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Calendar No. 291 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4842 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 30, 2019 
Received 
NOVEMBER 5, 2019 
Read the first time 
NOVEMBER 6, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of State to provide funds for 
a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, 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 ‘‘Expositions Provide 
Opportunities Act of 2019’’ or ‘‘EXPO Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR PAVIL-
ION AT EXPO 2020 DUBAI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 204 of 
the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 
(22 U.S.C. 2452b), there is authorized to be appropriated 
for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 funds for a United 
States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, subject to sub-
sections (b) and (c). 
(b) 
COST-SHARE
REQUIREMENT.—Funds 
made 
available pursuant to subsection (a) to the Department of 
State for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai 
shall be made available on a cost-matching basis, to the 
maximum extent practicable, from sources other than the 
United States Government. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available pur-
suant to subsection (a) to the Department of State 
for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai 
may be obligated only after the appropriate congres-
sional committees are notified not less than 15 days 
prior to such obligation. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Such notifi-
cation shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the source of such 
funds, including any funds reprogrammed or 
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transferred by the Department of State to be 
made available for such pavilion. 
(B) An estimate of the amount of invest-
ment such pavilion could bring to the United 
States. 
(C) A description of the strategy of the 
Department to identify and obtain such match-
ing funds from sources other than the United 
States Government, in accordance with sub-
section (b). 
(D) An analysis of the human rights 
record of the United Arab Emirates. 
(E) A certification that each entity receiv-
ing amounts for a contract, grant, or other 
agreement to construct, maintain, or otherwise 
service such pavilion— 
(i) is not in violation of the labor laws 
of the United Arab Emirates, the Foreign 
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (Public Law 
95–213), and any other applicable anti- 
corruption laws; and 
(ii) does not employ, or otherwise uti-
lize, a victim of trafficking (as defined in 
section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). 
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