103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3813
AN ACT
To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to promote
further United States exports of environmental tech-
nologies, goods, and services.
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 ‘‘Environmental Export
Promotion Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES 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 Committee
at least 1 individual under each of subparagraphs (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
related 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;
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.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives April 19, 1994.
Attest:
Clerk.