[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 158
To increase United States jobs through greater United States exports to
Africa and Latin America, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 31, 2023
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Coons, and Mr.
Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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A BILL
To increase United States jobs through greater United States exports to
Africa and Latin America, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Increasing American Jobs Through
Greater United States Exports to Africa and Latin America Act of
2023''.
SEC. 2. INVESTMENT, TRADE, AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN.
(a) Strategy Required.--
(1) In general.--The President shall establish a
comprehensive United States strategy for public and private
investment, trade, and development in Africa and Latin America
and the Caribbean.
(2) Focus of strategy.--The strategy required by paragraph
(1) shall focus on increasing exports of United States goods
and services to Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean by
200 percent in real dollar value by the date that is 10 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) Consultations.--In developing the strategy required by
paragraph (1), the President shall consult with--
(A) Congress;
(B) each agency that is a member of the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee;
(C) the relevant multilateral development banks, in
coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the
respective United States Executive Directors of such
banks;
(D) each agency that participates in the Trade
Policy Staff Committee established;
(E) the President's Export Council;
(F) each of the development agencies;
(G) any other Federal agencies with responsibility
for export promotion or financing and development; and
(H) the private sector, including businesses,
nongovernmental organizations, and African and Latin
American and Caribbean diaspora groups.
(4) Submission to congress.--
(A) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall
submit to Congress the strategy required by subsection
(a).
(B) Progress report.--Not later than 3 years after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation
of the strategy required by paragraph (1).
(b) Special Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean Export
Strategy Coordinators.--The President shall designate an individual to
serve as Special Africa Export Strategy Coordinator and an individual
to serve as Special Latin America and the Caribbean Export Strategy
Coordinator--
(1) to oversee the development and implementation of the
strategy required by subsection (a); and
(2) to coordinate developing and implementing the strategy
with--
(A) the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee;
(B) the Assistant United States Trade
Representative for African Affairs or the Assistant
United States Trade Representative for the Western
Hemisphere, as appropriate;
(C) the Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs or the Assistant Secretary of State for Western
Hemisphere Affairs, as appropriate;
(D) the Export-Import Bank of the United States;
(E) the United States International Development
Finance Corporation; and
(F) the development agencies.
(c) Trade Missions to Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.--
It is the sense of Congress that, not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce and other
high-level officials of the United States Government with
responsibility for export promotion, financing, and development should
conduct joint trade missions to Africa and to Latin America and the
Caribbean.
(d) Training.--The President shall develop a plan--
(1) to standardize the training received by United States
and Foreign Commercial Service officers, economic officers of
the Department of State, and economic officers of the United
States Agency for International Development with respect to the
programs and procedures of the Export-Import Bank of the United
States, the United States International Development Finance
Corporation, the Small Business Administration, and the United
States Trade and Development Agency; and
(2) to ensure that, not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act--
(A) all United States and Foreign Commercial
Service officers that are stationed overseas receive
the training described in paragraph (1); and
(B) in the case of a country to which no United
States and Foreign Commercial Service officer is
assigned, any economic officer of the Department of
State stationed in that country receives that training.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Development agencies.--The term ``development
agencies'' means the United States Department of State, the
United States Agency for International Development, the
Millennium Challenge Corporation, the United States
International Development Finance Corporation, the United
States Trade and Development Agency, the United States
Department of Agriculture, and relevant multilateral
development banks.
(2) Multilateral development banks.--The term
``multilateral development banks'' has the meaning given that
term in section 1701(c)(4) of the International Financial
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(4)) and includes the
African Development Foundation.
(3) Trade policy staff committee.--The term ``Trade Policy
Staff Committee'' means the Trade Policy Staff Committee
established pursuant to section 2002.2 of title 15, Code of
Federal Regulations.
(4) Trade promotion coordinating committee.--The term
``Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee'' means the Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee established under section 2312
of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727).
(5) United states and foreign commercial service.--The term
``United States and Foreign Commercial Service'' means the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service established by
section 2301 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C.
4721).
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