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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2861 

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish an Assistant United States 

Trade Representative for Small Business, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 9, 2009 

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

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish an Assistant 

United States Trade Representative for Small Business, 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Trade 

5 Representation Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTA7 TIVE FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.—Section 141(c) 

9 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(c)) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 


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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, who 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 ness concerns (as that term is defined in section 103 

9 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 

10 U.S.C. 662)); 

11 ‘‘(ii) advocate for the reduction of foreign trade 

12 barriers with respect to the trade issues of small13 business concerns that are exporters; 

14 ‘‘(iii) collaborate with the Administrator of the 

15 Small Business Administration with respect to the 

16 trade issues of small-business concerns; 

17 ‘‘(iv) assist the United States Trade Represent18 ative in developing trade policies that increase op19 portunities for small-business concerns in foreign 

20 and domestic markets, including polices that reduce 

21 trade barriers for small-business concerns; and 

22 ‘‘(v) perform such other duties as the United 

23 States Trade Representative may direct. 

24 ‘‘(C) The Assistant United States Trade Representa25 tive for Small Business shall be compensated at the rate 


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1 provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec2 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 2112 of the Bi4 partisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 

5 U.S.C. 3812) is repealed. 

6 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 141 of the 

7 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171), as amended by sub8 section (a), is further amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (c), by moving paragraph (5) 

10 2 ems to the left; and 

11 (2) in subsection (e)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5314’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘5315’’; and 

14 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 

15 maximum rate of pay for grade GS–18 as pro16 vided in section 5332’’ and inserting ‘‘the max17 imum rate of pay for level IV of the Executive 

18 Schedule in section 5315’’. 

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