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15 U.S.C. § 4723 — Market Development Cooperator Program
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**(a) Authority of Secretary of Commerce** In order to promote further the exportation of goods and services from the United States, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to establish, in the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce, a Market Development Cooperator Program. The purpose of the program is to develop, maintain, and expand foreign markets for nonagricultural goods and services produced in the United States.
**(b) Implementation of Program** The Secretary of Commerce shall carry out the Market Development Cooperator Program by entering into contracts with—
(1) nonprofit industry organizations,
(2) trade associations,
(3) State departments of trade and their regional associations, including centers for international trade development, and
(4) private industry firms or groups of firms in cases where no entity described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) represents that industry,(in this section referred to as “cooperators”) to engage in activities in order to carry out the purpose of the Market Development Cooperator Program set forth in subsection (a). The costs of activities under such a contract shall be shared equitably among the Department of Commerce, the cooperator involved, and, whenever appropriate, foreign businesses. The Department of Commerce shall undertake to support direct costs of activities under such a contract, and the cooperator shall undertake to support indirect costs of such activities. Activities under such a contract shall be carried out by the cooperator with the approval and assistance of the Secretary.
**(c) Cooperator partnership program**
(1) **In general**
(A) As part of the Market Development Cooperator Program established under subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a partnershi
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**(a) Authority of Secretary of Commerce** In order to promote further the exportation of goods and services from the United States, the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to establish, in the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce, a Market Development Cooperator Program. The purpose of the program is to develop, maintain, and expand foreign markets for nonagricultural goods and services produced in the United States.
**(b) Implementation of Program** The Secretary of Commerce shall carry out the Market Development Cooperator Program by entering into contracts with—
(1) nonprofit industry organizations,
(2) trade associations,
(3) State departments of trade and their regional associations, including centers for international trade development, and
(4) private industry firms or groups of firms in cases where no entity described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) represents that industry,(in this section referred to as “cooperators”) to engage in activities in order to carry out the purpose of the Market Development Cooperator Program set forth in subsection (a). The costs of activities under such a contract shall be shared equitably among the Department of Commerce, the cooperator involved, and, whenever appropriate, foreign businesses. The Department of Commerce shall undertake to support direct costs of activities under such a contract, and the cooperator shall undertake to support indirect costs of such activities. Activities under such a contract shall be carried out by the cooperator with the approval and assistance of the Secretary.
**(c) Cooperator partnership program**
(1) **In general**
(A) As part of the Market Development Cooperator Program established under subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a partnership program with cooperators under which a cooperator may detail individuals, subject to the approval of the Secretary, to the United States and Foreign Commercial Service for a period of not less than 1 year or more than 2 years to supplement the Commercial Service.
(B) Any individual detailed to the United States and Foreign Commercial Service under this subsection shall be responsible for such duties as the Secretary may prescribe in order to carry out the purpose of the Market Development Cooperator Program set forth in subsection (a).
(C) Individuals detailed to the United States and Foreign Commercial Service under this subsection shall not be considered to be employees of the United States for the purposes of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Management, except that the Secretary of State may determine the applicability to such individuals of [section 2669(f) of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2669/f&num=0&edition=prelim) and of any other law administered by the Secretary of State concerning the detail of such individuals abroad.
(2) **Qualifications of participants** — In order to qualify for the program established under this subsection, individuals shall have demonstrated expertise in the international business arena in at least 2 of the following areas: marketing, market research, and computer data bases.
(3) **Expenses of the program**
(A) The cooperator who details an individual to the United States and Foreign Commercial Service under this subsection shall be responsible for that individual’s salary and related expenses, including health care, life insurance, and other noncash benefits, if any, normally paid by such cooperator.
(B) The Secretary of Commerce shall pay transportation and housing costs for each individual participating in the program established under this subsection.
**(d) Budget Act** Contracts may be entered into under this section in a fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts.
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**(a) General rule** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money appropriated to the Department of Commerce for expenses to carry out any export promotion program may be obligated or expended only if—
(1) the appropriation thereof has been previously authorized by law enacted on or after July 12, 1985; or
(2) the amount of all such obligations and expenditures does not exceed an amount previously prescribed by law enacted on or after such date.
**(b) Exception for later legislation authorizing obligations or expenditures** To the extent that legislation enacted after the making of an appropriation to carry out any export promotion program authorizes the obligation or expenditure thereof, the limitation contained in subsection (a) shall have no effect.
