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 106 STAT. 3662 PUBLIC LAW 102-549—OCT. 28, 1992 (f) STAFFING OF CENTERS.—Each Center shall be staffed by members of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, Participants in the Market Development Cooperator Program estabshed under section 2303 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4723), other employees of the Department of Commerce, and employees of appropriate executive branch departments ana agencies which are members of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee. (g) CENTER FACILITIES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OPERATIONS IN HOST COUN- TRIES.— (1) PHYSICAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE CENTERS.— The Secretary of Commerce shall locate each Center in the primary commercial city of the host country. Hie Secretary shall acquire ofiSce space, exnibition space, and other facilities and equipment that are necessary for each Center to perform its functions. To the extent feasible, each Center shall be located in the central commercial district of the host city. (2) CONSOLIDATION OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OPER- ATIONS IN HOST COUNTRIES. —For the purpose of obtaining maximum effectiveness and efficiency and to the extent consistent with the purposes of the Centers, the Secretary of Commerce is encouraged to place all personnel of the Department of Commerce who are assi|;ned to the city in which a Center is located in the same facilities as those in which the Center conducts its activities. (h) USE OF MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR PROGRAM. — The Secretary of Commerce shall, to the greatest extent feasible, use the Market Development Cooperator Program established under section 2303 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4723) to assist in carrying out the purposes of the Centers established under this section. (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out this section $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, and $5,500,000 for fiscal year 1994. Funds made available under this subsection may be used for the acquisition of real property. (j) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— The Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than the end of each 1-year period occurring thereafter, a report on the status, activities, and effectiveness of the Centers. Each such report shall include any recommendations with respect to the program established under tills section. (k) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— (1) the term "United States exporter" means— (A) a United States citizen, (B) a corporation, partnership, or other association created under uie laws of the United States or of any State, or (C) a foreign corporation, partnership, or other association, more than 95 percent of which is owned by persons described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), that exports, or seeks to export, goods or services produced in the United States;

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