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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 7408 (Introduced in House) — To abolish the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and for other purposes. · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. Conforming amendments

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The following provisions of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 are repealed: Section 2301 ( 15 U.S.C. 4721 ). Subsection
(c)of section 2303 ( 15 U.S.C. 4723 ). Section 2306 ( 15 U.S.C. 4725 ). Section 2303 of such Act ( 15 U.S.C. 4723 ) is amended by redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (c). 5 , United States Code Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service. . Section 505(c)(1) of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ( 15 U.S.C. 4721a(c)(1) ) is amended by striking acting through the head of the United States Foreign and Commercial Service and inserting in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs . The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended— in section 202(a) (22 U.S.C 3922(a))— by striking paragraph (3); by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (3); and by moving the margins of paragraph
(3)(as so redesignated) two ems to the left; and in section 305(c) ( 22 U.S.C. 3945(c) )— by striking
(1)Appointments to the Senior Foreign Service by the Secretary of Commerce shall be excluded and inserting Appointments to the Senior Foreign Service by the Secretary of Commerce made on or before the date of the enactment of the Foreign Trade Modernization Act of 2020 shall be excluded ; and by striking paragraphs
(2)and (3). Any reference in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other official document or proceeding to— the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the Commercial Service shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of State; and the United States and Foreign Commercial Service shall be deemed to refer to the Department of State.
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Sec. 8
Conforming amendments
U.S.C.§ 4721
U.S.C.§ 4723
U.S.C.§ 4725
U.S.C.§ 4721a
U.S.C.§ 3922
U.S.C.§ 3945
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