns of small manu11 facturers. 

12 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall be 

14 composed of a representative from—

15 (A) the Office of Capital Access; 

16 (B) the Office of Entrepreneurial Develop17 ment; 

18 (C) the Office of Administration and Man19 agement; 

20 (D) the Office of Government Contracting 

21 and Business Development; and 

22 (E) any other employee of the Small Busi23 ness Administration, on a temporary basis, as 

24 determined necessary by the Administrator to 

25 carry out the goals of the Task Force. 
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1 (2) CHAIR.—The Administrator shall assign a 

2 member of the Task Force to serve as chair of the 

3 Task Force. 

4 (c) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall—

5 (1) evaluate and identify whether programs and 

6 services are sufficient to serve the needs of small 

7 manufacturers; 

8 (2) ensure that the Small Business Administra9 tion implements the small business manufacturing 

10 training programs established under section 202; 

11 (3) actively promote the programs and services 

12 of the Small Business Administration that serve 

13 small manufacturers; and 

14 (4) identify and study the unique conditions 

15 facing small manufacturers and develop and propose 

16 policy initiatives to support and assist small manu17 facturers. 

18 (d) MEETINGS.—

19 (1) FREQUENCY.—The Task Force shall meet 

20 not less than 4 times per year, and more frequently 

21 if necessary to perform its duties. 

22 (2) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

23 the Task Force shall constitute a quorum to approve 

24 recommendations or reports. 

25 (e) PERSONNEL MATTERS.—
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1 (1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each mem2 ber of the Task Force shall serve without compensa3 tion in addition to that received for services rendered 

4 as an officer or employee of the United States. 

5 (2) DETAIL OF SBA EMPLOYEES.—Any em6 ployee of the Small Business Administration may be 

7 detailed to the Task Force without reimbursement, 

8 and such detail shall be without interruption or loss 

9 of civil service status or privilege. 

10 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

11 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 

12 Task Force shall submit a report containing the findings 

13 and recommendations of the task force to—

14 (1) the President; 

15 (2) the Committee on Small Business and En16 trepreneurship of the Senate; and 

17 (3) the Committee on Small Business of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

19 SEC. 202. ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

20 AND SERVICES. 

21 (a) MANUFACTURING OUTREACH AND TRAINING

22 PROGRAMS.—The Office of Entrepreneurial Development 

23 of the Small Business Administration shall develop new 

24 outreach and training programs for small manufacturers 
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1 and small businesses in the manufacturing supply chain, 

2 in partnership with 1 or more of the following: 

3 (1) The Manufacturing Extension Partnership. 

4 (2) Community economic development organiza5 tions. 

6 (3) Small Business Development Centers. 

7 (4) The Service Corps of Retired Executives. 

8 (5) Women’s Business Centers. 

9 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Small Busi10 ness Administration shall include ‘‘manufacturing’’ as a 

11 category on the scorecard that tracks the goals of the 

12 Small Business Administration on its annual performance 

13 report to Congress. 

14 (c) MANUFACTURING WORKSHOPS.—The Office of 

15 Entrepreneurial Development of the Small Business Ad16 ministration, in consultation with manufacturing and eco17 nomic development organizations, shall develop workshops 

18 to be conducted by district offices, in conjunction with the 

19 entities listed in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection 

20 (a), addressing—

21 (1) product design and testing; 

22 (2) the patent process; 

23 (3) prototype demonstrations; 

24 (4) product production; 

25 (5) market research; and
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1 (6) business financing. 

2 (d) SCORE.—The Service Corps of Retired Execu3 tives shall—

4 (1) make their counseling services available to 

5 small manufacturers and exporters through their on6 line counseling services and community-based offices; 

7 (2) recruit counselors with manufacturing and 

8 international trade expertise; and 

9 (3) develop additional partnerships with manu10 facturing and exporting organizations. 

