Sec. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING IMPROVING ACCESS OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT

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## SEC. 12 SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING IMPROVING ACCESS OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury should— ####

(1)attach a high priority to facilitating the efforts of small businesses to gain access to the process for bidding on contracts offered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for— #####

(A)the procurement of goods and services associated with projects financed by such bank; and #####

(B)consulting services required in the operation of such bank; ####

(2)coordinate the efforts of the Department of the Treasury with the efforts of other appropriate agencies of the United States Government, particularly with regard to the dissemination of information on specific opportunities offered by such bank to assist small businesses located in the United States; and ####

(3)encourage the United States Executive Director of such bank to work with the management of such bank in developing programs within such bank designed to improve opportunities for small businesses located in member countries of such bank to bid successfully for contracts described in paragraph (1). * * * * * * *