§ 262s-2. — Commercial Service Officers and multilateral development bank procurement.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 22USC262s-2]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
Sec. 262s-2. Commercial Service Officers and multilateral
development bank procurement
(a) Appointment of Commercial Service Officers to serve with Executive
Directors
The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, shall appoint a procurement officer, who is a representative
of the International Trade Administration or a Commercial Service
Officer of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, to serve,
on a full-time or part-time basis, with each of the Executive Directors
of the multilateral development banks in which the United States
participates.
(b) Functions of officers
Each procurement officer appointed under subsection (a) of this
section shall assist the United States Executive Director with respect
to whom such officer is appointed in promoting opportunities for exports
of goods and services from the United States by doing the following:
(1) Acting as the liaison between the business community and the
multilateral development bank involved, whether or not the bank has
offices in the United States. The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure
that the procurement officer has access to, and disseminates to
United States businesses, information relating to projects which are
being proposed by the multilateral development bank, and bid
specifications and deadlines for projects about to be developed by
the bank. The procurement officer shall make special efforts to
disseminate such information to small and medium-sized businesses
interested in participating in such projects. The procurement
officer shall explore opportunities for disseminating such
information through private sector, nonprofit organizations.
(2) Taking actions to assure that United States businesses are
fully informed of bidding opportunities for projects for which loans
have been made by the multilateral development bank involved.
(3) Taking actions to assure that United States businesses can
focus on projects in which they have a particular interest or
competitive advantage, and to permit them to compete and have an
equal opportunity in submitting timely and conforming bidding
documents.
(Pub. L. 95-118, title XVIII, Sec. 1803, formerly Pub. L. 100-418, title
II, Sec. 2302, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1341; renumbered Sec. 1803 of
Pub. L. 95-118, and amended Pub. L. 101-240, title V, Sec. 541(b)(2),
Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2517.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 4722 of Title 15,
Commerce and Trade, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 101-240.
Amendments
1989--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-240 struck out subsec. (c) which
defined ``multilateral development bank'' for purposes of this section.
Additional Procurement Officers
Pub. L. 102-549, title V, Sec. 501, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3663,
provided that:
``(a) Appointment.--The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, shall appoint one or more full-time
additional procurement officers, for each multilateral development bank,
to promote exports of goods and services from the United States by doing
the following:
``(1) Acting as the liaison between the business community and
one or more multilateral development banks, whether or not the banks
have offices in the United States. The Secretary of Commerce shall
ensure that the procurement officer has access to, and disseminates
to United States businesses, information relating to projects which
are being proposed by the multilateral development bank involved,
and bid specifications and deadlines for projects about to be
developed by the bank. The procurement officer shall make special
efforts to disseminate such information to small- and medium-sized
businesses interested in participating in such projects. The
procurement officer shall explore opportunities for disseminating
such information through private sector, nonprofit organizations.
``(2) Taking actions to assure that United States businesses are
fully informed of bidding opportunities for projects for which loans
have been made by the multilateral development bank involved.
``(3) Taking actions to assure that United States businesses can
focus on projects in which they have a particular interest or
competitive advantage, and to permit them to compete and have an
equal opportunity in submitting timely and conforming bidding
documents.
``(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term `multilateral
development bank' has the meaning given that term in section 1701(c) of
the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)).
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $1,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 1993 and 1994 to carry out this section. Amounts
appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall be available only for the
purpose of making the appointment of additional procurement officers
required by subsection (a).''
Definitions
The definitions in section 262r of this title apply to this section.
