to which such profiles are prepared, and of the
extent to which the operations of the Corpora-
tion complement or are compatible with the de-
velopment assistance programs of the United
States and other donors; and
‘‘(B) a description of any project for which
the Corporation—
‘‘(i) refused pursuant to section
234(e) to provide insurance, reinsurance,
financing, or other financial support on ac-
count of violations of human rights; or
‘‘(ii) notwithstanding such violations,
provided insurance, reinsurance, financing,
or financial support on the basis of a de-
termination that the exception under sec-
tion 116(a) applies, or the national secu-
rity so requires.
‘‘(2) PROJECTIONS OF EFFECTS ON EMPLOY-
MENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each annual report
required by paragraph (1) shall contain projec-
tions of the effects on employment in the
United States of all projects for which, during
the fiscal year covered by the report, the Cor-
poration initially issued any insurance or rein-
surance or provided financing. Each such report
shall include projections of—
‘‘(i) the amount of United States ex-
ports to be generated by those projects,
both during the start-up phase and over a
period of years;
‘‘(ii) the final destination of the prod-
ucts to be produced as a result of those
projects; and
‘‘(iii) the impact such production will
have on the production of similar products
in the United States with regard to both
domestic sales and exports.
‘‘(B) BASIS FOR PROJECTIONS.—The pro-
jections required by this paragraph shall be
based on an analysis of each of the projects de-
scribed in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(C) MANNER OF REPORTING EFFECTS ON
EMPLOYMENT.—In reporting the projections on
employment required by this paragraph, the
Corporation shall specify, with respect to each
project—
‘‘(i) any loss of jobs in the United
States caused by the project, whether or
not the project itself creates other jobs;
‘‘(ii) any jobs created by the project;
and
‘‘(iii) the country in which the project
is located, and the economic sector involved
in the project.
No proprietary information may be disclosed
under this subparagraph.
‘‘(3) PROTECTION
OF
CERTAIN
INFORMA-
TION.—Paragraph (2) does not require the inclusion
in any information which would not be required to
be made available to the public pursuant to section
552 of title 5, United States Code (relating to free-
dom of information).
‘‘(b) MAINTENANCE
OF INFORMATION.—The Cor-
poration shall maintain as part of its records—
‘‘(1) all information collected in preparing the
report required by section 240A(c) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (as in effect before the en-
actment of the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration Amendments Act of 1988), whether the in-
formation was collected by the Corporation itself or
by a contractor; and
‘‘(2) a copy of the analysis of each project ana-
lyzed in preparing the projections required by sub-
section (a)(2) or the report required by section
240A(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as
in effect before the enactment of the Overseas Pri-
vate Investment Corporation Amendments Act of
1988).
‘‘SEC. 240. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this title, the following terms have the
following meanings:
‘‘(1) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the
Board of Directors of the Corporation.
‘‘(2) CORPORATION.—The term ‘Corporation’
means the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE INVESTOR.—(A) The term ‘eligi-
ble investor’ means—
‘‘(i) a United States citizen;
‘‘(ii) a corporation, partnership, or other
association, including a nonprofit association,
which is created under the laws of the United
States, any State, the District of Columbia, or
any commonwealth, territory, or possession of
the United States, and which is substantially
beneficially owned by United States citizens;
and
‘‘(iii) a foreign corporation, partnership, or
other association which is wholly owned by one
or more United States citizens or corporations,
partnerships, or other associations described in
clause (ii), except that the eligibility of any such
foreign corporation shall be determined without
regard to any shares held by other than United
States citizens or corporations, partnerships, or
other associations described in clause (ii) if, in
the aggregate, such shares equal less than 5
percent of the total issued and subscribed share
capital of such foreign corporation.
‘‘(B) For purposes of this title—
‘‘(i) in the case of insurance or a guaran-
tee for any loan investment, a final determina-
tion of whether a person is an eligible investor
may be made at the time the insurance or guar-
antee is issued; and
‘‘(ii) in the case of insurance or a guaran-
tee for any other investment, an investor must
be an eligible investor at the time a claim arises
as well as the time the insurance or guarantee
is issued.
