International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 
262r(c)(4)) and includes the African Development 
Foundation. 
(8) SUB-SAHARAN REGION.—The term ‘‘sub-Sa-
haran region’’ refers to the 49 countries listed in 
section 107 of the African Growth and Opportunity 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3706) and includes the Republic of 
South Sudan. 
(9) TRADE
PROMOTION
COORDINATING
COM-
MITTEE.—The term ‘‘Trade Promotion Coordinating 
Committee’’ means the Trade Promotion Coordi-
nating Committee established by Executive Order 
12870 (58 Fed. Reg. 51753). 
(10) UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COMMER-
CIAL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘United States and For-
eign Commercial Service’’ means the United States 
and Foreign Commercial Service established by sec-
tion 2301 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 
(15 U.S.C. 4721). 
SEC. 4. STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall es-
tablish a comprehensive United States strategy for public 
and private investment, trade, and development in Africa. 
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(b) FOCUS OF STRATEGY.—The strategy required by 
subsection (a) shall focus on— 
(1) increasing exports of United States goods 
and services to Africa by 200 percent in real dollar 
value within 10 years from the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) promoting the alignment of United States 
commercial interests with development priorities in 
Africa; 
(3) developing relationships between the govern-
ments of countries in Africa and United States busi-
nesses that have an expertise in such issues as infra-
structure development, technology, telecommuni-
cations, energy, and agriculture; 
(4) improving the competitiveness of United 
States businesses in Africa, including the role the 
African diaspora can play in enhancing such com-
petitiveness; 
(5) exploring ways that African diaspora remit-
tances can help communities in Africa tackle eco-
nomic, development, and infrastructure financing 
needs; 
(6) promoting economic integration in Africa 
through working with the subregional economic com-
munities, supporting efforts for deeper integration 
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through the development of customs unions within 
western and central Africa and within eastern and 
southern Africa, eliminating time-consuming border 
formalities into and within these areas, and sup-
porting regionally based infrastructure projects; 
(7) encouraging a greater understanding among 
United States business and financial communities of 
the opportunities Africa holds for United States ex-
ports; 
(8) fostering partnership opportunities between 
United States and African small- and medium-sized 
enterprises; and 
(9) monitoring— 
(A) market loan rates and the availability 
of capital for United States business investment 
in Africa; 
(B) loan rates offered by the governments 
of other countries for investment in Africa; and 
(C) the policies of other countries with re-
spect to export financing for investment in Afri-
ca that are predatory or distort markets. 
(c) CONSULTATIONS.—In developing the strategy re-
quired by subsection (a), the President shall consult 
with— 
(1) Congress; 
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(2) each agency that is a member of the Trade 
Promotion Coordinating Committee; 
(3) the relevant multilateral development banks, 
in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury 
and the respective United States Executive Directors 
of such banks; 
(4) each agency that participates in the Trade 
Policy Staff Committee; 
(5) the President’s National Export Council; 
(6) each of the development agencies; 
(7) any other Federal agencies with responsi-
bility for export promotion or financing and develop-
ment; and 
(8) the private sector, including businesses, 
nongovernmental organizations, and African dias-
pora groups. 
(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) 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). 
(2) 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 
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implementation of the strategy required by sub-
section (a). 
(3) CONTENT
OF
REPORT.—The report re-
quired by paragraph (2) shall include an assessment 
of the extent to which the strategy required by sub-
section (a)— 
(A) has been successful in developing crit-
ical analyses of policies to increase exports to 
Africa; 
(B) has been successful in increasing the 
competitiveness of United States businesses in 
Africa; 
(C) has been successful in creating jobs in 
the United States, including the nature and 
sustainability of such jobs; 
(D) has provided sufficient United States 
Government support to meet third country com-
petition in the region; 
(E) has been successful in helping the Af-
rican diaspora in the United States participate 
in economic growth in Africa; 
(F) has been successful in promoting eco-
nomic integration in Africa; and 
(G) has made a meaningful contribution to 
the transformation of Africa and its full inte-
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gration into the 21st century world economy, 
not only as a supplier of primary products but 
also as full participant in international supply 
and distribution chains and as a consumer of 
international goods and services. 
SEC. 5. SPECIAL AFRICA STRATEGY COORDINATOR. 