11 (e) ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

12 IMPROVEMENTS.—The Office of Entrepreneurial Develop13 ment of the Small Business Administration shall develop 

14 programs and services to strengthen small business ven15 dors and suppliers that participate in the manufacturing 

16 supply chain. 

17 (f) SIMPLIFIED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The 

18 Small Business Administration shall review and simplify, 

19 as appropriate, its reporting requirements for the Small 

20 Business Development Centers, the Service Corps of Re21 tired Executives, and Women’s Business Centers so that 

22 these organizations can maximize the time spent assisting 

23 their clients. 

24 (g) DISTRICT OFFICES.—The Small Business Admin25 istration shall provide district offices with adequate re-
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1 sources, including budget allocations for travel and mate2 rials used to conduct outreach and training activities. 

3 Subtitle B—Small Business Loan 

4 Programs 

5 SEC. 211. INCREASED LOAN AMOUNTS FOR EXPORTERS. 

6 Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

7 636(a)) is amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (3)—

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting be10 fore the semicolon at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘and paragraph (14)’’; and 

12 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

13 ‘‘$1,250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,300,000’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (14), by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(D) The total amount of financings under this 

17 paragraph that are outstanding and committed (by 

18 participation or otherwise) to the borrower from the 

19 business loan and investment fund established under 

20 this Act may not exceed $1,300,000 and the gross 

21 loan amount under this paragraph may not exceed 

22 $2,600,000.’’. 

23 SEC. 212. DEBENTURE SIZE. 

24 Section 502(2) of the Small Business Investment Act 

25 of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(2)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘$1,300,000’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$2,000,000’’; and 

3 (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 

4 following: ‘‘, and loans for which the loan proceeds 

5 will be directed toward manufacturing projects, 

6 which shall be limited to $4,000,000 for each such 

7 identifiable small business concern’’. 

8 SEC. 213. JOB CREATION OR RETENTION STANDARDS. 

9 Section 501 of the Small Business Investment Act 

10 of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695) is amended by adding at the end 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(e) JOB CREATION OR RETENTION FOR MANUFAC13 TURING PROJECTS.—A manufacturing project being fund14 ed by the debenture is deemed to satisfy the job creation 

15 or retention requirement under subsection (d)(1) if the 

16 project creates or retains 1 job opportunity for every 

17 $100,000 guaranteed by the Administration.’’. 

18 SEC. 214. CLARIFICATION OF MAXIMUM SURETY BOND 

19 GUARANTEE. 

20 Section 411(a)(1) of the Small Business Investment 

21 Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694b(a)(1)) is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘contract up to’’ and inserting ‘‘total work order or 

23 contract amount at the time of bond execution that does 

24 not exceed’’. 
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1 Subtitle C—International Trade 

2 SEC. 221. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 

3 Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) 

4 is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 22’’ and inserting the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 22. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (a)—

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘ESTABLISHMENT.—’’ 

10 after ‘‘(a)’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this sec12 tion as the ‘Office’),’’ after ‘‘Trade’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (b)—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘The Office’’ and inserting 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(b) TRADE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK.—The Office, 

17 including United States Export Assistance Centers (re18 ferred to as ‘one-stop shops’ in section 2301(b)(8) of the 

19 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 

20 U.S.C. 4721(b)(8)) and as ‘Export Centers’ in this sec21 tion),’’; and 

22 (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

23 follows: 

24 ‘‘(1) assist in maintaining a distribution net25 work using regional and local offices of the Adminis-
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1 tration, the Small Business Development Center net2 work, the Women’s Business Center network, and 

3 Export Centers for—

4 ‘‘(A) trade promotion; 

5 ‘‘(B) trade finance; 

6 ‘‘(C) trade adjustment; 

7 ‘‘(D) trade remedy assistance; and 

8 ‘‘(E) trade data collection.’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (c)—

10 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

11 through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (9); 

12 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 

13 redesignated, the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) establish annual goals within the Office re15 lating to—

16 ‘‘(A) enhancing the exporting ability of 

17 small business concerns and small manufactur18 ers; 

