---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 4304"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "4304"
heading: "Native American trade and export promotion"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/4304"
units:
  - "Chapter 44 — Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism"
---

# §4304. Native American trade and export promotion

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), shall carry out a Native American export and trade promotion program (referred to in this section as the “program”).
- (b) **Coordination of Federal programs and services—** In carrying out the program, the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), 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](/usc/25/4302.md?p=7); and
  - (2) stimulate the demand for [Indian goods and services](/usc/25/4302.md?p=4) that are available from [eligible entities](/usc/25/4302.md?p=2).
- (c) **Activities—** In carrying out the duties described in [subsection (b)](#b), the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), shall ensure the coordination of, or, as appropriate, carry out—
  - (1) Federal programs designed to provide technical or financial assistance to [eligible entities](/usc/25/4302.md?p=2);
  - (2) the development of promotional materials;
  - (3) the financing of appropriate trade missions;
  - (4) the marketing of [Indian goods and services](/usc/25/4302.md?p=4);
  - (5) the participation of appropriate Federal agencies or [eligible entities](/usc/25/4302.md?p=2) in international trade fairs; and
  - (6) any other activity related to the development of markets for [Indian goods and services](/usc/25/4302.md?p=4).
- (d) **Technical assistance—** In conjunction with the activities described in [subsection (c)](#c), the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), shall provide technical assistance and administrative services to [eligible entities](/usc/25/4302.md?p=2) to assist those entities with—
  - (1) the identification of appropriate markets for [Indian goods and services](/usc/25/4302.md?p=4);
  - (2) entering the markets referred to in [paragraph (1)](#d-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](/usc/25/4302.md?p=4); and
  - (4) entering into financial arrangements to provide for the export and import of [Indian goods and services](/usc/25/4302.md?p=4).
- (e) **Priorities—** In carrying out the duties and activities described in subsections [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c), the [Secretary](/usc/25/4302.md?p=9), acting through the [Director](/usc/25/4302.md?p=1), shall give priority to activities that—
  - (1) provide the greatest degree of economic benefits to [Indians](/usc/25/4302.md?p=3); and
  - (2) foster long-term stable international markets for [Indian goods and services](/usc/25/4302.md?p=4).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–464, § 5, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 2016; Pub. L. 116–261, § 3(e)(2), Dec. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 3311.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

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