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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 633
111TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 111-341
SMALL BUSINESS EXPORT ENHANCEMENT AND
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ACT OF 2009
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. LANDRIEU, from the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2862]
The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, to
which was referred the bill (S. 2862) to improve the Office of Inter-
national Trade and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill pass.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Small Business Export Enhancement and International
Trade Act of 2009 (S. 2862) was introduced by the Committee's
Ranking Member, Senator Olympia J. Snowe, for herself and the
Chair, Senator Mary L. Landrieu, on December 9, 2009.
The bill elevates the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA)
Office of International Trade (OIT) and updates the Agency's inter-
national trade and export promotion programs administered
through the office. Additionally, the bill authorizes one new pilot
program and seeks to improve coordination between the SBA and
other federal agencies involved in promoting export opportunities
for small business.
During markup of the bill, the Committee approved the legisla-
tion by a roll call vote of 18-0.
II. PURPOSE AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The purpose of the Small Business Export Enhancement and
International Trade Act is to improve and modernize the SBA's
international trade and export assistance programs. These pro-
grams, administered through OIT, assist small businesses seeking
to export their goods and services by providing them with vital
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