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[CITE: 22USC5823]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
  CHAPTER 67--FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND 
                          OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT
 
           SUBCHAPTER II--BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 5823. Funding for export promotion activities and capital 
        projects
        

(a) Allocation of A.I.D. funds

    The President is encouraged to use a portion of the funds made 
available for the independent states of the former Soviet Union under 
chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 
2295 et seq.]--
        (1) to fund the export promotion, finance, and related 
    activities carried out pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this 
    section, including activities relating to the export of intermediary 
    goods; and
        (2) to fund capital projects, including projects for 
    telecommunications, environmental cleanup, power production, and 
    energy related projects.

(b) Export promotion, finance, and related activities

    The Secretary of Commerce, as Chair of the Trade Promotion 
Coordination Committee, should, in conjunction with other members of 
that committee, design and implement programs to provide adequate 
commercial and technical assistance to United States businesses seeking 
markets in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, including 
the following:
        (1) Increasing the United States and Foreign Commercial Service 
    presence in the independent states, in particular in the Russian Far 
    Eastern cities of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk.
        (2) Preparing profiles of export opportunities for United States 
    businesses in the independent states and providing other technical 
    assistance.
        (3) Utilizing the Market Development Cooperator Program under 
    section 4723 of title 15.
        (4) Developing programs specifically for the purpose of 
    assisting small- and medium-sized businesses in entering commercial 
    markets of the independent states. In carrying out this paragraph, 
    the Secretary of Commerce, to the extent possible, should work 
    directly with private sector organizations with proven experience in 
    trade and economic relations with the independent states.
        (5) Supporting projects undertaken by the United States business 
    community on the basis of partnership, joint venture, contractual, 
    or other cooperative agreements with appropriate entities in the 
    independent states.
        (6) Supporting export finance programs, feasibility studies, 
    political risk insurance, and other related programs through 
    increased funding and flexibility in the implementation of such 
    programs.
        (7) Supporting the Business Information Service (BISNIS) and its 
    related programs.

(Pub. L. 102-511, title III, Sec. 303, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3333.)

                       References in Text

    The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in subsec. (a), is 
Pub. L. 87-195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended. Chapter 11 of 
part I of the Act is classified generally to part XI (Sec. 2295 et seq.) 
of subchapter I of chapter 32 of this title. For complete classification 
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 
of this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5813 of this title; title 15 
section 4727.
