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[CITE: 22USC2352]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                       Part I--General Provisions
 
Sec. 2352. Small business


(a) Assistance for participation in furnishing of commodities, defense 
        articles, and services

    Insofar as practicable and to the maximum extent consistent with the 
accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter, the President shall 
assist American small business to participate equitably in the 
furnishing of commodities, defense articles, and services (including 
defense services) financed with funds made available under this 
chapter--
        (1) by causing to be made available to suppliers in the United 
    States, and particularly to small independent enterprises, 
    information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to 
    purchases proposed to be financed with such funds;
        (2) by causing to be made available to prospective purchasers in 
    the countries and areas receiving assistance under this chapter 
    information as to such commodities, articles, and services produced 
    by small independent enterprises in the United States; and
        (3) by providing for additional services to give small business 
    better opportunities to participate in the furnishing of such 
    commodities, articles, and services financed with such funds.

(b) Office of Small Business

    There shall be an Office of Small Business, headed by a Special 
Assistant for Small Business, in such agency of the United States 
Government as the President may direct, to assist in carrying out the 
provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Information with respect to certain purchases by Department of 
        Defense

    The Secretary of Defense shall assure that there is made available 
to suppliers in the United States, and particularly to small independent 
enterprises, information with respect to purchases made by the 
Department of Defense pursuant to subchapter II of this chapter, such 
information to be furnished as far in advance as possible.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. III, Sec. 602, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 439.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 87-195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended, 
known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification 
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 
of this title and Tables.


     References to Subchapter II Deemed To Exclude Certain Parts of 
                              Subchapter II

    References to subchapter II of this chapter are deemed to exclude 
parts IV (Sec. 2346 et seq.), VI (Sec. 2348 et seq.), and VIII 
(Sec. 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II, and references to subchapter I 
of this chapter are deemed to include such parts. See section 202(b) of 
Pub. L. 92-226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and 
sections 2348c and 2349aa-5 of this title.

                         Delegation of Functions

    For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. 
Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a 
note under section 2381 of this title.


             Office in Agency for International Development

    For location of the Office of Small Business, provided for in 
subsec. (b), in the United States Agency for International Development, 
see section 1-200(d) of Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 
56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.


                   Procurements From Small Businesses

    Pub. L. 94-329, title VI, Sec. 602, June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 766, 
provided that: ``In order to encourage procurements from small business 
concerns under chapter 4 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [part IV 
of subchapter II of this chapter], the Administrator of the Agency for 
International Development shall report to the Congress every six months 
on the extent to which small businesses have participated in 
procurements under such chapter [part] and on what efforts the Agency 
has made to foster such procurements from small business concerns. The 
Small Business Administration shall lend all available assistance to the 
Agency for the purposes of carrying out this section.''
    [For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of reporting provisions in 
section 602 of Pub. L. 94-329, set out above, see section 3003 of Pub. 
L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, 
Money and Finance, and page 130 of House Document No. 103-7.]
