§ 4051. — Requirement of prior authorization.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC4051]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 66--PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE
SUBCHAPTER III--EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS
Sec. 4051. Requirement of prior authorization
(a) General rule
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money appropriated to
the Department of Commerce for expenses to carry out any export
promotion program may be obligated or expended only if--
(1) the appropriation thereof has been previously authorized by
law enacted on or after July 12, 1985; or
(2) the amount of all such obligations and expenditures does not
exceed an amount previously prescribed by law enacted on or after
such date.
(b) Exception for later legislation authorizing obligations or
expenditures
To the extent that legislation enacted after the making of an
appropriation to carry out any export promotion program authorizes the
obligation or expenditure thereof, the limitation contained in
subsection (a) of this section shall have no effect.
(c) Provisions must be specifically superseded
The provisions of this section shall not be superseded except by a
provision of law enacted after July 12, 1985, which specifically
repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions of this section.
(d) ``Export promotion program'' defined
For purposes of this subchapter, the term ``export promotion
program'' means any activity of the Department of Commerce designed to
stimulate or assist United States businesses in marketing their goods
and services abroad competitively with businesses from other countries,
including, but not limited to--
(1) trade development (except for the trade adjustment
assistance program) and dissemination of foreign marketing
opportunities and other marketing information to United States
producers of goods and services, including the expansion of foreign
markets for United States textiles and apparel and any other United
States products;
(2) the development of regional and multilateral economic
policies which enhance United States trade and investment interests,
and the provision of marketing services with respect to foreign
countries and regions;
(3) the exhibition of United States goods in other countries;
(4) the operations of the United States and Foreign Commercial
Service, or any successor agency; and
(5) the Market Development Cooperator Program established under
section 4723 of this title, and assistance for trade shows provided
under section 4724 of this title.
(e) Printing outside United States
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 501 of title 44, and
consistent with other applicable law, the Secretary of Commerce, in
carrying out any export promotion program, may authorize--
(A) the printing, distribution, and sale of documents outside
the contiguous United States, if the Secretary finds that the
implementation of such export promotion program would be more
efficient, and if such documents will be distributed primarily and
sold exclusively outside the United States; and
(B) the acceptance of private notices and advertisements in
connection with the printing and distribution of such documents.
(2) Any fees received by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall be deposited in a separate account or accounts which may be used
to defray directly the costs incurred in conducting activities
authorized by paragraph (1) or to repay or make advances to
appropriations or other funds available for such activities.
(Pub. L. 99-64, title II, Sec. 201, July 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 157; Pub. L.
100-418, title II, Secs. 2305(a), 2308(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat.
1344, 1346.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Export Administration Amendments
Act of 1985, and not as part of Pub. L. 97-290 which enacted this
chapter.
Amendments
1988--Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 100-418, Sec. 2305(a), added par. (5).
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100-418, Sec. 2308(a), added subsec. (e).
