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Congressional Record, House, H8736: Moms’ Lives Act, SBA Cyber Awareness Act (December 5, 2022)

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Page H8736 of the Congressional Record, House, dated December 5, 2022, records floor debate on the Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act, with Mr. Pallone, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania and Mr. Carter of Georgia speaking in support. The Speaker pro tempore states that two-thirds being in the affirmative, the ayes have it on suspending the rules and passing the bill as amended; Mr. Rosendale demands the yeas and nays, and further proceedings are postponed. Ms. Velázquez then moves to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to the SBA Cyber Awareness Act, which requires an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration. The printed Senate amendment sets the first report at not later than 180 days after enactment.

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                                            H8736                                             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE                                                        December 5, 2022
                                              The Chair recognizes the gentleman                    nications barriers that some pregnant                  a bipartisan basis, and I urge all my
                                            from New Jersey.                                        women face so that we can explore                      colleagues to support it.
                                                             GENERAL LEAVE                          connectivity policies that help keep                     Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance
                                              Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I ask                       these women safe and healthy.                          of my time.
                                            unanimous consent that all Members                        Mr. Speaker, for these reasons, I urge                 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
                                            may have 5 legislative days in which to                 my colleagues to support S. 198, the                   question is on the motion offered by
                                            revise and extend their remarks and in-                 Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act                   the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr.
                                            clude extraneous material on S. 198.                    in a bipartisan manner, and I reserve                  PALLONE) that the House suspend the
                                              The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there                     the balance of my time.                                rules and pass the bill, S. 198, as
                                            objection to the request of the gen-                      Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr.                       amended.
                                            tleman from New Jersey?                                 Speaker, I yield myself such time as I                   The question was taken.
                                              There was no objection.                               may consume.                                             The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the
                                              Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield                       I rise today in support of S. 198, the               opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being
                                            myself such time as I may consume.                      Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives                       in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
                                              I rise in strong support of S. 198, the               Act, that mirrors legislation from Rep-                  Mr. ROSENDALE. Mr. Speaker, on
                                            Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives                        resentatives         BILIRAKIS         and             that I demand the yeas and nays.
                                            Act.                                                    BUTTERFIELD. Their legislation passed                    The yeas and nays were ordered.
                                              The United States has the highest                     the House by over 400 votes in April of                  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
                                            rate of maternal mortality across de-                   this year.                                             ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro-
                                            veloped nations. And while maternal                       Maternal mortality continues to af-                  ceedings on this motion will be post-
                                            mortality and morbidity are problems                    fect moms and children across the                      poned.
                                            that affect women throughout the                        United States. The Energy and Com-                                       f
                                            country, these concerns are especially                  merce Committee has worked in a bi-
                                            pronounced in Black and Native Amer-                    partisan way to address this prevent-                                       b 1430
                                            ican communities.                                       able issue, but unfortunately, chal-                       SBA CYBER AWARENESS ACT
                                              Maternal mortality rates for Black                    lenges remain.                                           Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I
                                            women are three times higher than                         This legislation will build on existing              move to suspend the rules and concur
                                            those of White women, and the rate of                   tools of the Federal Communications                    in the Senate amendment to the bill
                                            death for American Indians and Alaska                   Commission by incorporating publicly                   (H.R. 3462) to require an annual report
                                            Native women is two times higher.                       available data on maternal health out-                 on the cybersecurity of the Small Busi-
                                            This is simply unacceptable, and we                     comes into its Mapping Broadband                       ness Administration, and for other pur-
                                            should be taking action to reverse                      Health in America tool. The FCC would                  poses.
                                            these disturbing numbers.                               be required to work with the Centers                     The Clerk read the title of the bill.
                                              Technology, Mr. Speaker, has a role                   for Disease Control and Prevention to                    The text of the Senate amendment is
                                            to     play    but    requires   modern                 determine what maternal health out-                    as follows:
                                            connectivity like high-speed broadband                  comes to include.                                        Senate amendment:
                                            to provide the most potential. For in-                    I encourage all of my colleagues to                    Strike out all after the enacting clause and
                                            stance, access to telehealth services                   support this legislation, and I reserve                insert:
                                            like routine checkups, health moni-                     the balance of my time.                                SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                                            toring, and updated prescriptions can                     Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I have                      This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SBA Cyber
                                            go a long way in ensuring the health                    no additional speakers, and I reserve                  Awareness Act’’.
                                            and safety of both the mother and                       the balance of my time.                                SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS REPORT-
                                            child.                                                    Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr.                                   ING.
