‘‘(2) the Associate Administrator has sufficient 
resources to carry out such responsibilities; and 
‘‘(3) the Associate Administrator has direct su-
pervision and control over— 
‘‘(A) the staff of the Office; and 
‘‘(B) any employee of the Administration 
whose principal duty station is an 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 the Small Business 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, and’’ before ‘‘in co-
operation with’’. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration shall appoint 
an Associate Administrator for International Trade under 
section 22(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
649(a)), as added by this section. 
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SEC. 4. DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 22.—Section 22 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) TRADE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK.—The Asso-
ciate Administrator, working in close cooperation with the 
Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade Rep-
resentative, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and other 
relevant Federal agencies, small business development 
centers engaged in export promotion efforts, Export As-
sistance Centers, regional and district offices of the Ad-
ministration, the small business community, and relevant 
State and local export promotion programs, shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain a distribution network, using re-
gional and district offices of the Administration, the 
small business development center network, net-
works of women’s business centers, the Service 
Corps of Retired Executives authorized by section 
8(b)(1), and Export Assistance Centers, for pro-
grams relating to— 
‘‘(A) trade promotion; 
‘‘(B) trade finance; 
‘‘(C) trade adjustment assistance; 
‘‘(D) trade remedy assistance; and 
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‘‘(E) trade data collection; 
‘‘(2) aggressively market the programs de-
scribed in paragraph (1) and disseminate informa-
tion, including computerized marketing data, to 
small business concerns on exporting trends, market- 
specific growth, industry trends, and international 
prospects for exports; 
‘‘(3) 
promote 
export 
assistance 
programs 
through the district and regional offices of the Ad-
ministration, the small business development center 
network, Export Assistance Centers, the network of 
women’s business centers, chapters of the Service 
Corps of Retired Executives, State and local export 
promotion programs, and partners in the private 
sector; and 
‘‘(4) give preference in hiring or approving the 
transfer of any employee into the Office or to a posi-
tion described in subsection (c)(9) to otherwise 
qualified applicants who are fluent in a language in 
addition to English, to— 
‘‘(A) accompany small business concerns 
on foreign trade missions; and 
‘‘(B) translate documents, interpret con-
versations, and facilitate multilingual trans-
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actions, including by providing referral lists for 
translation services, if required.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(c) The Office’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(c) PROMOTION OF SALES OPPORTUNITIES.—The 
Associate Administrator’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (9), re-
spectively; 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(1) establish annual goals for the Office relat-
ing to— 
‘‘(A) enhancing the exporting capability of 
small business concerns and small manufactur-
ers; 
‘‘(B) facilitating technology transfers; 
‘‘(C) enhancing programs and services to 
assist small business concerns and small manu-
facturers to compete effectively and efficiently 
against foreign entities; 
‘‘(D) increasing the ability of small busi-
ness concerns to access capital; 
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‘‘(E) disseminating information concerning 
Federal, State, and private programs and initia-
tives; and 
‘‘(F) ensuring that the interests of small 
business concerns are adequately represented in 
trade negotiations;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘mechanism for’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘(D) assisting’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘mechanism for— 
‘‘(A) identifying subsectors of the small 
business community with strong export poten-
tial; 
‘‘(B) identifying areas of demand in for-
eign markets; 
‘‘(C) prescreening foreign buyers for com-
mercial and credit purposes; and 
‘‘(D) assisting’’; 
(E) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘assist small businesses in the for-
mation and utilization of’’ and inserting ‘‘assist 
small business concerns in forming and using’’; 
(F) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘local’’ and inserting 
‘‘district’’; 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘existing’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Small Business De-
velopment Center network’’ and inserting 
‘‘small business development center net-
work’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘Small Business De-
velopment Center Program’’ and inserting 
‘‘small business development center pro-
gram’’; 
(G) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘Gross State Produce’’ and inserting 
‘‘Gross State Product’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘SIC’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘North American Industry Classification 
System’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘small businesses’’ and inserting ‘‘small 
business concerns’’; 
(H) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, 
by striking the period at the end and inserting 
a semicolon; 
(I) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated— 
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(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘concerns’’ after 
‘‘small business’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘current’’ and in-
serting ‘‘up to date’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘Administration’s regional offices’’ and in-
serting ‘‘regional and district offices of the 
