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 124 STAT. 2597 PUBLIC LAW 111–240—SEPT. 27, 2010 (A) assist small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States; and (B) the Secretary determines will create or sustain the greatest number of jobs in the United States and obtain the maximum return on investment. SEC. 4223. ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO GLOBAL MARKETS FOR RURAL BUSINESSES. (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011 and 2012 for improving access to the global marketplace for goods and services provided by rural businesses in the United States. (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In obligating and expending the funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall give preference to activities that— (1) assist small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States; and (2) the Secretary determines will create or sustain the greatest number of jobs in the United States and obtain the maximum return on investment. SEC. 4224. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE EXPORTECH PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $11,000,000 for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 18 months thereafter, to expand ExporTech, a joint program of the Hollings Manufacturing Partnership Program and the Export Assistance Centers of the Department of Commerce. (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In obligating and expending the funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall give preference to activities that— (1) assist small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States; and (2) the Secretary determines will create or sustain the greatest number of jobs in the United States and obtain the maximum return on investment. SEC. 4225. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COM- MERCE. (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 18 months thereafter, $15,000,000 for the Manufacturing and Services unit of the Inter- national Trade Administration— (1) to establish public-private partnerships under the Market Development Cooperator Program of the International Trade Administration; and (2) to underwrite a portion of the start-up costs for new projects carried out under that Program to strengthen the competitiveness and market share of United States industry, not to exceed, for each such project, the lesser of— (A) 1⁄3 of the total start-up costs for the project; or (B) $500,000. (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In obligating and expending the funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce shall give preference to activities that— Time period. Time period.