IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2992 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve trade 
programs, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘SBA Trade Programs Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SMALL BUSINESS TRADE POLICY 
Sec. 101. Develop and implement small business trade policies. 
Sec. 102. Establish an annual small business trade strategy. 
Sec. 103. Track small business exports and trade resource utilization. 
TITLE II—TRADE COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
Sec. 201. Trade Remedy and Dispute Assistance Initiative. 
Sec. 202. Patent Assistance and Intellectual Property Protections Initiative. 
TITLE III—TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL 
BUSINESSES 
Sec. 301. Trade Adjustment Assistance Financing Initiative. 
Sec. 302. Technical resources for trade adjustment assistance. 
TITLE IV—EXPORT ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 401. Increase Small Business Administration participation at Export As-
sistance Centers. 
Sec. 402. Increase access to capital for small and medium-sized exporters. 
Sec. 403. Clerical amendment. 
TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE I—SMALL BUSINESS 
TRADE POLICY 
SEC. 101. TRADE POLICY FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 
Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) ROLE IN TRADE POLICY.— 
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‘‘(1) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The director of the 
Office shall present recommendations regarding 
small business exporters to trade negotiators. 
‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE POLICIES.—The 
director of the Office shall assist in the development 
of trade policies that increase opportunities for small 
businesses in domestic and foreign markets, includ-
ing the removal of trade barriers. 
‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE POLICIES.— 
The director of the Office shall assist in the imple-
mentation of trade policies through relationships de-
veloped with Federal trade policymakers, particu-
larly the United States Trade Representative, and 
transnational organizations, such as the Organiza-
tion for Economic Co-operation and Development. 
‘‘(4) 
SMALL
EXPORTER
PROMOTION
PRO-
GRAMS.—The director of the Office shall establish 
programs that will boost the export opportunities of 
entrepreneurs and encourage transnational organiza-
tions, such as the Organization for Economic Co-op-
eration and Development, small exporter organiza-
tions, and ministries of foreign governments to sup-
port and publicize these programs. 
‘‘(5) STRATEGIC ALLIANCES.— 
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‘‘(A) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.— 
The director of the Office shall notify the Com-
mittee on Small Business of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Small Busi-
ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate of 
pending strategic alliances. 
‘‘(B) FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES.—The direc-
tor of the Office shall ensure that planned and 
documented follow-up activities for strategic al-
liances increase trade opportunities for small 
businesses. 
‘‘(C) STRATEGIC ALLIANCE DEFINED.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘strategic alliance’ 
means a working relationship, entered into be-
tween the Small Business Administration and 
foreign national ministries representing small 
business concerns, for the purpose of strength-
ening trade between United States small busi-
nesses and foreign small businesses by estab-
lishing overseas networks and buyers.’’. 
SEC. 102. ESTABLISH AN ANNUAL SMALL BUSINESS TRADE 
STRATEGY. 
Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
649), as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘(i) ANNUAL SMALL BUSINESS TRADE STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The director of the Office 
shall develop and maintain a small business trade 
strategy that is contributed as part of the National 
Export Strategy developed by the Department of 
Commerce that includes at least the following com-
ponents: 
‘‘(A) Strategies to increase small business 
export opportunities. The strategies shall in-
clude a specific strategy to increase small busi-
ness export opportunities to the Asia Pacific 
Region. 
‘‘(B) Recommendations to increase the 
competitiveness of domestic small business in-
dustries in the global economy. 
‘‘(C) Recommendations to protect small 
businesses from unfair trade practices, includ-
ing intellectual property violations. 
‘‘(D) Strategies to expand small business 
representation in United States trade policy for-
mation and implementation. 
‘‘(E) Coordination efforts with the Trade 
Promotion Coordinating Committee of the De-
partment of Commerce, as well as with Federal 
agencies that also provide trade financing to 
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small businesses, such as the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation and the Export-Import 
Bank. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—At the beginning of each fiscal 
year, the director shall submit to the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship of the Senate a report on the small busi-
ness trade strategy required by paragraph (1). The 
report shall cover, at a minimum, each of the compo-
nents required by paragraph (1) and shall include 
specific policies and objectives and timelines to im-
plement those policies and objectives.’’. 
SEC. 103. TRACK SMALL BUSINESS EXPORTS AND TRADE 
RESOURCE UTILIZATION. 
Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
649), as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) TRACKING SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The director of the Office 
shall develop a system to track small business ex-
ports and the use by small businesses of Federal 
trade promotion resources. The director shall ensure 
that the system is consistent through each Federal 
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agency member of the Trade Promotion Coordi-
nating Committee. 
‘‘(2) DESIGN
EMPHASIS.—The director shall 
give particular attention, in designing the system, to 
the tracking of data on the trade of services by small 
exporters, in consultation with the Department of 
Commerce. 
‘‘(3) IMPLEMENTATION.—The director shall 
work in consultation with members of the Trade 
Promotion Coordinating Committee to ensure that 
the system is implemented and that the results of 
the system are reported annually in the National 
Export Strategy conducted by the Trade Promotion 
Coordinating Committee.’’. 
TITLE II—TRADE COMPLIANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 201. TRADE REMEDY AND DISPUTE ASSISTANCE INI-
TIATIVE. 
Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
649), as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) TRADE REMEDY AND DISPUTE ASSISTANCE INI-
TIATIVE.—The director of the Office shall design, and the 
district offices of the Administration shall implement, a 
program that provides technical assistance, counseling 
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services, and reference materials to assist small businesses 
navigate the trade dispute and remedy processes. The pro-
gram shall include— 
‘‘(1) information on available resources, proce-
dures, and requirements for trade remedy investiga-
tions; 
‘‘(2) an approach for district office staff to pro-
vide one-on-one assistance to small businesses in-
volved in these activities; and 
‘‘(3) an identification of legal resources and 
other tools to ensure small businesses can navigate 
the trade dispute and remedy processes affordably.’’. 
SEC. 202. PATENT ASSISTANCE AND INTELLECTUAL PROP-
ERTY PROTECTIONS INITIATIVE. 
Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
649), as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) PATENT ASSISTANCE AND INTELLECTUAL PROP-
ERTY PROTECTIONS INITIATIVE.—In consultation with 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the 
United States Copyright Office, the Office shall design 
counseling services, including identifying legal resources 
for small businesses to secure intellectual property protec-
tion in foreign countries. To implement the program, the 
Office shall collaborate with district office staff to provide 
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on-on-one assistance to small businesses involved in these 
activities.’’. 
TITLE III—TRADE ADJUSTMENT 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
SMALL 
BUSINESSES 
SEC. 301. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FINANCING 
INITIATIVE. 
Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(D) by inserting after 
‘‘paragraph (14)(A),’’ the following: ‘‘or to partici-
pate in a loan made under paragraph (16),’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (16)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D) by striking 
clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) is impacted by— 
‘‘(I) increased competition with 
foreign firms in the relevant market; 
or 
‘‘(II) unfair trade practices, par-
ticularly intellectual property viola-
tions; and 
‘‘(ii) is injured by such impacts.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(E) OUTREACH
AND
MARKETING.—The 
Administration shall increase outreach and 
marketing of international trade loans to dis-
trict offices and private lenders.’’. 
SEC. 302. TECHNICAL RESOURCES FOR TRADE ADJUST-
MENT ASSISTANCE. 
Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
649), as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) TECHNICAL RESOURCES FOR TRADE ADJUST-
MENT ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The director of the Office 
shall establish a comprehensive set of services to as-
sist small business readjustment, including access to 
training, technology, marketing assistance, and re-
search and information on domestic and global mar-
kets. 
‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator 
shall, by regulation, establish such requirements as 
may be necessary to carry out paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) OUTREACH.—The Office shall work with 
the district offices and the outreach business assist-
ance centers of the Administration, including Small 
Business Development Centers, Women’s Business 
Centers, and SCORE, to offer the set of services es-
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tablished under paragraph (1) to small businesses in 
their local communities.’’. 
TITLE IV—EXPORT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 401. INCREASE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
PARTICIPATION 
AT 
EXPORT 
ASSISTANCE 
CENTERS. 
Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
649), as amended by this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) TRADE FINANCE POSITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL
TRADE
FINANCE
SPECIAL-
ISTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Office, over the 
1-year period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this subsection, shall increase the 
number of trade finance specialists at Export 
Assistance Centers by at least 6 and thereafter 
shall maintain the number of such trade finance 
specialists at or above that number. Candidates 
for the positions are required to have sufficient 
qualifications and experiences. 
‘‘(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out subparagraph (A) such 
sums as may be necessary. 
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‘‘(2) FILLING VACANT POSITIONS.—The Office, 
over the 3-month period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, shall fill all trade fi-
nance positions that have been vacant since 2003. 
Candidates for the positions are required to have 
sufficient qualifications and experiences. 
‘‘(3) FILLING GAPS IN HIGH-EXPORT-VOLUME 
AREAS.—The director of the Office shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection, carry out 
a national study to compare the rate of exports 
from each State and major metropolitan region 
to the availability of Administration staff par-
ticipating in Export Assistance Centers in such 
State or region; 
‘‘(B) not later than 2 years after such date 
of enactment, design a formula to eliminate 
gaps between supply of, and demand for, such 
staff in areas with high export volumes; and 
‘‘(C) request the additional staff that are 
required to eliminate such gaps and place them 
in those areas.’’. 
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SEC. 402. INCREASE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR SMALL AND 
MEDIUM-SIZED EXPORTERS. 
Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(D) by amending the head-
ing to read as follows: ‘‘PARTICIPATION UNDER EX-
PORT
WORKING
CAPITAL
AND
INTERNATIONAL 
TRADE PROGRAMS’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs 
(B) and (C)’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as (C) and (D), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) if the total amount outstanding and 
committed (by participation or otherwise) solely 
for the purposes provided in paragraphs 
(14)(A) and (16) to the borrower from the busi-
ness loan and investment fund established by 
this Act would exceed $2,250,000 (or if the 
gross loan amount would exceed $3,000,000), 
except as provided in subparagraph (C);’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig-
nated) by striking ‘‘$1,750,000, of which not 
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more 
than 
$1,250,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$2,250,000, 
of 
which 
not 
more 
than 
$1,600,000’’. 
SEC. 403. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 
Section 22(c)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 649) is amended by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon. 
TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 4, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
By JORGE E. SORENSEN, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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