US Congress House Bill 2987 (Prior Session Legislation)

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October 25 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

American Export Promotion and Job Creation Act - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to revise the duties of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC). Requires the TPCC to review the proposed annual budget of each federal agency, before it is submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the President, when (as required by current law) assessing the appropriate levels and allocation of resources among such agencies in support of export promotion and export financing. Requires the governmentwide strategic plan for federal trade promotion efforts, in conducting the review of current federal programs designed to promote the sale of U.S. exports and developing a plan to bring such activities into line with specified priorities, to take into account recommendations from a representative number of U.S. exporters, particularly small business and medium-sized businesses, and representatives of U.S. workers. Directs the President to issue an executive order and necessary regulations to provide the TPCC chairperson with the authority to ensure that the TPCC carries out each of its duties and develops and implements the strategic plan. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) conduct at least once every five years a global assessment of overseas markets to determine those with the greatest potential for increasing U.S. exports, and (2) redeploy U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service personnel and other resources on the basis of that assessment. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require each chief of mission to a foreign country to develop an approved plan for effective diplomacy to remove or reduce obstacles to exports of U.S. goods and services.

American Export Promotion and Job Creation Act

Rep Berman, Howard L.

Rep Manzullo, Donald A.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
2011-09-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

HB4041 (Related) 2012-06-04 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SB2171 (Related) 2012-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SB3347 (Related) 2012-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB3479 (Related) 2012-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN02987:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr2987ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr2987ih.pdf