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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2988 
To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to enhance awareness of 
export promotion activities with respect to clean energy and environ-
mental products and services of the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 
Mr. BERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to enhance 
awareness of export promotion activities with respect to 
clean energy and environmental products and services 
of the United States, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green Export Pro-
motion and Job Creation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 
1988. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of the Export En-
hancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721), relating to ex-
port promotion, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2315. PROMOTION OF EXPORTS OF CLEAN AND EFFI-
CIENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROD-
UCTS AND SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) PUBLIC DIRECTORY FOR FOREIGN BUYERS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Com-
merce, acting through the Under Secretary for 
International Trade, shall, in cooperation with the 
relevant Federal departments and agencies, establish 
a directory accessible through a public Web site for 
foreign buyers to identify United States manufactur-
ers and service providers that are prepared to export 
products and services in the following areas: 
‘‘(A) Clean and efficient energy generation, 
distribution, and use. 
‘‘(B) Remediation of air and water pollu-
tion. 
‘‘(C) Water supply. 
‘‘(D) Sanitation. 
‘‘(E) Solid waste disposal. 
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‘‘(F) Chemical and hazardous waste treat-
ment and containment. 
‘‘(G) Equipment and services for testing, 
monitoring, and analysis with respect to any 
area described in any of subparagraphs (A) 
through (F), or otherwise with respect to envi-
ronmental hazards. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The directory estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) include a mechanism for United 
States businesses to register for inclusion in the 
directory, and for the United States Govern-
ment to ascertain the location in the United 
States and the legitimacy of such businesses; 
‘‘(B) include a summary of the products 
and services provided by each registered United 
States business; 
‘‘(C) provide contact information for each 
United States business in the database; 
‘‘(D) be searchable by industry, business 
name, product, or service, or by a combination 
of keywords; and 
‘‘(E) be updated regularly. 
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
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date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
of Commerce shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a detailed plan for estab-
lishing and maintaining the directory required by 
paragraph (1), including plans for the operation, 
content, maintenance, and functionality of the direc-
tory. The plan submitted under this paragraph shall 
include a detailed implementation schedule for the 
directory, and plans for a public awareness cam-
paign to be conducted by the Secretary to provide 
consumer awareness of the directory. 
‘‘(4) DATE
OF
INITIAL
AVAILABILITY.—Not 
later than 18 months after the date on which the 
Secretary submits the plan required by paragraph 
(3), the Secretary of Commerce shall establish the 
directory required by paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) GOVERNMENT
PROMOTION.—The Sec-
retary of Commerce should promote awareness and 
use of the directory established under this subsection 
in the United States and Foreign Commercial Serv-
ice and in United States missions and posts abroad. 
‘‘(b) GOVERNMENTAL
DATABASE
ON
FOREIGN 
SALES OPPORTUNITIES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Com-
merce shall, in cooperation with the relevant Federal 
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departments and agencies, establish a database ac-
cessible only to United States Government per-
sonnel, that identifies potential sales opportunities 
abroad for United States manufacturers and service 
providers that are prepared to export products and 
services in the areas described in subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The database estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) include a mechanism for United 
States businesses to subscribe to the database; 
‘‘(B) establish a mechanism for United 
States Government personnel to enter informa-
tion regarding foreign business opportunities 
described in paragraph (1) into the database; 
‘‘(C) provide a summary of the products or 
services desired by each foreign buyer; 
‘‘(D) provide information that will allow a 
subscriber to the system to contact the foreign 
buyer or the person who entered the informa-
tion into the database; 
‘‘(E) be searchable by location, industry, 
company name, product, or service, or by a 
combination of keywords; 
‘‘(F) be able to transmit regular updates 
on potential sales opportunities to database 
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subscribers, including the ability for subscribers 
of the system to be able to customize the type 
of information they receive; and 
‘‘(G) be updated regularly. 
‘‘(c) MONITORING
AND EVALUATION
OF UNITED 
STATES EXPORT PROMOTION WITH RESPECT TO CLEAN 
AND EFFICIENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROD-
UCTS AND SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Com-
merce shall develop and implement a rigorous sys-
tem to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of 
United States export promotion activities with re-
spect to clean and efficient energy and environ-
mental products and services. 
