,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hhjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bj1       
#bjbj,mrs4 ,miller 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,trone7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
promote exports of goods and services   
from and facilitation of business       
investment in rural areas of the ,united
 ,states4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,building ,rural    
,investments1 ,development1 and ,growth 
for the ,economy ,act or ,,bridge ,act4 
#b4 ,findings relating to attracting    
business investment and export promotion
 ,congress finds the following3 7#a7    
,business investment in the ,united     
,states by both domestic and foreign    
firms1 whether in the form of new       
equipment or facilities or the expansion
 of existing facilities1 is a major     
engine of economic growth and job       
creation4 ,increasing exports from and  
investment in rural areas will expand   

the ,united ,states economy and create  
,united ,states jobs4  7#b7 ,rural areas
 often have greater challenges in       
attracting business investment1         
especially because rural areas do not   
always have economic development        
organizations to advance their local    
economic interests4 ,when a rural area  
does have a local economic development  
organization1 it may not have the       
capacity or funding to compete          
effectively with larger rivals          
worldwide4  7#c7 ,due to their          
geographic location1 rural ,united      
,states businesses often have limited   
access to information and services that 
facilitate export success4  #c4         
,promotion of exports of goods and      
services from and facilitation of       
business investment in rural areas of   
the ,united ,states ,the ,export        
,enhancement ,act of #aihh 7#ae         
,u4,s4,c4 #dgja note7 is amended by     
inserting after section #bcjf the       
following new section3  #bcjf;,a4       

,promotion of exports of goods and      
services from and facilitation of       
business investment in rural areas of   
the ,united ,states  7a7 ,in general    
,the ,secretary of ,commerce and the    
,secretary of ,state shall promote the  
export of goods and services from rural 
areas of the ,united ,states1           
particularly by small businesses and    
medium-sized businesses1 and shall      
facilitate business investment in the   
,united ,states1 particularly in rural  
areas4  7b7 ,relationship to            
,championing ,american ,business        
,through ,diplomacy ,act ,the ,secretary
 of ,commerce and the ,secretary of     
,state shall carry out subsection 7a7 in
 a manner consistent with the purposes  
of the ,championing ,american ,business 
,through ,diplomacy ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 
#iija et seq474  7c7 ,rural area defined
 ,in this section the term rural area   
means an area with a population of less 
than #ej1jjj inhabitants that is outside
 an urbanized area1 as determined by the

 most recent decennial census4  4