Increasing American Jobs Through Greater United States Exports to Africa and Latin America Act of 2023

Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance, Africa, Caribbean area, Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits, Congressional oversight, Employment and training programs, Federal officials, Latin America, Multilateral development programs

Summary:  <p><strong>Increasing American Jobs Through Greater United States Exports to Africa and Latin America Act of </strong><b>2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the President to take certain actions to increase U.S. exports to Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill directs the President to establish and submit to Congress a comprehensive U.S. strategy for public and private investment, trade, and development in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The strategy shall focus on increasing exports of U.S. goods and services to Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean by at least 200% in real dollar value within 10 years.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill directs the President to</p> <ul> <li>designate a Special Africa Export Strategy Coordinator,</li> <li>designate a Special Latin America and the Caribbean Export Strategy Coordinator, and</li> <li>develop a plan for standardized training of foreign service and economic officers.</li> </ul>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 158

To increase United States jobs through greater United States exports to 
           Africa and Latin America, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2023

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Coons, and Mr. 
   Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To increase United States jobs through greater United States exports to 
           Africa and Latin America, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Increasing American Jobs Through 
Greater United States Exports to Africa and Latin America Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. INVESTMENT, TRADE, AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA 
              AND THE CARIBBEAN.

    (a) Strategy Required.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall establish a 
        comprehensive United States strategy for public and private 
        investment, trade, and development in Africa and Latin America 
        and the Caribbean.
            (2) Focus of strategy.--The strategy required by paragraph 
        (1) shall focus on increasing exports of United States goods 
        and services to Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean by 
        200 percent in real dollar value by the date that is 10 years 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Consultations.--In developing the strategy required by 
        paragraph (1), the President shall consult with--
                    (A) Congress;
                    (B) each agency that is a member of the Trade 
                Promotion Coordinating Committee;
                    (C) the relevant multilateral development banks, in 
                coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
                respective United States Executive Directors of such 
                banks;
                    (D) each agency that participates in the Trade 
                Policy Staff Committee established;
                    (E) the President's Export Council;
                    (F) each of the development agencies;
                    (G) any other Federal agencies with responsibility 
                for export promotion or financing and development; and
                    (H) the private sector, including businesses, 
                nongovernmental organizations, and African and Latin 
                American and Caribbean diaspora groups.
            (4) Submission to congress.--
                    (A) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
                submit to Congress the strategy required by subsection 
                (a).
                    (B) Progress report.--Not later than 3 years after 
                the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
                shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation 
                of the strategy required by paragraph (1).
    (b) Special Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean Export 
Strategy Coordinators.--The President shall designate an individual to 
serve as Special Africa Export Strategy Coordinator and an individual 
to serve as Special Latin America and the Caribbean Export Strategy 
Coordinator--
            (1) to oversee the development and implementation of the 
        strategy required by subsection (a); and
            (2) to coordinate developing and implementing the strategy 
        with--
                    (A) the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee;
                    (B) the Assistant United States Trade 
                Representative for African Affairs or the Assistant 
                United States Trade Representative for the Western 
                Hemisphere, as appropriate;
                    (C) the Assistant Secretary of State for African 
                Affairs or the Assistant Secretary of State for Western 
                Hemisphere Affairs, as appropriate;
                    (D) the Export-Import Bank of the United States;
                    (E) the United States International Development 
                Finance Corporation; and
                    (F) the development agencies.
    (c) Trade Missions to Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.--
It is the sense of Congress that, not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce and other 
high-level officials of the United States Government with 
responsibility for export promotion, financing, and development should 
conduct joint trade missions to Africa and to Latin America and the 
Caribbean.
    (d) Training.--The President shall develop a plan--
            (1) to standardize the training received by United States 
        and Foreign Commercial Service officers, economic officers of 
        the Department of State, and economic officers of the United 
        States Agency for International Development with respect to the 
        programs and procedures of the Export-Import Bank of the United 
        States, the United States International Development Finance 
        Corporation, the Small Business Administration, and the United 
        States Trade and Development Agency; and
            (2) to ensure that, not later than one year after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act--
                    (A) all United States and Foreign Commercial 
                Service officers that are stationed overseas receive 
                the training described in paragraph (1); and
                    (B) in the case of a country to which no United 
                States and Foreign Commercial Service officer is 
                assigned, any economic officer of the Department of 
                State stationed in that country receives that training.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Development agencies.--The term ``development 
        agencies'' means the United States Department of State, the 
        United States Agency for International Development, the 
        Millennium Challenge Corporation, the United States 
        International Development Finance Corporation, the United 
        States Trade and Development Agency, the United States 
        Department of Agriculture, and relevant multilateral 
        development banks.
            (2) Multilateral development banks.--The term 
        ``multilateral development banks'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 1701(c)(4) of the International Financial 
        Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(4)) and includes the 
        African Development Foundation.
            (3) Trade policy staff committee.--The term ``Trade Policy 
        Staff Committee'' means the Trade Policy Staff Committee 
        established pursuant to section 2002.2 of title 15, Code of 
        Federal Regulations.
            (4) Trade promotion coordinating committee.--The term 
        ``Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee'' means the Trade 
        Promotion Coordinating Committee established under section 2312 
        of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727).
            (5) United states and foreign commercial service.--The term 
        ``United States and Foreign Commercial Service'' means the 
        United States and Foreign Commercial Service established by 
        section 2301 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 
        4721).
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