                                              This legislation before us today seeks                Speaker, I yield such time as he may                     (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the Small Busi-
                                            to help lawmakers, public health offi-                  consume to the gentleman from Geor-                    ness Act (15 U.S.C. 639) is amended by inserting
                                            cials, and the public at large to con-                  gia (Mr. CARTER).                                      after subsection (a) the following:
                                            sider issues of connectivity and mater-                   Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak-                       ‘‘(b) CYBERSECURITY REPORTS.—
                                            nal health outcomes in tandem. Once                     er, I rise today in support of the bill, S.               ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days
                                                                                                                                                           after the date of enactment of this subsection,
                                            implemented, it will provide a better                   198, the Data Mapping to Save Moms’                    and every year thereafter, the Administrator
                                            idea for how connectivity and health                    Lives Act.                                             shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
                                            data intersect. This will help us better                  Earlier this year, the House passed                  sional committees that includes—
                                            target telehealth services to vulnerable                H.R. 1218, which was introduced by                        ‘‘(A) a strategy to increase the cybersecurity
                                            populations in communities at risk of                   Representatives BUTTERFIELD and BILI-                  of information technology infrastructure of the
                                            maternal mortality and morbidity.                       RAKIS. This legislation was the result                 Administration;
                                              Specifically, Mr. Speaker, it will re-                of bipartisan work through hearings                       ‘‘(B) a supply chain risk management strategy
                                            quire the FCC to integrate publicly                     and markups in the Energy and Com-                     and an implementation plan to address the risks
                                                                                                                                                           of foreign manufactured information technology
                                            available data related to maternal                      merce Committee. I am pleased to see
                                                                                                                                                           equipment utilized by the Administration, in-
                                            health, including mortality and severe                  that Republican efforts at changes to                  cluding specific risk mitigation activities for
                                            morbidity, into its Mapping Broadband                   improve the legislation are included in                components originating from entities with prin-
                                            Health in America platform. The FCC                     the bill before us.                                    cipal places of business located in the People’s
                                            will be required to consult with the                      Today’s legislation amends the Sen-                  Republic of China; and
                                            Centers for Disease Control and Pre-                    ate bill to include the House-passed                      ‘‘(C) an account of—
                                            vention to determine the right data to                  language, which I was pleased to sup-                     ‘‘(i) any incident that occurred at the Admin-
                                            include for this effort.                                port earlier this year. The Data Map-                  istration during the 2-year period preceding the
                                              We have worked closely with our                                                                              date on which the first report is submitted, and,
                                                                                                    ping to Save Moms’ Lives Act follows
                                                                                                                                                           for subsequent reports, the 1-year period pre-
                                            Senate colleagues to get this legisla-                  other bipartisan work the Energy and                   ceding the date of submission; and
                                            tion enacted, and I want to acknowl-                    Commerce Committee has done to ad-                        ‘‘(ii) any action taken by the Administrator to
                                            edge and thank Senators ROSEN and                       dress maternal mortality in America.                   respond to or remediate any such incident.
                                            FISCHER for their leadership on the bill.                 I am pleased to support this legisla-                   ‘‘(2) FISMA REPORTS.—Each report required
                                            This bipartisan Senate bill incor-                      tion, and I urge my colleagues to do so,               under paragraph (1) may be submitted as part of
                                            porates the text of the House-passed                    as well.                                               the report required under section 3554 of title 44,
                                            version championed by Representatives                     Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I re-                      United States Code.




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                                            BUTTERFIELD, BILIRAKIS, and LISA                        serve the balance of my time.                             ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
                                                                                                                                                           subsection shall be construed to affect the re-
                                            BLUNT ROCHESTER.                                          Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr.                       porting requirements of the Administrator under
                                              This initiative, Mr. Speaker, com-                    Speaker, I yield back the balance of                   chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, in
                                            bined with other good work that we in                   my time.                                               particular the requirement to notify the Federal
                                            the executive branch have done, will                      Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I, once                    information security incident center under sec-
                                            help us better understand the commu-                    again, urge that we support this bill on               tion 3554(b)(7)(C)(ii) of such title, any guidance




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                                            December 5, 2022                                  CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE                                                                H8737
                                            issued by the Office of Management and Budg-              The unprecedented demand for pro-                      I urge my colleagues to support the
                                            et, or any other provision of law or Federal pol-       grams like PPP and the COVID EIDL                      Senate amendment to H.R. 3462, and I
                                            icy.                                                    overwhelmed the SBA’s legacy system,                   reserve the balance of my time.
                                               ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
                                               ‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-              leading to back-end crashes, slow por-                   Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I
                                            TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-          tal operations, and a breach that ex-                  yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
                                            mittees’ means—                                         posed applicants’ personal information.                Colorado (Mr. CROW).
                                               ‘‘(i) the Committee on Small Business and En-        SBA failed to make any public an-                        Mr. CROW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today
                                            trepreneurship of the Senate;                           nouncement about the data breach, and                  in support of H.R. 3462, the bipartisan
                                               ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Homeland Security and        it took weeks for the agency to send                   SBA Cyber Awareness Act.
                                            Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
                                               ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Small Business of the       paper notifications to affected individ-                 The Small Business Administration
                                            House of Representatives; and                           uals.                                                  supports small businesses in every cor-
                                               ‘‘(iv) the Committee on Oversight and Reform           H.R. 3462 would require the SBA to                   ner of the country. With the support of
                                            of the House of Representatives.                        assess its cybersecurity procedures and                Congress, the SBA has gone to bat for
                                               ‘‘(B) INCIDENT.—The term ‘incident’ has the          submit a cybersecurity report to Con-                  small businesses during the COVID–19
                                            meaning given the term in section 3552 of title         gress within 180 days of passage and an-               pandemic through relief programs like
                                            44, United States Code.                                 nually thereafter.
