I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1103 
To create jobs in the United States by increasing United States exports 
to Africa by at least 200 percent in real dollar value within 10 years, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. RUSH) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Small Business, and 
Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To create jobs in the United States by increasing United 
States exports to Africa by at least 200 percent in real 
dollar value within 10 years, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 Exports to Africa Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Export growth helps United States busi-
nesses grow and create American jobs. In 2011, 
United States exports supported 9,700,000 jobs and 
97.8 percent of United States exports came from 
small- and medium-sized businesses in 2010. 
(2) The more than 20 Federal agencies that are 
involved in export promotion and financing are not 
sufficiently coordinated to adequately expand United 
States commercial exports to Africa. 
(3) The President has taken steps to improve 
how the United States Government supports Amer-
ican businesses by mandating an executive review 
across agencies and a new Doing Business in Africa 
initiative, but a substantially greater high-level focus 
on Africa is needed. 
(4) Many other countries have trade promotion 
programs that aggressively compete against United 
States exports in Africa and around the world. For 
example, in 2010, medium- and long-term official ex-
port credit general volumes from the Group of 7 
countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 
the United Kingdom, and the United States) totaled 
$65,400,000,000. Germany provided the largest level 
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of support at $22,500,000,000, followed by France 
at $17,400,000,000 and the United States at 
$13,000,000,000. Official export credit support by 
emerging market economies such as Brazil, China, 
and India are significant as well. 
(5) Between 2008 and 2010, China alone pro-
vided more than $110,000,000,000 in loans to the 
developing world, and, in 2009, China surpassed the 
United States as the leading trade partner of Afri-
can countries. In the last 10 years, African trade 
with China has increased from $11,000,000,000 to 
$166,000,000,000. 
(6) The Export-Import Bank of the United 
States substantially increased lending to United 
States 
businesses 
focused 
on 
Africa 
from 
$400,000,000 in 2009 to $1,400,000,000 in 2011, 
but the Export-Import Bank of China dwarfed this 
effort with an estimated $12,000,000,000 worth of 
financing. Overall, China is outpacing the United 
States in selling goods to Africa at a rate of 3 to 
1. 
(7) Other countries such as India, Turkey, Rus-
sia, and Brazil are also aggressively seeking markets 
in Africa using their national export banks to pro-
vide concessional assistance. 
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(8) The Chinese practice of concessional financ-
ing runs contrary to the principles of the Organiza-
tion of Economic Co-operation and Development re-
lated to open market rates, undermines naturally 
competitive rates, and can allow governments in Af-
rica to overlook the troubling record on labor prac-
tices, human rights, and environmental impact. 
(9) As stated in a recent report entitled ‘‘Em-
bracing Africa’s Economic Potential’’ by Senator 
Chris Coons, ‘‘Economic growth in Africa has risen 
dramatically, but the continent’s vast economic po-
tential has not yet been fully realized by the U.S. 
Government or the American private sector.’’. 
(10) The African continent is undergoing a pe-
riod of rapid growth and middle class development, 
as seen from major indicators such as Internet use, 
clean water access, and real income growth. In the 
last decade alone, the percentage of the population 
with access to the Internet has doubled. Seventy- 
eight percent of Africa’s rural population now has 
access to clean water. Over the past 10 years, real 
income per person in Africa has grown by more than 
30 percent. 
(11) Economists have designated Africa as the 
‘‘next frontier market’’, with profitability of many 
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African firms and growth rates of African countries 
exceeding global averages in recent years. Countries 
in Africa have a collective spending power of almost 
$9,000,000,000 and a gross domestic product of 
$1,600,000,000,000, which are projected to double 
in the next 10 years. 
(12) In the past 10 years, Africa has been 
home to 6 of the 10 fastest growing economies in 
the world. Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to have 
the fastest growing economies in the world over the 
next 10 years, with 7 of the 10 fastest growing 
economies located in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(13) When countries such as China assist with 
large-scale government projects, they also gain an 
upper hand in relations with African leaders and ac-
cess to valuable commodities such as oil and copper, 
typically without regard to environmental, human 
rights, labor, or governance standards. 
