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expenses would have been approximately $9.22 million above the FY2004
appropriation, a 19.7% increase. The $22.25 million for the IG would have been
$1.36 million above the FY2004 appropriation, a 6.5% increase. The House bill
(H.R. 4754) would have approved $74.36 million for departmental management:
$52.11 in salaries and expenses and $22.25 million for the IG. The Senate bill (S.
2608) would have approved $96.62 million for departmental management: $55.55
million for salary and expenses, $21.07 million for the IG, and $20.0 million for a
travel and tourism advertisement program directed at foreign consumers. The final
appropriation (P.L. 108-447, before rescissions) is $79.77 million, with $48.11
million for salaries and expenses, $21.66 million for the IG, and $10 million for a
travel and tourism advertisement program.
International Trade Administration4
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA)(H.R. 4818, H. Rept 108-792)
enacted $393.513 million in appropriations with $8 million to be derived from fees,
thus raising the level of budget authority to $401.513 million. Each version of the
bill provided different amounts to the 4 functional units of the agency, although each
allocated $26 million for central administration. ITA's FY2004 enacted level was
$378.1 million with $13 million in fee collections, raising total resources that year
to $395.1 million.
ITA provides export promotion services, works to assure compliance with trade
agreements, administers trade remedies such as antidumping and countervailing
duties, and provides analytical support for ongoing trade negotiations. The agency is
divided into four policy units and an Executive and Administrative Directorate, with
a total full time staff of 2,553. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 (P.L.
108-199) mandated the reorganization of ITA. These changes are discussed in
context of the new organizational structure.
Manufacturing and Services Unit (MSU). The MSU carries out certain
industry analysis functions of the former Trade Development Unit (TD), but it is also
tasked with promoting the competitiveness and expansion of the U.S. manufacturing
sector under the President's Manufacturing Initiative of March 2003. Congress
transferred the trade promotion activities of TD - the Advocacy Center, the Trade
Information Center, and Office of Export Assistance - to the new Trade Promotion
Unit. The Administration requested $47.5 million for the MSU in FY2005 and theHouse appropriated the same amount. The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC)
recommended $49.5 million, which includes funding for the National Textile Center
($ 10 million), the Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation ($3 million) and the
Kansas City Smart Port (0.5 million). The CAA enacted $48.5 million for the MSU
and included the above earmarks. In FY2004, Congress enacted an appropriation of
$46.7 million.
Market Access and Compliance Unit (MAC). TheMAC monitors foreign
country compliance with trade agreements, identifies compliance problems and'The sections on ITA, USTR, NIPLECC, ITC, and BIS were written by Ian F. Fergusson,
Analyst in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division.
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