Sec. 5. Coordination and supervision of programs to provide trade capacity building assistance
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the United States Trade Representative, shall— have primary responsibility for overseeing and carrying out programs to provide trade capacity building assistance; give priority to programs to provide such assistance for any developing country that— has demonstrated progress in, and a commitment to, implementing the commitments under the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement, including the establishment and maintenance of a national committee on trade facilitation and other relevant trade obligations and commitments, taking into accounts the country’s capacity building assistance needs; has demonstrated consistent support for economic policies that promote the development of private enterprise; has expressed an interest in entering into a free trade agreement with the United States; is designated by the President— as an eligible sub-Saharan African country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act ( 19 U.S.C. 3703 ); or as a beneficiary developing country under section 502 or 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2462 or 2466a); or has the potential to benefit the private sector and United States economy if such assistance is provided to the developing country; and ensure that programs to provide trade capacity building assistance by relevant executive branch agencies are coordinate and not duplicated.
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish an interagency task force to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of programs to provide trade capacity building assistance. The Secretary of State, or the Secretary’s designee, shall serve as chairperson of the interagency task force. The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, or the Administrator’s designee, and the United States Trade Representative, or the Trade Representative’s designee, and shall serve as vice chairpersons of the interagency task force.
The President shall appoint to the interagency task force senior officials of— the Department of Commerce; the Department of Agriculture; the Department of the Treasury; the Department of Homeland Security, including at least one such senior official of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; the Millennium Challenge Corporation; the United States Trade and Development Agency; and other relevant executive branch agencies. The interagency task force, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall— review the expenditures of each of relevant executive branch agency with respect to programs to provide trade capacity building assistance; and report and make recommendations to the President on appropriate budget allocations to each such relevant executive branch agency with respect to programs to provide trade capacity building assistance.
The interagency task force, in consultation with relevant chiefs of mission and representatives of the private sector, shall develop a biennial joint strategic plan for programs to provide trade capacity building assistance that establishes detailed and clear objectives, common metrics, and specific goals for the efficient delivery of such assistance, including— improving the effectiveness and efficiency of such assistance by improving coordination among— relevant executive branch agencies, including diplomatic missions of the United States; and international trade capacity building and technical assistance donors, including efforts to promote the best use of resources and avoid duplication, to share best practices, and to pursue regional solutions and common approaches, as appropriate; improving consultation with the private sector to incorporate its operational expertise and experience with respect to the full range of trade barriers in developing countries and setting priorities and target particular barriers for reform; identifying and addressing structural weaknesses, systemic flaws, or other impediments to the effectiveness of such assistance across the relevant executive branch agencies with actionable recommendations to address such weaknesses, flaws, or other impediments; setting priorities for such assistance to focus resources on developing countries in which such assistance can deliver the best value in identifying and eliminating barriers to trade and investment in such developing countries, including by fostering adherence to international trade obligations; developing appropriate performance measures and establishing yearly targets to monitor and assess progress toward such targets, including measures to terminate unsuccessful programs; and providing estimates of the resources necessary to fulfill the priorities identified by the interagency committee.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter until the termination of the interagency task force under subsection (d), the task force shall submit to the President and the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains— the joint strategic plan required under paragraph (5); and as appropriate, recommendations for changes to programs to provide trade capacity building assistance, including with respect to priorities for funding of such assistance.
The interagency task force shall ensure that the joint strategic plan required under subsection (b)(5) is consistent with the international trade obligations of the United States. The President may terminate the interagency task force shall after the submission of the second report required under subsection (b)(6).
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