(14) Unless the United States can offer com-
petitive financing for its firms in Africa, it will be 
deprived of opportunities to participate in African 
efforts to close the continent’s significant infrastruc-
ture 
gap 
that 
amounts 
to 
an 
estimated 
$100,000,000,000. 
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to create 
jobs in the United States by expanding programs that will 
result in increasing United States exports to Africa by 200 
percent in real dollar value within 10 years. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AFRICA.—The term ‘‘Africa’’ refers to the 
entire continent of Africa and its 54 countries, in-
cluding the Republic of South Sudan. 
(2) AFRICAN
DIASPORA.—The term ‘‘African 
diaspora’’ means the people of African origin living 
in the United States, irrespective of their citizenship 
and nationality, who are willing to contribute to the 
development of Africa. 
(3) AGOA.—The term ‘‘AGOA’’ means the Af-
rican Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 
et seq.). 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 
and 
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(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives. 
(5) DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘de-
velopment agencies’’ includes the Department of 
State, the United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation (MCC), the Overseas Private Invest-
ment Corporation (OPIC), the United States Trade 
and Development Agency (USTDA), the United 
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and rel-
evant multilateral development banks. 
(6) 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 Regu-
lations, and is composed of representatives of Fed-
eral agencies in charge of developing and coordi-
nating United States positions on international trade 
and trade-related investment issues. 
(7) MULTILATERAL
DEVELOPMENT
BANKS.— 
The term ‘‘multilateral development banks’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1701(c)(4) of the 
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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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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall ensure that not less than 10 total United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service officers are 
assigned to Africa for each of the first 5 fiscal years 
beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) ASSIGNMENT.—The Secretary shall, in con-
sultation with the Trade Promotion Coordinating 
Committee and the Special Africa Export Strategy 
Coordinator, assign the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service officers described in paragraph 
(1) to United States embassies in Africa after con-
ducting a timely resource allocation analysis that 
represents a forward-looking assessment of future 
United States trade opportunities in Africa. 
(3) MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Commerce shall, using existing 
staff, assign not less than 1 full-time United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service officer 
to the office of the United States Executive Di-
rector at the World Bank and the African De-
velopment Bank. 
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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 2015.’’. 
(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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scribed in paragraph (4) of section 6(a) of the Ex-
port-Import Bank of 1945, as added by paragraph 
(2). The report shall include the reasons why the 
Bank failed to reach this goal and a description of 
all final applications for projects in Africa that were 
deemed unworthy of Bank support. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF PORTION OF CAPITALIZATION 
TO
COMPETE
AGAINST
FOREIGN
CONCESSIONAL 
LOANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Bank shall make avail-
able annually such amounts as are necessary for 
loans that counter trade distorting non-OECD ar-
rangement compliant financing or preferential, tied 
aid, or other related non-market loans offered by 
other nations for which United States companies are 
also competing or interested in competing. 
(2) 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 
submit 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 a re-
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port on all loans made or rejected that were consid-
ered to counter non-OECD arrangement compliant 
financing offered by other nations to its firms. The 
report shall not disclose any information that is con-
fidential or business proprietary, or that would vio-
late section 1905 of title 18, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Trade Secrets Act’’). 
The report shall include a description of trade dis-
torting non-OECD arrangement compliant financing 
loans made by other countries during that fiscal year 
to firms that competed against the United States 
firms. 
SEC. 10. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 22(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
649(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘the Trade Promotion Coordinating Com-
mittee,’’ after ‘‘Director of the United States Trade 
and Development Agency,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘regional of-
fices of the Export-Import Bank,’’ after ‘‘Retired 
Executives,’’. 
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SEC. 11. BILATERAL, SUBREGIONAL AND REGIONAL, AND 
MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS. 
Where applicable, the President shall explore oppor-
tunities to negotiate bilateral, subregional, and regional 
agreements that encourage trade and eliminate nontariff 
barriers to trade between countries, such as negotiating 
investor friendly double-taxation treaties and investment 
promotion agreements. United States negotiators in multi-
lateral forum should take into account the objectives of 
this Act. To the extent any such agreements exist between 
the United States and an African country, the President 
shall ensure that the agreement is being implemented in 
a manner that maximizes the positive effects for United 
States trade, export, and labor interests as well as the eco-
nomic development of the countries in Africa. 
Æ 
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