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(e) GLOBAL DIVERSITY AND URBAN EXPORT INITIA-
TIVE FOR THE ITA.—The ITA shall undertake an initia-
tive entitled the ‘‘Global Diversity and Urban Export Ini-
tiative’’ to increase exports from businesses that, because
of their minority ownership, may have been excluded from
export trade, and from businesses in under-served areas,
including inner-city urban areas and urban enterprise
zones. The initiative should use electronic commerce tech-
nology and products as another means of helping such
businesses export overseas.
(f) STANDARDS ATTACHES.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the International Trade Admin-
istration shall take the necessary steps to increase the
number of standards attaches in the European Union and
in developing countries.
(g) EXPANSION OF PROGRAMS TO ASSIST SMALL
BUSINESSES.—The International Trade Administration
shall expand its efforts to assist small businesses in ex-
porting their products and services abroad by using elec-
tronic commerce technology and other electronic means—
(1) to communicate with significantly larger
numbers of small businesses about the assistance of-
fered by the ITA to small businesses in exporting
their products and services abroad; and
(2) to provide such assistance.
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(h) AUTHORIZATION FOR ADVERTISING.—The ITA is
authorized to advertise in newspapers, business journals,
and other relevant publications and related media to in-
form businesses about the services offered by the ITA.
SEC. 11. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Section 233(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2193(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking the second and third sentences;
(2) in the fourth sentence by striking ‘‘(other
than the President of the Corporation, appointed
pursuant to subsection (c) who shall serve as a Di-
rector, ex officio)’’;
(3) in the second undesignated paragraph—
(A) by inserting ‘‘the President of the Cor-
poration, the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development, the United States
Trade Representative, and’’ after ‘‘including’’;
and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘The United States Trade Representative may
designate a Deputy United States Trade Rep-
resentative to serve on the Board in place of the
United States Trade Representative.’’; and
(4) by inserting after the second undesignated
paragraph the following:
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‘‘There shall be a Chairman and a Vice Chairman
of the Board, both of whom shall be designated by the
President of the United States from among the Directors
of the Board other than those appointed under the second
sentence of the first paragraph of this subsection.’’.
SEC. 12. STRATEGIC EXPORT PLAN.
Section 2312(c) of the Export Enhancement Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(5);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (6) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) ensure that all export promotion activities
of the Agency for International Development are
fully coordinated and consistent with those of other
agencies;
‘‘(8) identify means for providing more coordi-
nated and comprehensive export promotion services
to, and on behalf of, small and medium-sized busi-
nesses; and
‘‘(9) establish a set of priorities to promote
United States exports to, and free market reforms
in, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and
other emerging markets, that are designed to stimu-
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late job growth both in the United States and those
regions and emerging markets.’’.
SEC. 13. IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIMARY OBJECTIVES.
The Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
shall—
(1) report on the actions taken or efforts cur-
rently underway to eliminate the areas of overlap
and duplication identified among Federal export pro-
motion activities;
(2) coordinate efforts to sponsor or promote
any trade show or trade fair;
(3) work with all relevant State and national
organizations, including the National Governors’ As-
sociation, that have established trade promotion of-
fices;
(4) report on actions taken or efforts currently
underway to promote better coordination between
State, Federal, and private sector export promotion
activities, including co-location, cost sharing between
Federal, State, and private sector export promotion
programs, and sharing of market research data; and
(5) by not later than March 30, 2000, and an-
nually thereafter, include the matters addressed in
paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) in the annual re-
port required to be submitted under section 2312(f)
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of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C.
4727(f)).
SEC. 14. TIMING OF TPCC REPORTS.
Section 2312(f) of the Export Enhancement Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 1995, and annually thereafter,’’ and inserting
‘‘March 30 of each year,’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 13,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.