BOOST American Business Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9062 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9062 To increase the capacity and effectiveness of the Department in supporting American businesses operating overseas and protecting American industries from adversaries, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 29, 2026 Mrs. Kim introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase the capacity and effectiveness of the Department in supporting American businesses operating overseas and protecting American industries from adversaries, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Building Opportunities Overseas to Strengthen and Train American Business Act'' or the ``BOOST American Business Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress; statement of policy. Sec. 3. Purposes. Sec. 4. Director General of the Foreign and Commercial Diplomatic Services. Sec. 5. Establishment of the Commercial Diplomatic Service. Sec. 6. Commercial Diplomatic Service assignments. Sec. 7. Commercial Diplomatic Service training. Sec. 8. Strengthening commercial diplomacy expertise at the Department of State. Sec. 9. Contracting authority. Sec. 10. Definitions. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) On December 7, 1979, President Carter issued Executive Order 12175 (44 Fed. Reg. 70703; relating to Reorganization of functions relating to international trade) which