---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 17332"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "17332"
heading: "United States exports and outreach programs for India, China, and other countries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/17332"
units:
  - "Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security"
  - "Subchapter VIII — International Energy Programs"
  - "Part A — Assistance To Promote Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies in Foreign Countries"
---

# §17332. United States exports and outreach programs for India, China, and other countries

- (a) **Assistance authorized—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/17001.md?p=3) of Commerce shall direct the United States and Foreign Commercial Service to expand or create a corps of the Foreign Commercial Service officers to promote United States exports in [clean and efficient energy technologies](/usc/42/17321.md?p=2) and build the capacity of government officials in India, China, and any other country the [Secretary](/usc/42/17001.md?p=3) of Commerce determines appropriate, to become more familiar with the available technologies—
  - (1) by assigning or training Foreign Commercial Service attachés, who have expertise in [clean and efficient energy technologies](/usc/42/17321.md?p=2) from the United States, to embark on business development and outreach efforts to such countries; and
  - (2) by deploying the attachés described in [paragraph (1)](#a-1) to educate provincial, [state](/usc/42/17151.md?p=6), and local government officials in such countries on the variety of United States-based technologies in [clean and efficient energy technologies](/usc/42/17321.md?p=2) for the purposes of promoting United States exports and reducing global [greenhouse gas](/usc/42/17321.md?p=3) emissions.
- (b) **Report—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/17001.md?p=3) of Commerce shall submit to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/42/17321.md?p=1) 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](/usc/42/17001.md?p=3) of Commerce such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–140, title IX, § 912, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1726.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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.