,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ecd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ac1        
#bjag,mr4 ,emmer 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,mc,collum1 ,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4 ,nolan1 
,mr4 ,peterson1 ,mr4 ,paulsen1 ,mr4     
,lewis of ,minnesota1 ,mr4 ,walz1 and   
,mr4 ,weber of ,texas7 introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,state to take such actions as may be   
necessary for the ,united ,states to    
rejoin the ,bureau of ,international    
,expositions1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,u4,s4 ,wants to ,compete for a 
,world ,expo ,act4  #b4 ,findings       
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,the ,bureau of ,international          
,expositions 7,,bie7 is a treaty-based  
organization1 with #afi member states1  
responsible for governing ,world ,fairs 
and ,international ,expositions since   
the signing of the ,convention          

,concerning ,international ,expositions 
on ,november #bb1 #aibh4 ,the ,united   
,states is a party to the ,convention4  
7#b7 ,the ,united ,states withdrew from 
membership in the ,,bie in #bjja in     
response to congressional limitations on
 the expenditure of funds for ,united   
,states participation4  7#c7 ,the       
,united ,states and other non-members of
 the ,,bie face significantly higher    
costs to host and to participate in     
international expositions because of    
their non-member status4  7#d7 ,the bid 
of a ,united ,states city1 region1 or   
,state to host an international         
exposition is unlikely to be successful 
if the ,united ,states is not a member  
of the ,,bie1 because ,,bie rules       
require that members receive a          
preference over non-members for all such
 bids4  7#e7 ,since the ,united ,states 
was previously a member of the ,,bie1   
and has already acceded to the          
,convention1 no formal congressional    
action is necessary for the ,united     

,states to rejoin the ,,bie4  7#f7      
,section #a7;a7 of ,public ,law #ia-bfi 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bhja7;a77 found that    
international expositions ''' have a    
significant impact on the economic      
growth of the region surrounding the    
exposition and ''' are important        
instruments of national policy4  #c4    
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that-- 7#a7 there are no      
statutory provisions that prohibit the  
,united ,states from rejoining the      
,,bie2  7#b7 the ,united ,states should 
rejoin the ,,bie immediately to promote 
public diplomacy1 global branding1 and  
tourism to the ,united ,states2 and     
7#c7 the ,secretary of ,state1 in       
partnership with the ,secretary of      
,commerce1 ,state and local governments1
 and private and non-profit entities1   
should take all necessary steps to      
facilitate the timely submission of a   
request to rejoin the ,,bie4  #d4       
,authorization  7a7 ,in general ,not    
later than #ij days after the date of   

the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,state shall take such    
actions as may be necessary for the     
,united ,states to rejoin the ,,bie1    
notwithstanding any prohibitions under  
section #bjd of the ,admiral ,james ,w4 
,nance and ,meg ,donovan ,foreign       
,relations ,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal 
,years #bjjj and #bjja 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4   
#bdeb;b74  7b7 ,report ,the ,secretary  
of ,state shall inform the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of     
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate upon 
submitting a request to rejoin the      
,,bie4