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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§17333 United States Trade Missions to Encourage Private Sector Trade and Investment

Title 42 › CHAPTER 152 — ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER VIII — INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PROGRAMS › Part A — Assistance To Promote Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies in Foreign Countries › § 17333

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce must have the International Trade Administration set up or grow trade missions to and from the United States to encourage private companies to trade and invest in clean, efficient energy technologies. This means arranging trips and matches that link U.S. companies with foreign market opportunities to help slow greenhouse gas increases, and running reverse missions that bring foreign public and private groups to the U.S. to see export-ready or in-development clean energy technologies. Each year for fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Secretary must send a report to the appropriate congressional committees on how this work is going. Money can be provided as needed for each of those years to carry out these activities.

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Title 42, §17333

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Assistance authorized
The Secretary of Commerce shall direct the International Trade Administration to expand or create trade missions to and from the United States to encourage private sector trade and investment in clean and efficient energy technologies—
(1)by organizing and facilitating trade missions to foreign countries and by matching United States private sector companies with opportunities in foreign markets so that clean and efficient energy technologies can help to combat increases in global greenhouse gas emissions; and
(2)by creating reverse trade missions in which the Department of Commerce facilitates the meeting of foreign private and public sector organizations with private sector companies in the United States for the purpose of showcasing clean and efficient energy technologies in use or in development that could be exported to other countries.
(b)Report
The Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report on the implementation of this section for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(c)Authorization of appropriations
To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.

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Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

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42 U.S.C. § 17333

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110