SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expositions Provide 
Opportunities Act of 2019’’ or ‘‘EXPO Act of 2019’’. 
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 
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)). 
(d) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date on which a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 
Dubai is opened, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report that in-
cludes— 
(1) the number of United States businesses 
that participated in such pavilion; and 
(2) the dollar amount and source of any match-
ing funds obtained by the Department. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) The Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(f) SUNSET.—This section ceases to be effective on 
September 30, 2021. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 29, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4842 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of State to provide 
funds for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 
Dubai, and for other purposes.