The President shall designate an individual to serve 
as Special Africa Export Strategy Coordinator— 
(1) to oversee the development and implementa-
tion of the strategy required by section 4; and 
(2) to coordinate with the Trade Promotion Co-
ordinating Committee, (the interagency AGOA com-
mittees), and development agencies with respect to 
developing and implementing the strategy. 
SEC. 6. TRADE MISSION TO AFRICA. 
It is the sense of Congress that, not later than 1 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 pro-
motion, financing, and development should conduct a joint 
trade mission to Africa. 
SEC. 7. PERSONNEL. 
(a) UNITED STATES
AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL 
SERVICE.— 
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(B) 
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each 
United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service officer 
assigned under subparagraph (A) shall be re-
sponsible for— 
(i) increasing the access of United 
States businesses to procurement contracts 
with the multilateral development bank to 
which the officer is assigned; and 
(ii) facilitating the access of United 
States businesses to risk insurance, equity 
investments, consulting services, and lend-
ing provided by that bank. 
(b) 
EXPORT-IMPORT
BANK
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—Of the amounts collected by the Export-Import 
Bank that remain after paying the expenses the Bank is 
authorized to pay from such amounts for administrative 
expenses, the Bank shall use sufficient funds to do the 
following: 
(1) Increase the number of staff dedicated to 
expanding business development for Africa, including 
increasing the number of business development trips 
the Bank conducts to Africa and the amount of time 
staff spends in Africa to meet the goals set forth in 
section 9 and paragraph (4) of section 6(a) of the 
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Export-Import Bank of 1945, as added by section 
9(a)(2). 
(2) Maintain an appropriate number of employ-
ees of the Bank assigned to United States field of-
fices of the Bank to be distributed as geographically 
appropriate through the United States. Such offices 
shall coordinate with the related export efforts un-
dertaken by the Small Business Administration re-
gional field offices. 
(3) Upgrade the Bank’s equipment and soft-
ware to more expeditiously, effectively, and effi-
ciently process and track applications for financing 
received by the Bank. 
(c) OVERSEAS
PRIVATE
INVESTMENT
CORPORA-
TION.— 
(1) STAFFING.—Of the net offsetting collections 
collected by the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration used for administrative expenses, the Cor-
poration shall use sufficient funds to increase by not 
more than 5 the staff needed to promote stable and 
sustainable economic growth and development in Af-
rica, to strengthen and expand the private sector in 
Africa, and to facilitate the general economic devel-
opment of Africa, with a particular focus on helping 
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United States businesses expand into African mar-
kets. 
(2) REPORT.—The Corporation shall report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on whether 
recent technology upgrades have resulted in more ef-
fective and efficient processing and tracking of appli-
cations for financing received by the Corporation. 
(3) CERTAIN COSTS NOT CONSIDERED ADMINIS-
TRATIVE
EXPENSES.—For purposes of this sub-
section, systems infrastructure costs associated with 
activities authorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
231 et seq.) shall not be considered administrative 
expenses. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as permitting the reduction of De-
partment of Commerce, Department of State, Export Im-
port Bank, or Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
personnel or the alteration of planned personnel increases 
in other regions, except where a personnel decrease was 
previously anticipated or where decreased export opportu-
nities justify personnel reductions. 
SEC. 8. TRAINING. 
The President shall develop a plan— 
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(1) to standardize the training received by 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service offi-
cers, 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 Overseas Private In-
vestment Corporation, the Small Business Adminis-
tration, and the United States Trade and Develop-
ment Agency; and 
(2) to ensure that, not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(A) all United States and Foreign Com-
mercial Service officers that are stationed over-
seas 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 
shall receive that training. 
SEC. 9. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK FINANCING. 
(a) FINANCING FOR PROJECTS IN AFRICA.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that foreign export credit agencies are pro-
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viding non-OECD arrangement compliant financing 
in Africa, which is trade distorting and threatens 
United States jobs. 
(2) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a) of the Export- 
Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635e(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PERCENT OF FINANCING TO BE USED FOR 
PROJECTS IN AFRICA.—The Bank shall, to the ex-
tent that there are acceptable final applications, in-
crease the amount it finances to Africa over the 
prior year’s financing for each of the first five fiscal 
years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
the Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Ex-
ports to Africa Act of 2013.’’. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter for 5 years, the Export-Import Bank shall 
report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives if 
the Bank has not used at least 10 percent of its 
lending capabilities for projects in Africa as de-
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