IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2845 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To promote access to benefits under the African Growth 
and Opportunity Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AGOA Enhancement 
Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to support efforts 
to— 
(1) improve the rule of law, promote free and 
fair elections, strengthen and expand the private sec-
tor, and fight corruption in sub-Saharan Africa; and 
(2) promote the role of women in social, polit-
ical, and economic development in sub-Saharan Afri-
ca. 
SEC. 3. ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) AGOA WEBSITE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 
a website for the collection and dissemination of in-
formation regarding the African Growth and Oppor-
tunity Act (in this section referred to as the ‘‘AGOA 
website’’). 
(2) CONTENTS.—The President shall publish on 
the AGOA website the information described in 
paragraph (1), including— 
(A) information and technical assistance 
provided at United States Agency for Inter-
national Development regional trade hubs; and 
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(B) a link to websites of United States em-
bassies located in eligible sub-Saharan African 
countries. 
(3) ACTIONS BY UNITED STATES EMBASSIES.— 
The Secretary of State should direct United States 
embassies located in eligible sub-Saharan African 
countries to— 
(A) promote the use by such countries of 
the benefits available under the African Growth 
and Opportunity Act; and 
(B) include on a publicly available Internet 
website of such diplomatic missions a link to 
the AGOA website. 
(b) AGOA FORUM.—The President should, after 
each meeting of the United States-Sub-Saharan Africa 
Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, publish on the 
AGOA website established under subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
(1) All outcomes of the meeting of the Forum, 
including any commitments made by member coun-
tries and the private sector. 
(2) An assessment of progress made with re-
spect to any commitments made by member coun-
tries and the private sector from the previous meet-
ing of the Forum. 
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(c) OTHER INFORMATION.—The President should 
disseminate information required by this section in a dig-
ital format to the public and publish such information on 
the AGOA website established under subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible 
sub-Saharan African country’’ means a country that the 
President has determined meets the eligibility require-
ments set forth in section 104 of the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act. 
SEC. 4. ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF TRADE CAPACITY 
BUILDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President should take the fol-
lowing actions: 
(1) Develop and implement policies to— 
(A) encourage and facilitate trans-bound-
ary cooperation among eligible sub-Saharan Af-
rican countries in order to facilitate trade; and 
(B) encourage the provision of technical 
assistance to eligible sub-Saharan African coun-
tries to establish and sustain adequate trade ca-
pacity development. 
(2) Provide specific training for business in eli-
gible sub-Saharan African countries and government 
trade officials of eligible sub-Saharan African coun-
tries on utilizing access to the benefits of the African 
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Growth and Opportunity Act and other trade pref-
erence programs. 
(3) Provide capacity building for African entre-
preneurs and trade associations on production strat-
egies, quality standards, formation of cooperatives, 
and market research and market development. 
(4) Provide capacity building training to pro-
mote diversification of African products and value- 
added processing. 
(5) Provide capacity building and technical as-
sistance funding for African businesses and institu-
tions to help such businesses and institutions comply 
with United States counter-terrorism initiatives and 
policies. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible 
sub-Saharan African country’’ means a country that the 
President has determined meets the eligibility require-
ments set forth in section 104 of the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act. 
SEC. 5. CONCURRENT COMPACTS UNDER THE MILLENNIUM 
CHALLENGE ACT OF 2003. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 609 of the Millennium 
Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708) is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence of subsection 
(k); 
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