124 STAT. 2523 PUBLIC LAW 111–240—SEPT. 27, 2010 ‘‘(4) give preference in hiring or approving the transfer of any employee into the Office or to a position described in subsection (c)(9) to otherwise qualified applicants who are fluent in a language in addition to English, to— ‘‘(A) accompany small business concerns on foreign trade missions; and ‘‘(B) translate documents, interpret conversations, and facilitate multilingual transactions, including by providing referral lists for translation services, if required.’’; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking ‘‘(c) The Office’’ and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘(c) PROMOTION OF SALES OPPORTUNITIES.—The Associate Administrator’’; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (9), respectively; (C) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesig- nated, the following: ‘‘(1) establish annual goals for the Office relating to— ‘‘(A) enhancing the exporting capability of small busi- ness concerns and small manufacturers; ‘‘(B) facilitating technology transfers; ‘‘(C) enhancing programs and services to assist small business concerns and small manufacturers to compete effectively and efficiently in foreign markets; ‘‘(D) increasing the ability of small business concerns to access capital; and ‘‘(E) disseminating information concerning Federal, State, and private programs and initiatives;’’; (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘mechanism for’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(D) assisting’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘mechanism for— ‘‘(A) identifying subsectors of the small business community with strong export potential; ‘‘(B) identifying areas of demand in foreign markets; ‘‘(C) prescreening foreign buyers for commercial and credit purposes; and ‘‘(D) assisting’’; (E) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘assist small businesses in the formation and utilization of’’ and inserting ‘‘assist small business concerns in forming and using’’; (F) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— (i) by striking ‘‘local’’ and inserting ‘‘district’’; (ii) by striking ‘‘existing’’; (iii) by striking ‘‘Small Business Development Center network’’ and inserting ‘‘small business develop- ment center network’’; and (iv) by striking ‘‘Small Business Development Center Program’’ and inserting ‘‘small business development center program’’; (G) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Gross State Produce’’ and inserting ‘‘Gross State Product’’; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘SIC’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘North American Industry Classification System’’; and
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