text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of 
  1994''.
  
              TITLE I--OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
  
  SEC. 101. RAISING CEILING ON INSURANCE.
  
      Section 235(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
  2195(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``$9,000,000,000'' and inserting 
  ``$13,500,000,000''.
  
  SEC. 102. RAISING CEILING ON FINANCING.
  
      Section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
  2195(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
          ``(2) Financing.--(A) The maximum contingent liability 
      outstanding at any one time pursuant to financing issued under 
      subsections (b) and (c) of section 234 shall not exceed in the 
      aggregate $9,500,000,000.
          ``(B) Subject to spending authority provided in appropriations 
      Acts pursuant to section 504(b) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
      1990, the Corporation is authorized to transfer such sums as are 
      necessary from its noncredit activities to pay for the subsidy cost 
      of the investment guaranties and direct loan programs under 
      subsections (b) and (c) of section 234.''.
  
  SEC. 103. EXTENDING ISSUING AUTHORITY.
  
      Section 235(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
  2195(a)(3)) is amended by striking ``1994'' and inserting ``1996''.
  
  SEC. 104. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.
  
      Section 235 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195) 
  is amended by striking subsection (g).
  
  SEC. 105. EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES.
  
      Paragraph (2) of the second undesignated paragraph of section 231 
  of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191) is amended by 
  inserting after ``Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702)'' the following: ``, 
  Ireland, and Northern Ireland''.
  
                   TITLE II--TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
  
  SEC. 201. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
  
      Section 661(f)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
  2421(f)(1)) is amended--
          (1) by striking ``There are authorized'' and inserting ``(A) 
      There are authorized'';
          (2) by striking ``$55,000,000'' and all that follows and 
      inserting ``$77,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as are 
      necessary for fiscal year 1996.''; and
          (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
          ``(B) Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
      appropriations under subparagraph (A) are authorized to remain 
      available until expended.''.
  
    TITLE III--EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
                               ADMINISTRATION
  
  SEC. 301. EXPORT PROMOTION AUTHORIZATION.
  
      Section 202 of the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 (15 
  U.S.C. 4052) is amended to read as follows:
  
  ``SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
  Commerce to carry out export promotion programs such sums as are 
  necessary for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.''.
  
         TITLE IV--PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL EXPORTS
  
  SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This title may be cited as the ``Environmental Export Promotion Act 
  of 1994''.
  
  SEC. 402. PROMOTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPORTS.
  
