Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 2.djvu/551

 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1555

research and development pools authorized under section 9 of this Act; "(3) work in conjunction with other Federal agencies, regional Schools and and local offices of the Administration, the Small Business colleges. Development Center network, and the private sector to identify and publicize existing translation services, including those available through colleges and universities participating in the Small Business Development Center Program; "(4) work closely with the Department of Commerce and other relevant Federal agencies to— "(A) collect, analyze and periodically update relevant Public data regarding the small business share of United States information. exports and the nature of State exports (including the production of Gross State Produce figures) and disseminate that data to the public and to Congress; "(B) make recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce and to Congress regarding revision of the SIC codes to encompass industries currently overlooked and to create SIC codes for export trading companies and export management companies; "(C) improve the utility and accessibility of existing export promotion programs for small businesses; and "(D) increase the accessibility of the Export Trading Company contact facilitation service; "(5) make available to the small business community information regarding conferences on exporting and international trade sponsored by the public and private sector."; and (3) by adding after subsection (c), as redesignated, the following new subsections: "(d) The Office shall work in cooperation with the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Department of Commerce, other relevant Federal agencies, and the States to develop a program through which export specialists in the regional offices of the Administration, regional and local loan officers, and Small Business Development Center personnel can facilitate the access of small businesses to relevant export financing programs of the ExportImport Bank of the United States and to export and pre-export financing programs available from the Administration and the private sector. To accomplish this goal, the Office shall wotk in cooperation with the Export-Import Bank and the small business community, including small business trade associations, to— "(1) aggressively market existing Administration export Marketing. financing and pre-exportfinsincingprograms; "(2) identify finsincing available under various Export-Import Bank programs, and aggressively market those programs to small businesses; "(3) assist in the development of financial intermediaries and facilitate the access of those intermediaries to existing financing programs; "(4) promote greater participation by private financial institutions, particularly those institutions already participating in loan programs under this Act, in export finance; and "(5) provide for the participation of appropriate Administration personnel in training programs conducted by the ExportImport Bank. "(e) "Hie Office shall—

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