I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5883 
To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to establish the Office 
of Trade Promotion in the Executive Office of the President, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2008 
Mr. MANZULLO (for himself and Mr. MICA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to establish 
the Office of Trade Promotion in the Executive Office 
of the President, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Export Promotion Enhancement Act of 2008’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Purpose. 
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TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1988 
Sec. 101. Establishment and purpose. 
Sec. 102. Duties. 
Sec. 103. Strategic plan. 
Sec. 104. Director and Associate Directors. 
Sec. 105. Staff; experts and consultants. 
Sec. 106. Advisory Board on Trade Promotion. 
Sec. 107. Report to Congress. 
Sec. 108. Report on export policy. 
Sec. 109. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 110. Clerical amendment. 
Sec. 111. Effective date. 
TITLE II—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS; 
REFERENCES 
Sec. 201. Conforming amendments to other laws. 
Sec. 202. References. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) As the world’s largest economy, the United 
States has an enormous stake in the future of the 
global trading system. 
(2) Exports are a crucial force driving the 
United States economy and job creation. 
(3) While nearly 97 percent of United States 
exporters are small and medium enterprises (SMEs), 
SMEs account for just over one-fourth of exports, 
leaving much room for growth. 
(4) Two-thirds of United States exporters have 
fewer than 20 employees and sell to just one foreign 
market. 
(5) Manufacturers account for 61 percent of 
total United States exports with small manufactur-
ers accounting for approximately 15 percent of total 
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United States exports. Thirty percent of small man-
ufacturers do not currently export but would con-
sider doing so if they had more help in securing vital 
information on foreign markets, customers, and ex-
port procedures. 
(6) United States small and medium enterprises 
face tough competition from trading partners of the 
United States that aggressively undertake export 
promotion programs that directly support and un-
derwrite the expanded growth in trade of their small 
and medium enterprises. 
(7) United States trade promotion is carried 
out in part by 21 departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government. Representatives from these 
Federal departments and agencies are members of 
the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee 
(TPCC), a Federal committee that has not lived up 
to congressional intent to provide a seamless offering 
of export promotion products and services due in 
part to the inadequate allocation of resources and a 
lack of ultimate decision making budget input au-
thority to ensure effective results are achieved for 
the invested resources. 
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SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act is to improve the performance and results of 
trade promotion policies and programs of the Federal Gov-
ernment in accordance with the Government Performance 
and Results Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62). 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO EX-
PORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 
1988 
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE. 
Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘in the Executive Of-
fice of the President’’ after ‘‘shall estab-
lish’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Trade Promotion Co-
ordinating Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Of-
fice of Trade Promotion’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Office’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
oversee’’ after ‘‘to coordinate’’; and 
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(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 
supervise implementation of’’ after ‘‘to de-
velop’’; and 
(2) in subsections (b) through (f), by striking 
‘‘TPCC’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Of-
fice’’. 
SEC. 102. DUTIES. 
Section 2312(b) of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(6) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as redes-
ignated) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) advise the President, and others within the 
Executive Office of the President, on matters relat-
ing to trade promotion policies and programs of the 
United States Government;’’. 
(3) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘coordinate’’ and inserting ‘‘supervise’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and attainment of 
measurable results’’ after ‘‘better delivery 
of services’’; and 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘with emphasis on 
small and medium enterprises’’ after 
‘‘United States businesses’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the 
end before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, in-
cluding assistance to match United States busi-
nesses with foreign businesses, as appropriate’’; 
(5) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated), by in-
serting ‘‘and enhance the effectiveness of’’ after 
‘‘prevent unnecessary duplication in’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(6) review and make input on the appropriate 
levels and allocation of resources among agencies in 
support of export promotion and export financing 
and advise the President as to the concurrence in 
these allocations based on its review; and’’. 
SEC. 103. STRATEGIC PLAN. 
Section 2312(c) of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and explain’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, explain’’; and 
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(B) by adding at the end before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘, and detail the bench-
marks for the implementation of the priorities’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and effec-
tiveness’’ after ‘‘to improve coordination’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘propose to the President 
an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘include in the an-
nual Federal budget submission to Congress a 
detailed’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘that supports’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and oversee its implementation so it sup-
ports’’; and 
(C) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a period; and 
(5) by striking paragraph (6). 
SEC. 104. DIRECTOR AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS. 
Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727) is amended by striking subsection 
(d) and inserting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) DIRECTOR AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS.— 
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—There shall be at the head of 
the Office a Director of the Office of Trade Pro-
motion, who shall— 
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‘‘(A) be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) be compensated at a rate consistent 
with the compensation of the directors of other 
offices within the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent. 
‘‘(2) ASSOCIATE
DIRECTORS.—The President 
may appoint not more than two Associate Directors 
of the Office of Trade Promotion, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, who shall each— 
‘‘(A) be compensated at a rate not to ex-
ceed the rate provided for other associate direc-
tors of offices within the Executive Office of the 
President; and 
‘‘(B) perform such functions as the Direc-
tor may prescribe.’’. 
SEC. 105. STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS. 
Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727) is amended by striking subsection 
(e) and inserting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) STAFF; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.— 
‘‘(1) STAFF.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 
Office may appoint and fix the pay of additional 
personnel as the Director considers appropriate. 
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‘‘(B) STAFF
OF
FEDERAL
AGENCIES.— 
Upon request of the Director, the head of any 
Federal department or agency that is rep-
resented on the Advisory Board on Trade Pro-
motion established pursuant to subsection (f) 
may detail any of the personnel of that depart-
ment or agency to the Office to assist it in car-
rying out its duties under this section. 
‘‘(2) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Direc-
tor of the Office may procure temporary and inter-
mittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum an-
nual rate of basic pay for GS–15 of the General 
Schedule.’’. 