      (a) Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.--Section 
  2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4728) is 
  amended--
          (1) by striking subsection (d);
          (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and
          (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
      ``(c) Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.--
          ``(1) Establishment and purpose.--The Secretary, in carrying 
      out the duties of the chairperson of the TPCC, shall establish the 
      Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (hereafter in 
      this section referred to as the `Committee'). The purpose of the 
      Committee shall be to provide advice and guidance to the Working 
      Group in the development and administration of programs to expand 
      United States exports of environmental technologies, goods, and 
      services and products that comply with United States environmental, 
      safety, and related requirements.
          ``(2) Membership.--The members of the Committee shall be drawn 
      from representatives of--
              ``(A) environmental businesses, including small businesses;
              ``(B) trade associations in the environmental sector;
              ``(C) private sector organizations involved in the 
          promotion of environmental exports, including products that 
          comply with United States environmental, safety, and related 
          requirements;
              ``(D) States (as defined in section 2301(i)(5)) and 
          associations representing the States; and
              ``(E) other appropriate interested members of the public, 
          including labor representatives.
      The Secretary shall appoint as members of the Committee at least 1 
      individual under each of subparagraphs (A) through (E).
      ``(d) Export Plans for Priority Countries.--
          ``(1) Priority country identification.--The Working Group, in 
      consultation with the Committee, shall annually assess which 
      foreign countries have markets with the greatest potential for the 
      export of United States environmental technologies, goods, and 
      services. Of these countries the Working Group shall select as 
      priority countries 5 with the greatest potential for the 
      application of United States Government export promotion resources 
      related to environmental exports.
          ``(2) Export plans.--The Working Group, in consultation with 
      the Committee, shall annually create a plan for each priority 
      country selected under paragraph (1), setting forth in detail ways 
      to increase United States environmental exports to such country. 
      Each such plan shall--
              ``(A) identify the primary public and private sector 
          opportunities for United States exporters of environmental 
          technologies, goods, and services in the priority country;
              ``(B) analyze the financing and other requirements for 
          major projects in the priority country which will use 
          environmental technologies, goods, and services, and analyze 
          whether such projects are dependent upon financial assistance 
          from foreign countries or multilateral institutions; and
              ``(C) list specific actions to be taken by the member 
          agencies of the Working Group to increase United States exports 
          to the priority country.''.
      (b) Additional Mechanisms To Promote Environmental Exports.--
  Section 2313 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 is further amended 
  by adding at the end the following:
      ``(f) Environmental Technologies Specialists in the United States 
  and Foreign Commercial Service.--
          ``(1) Assignment of environmental technologies specialists.--
      The Secretary shall assign a specialist in environmental 
      technologies to the office of the United States and Foreign 
      Commercial Service in each of the 5 priority countries selected 
      under subsection (d)(1), and the Secretary is authorized to assign 
      such a specialist to the office of the United States and Foreign 
      Commercial Service in any country that is a promising market for 
      United States exports of environmental technologies, goods, and 
      services. Such specialist may be an employee of the Department, an 
      employee of any relevant United States Government department or 
      agency assigned on a temporary or limited term basis to the 
      Commerce Department, or a representative of the private sector 
      assigned to the Department of Commerce.
          ``(2) Duties of environmental technologies specialists.--Each 
      specialist assigned under paragraph (1) shall provide export 
      promotion assistance to United States environmental businesses, 
      including, but not limited to--
              ``(A) identifying factors in the country to which the 
          specialist is assigned that affect the United States share of 
          the domestic market for environmental technologies, goods, and 
          services, including market barriers, standards-setting 
          activities, and financing issues;
              ``(B) providing assessments of assistance by foreign 
          governments that is provided to producers of environmental 
          technologies, goods, and services in such countries in order to 
          enhance exports to the country to which the specialist is 
          assigned, the effectiveness of such assistance on the 
          competitiveness of United States products, and whether 
          comparable United States assistance exists;
              ``(C) training Foreign Commercial Service Officers in the 
          country to which the specialist is assigned, other countries in 
          the region, and United States and Foreign Commercial Service 
          offices in the United States, in environmental technologies and 
          the international environmental market;
              ``(D) providing assistance in identifying potential 
          customers and market opportunities in the country to which the 
          specialist is assigned;
              ``(E) providing assistance in obtaining necessary business 
          services in the country to which the specialist is assigned;
              ``(F) providing information on environmental standards and 
          regulations in the country to which the specialist is assigned;
              ``(G) providing information on all United States Government 
          programs that could assist the promotion, financing, and sale 
          of United States environmental technologies, goods, and 
          services in the country to which the specialist is assigned; 
          and
              ``(H) promoting the equal treatment of United States 
          environmental, safety, and related requirements, with those of 
          other exporting countries, in order to promote exports of 
          United States-made products.
      ``(g) Environmental Training in One-Stop Shops.--In addition to the 
  training provided under subsection (f)(2)(C), the Secretary shall 
  establish a mechanism to train--
          ``(1) Commercial Service Officers assigned to the one-stop 
      shops provided for in section 2301(b)(8), and
          ``(2) Commercial Service Officers assigned to district offices 
      in districts having large numbers of environmental businesses,
  in environmental technologies and in the international environmental 
  marketplace, and ensure that such officers receive appropriate training 
  under such mechanism. Such training may be provided by officers or 
  employees of the Department of Commerce, and other United States 
  Government departments and agencies, with appropriate expertise in 
  environmental technologies and the international environmental 
  workplace, and by appropriate representatives of the private sector.
      ``(h) International Regional Environmental Initiatives.--
          ``(1) Establishment of initiatives.--The TPCC may establish one 
      or more international regional environmental initiatives the 
      purpose of which shall be to coordinate the activities of Federal 
      departments and agencies in order to build environmental 
      partnerships between the United States and the geographic region 
      outside the United States for which such initiative is established. 
      Such partnerships shall enhance environmental protection and 
      promote sustainable development by using in the region technical 
      expertise and financial resources of United States departments and 
      agencies that provide foreign assistance and by expanding United 
      States exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services 
      to that region.
          ``(2) Activities.--In carrying out each international regional 
      environmental initiative, the TPCC shall--
              ``(A) support, through the provision of foreign assistance, 
          the development of sound environmental policies and practices 
          in countries in the geographic region for which the initiative 
          is established, including the development of environmentally 
          sound regulatory regimes and enforcement mechanisms;
              ``(B) identify and disseminate to United States 
          environmental businesses information regarding specific 
          environmental business opportunities in that geographic region;
              ``(C) coordinate existing Federal efforts to promote 
          environmental exports to that geographic region, and ensure 
          that such efforts are fully coordinated with environmental 
          export promotion efforts undertaken by the States and the 
          private sector;
              ``(D) increase assistance provided by the Federal 
          Government to promote exports from the United States of 
          environmental technologies, goods, and services to that 
          geographic region, such as trade missions, reverse trade 
          missions, trade fairs, and programs in the United States to 
          train foreign nationals in United States environmental 
          technologies; and
              ``(E) increase high-level advocacy by United States 
          Government officials (including the United States ambassadors 
          to the countries in that geographic region) for United States 
          environmental businesses seeking market opportunities in that 
          geographic region.
      ``(i) Environmental Technologies Project Advocacy Calendar and 
  Information Dissemination Program.--The Working Group shall--
          ``(1) maintain a calendar, updated at the end of each calendar 
      quarter, of significant opportunities for United States 
      environmental businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion 
      events, which shall--
              ``(A) be made available to the public;
              ``(B) identify the 50 to 100 environmental infrastructure 
          and procurement projects in foreign markets that have the 
          greatest potential in the calendar quarter for United States 
          exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services; and
              ``(C) include trade promotion events, such as trade 
          missions and trade fairs, in the environmental sector; and
          ``(2) provide, through the National Trade Data Bank and other 
      information dissemination channels, information on opportunities 
      for environmental businesses in foreign markets and information on 
      Federal export promotion programs.
      ``(j) Environmental Technology Export Alliances.--Subject to the 
  availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary is 
  authorized to use the Market Development Cooperator Program to support 
  the creation on a regional basis of alliances of private sector 
  entities, nonprofit organizations, and universities, that support the 
  export of environmental technologies, goods, and services and promote 
  the export of products complying with United States environmental, 
  safety, and related requirements.
      ``(k) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
  `environmental business' means a business that produces environmental 
  technologies, goods, or services.''.
  
