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Calendar No. 560 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3084 

[Report No. 111–289] 

To increase the competitiveness of United States businesses, particularly 

small and medium-sized manufacturing firms, in interstate and global 

commerce, foster job creation in the United States, and assist United 

States businesses in developing or expanding commercial activities in 

interstate and global commerce by expanding the ambit of the Hollings 

Manufacturing Extension Partnership program and the Technology Innovation Program to include projects that have potential for commercial 

exploitation in nondomestic markets, providing for an increase in related 

resources of the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 5, 2010 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. LEMIEUX, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. WYDEN, 

Mr. WARNER, Mr. KERRY, Mr. NELSON of Florida, and Mr. ROCKEFELLER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 

Reported by Mr. ROCKEFELLER with an amendment 

[Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To increase the competitiveness of United States businesses, 

particularly small and medium-sized manufacturing 

firms, in interstate and global commerce, foster job creation in the United States, and assist United States 


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businesses in developing or expanding commercial activities in interstate and global commerce by expanding the 

ambit of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program and the Technology Innovation Program 

to include projects athat have potential for commercial 

exploitation in nondomestic markets, providing for an 

increase in related resources of the Department of Commerce, 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 ‘‘Export Promotion Act 

5 of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNER7 SHIPS; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

8 (a) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PART9 NERSHIP PROGRAM.—Section 25(f) of the National Insti10 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(f)) 

11 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(7) GLOBAL MARKETPLACE PROJECTS.—In 

13 making awards under this subsection, the Director, 

14 in consultation with the Manufacturing Extension 

15 Partnership Advisory Board and the Secretary of 

16 Commerce, shall encourage the submission of appli17 cations for projects that have significant potential 

18 for increasing the competitiveness of small and me19 dium-sized United States manufacturers in the globVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:41 Sep 13, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S3084.RS S3084

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1 al marketplace and may give a preference to applica2 tions for such projects to the extent the Director 

3 deems appropriate, taking into account the broader 

4 purposes of this subsection.’’. 

5 (b) TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM.—In 

6 awarding grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts 

7 under section 28 of the National Institute of Standards 

8 and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), in addition to the 

9 award criteria set forth in subsection (c) of that section, 

10 the Director of the Institute may take into consideration 

11 whether an application has significant potential for en12 hancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized 

13 United States manufacturers in the global marketplace, 

14 including promoting interstate commerce in the United 

15 States and increasing participation by United States busi16 nesses in the global marketplace. The Director shall con17 sult with the TIP Advisory Board and the Secretary of 

18 Commerce in implementing this subsection. 

19 SEC. 3. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT GLOBAL BUSINESS DE20 VELOPMENT AND PROMOTION ACTIVITIES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—During the 60-month period be22 ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

23 of Commerce shall increase the number of full time de24 partmental employees whose primary responsibilities in25 volve promoting or facilitating participation by United 


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1 States businesses in the global marketplace and facili2 tating the entry into, or expansion of, such participation 

3 by United States businesses. In carrying out this sub4 section, the Secretary shall ensure that— 

5 (1) the cohort of such employees is increased to 

6 a strength that is not less than the number of indi7 viduals employed by the Department with such re8 sponsibilities in fiscal year 2004; and 

9 (2) a substantial portion of the increased cohort 

10 is stationed outside the United States. 

11 (b) ENHANCED FOCUS ON U.S. SMALL AND ME12 DIUM-SIZED MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES.—In carrying 

13 out this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall take 

14 such action as may be necessary to ensure that the en15 hanced global marketplace promotional activities of the 

16 Department include promoting and facilitating participa17 tion in the global marketplace by small and medium-sized 

18 manufacturing businesses. 

19 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fis21 cal years 2011 through 2015, such sums as may be nec22 essary to carry out this section. 


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1 SEC. 4. IMPROVED ACCESS TO GLOBAL MARKETS FOR 

2 RURAL BUSINESSES. 

3 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec4 retary of Commerce $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

5 2011 through 2015 for the Department of Commerce’s 

6 program to improve access to the global marketplace for 

7 goods and services provided by rural businesses. 

8 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export Promotion Act 

10 of 2010’’. 

11 SEC. 2. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT GLOBAL BUSINESS DE12 VELOPMENT AND PROMOTION ACTIVITIES. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—During the 60-month period begin14 ning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of Commerce shall increase the number of full time depart16 mental employees whose primary responsibilities involve 

17 promoting or facilitating participation by United States 

18 businesses in the global marketplace and facilitating the 

19 entry into, or expansion of, such participation by United 

20 States businesses. In carrying out this subsection, the Sec21 retary shall ensure that— 

22 (1) the cohort of such employees is increased to 

23 a strength that is not less than the number of individ24 uals employed by the Department with such respon25 sibilities in fiscal year 2004; and 


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1 (2) a substantial portion of the increased cohort 

2 is stationed outside the United States. 

3 (b) ENHANCED FOCUS ON U.S. SMALL AND MEDIUM4 SIZED BUSINESSES.—In carrying out this section, the Sec5 retary shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure 

6 that the enhanced global marketplace promotional activities 

7 of the Department include promoting and facilitating par8 ticipation in the global marketplace by small and medium9 sized businesses. 

