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22 U.S.C. § 280c — Commercial Service Officers and multilateral development bank procurement
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**(a) Appointment of Commercial Service Officers to serve with Executive Directors** The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall appoint a procurement officer, who is a representative of the International Trade Administration or a Commercial Service Officer of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, to serve, on a full-time or part-time basis, with each of the Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks in which the United States participates.
**(b) Functions of officers** Each procurement officer appointed under subsection (a) shall assist the United States Executive Director with respect to whom such officer is appointed in promoting opportunities for exports of goods and services from the United States by doing the following:
(1) Acting as the liaison between the business community and the multilateral development bank involved, whether or not the bank has offices in the United States. The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that the procurement officer has access to, and disseminates to United States businesses, information relating to projects which are being proposed by the multilateral development bank, and bid specifications and deadlines for projects about to be developed by the bank. The procurement officer shall make special efforts to disseminate such information to small and medium-sized businesses interested in participating in such projects. The procurement officer shall explore opportunities for disseminating such information through private sector, nonprofit organizations.
(2) Taking actions to assure that United States businesses are fully informed of bidding opportunities for projects for which loans have been made by the multilateral development bank involved.
(3) Taking actions to a
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**(a) Appointment of Commercial Service Officers to serve with Executive Directors** The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall appoint a procurement officer, who is a representative of the International Trade Administration or a Commercial Service Officer of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, to serve, on a full-time or part-time basis, with each of the Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks in which the United States participates.
**(b) Functions of officers** Each procurement officer appointed under subsection (a) shall assist the United States Executive Director with respect to whom such officer is appointed in promoting opportunities for exports of goods and services from the United States by doing the following:
(1) Acting as the liaison between the business community and the multilateral development bank involved, whether or not the bank has offices in the United States. The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that the procurement officer has access to, and disseminates to United States businesses, information relating to projects which are being proposed by the multilateral development bank, and bid specifications and deadlines for projects about to be developed by the bank. The procurement officer shall make special efforts to disseminate such information to small and medium-sized businesses interested in participating in such projects. The procurement officer shall explore opportunities for disseminating such information through private sector, nonprofit organizations.
(2) Taking actions to assure that United States businesses are fully informed of bidding opportunities for projects for which loans have been made by the multilateral development bank involved.
(3) Taking actions to assure that United States businesses can focus on projects in which they have a particular interest or competitive advantage, and to permit them to compete and have an equal opportunity in submitting timely and conforming bidding documents.
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For the purposes of any civil action which may be brought within the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, by or against the Bank in accordance with the agreement, the Bank shall be deemed to be an inhabitant of the Federal judicial district in which its principal office within the United States or its agent appointed for the purpose of accepting service or notice of service is located, and any such action to which the Bank shall be a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United States, and the district courts of the United States, including the courts enumerated in [section 460 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section460&num=0&edition=prelim), shall have original jurisdiction of any such action. When the Bank is defendant in any action in a State court, it may at any time before the trial thereof remove the action into the appropriate district court of the United States by following the procedure for removal provided in [section 1446 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1446&num=0&edition=prelim).
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, Pub. L. 100–418, title II, § 2302, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1341, which related to Commercial Service Officers and multilateral development bank procurement, was renumbered § 1803 of title XVIII of Pub. L. 95–118, by Pub. L. 101–240, title V, § 541(b)(2), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2517, and was transferred to [section 262s–2 of Title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section262s–2&num=0&edition=prelim), Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 280c
cordance with article XIV of the agreement es-
tablishing the South Pacific Commission, as
amended, except that in no event shall that pay-
ment for any fiscal year of the Commission ex-
ceed 20 per centum of all expenses apportioned
among participating governments of the Com-
mission for that year.
(b) Such additional sums as may be needed for
the payment of all necessary expenses incident
to participation by the United States in the ac-
tivities of the Commission, including salaries of
the United States Commissioners, their alter-
nates, and appropriate staff, without regard to
the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and sub-
chapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; personal serv-
ices in the District of Columbia; services as au-
thorized by section 3109 of title 5; under such
rules and regulations as the Secretary of State
may prescribe, allowances for living quarters,
including heat, fuel, and light and cost-of-living
allowances to persons temporarily stationed
abroad; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
other local transportation; printing and binding
without regard to section 501 of title 44 and sec-
tion 6101 of title 41; and such other expenses as
the Secretary of State finds necessary to par-
ticipation by the United States in the activities
of the Commission: Provided, That the provi-
sions of section 287r of this title, and regulations
thereunder, applicable to expenses incurred pur-
suant to subchapter XVII of this chapter shall
be applicable to any expenses incurred pursuant
to this paragraph.
(Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, § 3, 62 Stat. 15; Oct. 28, 1949,
ch. 782, title II, § 202(2), title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat.
954, 972; Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, § 1(c), 64 Stat. 902;
Pub. L. 86–472,
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