§4304 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary, through the Director, must run a Native American export and trade promotion program. The Secretary must work with other federal agency leaders to coordinate programs and services that grow tribal economies and increase demand for Indian goods and services from eligible entities. The program will coordinate or carry out things like technical and financial help, making promotional materials, funding trade missions, marketing, helping with international trade fairs, and other market-building activities. It must also give technical and administrative help to eligible entities to find and enter markets, follow foreign and domestic financial and trade rules, and arrange financing for exports and imports. The program must give priority to actions that bring the biggest economic benefits to Indians and that create long-term, stable international markets.

Title 25, §4304

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall carry out a Native American export and trade promotion program (referred to in this section as the “program”).

(b)In carrying out the program, the Secretary, acting through the Director, and in cooperation with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall ensure the coordination of Federal programs and services designed to—

(1)develop the economies of Indian Tribes; and

(2)stimulate the demand for Indian goods and services that are available from eligible entities.

(c)In carrying out the duties described in subsection (b), the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall ensure the coordination of, or, as appropriate, carry out—

(1)Federal programs designed to provide technical or financial assistance to eligible entities;

(2)the development of promotional materials;

(3)the financing of appropriate trade missions;

(4)the marketing of Indian goods and services;

(5)the participation of appropriate Federal agencies or eligible entities in international trade fairs; and

(6)any other activity related to the development of markets for Indian goods and services.

(d)In conjunction with the activities described in subsection (c), the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall provide technical assistance and administrative services to eligible entities to assist those entities with—

(1)the identification of appropriate markets for Indian goods and services;

(2)entering the markets referred to in paragraph (1);

(3)compliance with foreign or domestic laws and practices with respect to financial institutions with respect to the export and import of Indian goods and services; and

(4)entering into financial arrangements to provide for the export and import of Indian goods and services.

(e)In carrying out the duties and activities described in subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary, acting through the Director, shall give priority to activities that—

(1)provide the greatest degree of economic benefits to Indians; and

(2)foster long-term stable international markets for Indian goods and services.

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Amendments

2020—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 116–261 substituted “Tribes” for “tribes”.

§4304 Native American Trade and Export Promotion

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Title 25, §4304

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