10 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

11 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 

12 years 2011 through 2015, such sums as may be necessary 

13 to carry out this section. 

14 SEC. 3. IMPROVED ACCESS TO GLOBAL MARKETS FOR 

15 RURAL BUSINESSES. 

16 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec17 retary of Commerce $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 

18 through 2015 for the Department of Commerce’s program 

19 to improve access to the global marketplace for goods and 

20 services provided by rural businesses. 


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1 SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR INTERSTATE COM2 MERCE AND GLOBAL BUSINESS DEVELOP3 MENT ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

4 COMMERCE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro6 priated to the Secretary of Commerce for the period begin7 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 

8 18 months thereafter, $30,000,000 to promote or facilitate 

9 participation by United States businesses in the global 

10 marketplace and facilitating the entry into, or expansion 

11 of, such participation by United States businesses. 

12 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In obligating and expending the 

13 funds authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary of Com14 merce shall give preference to activities that— 

15 (1) assist small- and medium-sized businesses in 

16 the United States; and 

17 (2) the Secretary determines will create or sus18 tain the greatest number of jobs in the United States 

19 and obtain the maximum return on investment. 

20 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE EXPORTECH PRO21 GRAM. 

22 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec23 retary of Commerce $11,000,000 for the period beginning 

24 on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 18 months 

25 thereafter, to expand ExporTech, a joint program of the 

26 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership. 


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1 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MARKET DEVELOP2 MENT COOPERATOR PROGRAM OF THE DE3 PARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro5 priated to the Secretary of Commerce for the period begin6 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 

7 18 months thereafter, $15,000,000 for the Manufacturing 

8 and Services unit of the International Trade Administra9 tion— 

10 (1) to establish public-private partnerships under 

11 the Market Development Cooperator Program of the 

12 International Trade Administration; and 

13 (2) to underwrite a portion of the start-up costs 

14 for new projects carried out under that Program to 

15 strengthen the competitiveness and market share of 

16 United States industry, not to exceed, for each such 

17 project, the lesser of— 

(A) 1 18 ⁄3 of the total start-up costs for the 

19 project; or 

20 (B) $500,000. 

21 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In obligating and expending the 

22 funds authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary of Com23 merce shall give preference to activities that— 

24 (1) assist small- and medium-sized businesses in 

25 the United States; and 


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1 (2) the Secretary determines will create or sus2 tain the greatest number of jobs in the United States 

3 and obtain the maximum return on investment. 

4 SEC. 7. HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNER5 SHIPS; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

6 (a) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PART7 NERSHIP PROGRAM.—Section 25(f) of the National Insti8 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(f)) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(7) GLOBAL MARKETPLACE PROJECTS.—In 

11 making awards under this subsection, the Director, in 

12 consultation with the Manufacturing Extension Part13 nership Advisory Board and the Secretary of Com14 merce, may take into consideration whether an appli15 cation has significant potential for enhancing the 

16 competitiveness of small and medium-sized United 

17 States manufacturers in the global marketplace and 

18 may give a preference to applications for such 

19 projects to the extent the Director deems appropriate, 

20 taking into account the broader purposes of this sub21 section.’’. 

22 (b) TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM.—In award23 ing grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts under sec24 tion 28 of the National Institute of Standards and Tech25 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278n), in addition to the award criVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:41 Sep 13, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S3084.RS S3084

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1 teria set forth in subsection (c) of that section, the Director 

2 of the Institute may take into consideration whether an ap3 plication has significant potential for enhancing the com4 petitiveness of small and medium-sized United States man5 ufacturers in the global marketplace. The Director shall con6 sult with the TIP Advisory Board and the Secretary of 

7 Commerce in implementing this subsection. 

8 SEC. 8. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING FEDERAL 

9 COLLABORATION WITH STATES ON EXPORT 

10 PROMOTION ISSUES. 

11 It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Com12 merce should enhance Federal collaboration with the States 

13 on export promotion issues by— 

14 (1) providing the necessary training to the staff 

15 at State international trade agencies to enable them 

16 to assist the United States Foreign Commercial Serv17 ice in providing counseling and other export services 

18 to companies in their localities, and 

19 (2) entering into agreements with State inter20 national trade agencies for these agencies to deliver 

21 United States Foreign Commercial Service services in 

22 their local communities in order to extend the out23 reach of United States Foreign Commercial Service 

24 programs. 


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1 SEC. 9. REPORT ON TARIFF AND NONTARIFF BARRIERS. 

2 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 

4 the United States Trade Representative and other appro5 priate entities, shall report to Congress on the tariff and 

6 nontariff barriers imposed by Columbia, the Republic of 

7 Korea, and Panama with respect to exports of firms in the 

8 United States, including small and medium-sized manufac9 turing firms. 


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Calendar No. 560 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3084 

[Report No. 111–289] 

A BILL 

To increase the competitiveness of United States 

other purposes. sources of the Department of Commerce, and for markets, providing for an increase in related retial for commercial exploitation in nondomestic tion Program to include projects that have potenPartnership program and the Technology Innovaambit of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension interstate and global commerce by expanding the veloping or expanding commercial activities in States, and assist United States businesses in decommerce, foster job creation in the United manufacturing firms, in interstate and global businesses, particularly small and medium-sized 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 

Reported with an amendment 


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