US Congress Senate Bill 3084 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-09-13 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 560.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Export Promotion Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to increase the number of full-time departmental employees whose primary responsibilities involve promoting or facilitating participation by U.S. businesses in the global marketplace and facilitating the entry into, or expansion of, such participation. Requires the Secretary to ensure that global marketplace promotional activities include promoting and facilitating participation by small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 4) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary to promote or facilitate participation by U.S. businesses in the global marketplace and facilitate the entry into, or expansion of, such participation. Requires the Secretary to give preferences to activities that: (1) assist small and medium-sized businesses in the United States; and (2) will create or sustain the greatest number of jobs in the United States and obtain the maximum return on investment. (Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations to expand ExporTech, a joint program of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program. (Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations for the Manufacturing and Services unit of the International Trade Administration (ITA) of the Department of Commerce for the ITA's Market Development Cooperator Program. Requires, in the use of such funds, the same preference to be given to activities described in section 4, above. (Sec. 7) Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in making awards for the creation and support of regional centers for the transfer of manufacturing technology, to consider whether an applicant has significant potential for enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized U.S. manufacturers in the global marketplace, and to give a preference to applicants for such projects. Authorizes the Director, in making awards under the technology innovation program, to make the same consideration. (Sec. 8) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should enhance federal collaboration with the states on export promotion issues. (Sec. 9) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the tariff and nontariff barriers imposed by Colombia, the Republic of Korea, and Panama with respect to exports of U.S. firms, including small and medium-sized manufacturing firms.

Export Promotion Act of 2010

Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. George LeMieux [R-FL]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]
Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-09-13		Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 560.
2010-09-13		Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 111-289.
2010-06-09		Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2010-03-15		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1496-1497)
2010-03-05		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3084/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3084/BILLS-111s3084is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3084/BILLS-111s3084rs.pdf