         TITLE V--INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
  
  SEC. 501. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.
  
      (a) In General.--In carrying out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
  Act of 1961 and other relevant foreign assistance laws, the President, 
  acting through the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
  International Development, shall establish a program of training and 
  other technical assistance to assist foreign countries in--
          (1) developing and strengthening laws and regulations to 
      protect intellectual property; and
          (2) developing the infrastructure necessary to implement and 
      enforce such laws and regulations.
      (b) Participation of Other Agencies.--The Administrator of the 
  United States Agency for International Development--
          (1) shall utilize the expertise of the Patent and Trademark 
      Office and other agencies of the United States Government in 
      designing and implementing the program of assistance provided for 
      in this section;
          (2) shall coordinate assistance under this section with efforts 
      of other agencies of the United States Government to increase 
      international protection of intellectual property, including 
      implementation of international agreements containing high levels 
      of protection of intellectual property; and
          (3) shall consult with the heads of such other agencies in 
      determining which foreign countries will receive assistance under 
      this section.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                              Vice President of the United States and    
                                                 President of the Senate.
target: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
       Title I:  Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
       Title II:  Trade and Development Agency 
       Title III:  Export Promotion Programs Within the International 
            Trade Administration 
       Title IV:  Promotion of United States Environmental Exports 
       Title V:  International Protection of Intellectual Property 
  Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of 1994 - 
  Title I:  Overseas Private Investment Corporation
   - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to raise the ceiling on the maximum contingent liability allowed for Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) insurance and outstanding financing. 
  (Sec. 102) Authorizes OPIC to transfer amounts from noncredit activities to pay subsidy costs of program levels for the direct loan and investment guaranties programs. 
  (Sec. 103) Continues OPIC's authority to issue investment insurance and guarantees through FY 1996. 
  (Sec. 105) Makes a restriction on OPIC assistance for countries that exceed a specified per capita income level inapplicable to Ireland and Northern Ireland (thus making such countries eligible for OPIC assistance). 
  Title II:  Trade and Development Agency
   - Authorizes appropriations for the Trade and Development Agency for FY 1995 and 1996. 
  Title III:  Export Promotion Programs Within the International Trade Administration
   - Amends the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations for Department of Commerce export promotion programs for FY 1995 and 1996. 
  Title IV:  Promotion of United States Environmental Exports
   - Environmental Export Promotion Act of 1994 - Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to remove provisions relating to Environmental Export Assistance Officers. 
  (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee to provide guidance on programs to expand U.S. exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services and products that comply with U.S.  environmental, safety, and related requirements. 
  Requires the Environmental Trade Promotion Working Group, a subcommittee of the Trade Promotion Coordination Committee (TPCC), to: (1) select five priority countries with the greatest potential for the application of U.S. Government export promotion resources related to environmental exports; and (2) create a plan annually for each such country that sets forth ways to increase such exports to such country. 
  Directs the Secretary to assign a specialist in environmental technologies to the office of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service in each of the priority countries. 
  Authorizes the TPCC to establish international regional initiatives to coordinate the activities of Federal agencies in order to build environmental partnerships between the United States and the geographic regions outside the United States for which such initiatives are established.  Provides that such partnerships shall enhance environmental protection and promote sustainable development by using the technical expertise and financial resources of Federal agencies that provide foreign assistance and by expanding U.S. exports of environmental technologies, goods, and services to such regions. 
  Directs the Working Group to maintain a calendar of significant opportunities for U.S. environmental businesses in foreign markets and trade promotion events to be made available to the public. 
  Authorizes the Secretary to use the Market Development Cooperator Program to support regional alliances of private sector entities, nonprofit organizations, and universities that support the export of environmental technologies, goods, and services and promote the export of products complying with U.S. environmental, safety, and related requirements. 
  Title V:  International Protection of Intellectual Property
   - Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, to establish a program of training and technical assistance to assist foreign countries in:  (1) developing and strengthening laws and regulations to protect intellectual property; and (2) developing the infrastructure necessary to implement and enforce such laws and regulations.
feat_title: Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of 1994