are to be exported, the identifying characteristics of
such goods, and the amount of goods to be exported.
The Secretary shall provide such lists to the Com-
missioner of Customs.
‘‘SEC. 1104. OTHER ACTIVITIES TO FACILITATE THE ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF JOINT VENTURES.
‘‘(a) DATABASE CONTRACTOR.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to facilitate the
establishment of joint ventures that would be eligible
to receive a loan under section 1103(a), the Sec-
retary shall enter into a contract with an eligible pri-
vate business entity (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘contractor’) for the development
and maintanence by the contractor of the database
described in subsection (b).
‘‘(2) SELECTION OF CONTRACTOR.—The Sec-
retary shall use competitive procedures in selecting
the contractor and shall award the contract required
by paragraph (1) within 60 days after the date of
enactment of this section.
‘‘(3) LIMITATION
ON
CONTRACT
AMOUNT;
BUDGET ACT REQUIREMENTS.—(A) Subject to sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary shall deter-
mine the amount of the contract awarded pursuant
to this subsection.
‘‘(B) The contract awarded pursuant to this
subsection may not require the United States Gov-
ernment to make payments to the contractor that in
the aggregate exceed $3,000,000 for any fiscal year.
‘‘(C) The United States Government shall be
obligated to make outlays under the contract re-
quired by this subsection only to the extent that the
budget authority for such outlays is provided in ad-
vance by appropriation Acts.
‘‘(b) DATABASE.—The database provided for in sub-
section (a) shall list—
‘‘(1) United States small businesses that are in-
terested in participating in a joint venture that
would be eligible to receive a loan under section
1103(a); and
‘‘(2) Independent States small businesses or en-
trepreneurs that have submitted a proposal for the
establishment of a joint venture that would be eligi-
ble to receive a loan under section 1103(a).
The database shall include information regarding the
types of business activity in which each such business is
involved.
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROPOSALS
FOR JOINT VENTURES.—
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION
TO
THE
SECRETARY.—The
Secretary shall accept proposals for joint ventures
submitted by Independent States small businesses or
entrepreneurs and shall forward them to the con-
tractor.
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION
BY
THE
CONTRACTOR.—
The contractor shall provide information about each
such proposal to United States small businesses list-
ed in the database established pursuant to sub-
section (a) that would be qualified to participate in
the proposed joint venture.
‘‘(d) REVIEW OF PROPOSED JOINT VENTURES BY
THE CONTRACTOR.—Each application for a loan under
section 1103(a) shall be submitted to the contractor. The
contractor—
‘‘(1) shall determine whether the Independent
States small business or entrepreneur that would be
participating in the proposed joint venture has the
resources it claims it will contribute to the joint ven-
ture; and
‘‘(2) shall make a recommendation to the Sec-
retary with respect to whether a loan should be
made for the proposed joint venture based on the
criteria set forth in section 1103(b).
‘‘(e) PUBLICIZING PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) UNITED
STATES
SMALL
BUSINESSES.—
The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to make
United States small businesses aware of the
database established pursuant to subsection (a) and
the loan program established pursuant to section
1103. Such steps shall include publication of infor-
mation about the database and the program in the
Federal Register.
‘‘(2) INDEPENDENT STATES SMALL BUSINESSES
OR ENTREPRENEURS.—The Secretary shall also take
appropriate steps to make Independent States small
businesses or entrepreneurs aware of the database
and the loan program.
‘‘SEC. 1105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) LOAN PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be
appropriated $100,000,000 to carry out section 1103, in-
cluding for the cost (as defined in section 502 of the Fed-
eral Credit Reform Act of 1990) of loans.
‘‘(b) DATABASE COSTS.—There are authorized to be
appropriated $3,000,000 for each fiscal year for payments
pursuant to the contract provided for in section 1104(a).
‘‘SEC. 1106. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘(a) ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED COMMUNITY.—For
purposes of this title, the term ‘economically depressed
community’ means a rural or urban community which, rel-
ative to other communities in the United States, is de-
pressed in terms of age of housing, the extent of poverty,
the growth rate of per capita income, the extent of unem-
ployment, job lag, or the extent of surplus labor.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PRIVATE BUSINESS ENTITY.—For
purposes of this title, the term ‘eligible private business
entity’ means a United States small business that—
‘‘(1) has experience in business activity in at
least one independent state of the former Soviet
Union; and
‘‘(2) has its main business office within the
metropolitian Washington, D.C., area.
‘‘(c) INDEPENDENT STATES SMALL BUSINESS OR
ENTREPRENEUR.—For purposes of this title, the term
‘Independent States small business or entrepreneur’
means—
‘‘(1) a small business that is organized under
the laws of an independent state of the former So-
viet Union and that is more than 50 percent owned
by citizens of the independent states (as determined
under regulations of the Secretary); or
‘‘(2) an entrepreneur who is a citizen of an
independent state and is a resident of an independ-
ent state.
‘‘(d) SECRETARY.—For purposes of this title, the
term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of State.
‘‘(e) SMALL BUSINESS.—For purposes of this title,
the term ‘small business’—
‘‘(1) in the case of United States small busi-
nesses, means an organization that is a small busi-
ness concern for purposes of the Small Business Act;
and
‘‘(2) in the case of Independent States small
businesses, means an organization that is deter-
mined to be a small business by the Secretary using
criteria comparable to those used for identifying
small business concerns for purposes of the Small
Business Act.
‘‘(f) UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS.—For pur-
poses of this title, the term ‘United States small business’
means a small business—
‘‘(1) that is organized under the laws of the
United States (including any State, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or any
other territory or possession of the United States);
and
‘‘(2) that is more than 50 percent owned by
United States citizens (as determined under regula-
tions of the Secretary).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 2 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerg-
ing Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act
of 1992 is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘TITLE XI—SMALL BUSINESS JOINT VENTURE LOAN PROGRAM
‘‘Sec. 1101. Purpose.
‘‘Sec. 1102. Establishment of small business joint venture program.
‘‘Sec. 1103. Loans to joint ventures.
‘‘Sec. 1104. Other activities to facilitate the establishment of joint ventures.
‘‘Sec. 1105. Authorization of appropriations.
‘‘Sec. 1106. Definitions.’’.
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