‘‘(4) EXPROPRIATION.—The term ‘expropria-
tion’ includes any abrogation, repudiation, or impair-
ment by a foreign government of its own contract
with an investor with respect to a project, where
such abrogation, repudiation, or impairment is not
caused by the investor’s own fault or misconduct,
and materially adversely affects the continued oper-
ation of the project.
‘‘(5) INVESTMENT.—The term ‘investment’ in-
cludes any contribution or commitment of funds,
commodities, services, patents, processes, or tech-
niques, in the form of—
‘‘(A) a loan or loans to an approved
project;
‘‘(B) the purchase of a share of ownership
in any such project;
‘‘(C) participation in royalties, earnings, or
profits of any such project; or
‘‘(D) the furnishing of commodities or
services pursuant to a lease or other contract.
‘‘(6) 
NONCREDIT
ACTIVITIES.—The 
term
‘noncredit activities’ means all activities of the Cor-
poration other than its direct loan program under
section 233(b)(1) and its guarantee program under
section 233(b)(3).
‘‘(7) PREDECESSOR GUARANTEE AUTHORITY.—
The term ‘predecessor guarantee authority’ means
prior guarantee authorities (other than housing
guarantee authorities) repealed by the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1969, sections 202(b) and 413(b) of
the Mutual Security Act of 1954, and section
111(b)(3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948,
(exclusive of authority relating to informational
media guarantees).’’.
TITLE II—TRADE AND
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
SEC. 201. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
(a) PURPOSE.—Section 661(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421(a)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘inde-
pendent’’ before ‘‘agency’’; and
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘develop-
ment projects’’ and all that follows and inserting
‘‘developing and middle-income countries in ways
consistent with environmentally sound and broad-
based sustainable economic development.’’.
(b) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—Section
661(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2421(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘, including those in
which’’ and all that follows through ‘‘under part
I,’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘environmental assess-
ments,’’ after ‘‘engineering design,’’;
(2) in the first sentence of the matter preceding
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2), by inserting
‘‘environmental assessments’’ after ‘‘to provide sup-
port for’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)(B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Other agencies of the
United States Government’’ and inserting
‘‘Other members of the Trade Promotion Co-
ordinating Committee’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘the Director of’’ before
‘‘the Trade and Development Agency’’.
(c) DIRECTOR AND PERSONNEL.—Section 661(c)(1)
of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2421(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘There shall be’’ and inserting
‘‘(A) There shall be’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B) The Director shall report directly to the
President.’’.
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 661(d) of such Act
(22 U.S.C. 2421(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘President’’
and inserting ‘‘Director of the Trade and Development
Agency’’.
(e) FUNDING.—Section 661(f)(1) of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2421(f)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘There are authorized’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A) There are authorized’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘to the Trade and Development
Agency’’ after ‘‘to be appropriated’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘$55,000,000’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘$65,000,000 for fiscal year
1995, and $90,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.’’; and
‘‘such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 1995 and
1996.’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations under subparagraph
(A) are authorized to remain available until ex-
pended.’’.
TITLE III—EXPORT PROMOTION
PROGRAMS 
WITHIN 
THE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AD-
MINISTRATION
SEC. 301. EXPORT PROMOTION AUTHORIZATION.
Section 202 of the Export Administration Amend-
ments Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 4052) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of Commerce to carry out export promotion pro-
grams—
‘‘(1) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1995; and
‘‘(2) $275,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.’’.
programs such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 1995
and 1996.’’
TITLE 
IV—PROMOTION 
OF
UNITED 
STATES 
ENVIRON-
MENTAL EXPORTS
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Export
Promotion Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 402. PROMOTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPORTS.
(a) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TRADE ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE.—Section 2313 of the Export Enhance-
ment Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (d);
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES TRADE ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
PURPOSE.—The
Secretary, in carrying out the duties of the chair-
person of the TPCC, shall establish the Environ-
mental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Commit-
tee’). The purpose of the Committee shall be to pro-
vide advice and guidance to the Working Group in
the development and administration of programs to
expand United States exports of environmental tech-
nologies, goods, and services.
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Com-
mittee shall be drawn from representatives of—
‘‘(A) environmental businesses, including
small businesses;
‘‘(B) trade associations in the environ-
mental sector;
‘‘(C) private sector organizations involved
in the promotion of environmental exports;
‘‘(D) 
States 
(as 
defined 
in 
section
2301(i)(5)) and associations representing the
States; and
‘‘(E) other appropriate interested members
of the public.