Administration’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
‘‘current’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘current’’; and 
(v) by striking ‘‘small businesses’’ 
each place that term appears and inserting 
‘‘small business concerns’’; 
(J) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, 
by striking and at the end; 
(K) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘full-time export 
development specialists to each Ad-
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ministration regional office and as-
signing’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘person in each 
district office. Such specialists’’ and 
inserting ‘‘individual in each district 
office and providing each Administra-
tion regional office with a full-time ex-
port development specialist, who’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘current’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘with’’ and in-
serting ‘‘in’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Administration 
personnel involved in granting’’ and 
inserting ‘‘personnel of the Adminis-
tration involved in making’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iv) in subparagraph (E)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘small businesses’ 
needs’’ and inserting ‘‘the needs of 
small business concerns’’; and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(F) participate, jointly with employees of 
the Office, in an annual training program that 
focuses on current small business needs for ex-
porting; and 
‘‘(G) develop and conduct training pro-
grams for exporters and lenders, in cooperation 
with the Export Assistance Centers, the De-
partment of Commerce, small business develop-
ment centers, women’s business centers, the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States, the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and 
other relevant Federal agencies;’’; and 
(vi) by striking ‘‘small businesses’’ 
each place that term appears and inserting 
‘‘small business concerns’’; and 
(L) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) make available on the website of the Ad-
ministration the name and contact information of 
each individual described in paragraph (9); 
‘‘(11) carry out a nationwide marketing effort 
using technology, online resources, training, and 
other strategies to promote exporting as a business 
development opportunity for small business con-
cerns; 
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‘‘(12) disseminate information to the small 
business community through regional and district of-
fices of the Administration, the small business devel-
opment center network, Export Assistance Centers, 
the network of women’s business centers, chapters of 
the Service Corps of Retired Executives authorized 
by section 8(b)(1), State and local export promotion 
programs, and partners in the private sector regard-
ing exporting trends, market-specific growth, indus-
try trends, and prospects for exporting; and 
‘‘(13) establish and carry out training programs 
for the staff of the regional and district offices of 
the Administration and resource partners of the Ad-
ministration on export promotion and providing as-
sistance relating to exports.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (5) as clauses (i) through (v), respec-
tively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(d) The Office’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(d) EXPORT FINANCING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis-
trator’’; and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘To accomplish this goal, 
the Office shall work’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) TRADE FINANCE SPECIALIST.—To accom-
plish the goal established under paragraph (1), the 
Associate Administrator shall— 
‘‘(A) designate at least 1 individual within 
the Administration as a trade finance specialist 
to oversee international loan programs and as-
sist Administration employees with trade fi-
nance issues; and 
‘‘(B) work’’; 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(e) The Of-
fice’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) TRADE REMEDIES.—The Associate Adminis-
trator’’; 
(5) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Associate Ad-
ministrator shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives that contains— 
‘‘(1) a description of the progress of the Office 
in implementing the requirements of this section; 
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‘‘(2) a detailed account of the results of export 
growth activities of the Administration, including the 
activities of each district and regional office of the 
Administration, based on the performance measures 
described in subsection (i); 
‘‘(3) an estimate of the total number of jobs 
created or retained as a result of export assistance 
provided by the Administration and resource part-
ners of the Administration; 
‘‘(4) for any travel by the staff of the Office, 
the destination of such travel and the benefits to the 
Administration and to small business concerns re-
sulting from such travel; and 
‘‘(5) a description of the participation by the 
Office in trade negotiations.’’; 
(6) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘(g) The Of-
fice’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(g) STUDIES.—The Associate Administrator’’; and 
(7) by adding after subsection (h), as added by 
section 3 of this Act, the following: 
‘‘(i) EXPORT AND TRADE COUNSELING.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘lead small business develop-
ment center’ means a small business develop-
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ment center that has received a grant from the 
Administration; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘lead women’s business cen-
ter’ means a women’s business center that has 
received a grant from the Administration. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish an export and trade counseling 
certification program to certify employees of lead 
small business development centers and lead wom-
en’s business centers in providing export assistance 
to small business concerns. 
