Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 2.djvu/550

 102 STAT. 1554

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

"(E) disseminating information concerning State, Federal, and private programs and initiatives to enhance the ability of small businesses to compete in intemational markets; and "(F) ensuring that the interests of small businesses are adequately represented in bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations. "(2) The Congress recognizes that the Department of (Commerce is the principal Federal agency for trade development and export promotion and that the Department of (Commerce and the Small Business Administration work t(^ether to advance joint interests. It is the purpose of this Act to enhance, not alter, their respective roles.". SEC. 8003. CHANGES IN EXISTING SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE OFFICE.

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Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and by inserting after subsection (a) the following: "(b) The Office, working in close cooperation with the Department of Commerce and other relevant Federal agencies, Small Business Development Ctenters engaged in export promotion efforts, regional and local Administration offices, the small business community, and relevant State and local export promotion programs, shall— "(1) assist in developing a distribution network for existing trade promotion, trade finance, trade adjustment, trade remedy assistance and trade data collection programs through use of the Administration's r ^ o n a l and local offices and the Small Business Development Center network; "(2) assist in the aggressive marketing of these programs and the dissemination of marketing information, including computerized marketing data, to the small business community; and "(3) give preference in hiring or approving the transfer of any employee into the Office or to a position described in paragraph (8) below to otherwise qualified applicants who are fluent in a language in addition to English. Such employees shall accompany foreign trade missions if designated by the director of the Office and shall be available as needed to translate documents, interpret conversations and facilitate multilingual transactions including providing referral lists for translation services if required."; (2) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as (6) through (8), respectively, and by inserting the following before paragraph (6), as redesignated: "(1) in cooperation with the Department of Commerce, other relevant agencies, regional and local Administration offices, the Small Business Development (Center network, and State programs, develop a mechanism for (A) identifying sub-sectors of the small business community with strong export potential; (B) identifying areas of demand in foreign markets; (C) prescreening foreign buyers for commercial and credit purposes; and (D) assisting in increasing international marketing by disseminating relevant information regarding market leads, linking potential sellers and buyers, and catalyzing the formation of joint ventures, where appropriate; "(2) in cooperation with the Department of Commerce, actively assist small businesses in the formation and utilization of export trading companies, export management companies and

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