The Secretary shall appoint as members of the Com-
mittee at least 1 individual under each of subpara-
graphs (A) through (E).
‘‘(d) EXPORT PLANS FOR PRIORITY COUNTRIES.—
‘‘(1) PRIORITY
COUNTRY
IDENTIFICATION.—
The Working Group, in consultation with the Com-
mittee, shall annually assess which foreign countries
have markets with the greatest potential for the ex-
port of United States environmental technologies,
goods, and services. Of these countries the Working
Group shall select as priority countries 5 with the
greatest potential for the application of United
States Government export promotion resources relat-
ed to environmental exports.
‘‘(2) EXPORT PLANS.—The Working Group, in
consultation with the Committee, shall annually cre-
ate a plan for each priority country selected under
paragraph (1), setting forth in detail ways to in-
crease United States environmental exports to such
country. Each such plan shall—
‘‘(A) identify the primary public and pri-
vate sector opportunities for United States ex-
porters of environmental technologies, goods,
and services in the priority country;
‘‘(B) analyze the financing and other re-
quirements for major projects in the priority
country which will use environmental tech-
nologies, goods, and services, and analyze
whether such projects are dependent upon fi-
nancial assistance from foreign countries or
multilateral institutions; and
‘‘(C) list specific actions to be taken by the
member agencies of the Working Group to in-
crease United States exports to the priority
country.’’.
(b) ADDITIONAL MECHANISMS TO PROMOTE ENVI-
RONMENTAL EXPORTS.—Section 2313 of the Export En-
hancement Act of 1988 is further amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(f) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES SPECIALISTS
IN
THE UNITED STATES
AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL
SERVICE.—
‘‘(1) ASSIGNMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECH-
NOLOGIES SPECIALISTS.—The Secretary shall assign
a specialist in environmental technologies to the of-
fice of the United States and Foreign Commercial
Service in each of the 5 priority countries selected
under subsection (d)(1), and the Secretary is author-
ized to assign such a specialist to the office of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service in
any country that is a promising market for United
States exports of environmental technologies, goods,
and services. Such specialist may be an employee of
the Department, an employee of any relevant United
States Government department or agency assigned
on a temporary or limited term basis to the Com-
merce Department, or a representative of the private
sector assigned to the Department of Commerce.
‘‘(2) 
DUTIES
OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
TECH-
NOLOGIES
SPECIALISTS.—Each specialist assigned
under paragraph (1) shall provide export promotion
assistance to United States environmental busi-
nesses, including, but not limited to—
‘‘(A) identifying factors in the country to
which the specialist is assigned that affect the
United States share of the domestic market for
environmental technologies, goods, and services,
including market barriers, standards-setting ac-
tivities, and financing issues;
‘‘(B) providing assessments of assistance
by foreign governments that is provided to pro-
ducers of environmental technologies, goods,
and services in such countries in order to en-
hance exports to the country to which the spe-
cialist is assigned, the effectiveness of such as-
sistance on the competitiveness of United
States products, and whether comparable
United States assistance exists;
‘‘(C) training Foreign Commercial Service
Officers in the country to which the specialist
is assigned, other countries in the region, and
United States and Foreign Commercial Service
offices in the United States, in environmental
technologies and the international environ-
mental market;
‘‘(D) providing assistance in identifying
potential customers and market opportunities in
the country to which the specialist is assigned;
‘‘(E) providing assistance in obtaining nec-
essary business services in the country to which
the specialist is assigned;
‘‘(F) providing information on environ-
mental standards and regulations in the coun-
try to which the specialist is assigned; and
‘‘(G) providing information on all United
States Government programs that could assist
the promotion, financing, and sale of United
States environmental technologies, goods, and
services in the country to which the specialist is
assigned.
‘‘(g) ENVIRONMENTAL
TRAINING
IN
ONE-STOP
SHOPS.—In addition to the training provided under sub-
section (f)(2)(C), the Secretary shall establish a mecha-
nism to train—
‘‘(1) Commercial Service Officers assigned to
the 
one-stop 
shops 
provided 
for 
in 
section
2301(b)(8), and
‘‘(2) Commercial Service Officers assigned to
district offices in districts having large numbers of
environmental businesses,
in environmental technologies and in the international en-
vironmental marketplace, and ensure that such officers re-
ceive appropriate training under such mechanism. Such
training may be provided by officers or employees of the
Department of Commerce, and other United States Gov-
ernment departments and agencies, with appropriate ex-
pertise in environmental technologies and the international
environmental workplace, and by appropriate representa-
tives of the private sector.
