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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 116 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 116 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 No. 158 House of Representatives The House met at 2 p.m. and was IN HONOR OF CORPORAL WESLEY Trade Expansion Program of the Small called to order by the Speaker. A. RODD Business Administration, and for other f (Mrs. FLETCHER asked and was purposes. given permission to address the House The Clerk read the title of the bill. PRAYER for 1 minute.) The text of the bill is as follows: The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick Mrs. FLETCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise H.R. 6133 J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: today to honor United States Marine Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Merciful God we give You thanks for Corps Corporal Wesley Alexander Rodd, resentatives of the United States of America in giving us another day. who was killed during a training acci- Congress assembled, As the Members of the people’s House dent off the coast of Southern Cali- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. return to Washington, keep them safe fornia on July 30 of this year and was This Act may be cited as the ‘‘STEP Im- in their travels. You know well the just laid to rest last Saturday. provement Act of 2020’’. dangers confronting the citizens of our Born in Houston, he was a resident of SEC. 2. STATE TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM. Nation: extreme weather events, ongo- Cypress for 17 years. Just 4 months (a) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section ing pandemic effects, economic distress ago, he became a father. After grad- 22(l)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. and impending loss of employment, and uating from Cy-Fair High School in 649(l)(3)) is amended— even housing. 2016, he enlisted in the United States (1) in subparagraph (D)— Fill the Members with wisdom, pa- Marine Corps, and he served as a rifle- (A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, including a budget plan for use of funds awarded under tience, and determination to address man with the Bravo Company. this subsection’’ before the period at the end; these needs as so many dangers con- We are grateful to him for his service and tinue to close in on our communities. to our country—for his dedication and (B) by adding at the end the following new May all that is done this day be for for his sacrifice—and it is fitting that clause: Your greater honor and glory. we, the people he defended, honor him ‘‘(iii) TIMING.—The Associate Adminis- Amen. today on the floor of this House, in this trator shall— ‘‘(I) publish information on how to apply f Chamber. And as we do so, we honor the loss and the grief and the sacrifice for a grant under this subsection, including THE JOURNAL specific calculations and other determina- of his wife, Jamie; his 4-month-old son, tions used to award such a grant, not later The SPEAKER. Pursuant to section Ezra; his mother, Valarie; and all of his than March 31 of each year; 4(a) of House Resolution 967, the Jour- family, his friends, and his fellow ma- ‘‘(II) establish a deadline for the submis- nal of the last day’s proceedings is ap- rines. All Americans are forever in sion of applications that is not earlier than proved. their debt—and he will be forever in 60 days after the date on which the informa- our hearts. tion is published under subclause (I), but in f any case not later than May 31; and f ‘‘(III) announce grant recipients not later PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER than August 31 of each year.’’; and The SPEAKER. The Chair will lead (2) by adding at the end the following new PRO TEMPORE the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. subparagraphs: The SPEAKER led the Pledge of Alle- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ‘‘(E) APPLICATION INFORMATION.—The Asso- giance as follows: ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair ciate Administrator shall clearly commu- nicate to applicants and grant recipients any I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules information about State Trade Expansion United States of America, and to the Repub- Program, including— lic for which it stands, one nation under God, on which the yeas and nays are or- ‘‘(i) for each unsuccessful applicant for a indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. dered. grant awarded under this subsection, rec- f The House will resume proceedings ommendations to improve a subsequent ap- on postponed questions at a later time. plication for such a grant; and ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ‘‘(ii) for each successful applicant for such f PRO TEMPORE a grant, an explanation for the amount awarded, if different from the amount re- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. STEP IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2020 ´ quested in the application. GOMEZ). The Chair will entertain up to Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I ‘‘(F) BUDGET PLAN REVISIONS.— 15 requests for 1-minute speeches on move to suspend the rules and pass the ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving a grant each side of the aisle. bill (H.R. 6133) to reauthorize the State under this subsection may revise the budget b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H4341 . VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:49 Sep 15, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14SE7.000 H14SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with HOUSE H4342 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 14, 2020 plan of the State submitted under subpara- show exhibitions, disaggregated by socially hearings about the challenges and ben- graph (D) after the disbursal of grant funds and economically disadvantaged small busi- efits of exporting and trade for Amer- if— ness concerns, small business concerns ica’s business owners, this bill address- ‘‘(I) the revision complies with allowable owned and controlled by women, and rural es many of the concerns raised. It reau- uses of grant funds under this subsection; small business concerns.’’. and (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— thorizes the SBA State Trade Expan- ‘‘(II) such State submits notification of the Section 22(l)(10) of the Small Business Act, sion Program—otherwise known as revision to the Associate Administrator. as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended STEP—a proven and effective program ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If a revision under clause by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2016 through 2020’’ that gives small businesses the tools (i) reallocates 10 percent or more of the and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2021 through they need to enter and thrive in the amounts described in the budget plan of the 2024’’. global marketplace. State submitted under subparagraph (D), the (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 STEP has helped small firms export State may not implement the revised budget year after the date of the enactment of this and access new markets, supporting plan without the approval of the Associate Act, the Associate Administrator for Inter- Administrator, unless the Associate Admin- national Trade of the Small Business Admin- $974 million in export sales in fiscal istrator fails to approve or deny the revised istration shall submit to Congress a report year 2019 alone. With the COVID–19 plan within 10 days after receipt of such re- on the State Trade Expansion Program es- pandemic continuing to decimate local vised plan.’’. tablished under section 22(l) of the Small economies and disrupting supply (b) SURVEY.—Section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)) that includes a chains, the STEP program will be need- Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)) is amended— description of— ed now more than ever. It will help (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (1) the process developed for review of re- (9) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respec- small businesses navigate the complex- vised budget plans submitted under section ities of an international marketplace, tively; and 22(l)(3)(F) of the Small Business Act, as (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol- added by this Act; particularly as the country and world lowing new paragraph: (2) any changes made to streamline the ap- reopen for business. The STEP Im- ‘‘(7) SURVEY.—The Associate Adminis- plication process to remove duplicative re- provement Act of 2020 funds STEP trator shall conduct an annual survey of quirements and create a more transparent through fiscal year 2024 while making each State that received a grant under this process; important improvements to modernize subsection during the preceding year to so- (3) the process developed to share best the program. licit feedback on the program.’’. practices by States described in section (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 22(l)(8)(B) of Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to report 22(l)(8)(B)(i)(V) (as redesignated by this Act), the Small Business Act, as redesignated by that this legislation has the support of particularly for first-time grant recipients subsection (b), is amended— under the State Trade Expansion Program or the State International Development (1) in clause (i)— grant recipients that are facing problems Organizations. I thank its cosponsors, (A) in subclause (III), by inserting ‘‘, in- using grant funds; and Representative FINKENAUER, who is cluding the total number of eligible small (4) the process developed to communicate, also the chair of the Subcommittee on business concerns assisted by the program (disaggregated by socially and economically both verbally and in writing, relevant infor- Rural Development, Agriculture, disadvantaged small business concerns, mation about the State Trade Expansion Trade, and Entrepreneurship; and Rep- small business concerns owned and con- Program to all grant recipients in a timely resentative SPANO, the ranking mem- trolled by women, and rural small business manner.
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