Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Trade 
Promotion’’; and 
(3) by amending the item relating to section 
304 of the table of contents to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Interagency working group on energy of the Office of Trade Pro-
motion’’. 
(c) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ACT OF 1945.—Section 
2(b)(1)(A) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 
U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Trade Pro-
motion Coordinating Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of 
Trade Promotion’’. 
SEC. 122. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, or 
other record of the United States to the Trade Promotion 
Coordinating Committee or TPCC shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the Office of Trade Promotion. 
TITLE II—TRADE PROVISIONS 
RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR 
FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SMALL BUSI-
NESS ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 22(a) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(a)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘The head of the Office shall 
be the Associate Administrator for International Trade, 
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who shall be an employee in the Senior Executive Service 
and shall be responsible to the Administrator.’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE AD-
MINISTRATOR.—Section 4(b)(1) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 633(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘five Asso-
ciate Administrators’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Ad-
ministrators’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘One of 
the Associate Administrators shall be the Associate 
Administrator for International Trade, who shall be 
the head of the Office of International Trade estab-
lished under section 22.’’. 
(c) 
DISCHARGE
OF
ADMINISTRATION
INTER-
NATIONAL TRADE RESPONSIBILITIES.—Section 22 of the 
Small Business Act, as amended by subsection (a), is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) The Administrator shall ensure that— 
‘‘(1) the responsibilities of the Administration 
regarding international trade are carried out 
through the Associate Administrator for Inter-
national Trade; 
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‘‘(2) the Associate Administrator for Inter-
national Trade has sufficient resources to carry out 
such responsibilities; and 
‘‘(3) the Associate Administrator for Inter-
national Trade has direct supervision and control 
over the staff of the Office of International Trade, 
and over any employee of the Administration whose 
principal duty station is a United States Export As-
sistance Center or any successor entity.’’. 
(d) ROLE OF ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR IN CAR-
RYING OUT INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY.—Section 
2(b)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 631(b)(1)) is amended in 
the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of’’ before 
‘‘the Small Business Administration’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘through the Associate Admin-
istrator for International Trade’’ before ‘‘in coopera-
tion with’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 22 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649), as amended by sub-
sections (a) and (c) is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The Office’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Associate Administrator’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the di-
rector of the Office’’ and inserting ‘‘the Asso-
ciate Administrator’’; 
(2) in subsection (c) in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Office’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Associate Administrator’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Office’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘Associate Adminis-
trator’’; 
(4) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Office’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Associate Administrator’’; and 
(5) in subsections (f) and (g), by striking ‘‘The 
Office’’ and inserting ‘‘The Associate Adminis-
trator’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 22 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649), as amended by sub-
sections (a), (c), and (e), is further amended by striking 
the period at the end of subsection (c)(5) and inserting 
a semicolon. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Administrator shall ap-
point an Associate Administrator for International Trade 
pursuant to sections 4 and 22 of the Small Business Act 
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(15 U.S.C. 648) (as amended by this section) not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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