‘‘(h) INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
INITIATIVES.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
INITIATIVES.—The
TPCC shall establish one or more international re-
gional environmental initiatives the purpose of which
shall be to coordinate the activities of Federal de-
partments and agencies in order to build environ-
mental partnerships between the United States and
the geographic region outside the United States for
which such initiative is established. Such partner-
ships shall enhance environmental protection and
promote sustainable development by using in the re-
gion technical expertise and financial resources of
United States departments and agencies that pro-
vide foreign assistance and by expanding United
States exports of environmental technologies, goods,
and services to that region.
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out each inter-
national regional environmental initiative, the TPCC
shall—
‘‘(A) support, through the provision of for-
eign assistance, the development of sound envi-
ronmental policies and practices in countries in
the geographic region for which the initiative is
established, including the development of envi-
ronmentally sound regulatory regimes and en-
forcement mechanisms;
‘‘(B) identify and disseminate to United
States environmental businesses information re-
garding specific environmental business oppor-
tunities in that geographic region;
‘‘(C) coordinate existing Federal efforts to
promote environmental exports to that geo-
graphic region, and ensure that such efforts are
fully coordinated with environmental export
promotion efforts undertaken by the States and
the private sector;
‘‘(D) increase assistance provided by the
Federal Government to promote exports from
the United States of environmental tech-
nologies, goods, and services to that geographic
region, such as trade missions, reverse trade
missions, trade fairs, and programs in the
United States to train foreign nationals in
United States environmental technologies; and
‘‘(E) 
increase 
high-level 
advocacy 
by
United States Government officials (including
the United States ambassadors to the countries
in that geographic region) for United States en-
vironmental businesses seeking market opportu-
nities in that geographic region.
‘‘(i) ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT AD-
VOCACY CALENDAR AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
PROGRAM.—The Working Group shall maintain a cal-
endar, updated at the end of each calendar quarter, of
significant opportunities for United States environmental
businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion events,
which shall be made available to the public. Such calendar
shall—
‘‘(1) identify the 50 to 100 environmental infra-
structure and procurement projects in foreign mar-
kets that have the greatest potential in the calendar
quarter for United States exports of environmental
technologies, goods, and services; and
‘‘(2) include trade promotion events, such as
trade missions and trade fairs, in the environmental
sector.
The Working Group shall also provide, through the Na-
tional Trade Data Bank and other information dissemina-
tion channels, information on opportunities for environ-
mental businesses in foreign markets and information on
Federal export promotion programs.
‘‘(j) REGIONAL CENTERS.—The Secretary, through
the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director Gen-
eral of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service,
is authorized to provide matching funds for the establish-
ment in the United States of regional environmental busi-
ness and technology cooperation centers that will draw
upon the expertise of the private sector and institutions
of higher education and existing Federal programs to pro-
vide export promotion assistance related to environmental
technologies, goods, and services.
‘‘(k) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘environmental business’ means a business that pro-
duces environmental technologies, goods, or services.’’.
TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL PRO-
TECTION OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out part I of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 and other relevant foreign as-
sistance laws, the President, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, shall establish a program of training and other
technical assistance to assist foreign countries in—
(1) developing and strengthening laws and reg-
ulations to protect intellectual property; and
(2) developing the infrastructure necessary to
implement and enforce such laws and regulations.
(b) PARTICIPATION OF OTHER AGENCIES.—The Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International
Development—
(1) shall utilize the expertise of the Patent and
Trademark Office and other agencies of the United
States Government in designing and implementing
the program of assistance provided for in this sec-
tion;
(2) shall coordinate assistance under this sec-
tion with efforts of other agencies of the United
States Government to increase international protec-
tion of intellectual property, including implementa-
tion of international agreements containing high lev-
els of protection of intellectual property; and
(3) shall consult with the heads of such other
agencies in determining which foreign countries will
receive assistance under this section.
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