HR 4041 · 112th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

Export Promotion Reform Act

Introduced 2012-02-15· Sponsored by Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.(2012-06-04)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Export Promotion Reform 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) condu…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 4041, Export Promotion Reform Act

Mar 20, 2012

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 7, 2012

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Republican