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 94 STAT. 2324 Office of TrSr*'""^ establishment. 15 USC 649.

PUBLIC LAW 96-481—OCT. 21, 1980

"SEC. 22. (a) There is established within the Administration an Office of International Trade which shall implement the programs pursuant to this section. "(b) The Office shall promote sales opportunities for small business goods and services abroad. To accomplish this objective the office shall— Export "(1) provide small businesses with access to current and cominformation. pjg^g export information by— "(A) making available, at the Adminstration's regional offices through cooperation with the Department of Commerce, export information, including, but not limited to, the worldwide information and trade system and world trade data reports; "(B) mgiintaining a current list of financial institutions that finance export operations; "(C) maintaining a current directory of all Federal, regional. State and private sector programs that provide export information and assistance to small businesses; and "(D) preparing and publishing such reports as it determines to be necessary concerning market conditions, sources of financing, export promotion programs, and other information pertaining to the needs of small business exporting firms so as to insure that the maximum information is made available to small businesses in a readily usable form; Trade fairs, "(2) encourage through cooperation with the Department of m^ons" Commerce, greater small business participation in trade fairs, shows, missions, and other domestic and overseas export development activities of the Department of Commerce; and Export "(3) facilitate decentralized delivery of export information and speciaUsts"* assistance to small businesses by assigning full-time export development specialists to each Administration regional office and assigning primary responsibility for export development to one person in each district office. Such specialists shall— "(A) assist small businesses in obtaining export information and assistance from other Federal departments and agencies; "(B) maintain a current directory of all programs which provide export information and assistance to small businesses within the region; "(C) encourage financial institutions to develop and expand programs for export financing; "(D) provide advice to Administration personnel involved in granting loans, loan guarantees, and extensions and revolving lines of credit, and providing other forms of assistance to small businesses engaged in exports; and "(E) within one hundred and eighty days of their appointment, participate in training programs designed by the Administrator, in conjunction with the Department of Commerce and other Federal departments and agencies, to study export programs and to examine small businesses' needs for export information and assistance.". ?FfflJLlf*^\ ^^ Th® amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 15 ubc 649 note. Qctober 1, 1980, or the date of enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later.

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