I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1608 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``SelectUSA Authorization Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. SELECTUSA INITIATIVE DEFINED. In this Act, the term ``SelectUSA Initiative'' means the SelectUSA Initiative established by Executive Order 13577 of June 15, 2011. SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SELECTUSA INITIATIVE. There is authorized to be appropriated for the SelectUSA Initiative $17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018. SEC. 4. REPORTS AND NOTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS. (a) In General.--Not later than December 31 of 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to Congress a report on the activities of the SelectUSA Initiative during the preceding fiscal year. (b) Contents.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include, for the period covered by the report, the following: (1) A description of the outreach activities of the SelectUSA Initiative and the amounts used by the SelectUSA Initiative for such activities. (2) The number of foreign firms that relocated to the United States as a result of the activities of the SelectUSA Initiative.…
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