businesses. By combining the funds and inter-
national resources of the Federal Government with
the local networks of State-based providers of export
assistance, such partnerships can provide a sharper
focus on long-term export market development than
do traditional trade promotion activities.
SEC. 3. EXPANDING FEDERAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR
STATE-BASED EXPORT ENHANCEMENT AC-
TIVITIES.
(a) THE MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR PRO-
GRAM.—There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated
$40,000,000 to provide grants to qualified entities for ac-
tivities described in section 2303 of the Export Enhance-
ment Act of 1988.
(b) THE FOREIGN BUYER PROGRAM.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 to provide finan-
cial support, on a shared basis, to small businesses to in-
crease the number of small businesses participating in ac-
tivities described in section 2304 of the Export Enhance-
ment Act of 1988.
(c) TRADE MISSIONS.—
(1) The International Trade Administration
(ITA) shall establish a grant program to provide fi-
nancial support, on a shared basis, for foreign trade
missions run by State governments and designed
primarily for participation by small and medium-
sized businesses.
(2) ITA shall make available for this program
no less money than is available for foreign trade
missions run by the Federal Government.
(3) In the selection of trade missions to which
the ITA will provide financial support, ITA shall
consider the extent to which a proposed trade mis-
sion will advance the State’s economic development
and export promotion strategies.
SEC. 4. DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WITHIN THE INTER-
NATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION.
In order to better fulfill its mandate to promote ex-
ports of goods and services of the United States, particu-
larly by small- and medium-sized businesses, the Inter-
national Trade Administration shall make it a priority to
expand financial support for State-based export enhance-
ment activities, using discretionary funds within its budg-
et. Such financial support may include matching grants
for new or experimental State-based export enhancement
programs that are not specifically authorized by Congress
but that have the potential to facilitate exporting by small
businesses.
SEC. 5. IMPROVING INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE AVAILABLE TO HELP SMALL BUSI-
NESSES COMPLY WITH EXPORT CONTROL RE-
QUIREMENTS.
Not later than one year after the date of enactment
of this Act, Federal agencies involved in administering
controls and regulations concerning the export of goods
and services from the United States shall, in consultation
with small businesses, State departments of trade, State-
based industry trade associations, international freight
forwarding companies, and other State-based providers of
export assistance to small businesses, establish and imple-
ment a plan to—
(1) consolidate information regarding rules and
restrictions on exports and make it available in a
format that is easily accessible by small businesses
that seek to export; and
(2) create an outreach program to inform small
businesses seeking to export of relevant rules and re-
strictions on exports and to provide technical assist-
ance for complying with those rules and restrictions.
SEC. 6. IMPROVING EFFICIENCY TO REALIZE SAVINGS TO
PAY FOR IMPROVED SMALL BUSINESS EX-
PORT ASSISTANCE.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the International Trade Administration, in
consultation with other Federal agencies that provide ex-
port assistance services (including trade finance and insur-
ance), shall submit to Congress a plan to consolidate or
eliminate programs that provide substantially similar ex-
port assistance services or provide export assistance serv-
ices to substantially similar recipients. The plan shall iden-
tify savings of not less than $100,000,000 per year, to
be achieved primarily through improved efficiency, stream-
lining, and targeting of resources to sectors with high ex-
port potential.
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