SEC. 106. ADVISORY BOARD ON TRADE PROMOTION. 
(a) ADVISORY BOARD ON TRADE PROMOTION.—Sec-
tion 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 
U.S.C. 4727) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) ADVISORY BOARD ON TRADE PROMOTION.— 
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
PURPOSE.—The 
President shall establish the Advisory Board on 
Trade Promotion (hereafter in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘Advisory Board’). The purpose of 
the Advisory Board shall be to advise the Director 
of the Office in carrying out the duties of the Office 
under this section and section 6 of the Export En-
hancement Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 4727a). 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Advi-
sory Board shall include representatives from— 
‘‘(i) the Department of Agriculture; 
‘‘(ii) the Department of Commerce; 
‘‘(iii) the Department of Defense; 
‘‘(iv) the Department of Energy; 
‘‘(v) the Department of the Interior; 
‘‘(vi) the Department of Labor; 
‘‘(vii) the Department of State; 
‘‘(viii) the Department of Transpor-
tation; 
‘‘(ix) the Department of the Treasury; 
‘‘(x) the Environmental Protection 
Agency; 
‘‘(xi) the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States; 
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‘‘(xii) the United States Agency for 
International Development; 
‘‘(xiii) the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration; 
‘‘(xiv) the Office of Management and 
Budget; 
‘‘(xv) the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation; 
‘‘(xvi) the Small Business Administra-
tion; 
‘‘(xvii) the Trade and Development 
Agency; 
‘‘(xviii) the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative; and 
‘‘(xix) at the discretion of the Presi-
dent, such other departments or agencies 
as may be necessary. 
‘‘(B) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of 
Commerce shall serve as the chairperson of the 
Advisory Board. 
‘‘(3) MEMBER
QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of 
the Advisory Board shall be appointed by the heads 
of their respective departments or agencies. Such 
members, as well as alternates designated by any 
members unable to attend a meeting of the Advisory 
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Board, shall be individuals who exercise significant 
decisionmaking authority in their respective depart-
ments or agencies.’’. 
(b) ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE PROMOTION.— 
(1) 
ENVIRONMENTAL
TRADE
WORKING 
GROUP.—Section 2313(b) of the Export Enhance-
ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRADE 
PROMOTION COORDINATION COMMITTEE’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ADVISORY BOARD ON TRADE PRO-
MOTION’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Trade Promotion Co-
ordination Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Ad-
visory Board on Trade Promotion’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ and inserting 
‘‘Advisory Board’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘TPCC’’ and inserting ‘‘Advisory Board’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The chairperson 
of the Advisory Board shall submit to the Director 
of the Office of Trade Promotion a report on the ac-
tivities of the Working Group to be included in the 
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annual report submitted to Congress by the Director 
of the Office pursuant to section 2312(g).’’. 
(2) ENVIRONMENTAL
TECHNOLOGIES
TRADE 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 2313(c)(1) of the 
Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 
4728(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Advisory Board’’. 
(3) 
INTERNATIONAL
REGIONAL
ENVIRON-
MENTAL INITIATIVES.—Section 2313(h) of the Ex-
port Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728(h)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Office of Trade Promotion’’. 
SEC. 107. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 2312(g) of the 
Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (as redesignated by sec-
tion 106(a)(1) of this title) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 
shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees an annual report that describes 
the strategic plan developed by the Office pursuant 
to subsection (c), the implementation of the plan 
and any revisions thereto, and the extent to which 
funding for the plan is appropriate. 
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‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 108. REPORT ON EXPORT POLICY. 
Section 2314(b)(1)(B) of the Export Enhancement 
Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4729(b)(1)(B)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(B) the report of the Director of the Of-
fice of Trade Promotion that contains the stra-
tegic plan submitted to Congress in accordance 
with section 2312(g);’’. 
SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727), as amended by this title, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section and section 
2313, section 6 of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1999, and section 304 of the FREEDOM Support 
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Act such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2008 and each subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain avail-
able until expended.’’. 
SEC. 110. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 
Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(a)) is amended in the heading by 
striking ‘‘TRADE PROMOTION COORDINATING COM-
MITTEE’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICE
OF
TRADE
PRO-
MOTION’’. 
SEC. 111. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The President shall establish the Office of Trade Pro-
motion and the Advisory Board on Trade Promotion pur-
suant to section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1988 (as amended by this title) not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—CONFORMING AMEND-
MENTS TO OTHER LAWS; REF-
ERENCES 
SEC. 201. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1999.—The Ex-
port Enhancement Act of 1999 is amended— 
(1) in section 6 (15 U.S.C. 1547a)— 
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(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TPCC’’ 
and inserting ‘‘THE OFFICE OF TRADE PRO-
MOTION’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Trade Promotion Coordinating 
Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Trade 
Promotion’’; and 
(C) 
in 
paragraph 
(3), 
by 
striking 
‘‘inclding’’ and inserting ‘‘including’’; and 
(2) in the heading of section 7, by striking 
‘‘TPCC REPORTS’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORTS OF 
THE OFFICE OF TRADE PROMOTION’’. 
(b) FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT.—The FREEDOM 
Support Act is amended— 
(1) in section 303(b) (22 U.S.C. 5823(b)), by 
striking ‘‘Chair of the Trade Promotion Coordi-
nating Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the 
Office of Trade Promotion’’; 
(2) in section 304 (22 U.S.C. 5824)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TRADE 
PROMOTION COORDINATING COMMITTEE’’ 
and inserting ‘‘OFFICE
OF
TRADE
PRO-
MOTION’’; and 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Trade Promotion Coordinating 
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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. 202. 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. 
Æ 
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