**(c) Provisions must be specifically superseded** The provisions of this section shall not be superseded except by a provision of law enacted after July 12, 1985, which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions of this section.
**(d) “Export promotion program” defined** For purposes of this subchapter, the term “export promotion program” means any activity of the Department of Commerce designed to stimulate or assist United States businesses in marketing their goods and services abroad competitively with businesses from other countries, including, but not limited to—
(1) trade development (except for the trade adjustment assistance program) and dissemination of foreign marketing opportunities and other marketing information to United States producers of goods and services, including the expansion of foreign markets for United States textiles and apparel and any other United States products;
(2) the development of regional and multilateral economic policies which enhance United States trade
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There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce to carry out export promotion programs such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Commerce, in his or her role as chairperson of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, is authorized and encouraged to establish United States Commercial Centers (hereinafter in this section referred to as “Centers”) in Asia, in Latin America, and in Africa.
**(b) Purpose of Centers** The purpose of the Centers shall be to provide additional resources for the promotion of exports of United States goods and services to the host countries, by familiarizing United States exporters with the industries, markets, and customs of the host countries, thus facilitating commercial ties and trade.
**(c) Functions of Centers** Each Center shall—
(1) collect and publish economic and market data with respect to the host country;
(2) provide, on a user-fee basis, preliminary technical and clerical assistance, language translation, and administrative assistance, and information regarding the legal systems, laws, regulations, and procedures of the host country, to United States exporters seeking to do business in the host country; and
(3) in other ways promote exports of United States goods and services to the host country.
**(d) Specific services to be provided** To carry out its objectives, each Center shall make available the following (on a user-fee basis):
(1) **Business facilities** — Business facilities, including exhibition space, conference rooms, office space (including telephones and other basic office equipment), and, where warranted by impeding deficiencies in the public system, high quality international telecommunications facilities.
(2) **Business services** — Business support services, including language translation services, clerical services, and a commercial library containing a comprehensive collection of reference m
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**(a) Allocation of A.I.D. funds** The President is encouraged to use a portion of the funds made available for the independent states of the former Soviet Union under chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [[22 U.S.C. 2295](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2295&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]—
(1) to fund the export promotion, finance, and related activities carried out pursuant to subsection (b)(1), including activities relating to the export of intermediary goods; and
(2) to fund capital projects, including projects for telecommunications, environmental cleanup, power production, and energy related projects.
**(b) Export promotion, finance, and related activities** The Secretary of Commerce, as Chair of the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee, should, in conjunction with other members of that committee, design and implement programs to provide adequate commercial and technical assistance to United States businesses seeking markets in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, including the following:
(1) Increasing the United States and Foreign Commercial Service presence in the independent states, in particular in the Russian Far Eastern cities of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk.
(2) Preparing profiles of export opportunities for United States businesses in the independent states and providing other technical assistance.
(3) Utilizing the Market Development Cooperator Program under [section 4723 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section4723&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) Developing programs specifically for the purpose of assisting small- and medium-sized businesses in entering commercial markets of the independent states. In carrying out this parag
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
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1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘United States and For-
eign Commercial Service,’’.
(2) Matters to be included
The plan required under paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) A description of the role of State trade
promotion agencies in assisting exporters.
(B) An outline of the role of State trade
promotion agencies and how it is different
from Federal agencies located within or pro-
viding services within the State.
(C) A plan on how to utilize State trade
promotion agencies in the Federal trade pro-
motion program.
(D) An explanation of how Federal and
State agencies will share information and
resources.
(E) A description of how Federal and State
agencies will coordinate education and trade
events in the United States and abroad.
(F) A description of the efforts to increase
efficiency and reduce duplication.
(G) A clear identification of where busi-
nesses can receive appropriate international
trade information under the plan.
(3) Deadline
The plan required under paragraph (1) shall
be finalized and submitted to Congress not
later than 12 months after February 24, 2016.
(c) Annual Federal-State export strategy
(1) In general
The Secretary of Commerce, acting through
the head of the United States Foreign and
Commercial Service,1 shall develop an annual
Federal-State export strategy for each State
that submits to the Secretary of Commerce its
export strategy for the upcoming calendar
year. In developing an annual Federal-State
export strategy under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall take into account
the Federal and State export promotion co-
ordination plan developed under subsection
(b).
(2) Matters to be included
The Federal-State export strategy required
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