Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: July 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 126)]
[Notices]
[Page 38072-38073]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Notice of a Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY: President Obama launched the
National Export Initiative (NEI) via Executive
Order 13534 in order to achieve the goal of
doubling U.S. exports of goods and services over
five years to facilitate the creation of jobs in
the United States. As part of the broad Federal
government effort to support the NEI, the
Administration, through the interagency Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), is
seeking information from exporters, other
private businesses, trade associations,
academia, labor organizations, non-governmental
organizations, and other interested parties.
DATES: Comments must be received by 11:59 p.m.,
July 26, 2010, to be considered. Comments should
be no more than 25 pages single spaced.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the
following methods:
Online: To submit comments via
http://www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number 100624279-0279-01 in the ``Enter Keyword
or ID'' window at the
http://www.regulations.gov home page and
click ``Search.'' The site will provide a
search-results page listing all documents
associated with this docket. Find a reference to
this notice by selecting ``Notices'' under
``Document Type'' on the search-results page,
and click on the link entitled ``Submit a
Comment.'' (For further information on using the
http://www.regulations.gov Web site, please
consult the resources provided on that Web site
by clicking on the ``Help'' tab.) The
http://www.regulations.gov Web site provides
the option of making submissions by filling in a
``General Comments'' field, or by attaching a
document. We expect that most submissions will
be provided in an attached document. If a
document is attached, it is sufficient to type
``See attached'' in the ``General Comments''
field. We strongly urge submitters to avail
themselves of the electronic filing, if at all
possible. Persons wishing to submit comments
anonymously may do so by leaving the fields for
name and organization blank.
Mail: Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room C102, 1401
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230
Attn.: NEI Comments. To facilitate review and
consideration of comments, the TPCC Secretariat
will share comments with other TPCC agencies.
Comments will be made public and should not
contain confidential or business sensitive
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grace Hu, Trade
Promotion Coordinating Committee, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, +1 202-482-5455.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background
On March 11, 2010, President Obama issued
Executive Order 13534 to enhance and coordinate
Federal efforts to facilitate the creation of
jobs in the United States through the promotion
of exports, and to ensure the effective use of
Federal resources in support of these goals. The
Executive Order can be found online at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-national-export-initiative.
The Executive Order instructs the Export
Promotion Cabinet,
through the TPCC, to provide a report to the
President within 180 days on a comprehensive
plan to carry out the goals of the NEI.
The TPCC, established by the Export
Enhancement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-429), is an
interagency committee that coordinates the
development of U.S. Government trade promotion
policies and programs. The TPCC is composed of
representatives from 20 Federal agencies. The
Secretary of Commerce chairs the TPCC. Other
agencies and offices represented are the
Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation, the U.S. Trade and
Development Agency, the Small Business
Administration, the Departments of Agriculture,
State, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security,
Interior, Labor, Transportation and the
Treasury, the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative, the U.S. Agency for
International Development, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of
Management and Budget, the National Security
Council, the National Economic Council, and the
Council of Economic Advisors.
The NEI is President Obama's initiative to
improve conditions that directly affect the
private sector's ability to export. The NEI will
help meet the Administration's goal of doubling
exports
over the next 5 years by working to remove trade
barriers, by helping firms--especially small
businesses--overcome the hurdles to entering new
export markets, by assisting with financing, and
in general by pursuing a government-wide
approach to export advocacy abroad, among
other steps.
General information concerning the NEI and
government programs that help U.S. businesses
export is available at
http://www.export.gov.
Public Comments
The TPCC is seeking information from exporters,
other private businesses, trade associations,
academia, labor organizations, non-governmental
organizations, and other interested parties
regarding:
(1) Identification of Federal government
programs or regulations that impede the ability
of U.S. companies to export;
(2) Effective foreign trade promotion programs
and activities that could inform U.S. Federal
government program development;
(3) Identification of the most (or least)
effective Federal government programs that
support U.S. exports, including specific
experiences with such Federal government
programs;
(4) Steps that the Federal government could take
to improve its programs to support U.S. exports;
and
(5) More generally, how the Federal government
could better help U.S. businesses export.
In particular, we are seeking comments with
respect to the following eight priority areas
set forth by the President in Executive Order
13534:
(a) Exports by Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises (SMEs);
(b) Federal Export Assistance;
(c) Trade Missions;
(d) Commercial Advocacy;
(e) Increasing Export Credit;
(f) Macroeconomic Rebalancing;
(g) Reducing Barriers to Trade; and
(h) Export Promotion of Services.
In responding, please indicate your experience
with exporting and the type of organization you
are affiliated with, if any, i.e., small
business, large company, trade association,
academia, labor
organization, or other non-governmental
organization. For organizations submitting
comments to the Federal Register (FR) notice on
the TPCC Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Export Strategy to Support the NEI (FR Doc.
2010-12982), comments received in response to
that notice
will be considered and do not need to be
resubmitted. The information received will help
the Administration develop the NEI plan called
for by the President in Executive Order 13534.
With regard to the priority area involving
``Reducing Barriers to Trade,'' the
Administration will take into account public
comments previously received by the Office of
the U.S. Trade Representative with regard to the
development and implementation of U.S. trade
policy. See FR notices at
http://
www.ustr.gov/federal-register-notices and
http://www.regulations.gov for a complete
enumeration of those notices and comments
received.
Dated: June 24, 2010.
Joe Hurd,
Senior Director, Trade Promotion Coordinating
Committee, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2010-15934 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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