EXPO Act of 2019

II Calendar No. 291 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4842 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER 30, 2019 Received NOVEMBER 5, 2019 Read the first time NOVEMBER 6, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of State to provide funds for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expositions Provide 4 Opportunities Act of 2019’’ or ‘‘EXPO Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:07 Nov 06, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4842.PCS H4842 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 HR 4842 PCS SEC. 2. STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR PAVIL- 1 ION AT EXPO 2020 DUBAI. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 204 of 3 the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign 4 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 5 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), there is authorized to be appropriated 6 for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 funds for a United 7 States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, subject to sub- 8 sections (b) and (c). 9 (b) COST-SHARE REQUIREMENT.—Funds made 10 available pursuant to subsection (a) to the Department of 11 State for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai 12 shall be made available on a cost-matching basis, to the 13 maximum extent practicable, from sources other than the 14 United States Government. 15 (c) NOTIFICATION.— 16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available pur- 17 suant to subsection (a) to the Department of State 18 for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai 19 may be obligated only after the appropriate congres- 20 sional committees are notified not less than 15 days 21 prior to such obligation. 22 (2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Such notifi- 23 cation shall include the following: 24 (A) A description of the source of such 25 funds, including any funds reprogrammed or 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:07 Nov 06, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4842.PCS H4842 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 HR 4842 PCS transferred by the Department of State to be 1 made available for such pavilion. 2 (B) An estimate of the amount of invest- 3 ment such pavilion could bring to the United 4 States. 5 (C) A description of the strategy of the 6 Department to identify and obtain such match- 7 ing funds from sources other than the United 8 States Government, in accordance with sub- 9 section (b). 10 (D) An analysis of the human rights 11 record of the United Arab Emirates. 12 (E) A certification that each entity receiv- 13 ing amounts for a contract, grant, or other 14 agreement to construct, maintain, or otherwise 15 service such pavilion— 16 (i) is not in violation of the labor laws 17 of the United Arab Emirates, the Foreign 18 Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (Public Law 19 95–213), and any other applicable anti- 20 corruption laws; and 21 (ii) does not employ, or otherwise uti- 22 lize, a victim of trafficking (as defined in 23 section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Pro- 24 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102)). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:07 Nov 06, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4842.PCS H4842 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 HR 4842 PCS (d) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 1 the date on which a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 2 Dubai is opened, the Secretary of State shall submit to 3 the appropriate congressional committees a report that in- 4 cludes— 5 (1) the number of United States businesses 6 that participated in such pavilion; and 7 (2) the dollar amount and source of any match- 8 ing funds obtained by the Department. 9 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE- 10 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres- 11 sional committees’’ means the following: 12 (1) The Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 13 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 14 resentatives. 15 (2) The Committee on Foreign Relations and 16 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 17 (f) SUNSET.—This section ceases to be effective on 18 September 30, 2021. 19 Passed the House of Representatives October 29, 2019. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:07 Nov 06, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4842.PCS H4842 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:07 Nov 06, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4842.PCS H4842 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 291 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4842 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of State to provide funds for a United States pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, and for other purposes. NOVEMBER 6, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:07 Nov 06, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H4842.PCS H4842 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS