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 124 STAT. 2522 PUBLIC LAW 111–240—SEPT. 27, 2010 ‘‘(3) the Associate Administrator has direct supervision and control over— ‘‘(A) the staff of the Office; and ‘‘(B) any employee of the Administration whose prin- cipal duty station is an Export Assistance Center, or any successor entity.’’. (d) ROLE OF ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR IN CARRYING OUT INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY.—Section 2(b)(1) of the Small Busi- ness Act (15 U.S.C. 631(b)(1)) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (1) by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of’’ before ‘‘the Small Business Administration’’; and (2) by inserting ‘‘through the Associate Administrator for International Trade, and’’ before ‘‘in cooperation with’’. (e) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall appoint an Associate Administrator for International Trade under section 22(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(a)), as added by this section. SEC. 1204. DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. (a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 22.—Section 22 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: ‘‘(b) TRADE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK.—The Associate Adminis- trator, working in close cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of Agri- culture, the Secretary of State, the President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency, and other relevant Federal agencies, small business development centers engaged in export promotion efforts, Export Assistance Centers, regional and district offices of the Administration, the small business community, and relevant State and local export promotion programs, shall— ‘‘(1) maintain a distribution network, using regional and district offices of the Administration, the small business development center network, networks of women’s business centers, the Service Corps of Retired Executives authorized by section 8(b)(1), and Export Assistance Centers, for programs relating to— ‘‘(A) trade promotion; ‘‘(B) trade finance; ‘‘(C) trade adjustment assistance; ‘‘(D) trade remedy assistance; and ‘‘(E) trade data collection; ‘‘(2) aggressively market the programs described in para- graph (1) and disseminate information, including computerized marketing data, to small business concerns on exporting trends, market-specific growth, industry trends, and international pros- pects for exports; ‘‘(3) promote export assistance programs through the dis- trict and regional offices of the Administration, the small busi- ness development center network, Export Assistance Centers, the network of women’s business centers, chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives, State and local export promotion programs, and partners in the private sector; and Appointment. 15 USC 649 note.