‘‘(3) NUMBER
OF
CERTIFIED
EMPLOYEES.— 
The Administrator shall ensure that the number of 
employees of each lead small business development 
center who are certified in providing export assist-
ance is not less than the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) 5; or 
‘‘(B) 10 percent of the total number of em-
ployees of the lead small business development 
center. 
‘‘(4) REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Administrator 
shall reimburse a lead small business develop-
ment center or a lead women’s business center 
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for costs relating to the certification of an em-
ployee of the lead small business center or lead 
women’s business center in providing export as-
sistance under the program established under 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The total amount re-
imbursed by the Administrator under subpara-
graph (A) may not exceed $350,000 in any fis-
cal year. 
‘‘(j) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis-
trator shall develop performance measures for the 
Administration to support export growth goals for 
the activities of the Office under this section that in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) the number of small business con-
cerns that— 
‘‘(i) receive assistance from the Ad-
ministration; 
‘‘(ii) had not exported goods or serv-
ices before receiving the assistance de-
scribed in clause (i); and 
‘‘(iii) export goods or services; 
‘‘(B) the number of small business con-
cerns receiving assistance from the Administra-
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tion that export goods or services to a market 
outside the United States into which the small 
business concern did not export before receiving 
the assistance; 
‘‘(C) export revenues by small business 
concerns assisted by programs of the Adminis-
tration; 
‘‘(D) the number of small business con-
cerns referred to an Export Assistance Center 
or a small business development center by the 
staff of the Office; 
‘‘(E) the number of small business con-
cerns referred to the Administration by an Ex-
port Assistance Center or a small business de-
velopment center; and 
‘‘(F) the number of small business con-
cerns referred to the Export-Import Bank of 
the United States or to the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation by the staff of the Of-
fice, an Export Assistance Center, or a small 
business development center. 
‘‘(2) CONSISTENCY OF TRACKING.—The Asso-
ciate Administrator, in coordination with the depart-
ments and agencies that are represented on the 
Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee estab-
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lished under section 2312 of the Export Enhance-
ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727) and the small 
business development center network, shall develop a 
system to track exports by small business concerns, 
including information relating to the performance 
measures developed under paragraph (1), that is 
consistent with systems used by the departments 
and agencies and the network.’’. 
(b) TRADE DISPUTES.—The Administrator shall 
carry out a comprehensive program to provide technical 
assistance, counseling, and reference materials to small 
business concerns relating to resources, procedures, and 
requirements for mechanisms to resolve international 
trade disputes or address unfair international trade prac-
tices under international trade agreements or Federal law, 
including— 
(1) directing the district offices of the Adminis-
tration to provide referrals, information, and other 
services to small business concerns relating to the 
mechanisms; 
(2) entering agreements and partnerships with 
providers of legal services relating to the mecha-
nisms, to ensure small business concerns may 
affordably use the mechanisms; and 
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(3) in consultation with the Director of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the 
Register of Copyrights, designing counseling services 
and materials for small business concerns regarding 
intellectual property protection in other countries. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
a report to the Committee on Small Business and Entre-
preneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small 
Business of the House of Representatives on any travel 
by the staff of the Office of International Trade of the 
Administration, during the period beginning on October 
1, 2004, and ending on the date of enactment of the Act, 
including the destination of such travel and the benefits 
to the Administration and to small business concerns re-
sulting from such travel. 
SEC. 5. EXPORT ASSISTANCE CENTERS. 
(a) EXPORT ASSISTANCE CENTERS.—Section 22 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649), as amended by 
this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) EXPORT ASSISTANCE CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) EXPORT FINANCE SPECIALISTS.— 
‘‘(A) MINIMUM NUMBER OF EXPORT FI-
NANCE SPECIALISTS.—On and after January 1, 
2011, the Administrator, in coordination with 
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the Secretary of Commerce, shall ensure that 
the number of export finance specialists is not 
less than the number of such employees so as-
signed on January 1, 2003. 
‘‘(B) EXPORT
FINANCE
SPECIALISTS
AS-
SIGNED TO EACH REGION OF THE ADMINISTRA-
TION.—On and after the date that is 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Administrator, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Commerce, shall ensure that there are 
not fewer than 3 export finance specialists in 
each region of the Administration. 
