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H.R. 6106 · 114th Congress

Export Promotion Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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This bill establishes the Export Promotion Agency in the Department of Commerce, to be headed by an Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Promotion.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 21, 2016

Export Promotion Act

This bill establishes the Export Promotion Agency in the Department of Commerce, to be headed by an Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Promotion.

There are transferred to the Agency the functions of each of the following:

  • the International Trade Administration,
  • the Office of International Trade of the Small Business Administration,
  • the Trade and Development Agency,
  • the Export Credit Guarantee Program and the Facilities Guarantee Program of the Department of Agriculture, and
  • the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the Department of State.

The Under Secretary shall develop:

  • an organizational structure for the Agency that consolidates programs and eliminates duplicative programs; and
  • metrics to measure performance with respect to the total U.S. exports and number of U.S. businesses exporting (including exports assisted by the Agency), as well as number of businesses present in key foreign markets.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Export Promotion Act

Latest action (Sep 21, 2016): Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 21, 2016

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.