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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4089 

To establish the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Job Retention and Creation to gather information about economic development 

assistance and make the information available to the public. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 31, 2004 

Mr. CAMP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To establish the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce 

for Job Retention and Creation to gather information 

about economic development assistance and make the 

information available to the public. 

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 ‘‘American Job Reten5 tion and Creation Act of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR JOB 

7 RETENTION AND CREATION. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the De2 partment of Commerce, in addition to the Assistant 

3 Secretaries of Commerce provided by law as of the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, one additional Assist5 ant Secretary of Commerce, to be known as the As6 sistant Secretary of Commerce for Job Retention 

7 and Creation, who shall— 

8 (A) be appointed by the President, by and 

9 with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 

10 (B) be compensated at the rate of pay pro11 vided for under level IV of the Executive Sched12 ule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 

13 Code. 

14 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5315 

15 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of Commerce (11)’’ and 

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

18 (3) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The ap19 pointment of the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 

20 for Job Retention and Creation shall be made no 

21 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act. 

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

24 for Job Retention and Creation shall— 
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1 (1) gather and maintain information about eco2 nomic development assistance, including the type of 

3 assistance available, eligibility requirements, and ap4 plication procedures; 

5 (2) make the information publicly available; 

6 (3) establish and maintain a searchable Inter7 net site providing public access to the information 

8 gathered and maintained by the office; and 

9 (4) perform other such duties as the Secretary 

10 of Commerce may prescribe. 

11 (c) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—Each 

12 Federal department and agency responsible for economic 

13 development assistance, as identified by the Assistant Sec14 retary of Commerce for Job Retention and Creation, shall 

15 provide the Secretary with information required to be 

16 gathered and maintained under subsection (a) with re17 spect to the economic development assistance for which 

18 it is responsible. 

19 (d) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.—The 

20 term ‘‘economic development assistance’’ means any Fed21 eral assistance available for economic development within 

22 the United States which is identified by the Assistant Sec23 retary of Commerce for Job Retention and Creation for 

24 the purposes of this Act. 

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