‘‘(2) PLACEMENT
OF
EXPORT
FINANCE
SPE-
CIALISTS.— 
‘‘(A) PRIORITY.—The Administrator shall 
give priority, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, to placing employees of the Administra-
tion at any Export Assistance Center that— 
‘‘(i) had an Administration employee 
assigned to the Export Assistance Center 
before January 2003; and 
‘‘(ii) has not had an Administration 
employee assigned to the Export Assist-
ance Center during the period beginning 
January 2003, and ending on the date of 
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enactment 
of 
this 
subsection, 
either 
through retirement or reassignment. 
‘‘(B) NEEDS
OF
EXPORTERS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, strategically assign Administration em-
ployees to Export Assistance Centers, based on 
the needs of exporters. 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this subsection may be construed to require 
the Administrator to reassign or remove an ex-
port finance specialist who is assigned to an 
Export Assistance Center on the date of enact-
ment of this subsection. 
‘‘(3) GOALS.—The Associate Administrator 
shall work with the Department of Commerce, the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation to estab-
lish shared annual goals for the Export Assistance 
Centers. 
‘‘(4) OVERSIGHT.—The Associate Adminis-
trator shall designate an individual within the Ad-
ministration to oversee all activities conducted by 
Administration employees assigned to Export Assist-
ance Centers. 
‘‘(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘Associate Administrator’ means 
the Associate Administrator for International Trade 
described in subsection (a)(2); 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Export Assistance Center’ means 
a one-stop shop for United States exporters estab-
lished by the United States and Foreign Commercial 
Service of the Department of Commerce pursuant to 
section 2301(b)(8) of the Omnibus Trade and Com-
petitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721(b)(8)); 
‘‘(3) the term ‘export finance specialist’ means 
a full-time equivalent employee of the Office as-
signed to an Export Assistance Center to carry out 
the duties described in subsection (e); and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘Office’ means the Office of 
International Trade established under subsection 
(a)(1).’’. 
(b) STUDY AND REPORT ON FILLING GAPS IN HIGH- 
AND-LOW-EXPORT VOLUME AREAS.— 
(1) STUDY
AND
REPORT.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall— 
(A) conduct a study of— 
(i) the volume of exports for each 
State; 
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(ii) the availability of export finance 
specialists in each State; 
(iii) the number of exporters in each 
State that are small business concerns; 
(iv) the percentage of exporters in 
each State that are small business con-
cerns; 
(v) the change, if any, in the number 
of exporters that are small business con-
cerns in each State— 
(I) for the first study conducted 
under this subparagraph, during the 
10-year period ending on the date of 
enactment of this Act; and 
(II) for each subsequent study, 
during the 10-year period ending on 
the date the study is commenced; 
(vi) the total value of the exports in 
each State by small business concerns; 
(vii) the percentage of the total vol-
ume of exports in each State that is attrib-
utable to small business concerns; and 
(viii) the change, if any, in the per-
centage of the total volume of exports in 
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each State that is attributable to small 
business concerns— 
(I) for the first study conducted 
under this subparagraph, during the 
10-year period ending on the date of 
enactment of this Act; and 
(II) for each subsequent study, 
during the 10-year period ending on 
the date the study is commenced; and 
(B) submit to the Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 
and the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives a report containing— 
(i) the results of the study under sub-
paragraph (A); 
(ii) to the extent practicable, a rec-
ommendation regarding how to eliminate 
gaps between the supply of and demand 
for export finance specialists in the 15 
States that have the greatest volume of ex-
ports, based upon the most recent data 
available from the Department of Com-
merce; 
(iii) to the extent practicable, a rec-
ommendation regarding how to eliminate 
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gaps between the supply of and demand 
for export finance specialists in the 15 
States that have the lowest volume of ex-
ports, based upon the most recent data 
available from the Department of Com-
merce; and 
(iv) such additional information as the 
Administrator determines is appropriate. 
(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘export finance specialist’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 22(l) of the Small Business Act, 
as added by this Act. 
SEC. 6. RURAL EXPORT PROMOTION. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce, 
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and En-
trepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small 
Business of the House of Representatives a report that 
contains— 
(1) a description of each program of the Ad-
ministration that promotes exports by rural small 
business concerns, including— 
(A) the number of rural small business 
concerns served by the program; 
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