,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eadf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bi1 #bjaf    
,mrs4 ,bustos 7for herself1 ,ms4        
,kuster1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,quigley1    
,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 
,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4 ,carney1 and ,mr4    
,kind7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
provide for certain actions by the      
,international ,trade ,administration in
 order to increase exports by small- and
 medium-sized enterprises1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,boosting ,america's
 ,exports ,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in   
this ,act3  7#a7 ,commercial service    
,the term ,commercial ,service means the
 ,united ,states and ,foreign           
,commercial ,service of the ,department 
of ,commerce4  7#b7 ,director ,general  
,the term ,director ,general means the  
,assistant ,secretary for ,global       
,markets and ,director ,general of the  

,united ,states and ,foreign ,commercial
 ,service4  7#c7 ,small- and            
medium-sized enterprises ,the term      
small- and medium-sized enterprises or  
,s,m,es means-- 7,a7 subject to         
subparagraph 7,b71 firms with less than 
#ejj employees2 and  7,b7 in the case of
 a farm1 a farm with fewer than #ejj    
employees that generates less than      
#bej1jjj in income4  7#d7 ,under        
,secretary ,the term ,under ,secretary  
means the ,under ,secretary of ,commerce
 for ,international ,trade4  7#e7       
,,useac ,the term ,united ,states       
,export ,assistance ,center or ,,useac  
means a ,united ,states ,export         
,assistance ,center established by the  
,commercial ,service to provide         
assistance to ,united ,states firms in  
exporting their goods and services4  #c4
 ,assessment of ,u4,s4 ,export          
,assistance ,centers  7a7 ,in general   
,the ,under ,secretary shall conduct an 
assessment of the location of and       
services provided by the ,united ,states

 ,export ,assistance ,centers in        
relation to the location of ,s,m,es that
 are exporters or potential exporters of
 products or services4 ,the ,under      
,secretary shall1 not later than #a year
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 complete the assessment and      
submit to ,congress a report on the     
assessment4 ,in the report1 the ,under  
,secretary shall identify those         
locations of ,u,s,e,a,cs that should be 
closed or moved based on low            
productivity1 and those locations where 
a ,,useac should be located based on    
need4  7b7 ,implementation ,the ,under  
,secretary shall implement the changes  
recommended in the report submitted to  
,congress under subsection 7a7 not later
 than #b years after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act4 ,the ,under     
,secretary may establish up to #cj new  
,u,s,e,a,cs on the basis of the report4 
#d4 ,activities of ,commercial ,service 
7a7 ,increased activities ,the ,under   
,secretary shall take the necessary     

steps1 through actions by the           
,commercial ,service1 to increase the   
exports1 by volume and types of products
 and services1 by small- and            
medium-sized enterprises4 ,in order to  
achieve that goal1 the ,director        
,general shall set goals and measure    
exports by ,s,m,es in each calendar     
year1 in particular exports by ,s,m,es  
that had not exported previously1       
including measuring--  7#a7 the total   
volume of exports1 by product and type  
of services1 including as compared to   
the volume of such exports in the       
preceding calendar year2  7#b7 the      
number of non-exporting ,s,m,es         
contacted through recruitment efforts of
 the ,commercial ,service2  7#c7 the    
number of new ,s,m,es exporting in the  
calendar year2 and  7#d7 customer       
service1 such as response times and     
customer satisfaction1 to ,s,m,es that  
contact ,u,s,e,a,cs1 in particular      
non-exporting ,s,m,es4  7b7 ,personnel  
for ,u,s,e,a,cs ,the ,under ,secretary  

shall ensure that the following is      
carried out upon the implementation of  
the report submitted under section #c3  
7#a7 ,functions of personnel ,personnel 
at each ,,useac shall identify and      
conduct outreach to potential exporters 
that are ,s,m,es1 attend relevant       
business conferences and trade shows to 
advertise the availability of the       
resources of the ,,useac to ,s,m,es1 and
 perform other tasks designed to help   
non-exporting ,s,m,es become exporters4 
7#b7 ,additional personnel ,the ,under  
,secretary shall1 in the case of those  
,u,s,e,a,cs that the report submitted to
 ,congress under section #c recommends  
remain open1 increase the personnel at  
those ,u,s,e,a,cs 7by an average of not 
more than #e for each ,,useac7 to the   
extent necessary to enhance the ability 
of the ,u,s,e,a,cs1 through outreach and
 provision of services to ,s,m,es1 to   
increase exports by ,s,m,es1 in         
particular non-exporting ,s,m,es4  7#c7 
,trade specialists ,the ,director       

,general shall ensure that specialists  
in an increased number of areas are on  
the staff of ,u,s,e,a,cs in order to    
serve an increased number of ,s,m,es4   
7#d7 ,collaboration with other entities 
,the ,director ,general shall ensure    
that staff at each ,,useac is assigned  
to conduct outreach to and collaborate  
with entities of the ,states and other  
non-,federal entities with respect to   
export promotion activities designed to 
increase exports by ,s,m,es4  7#e7      
,administrative personnel ,the ,director
 ,general shall ensure that ,u,s,e,a,cs 
have personnel dedicated to             
administrative duties as needed in order
 to enable other personnel to work more 
on client-oriented tasks4  #e4 ,annual  
report to ,congress ,the ,under         
,secretary shall submit to ,congress an 
annual report on the implementation of  
this ,act1 including the actions of the 
,director ,general under section #d4