‘‘(2) COMPONENTS
OF
SYSTEM.—In order to 
avoid duplication, ensure comprehensive coverage, 
promote high and uniform standards, and facilitate 
comparability of results and the development of a 
strong body of evidence, the system required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) a method of coordinating monitoring 
and evaluation activities among all Federal 
agencies carrying out United States export pro-
motion activities with respect to clean and effi-
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cient energy and environmental products and 
services; 
‘‘(B) a survey of business customers that 
receive export promotion services from the 
United States Government; 
‘‘(C) small- and medium-sized businesses 
that receive export promotion services from the 
United States Government and, of such busi-
nesses, those that export products and services 
for the first time; and 
‘‘(D) a process for consulting with the pri-
vate sector and subject matter experts, as ap-
propriate, on the planning, design, and imple-
mentation of evaluation activities and dissemi-
nation of evaluation findings under this sub-
section. 
‘‘(3) REQUIRED
ACTIONS.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Commerce shall es-
tablish, through the Trade Promotion Coordinating 
Committee, standards for the following actions with 
respect to the export promotion activities with re-
spect to clean and efficient energy and environ-
mental products and services that are engaged in by 
any Federal agency: 
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‘‘(A) Establishing measurable and mean-
ingful performance objectives, including— 
‘‘(i) exports by small- and medium- 
sized businesses; 
‘‘(ii) businesses that become first-time 
exporters; 
‘‘(iii) newly accessed markets; and 
‘‘(iv) number of new registrants to re-
ceive export promotion services. 
‘‘(B) Establishing criteria for the selection 
of programs, projects, and activities to be sub-
ject to various evaluation methodologies, with a 
particular emphasis on impact evaluation. 
‘‘(C) Establishing or designating an orga-
nizational unit at the Department of Commerce 
with adequate staff and resources to oversee 
and provide technical support for appropriate 
evaluation activities. 
‘‘(D) Through the Trade Promotion Co-
ordinating Committee, developing a plan for im-
proving the capacity of the agency to conduct 
rigorous and objective program monitoring and 
evaluation, including by— 
‘‘(i) expanding relevant education and 
training opportunities; 
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‘‘(ii) encouraging the adoption of im-
proved methodologies for data collection 
and analysis; and 
‘‘(iii) ensuring that best practices are 
shared within and between agencies. 
‘‘(E) Establishes a process for applying the 
findings and results of monitoring and evalua-
tion activities, including impact evaluation re-
search, into future program planning, budg-
eting, design, and implementation. 
‘‘(F) Establishes a policy for the publica-
tion of program evaluations. 
‘‘(G) Develops, in consultation with rel-
evant stakeholders, as appropriate, an annual 
evaluation plan that describes how the agency 
will meet the requirements of this section. 
‘‘(4) SUBMISSION OF EVALUATION PLANS.—The 
President shall ensure that the evaluation plans re-
quired by paragraph (3)(G) are submitted to the ap-
propriate congressional committees each year along 
with the annual budget submitted under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, and are pub-
lished on a Government Web site. 
‘‘(d) COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RE-
NEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY.—The Secretary of Com-
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merce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
work with the International Renewable Energy Agency 
(IRENA) to identify countries that have received or are 
in the process of receiving assistance from IRENA that 
improve the deployment and adoption of renewable energy 
in such country in order to promote United States exports 
in clean and efficient energy and environmental products 
and services to that country. 
‘‘(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this section and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
transmit a report to Congress on the implementation of 
this section. Such report shall include— 
‘‘(1) a description of the activities undertaken 
during the preceding year; 
‘‘(2) the results of the monitoring and evalua-
tion programs under subsection (c) during the pre-
ceding year; and 
‘‘(3) the operations of the public directory es-
tablished under subsection (a) and the governmental 
database established under subsection (b) during the 
preceding year. 
‘‘(f) GAO REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF U.S. EX-
PORT PROMOTION.— 
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‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Comptroller General shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees containing— 
‘‘(A) a baseline analysis that compares the 
scope of effectiveness of United States export 
promotion activities with respect to clean and 
efficient energy and environmental products 
and services with those of other major trade 
competitors; and 
‘‘(B) recommendations on how United 
States export promotion activities described in 
subparagraph (A) can be strengthened to coun-
teract foreign government competition. 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT
REPORT.—Not later than 
two years after the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Comptroller General shall submit a re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees 
containing— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of the overall effective-
ness of United States export promotion activi-
ties with respect to clean and efficient energy 
and environmental products and services and a 
comparison to the baseline analysis conducted 
in paragraph (1); 
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‘‘(B) an assessment of the ability of the 
Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee to 
coordinate United States export promotion ac-
tivities described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) an evaluation of the effectiveness of 
the monitoring and evaluation system estab-
lished under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(D) recommendations for improving the 
coordination and implementation of United 
States export promotion activities described in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs in 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘product’ includes technology.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
1988 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 2314 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2315. Promotion of exports of clean and efficient energy and environ-
mental products and services.’’. 
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