19 ‘‘(B) facilitating technology transfers; 

20 ‘‘(C) enhancing programs and services to 

21 assist small business concerns and small manu22 facturers to compete effectively and efficiently 

23 against foreign entities; 

24 ‘‘(D) increasing the access to capital by 

25 small business concerns;
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1 ‘‘(E) disseminating information concerning 

2 Federal, State, and private programs and initia3 tives; 

4 ‘‘(F) ensuring that the interests of small 

5 business concerns are adequately represented in 

6 trade negotiations;’’; 

7 (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by 

8 striking ‘‘mechanism for’’ and all that follows 

9 through ‘‘(D)’’ and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘mechanism for—

11 ‘‘(A) identifying subsectors of the small 

12 business community with strong export poten13 tial; 

14 ‘‘(B) identifying areas of demand in for15 eign markets; 

16 ‘‘(C) prescreening foreign buyers for com17 mercial and credit purposes; and 

18 ‘‘(D)’’; and 

19 (D) in paragraph (9), as redesignated—

20 (i) by striking ‘‘full-time export devel21 opment specialists to each Administration 

22 regional office and assigning’’; 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘office. Such special24 ists’’ and inserting ‘‘office and providing 

25 each Administration regional office with a 
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1 full-time export development specialist, 

2 who’’; 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (iv) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

6 the period at the end and inserting a semi7 colon; and 

8 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(F) participate jointly with employees of 

10 the Office in an annual training program that 

11 focuses on current small business needs for ex12 porting; and 

13 ‘‘(G) jointly develop and conduct training 

14 programs for exporters and lenders in coopera15 tion with the United States Export Assistance 

16 Centers, the Department of Commerce, Small 

17 Business Development Centers, and other rel18 evant Federal agencies.’’; 

19 (5) in subsection (d)—

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘EXPORT FINANCING

21 PROGRAMS.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; 

22 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

23 through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E); 

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1 (C) by striking ‘‘To accomplish this goal, 

2 the Office shall work’’ and inserting ‘‘To ac3 complish this goal, the Office shall—

4 ‘‘(1) designate at least 1 individual within the 

5 Administration as a trade financial specialist to 

6 oversee the international loan programs and assist 

7 Administration employees with trade finance issues; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(2) work’’; 

10 (6) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘TRADE

11 REMEDIES.—’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; 

12 (7) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Office shall 

15 submit an annual report to the Committee on Small Busi16 ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Com17 mittee on Small Business of the House of Representatives 

18 that contains—

19 ‘‘(1) a description of the progress of the Office 

20 in implementing the requirements under this section; 

21 ‘‘(2) the destinations and benefits to the Ad22 ministration and to small business concerns of travel 

23 by Office staff; and 

24 ‘‘(3) a description of the participation by the 

25 Office in trade negotiations.’’; 
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1 (8) in subsection (g), by inserting ‘‘STUDIES.—’’

2 after ‘‘(g)’’; and 

3 (9) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(h) EXPORT ASSISTANCE CENTERS.—

5 ‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL CENTERS.—The Administra6 tion, in accordance with the March 29, 2002, agree7 ment with the Department of Commerce and the 

8 Export-Import Bank, shall assign not less than 4 

9 additional employees to Export Centers during each 

10 of the fiscal years 2004 through 2006. 

11 ‘‘(2) PLACEMENT.—The Administration shall 

12 use the resource allocation methodology, used by the 

13 Department of Commerce as of the date of enact14 ment of this subsection, to strategically assign Ad15 ministration employees to all Export Centers based 

16 on the needs of exporters. 

17 ‘‘(3) GOALS.—The Office shall work with the 

18 Department of Commerce and the Export-Import 

19 Bank to establish shared annual goals for the Ex20 port Centers. 

21 ‘‘(4) OVERSIGHT.—The Office shall designate 

22 an individual within the Administration to oversee 

23 all activities conducted by Administration employees 

24 assigned to Export Centers.’’.

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