                                               ‘‘(C) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term                                                                      PPP and EIDL. Yet, year after year,
                                            ‘information technology’ has the meaning given
                                                                                                      SBA possesses sensitive information                  the SBA’s Office of Inspector General
                                            the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States     belonging to countless American small                  has found that IT security is one of the
                                            Code.’’.                                                business owners. We must ensure this                   agency’s most serious management and
                                               (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the          data is protected from bad actors in                   performance challenges.
                                            date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator        cyberspace.                                              The pandemic highlighted the gaps in
                                            of the Small Business Administration shall, to            The Senate-passed version we are                     the agency’s cybersecurity. As a result
                                            the greatest extent practicable, provide to the         voting on today reinforces reporting
                                            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneur-                                                                  of high demand, a glitch in the EIDL
                                                                                                    requirements established by the Fed-                   application exposed the personal infor-
                                            ship of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland
                                                                                                    eral Information Security Management                   mation of over 8,000 applicants.
                                            Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
                                            ate, the Committee on Small Business of the             Act of 2002.                                             We need to bolster the SBA’s cyber-
                                            House of Representatives, and the Committee on            I support the changes and thank the                  security so that the SBA can better
                                            Oversight and Reform of the House of Rep-               Senate for improving this legislation. I
                                                                                                                                                           protect small businesses’ information
                                            resentatives a detailed account of information          thank Mr. CROW of Colorado and Mrs.
                                                                                                                                                           and continue to help small businesses
                                            technology (as defined in section 3502 of title 44,     KIM of California for introducing and
                                                                                                                                                           nationwide.
                                            United States Code) of the Small Business Ad-           championing this bill. Their relentless
                                            ministration that was manufactured by an enti-
                                                                                                                                                             My bill, the SBA Cyber Awareness
                                                                                                    efforts on this issue is why we are here
                                            ty that has its principal place of business lo-                                                                Act, would direct the SBA to issue an
                                                                                                    today.
                                            cated in the People’s Republic of China.                  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to                 annual report on the agency’s cyberse-
                                              The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-                       support H.R. 3462, as amended by the                   curity strategy, as well as disclosure of
                                            ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from                   Senate, and I reserve the balance of my                recent threats and breaches. Under this
                                            New York (Ms. VELÁZQUEZ) and the                       time.                                                  bill, the SBA would also report on its
                                            gentleman from Missouri (Mr. LUETKE-                      Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I                      supply chain risk management strat-
                                            MEYER) each will control 20 minutes.                    yield myself such time as I may con-                   egy and issue a plan to address the
                                              The Chair recognizes the gentle-                      sume and rise in support of H.R. 3462,                 risks of foreign manufactured informa-
                                            woman from New York.                                    the SBA Cyber Awareness Act, as                        tion technology used by the agency, in-
                                                             GENERAL LEAVE                          amended by the Senate.                                 cluding components originating from
                                              Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I ask                      Cyberattacks are too common in to-                   the People’s Republic of China.
                                            unanimous consent that all Members                      day’s world. They cost the U.S. econ-                    This bill passed the Senate by unani-
                                            may have 5 legislative days in which to                 omy billions of dollars each year and                  mous consent, and a similar version
                                            revise and extend their remarks and in-                 have the ability to harm and shut down                 passed the House of Representatives
                                            clude extraneous material on the meas-                  small businesses, which often operate                  unopposed last year in November 2021.
                                            ure under consideration.                                on the thinnest of margins.                              I thank the bill’s Republican co-lead,
                                              The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there                       Any cyber intrusion on a small busi-                 Representative YOUNG KIM, for her sup-
                                            objection to the request of the gentle-                 ness creates great pain and uncer-                     port,    as    well   as    Chairwoman
                                            woman from New York?                                    tainty. H.R. 3462 takes important steps                VELÁZQUEZ, Ranking Member LUETKE-
                                              There was no objection.                               to enhance and support our small busi-                 MEYER, and the staff of the Small Busi-
                                              Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I                        nesses and the Federal Government                      ness Committee, all of whom have been
                                            yield myself such time as I may con-                    from bad actors.                                       critical in advancing this measure.
                                            sume.                                                     This bill strengthens cybersecurity                    Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to
                                              Mr. Speaker, I thank all the members                  operations at the Small Business Ad-                   join me again in supporting this com-
                                            of the Small Business Committee for                     ministration by requiring the agency                   monsense bill to support SBA cyberse-
                                            their hard work this Congress on behalf                 to issue a report to Congress that as-                 curity.
                                            of our Nation’s 32 million small busi-                  sesses its ability to respond to cyber                   Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I
                                            ness owners.                                            threats.                                               yield myself the balance of my time.
                                              These bills will help small firms in a                  Additionally, H.R. 3462 requires the                   Mr. Speaker, the threat of a
                                            number of areas: strengthen cybersecu-                  SBA to assess its own cybersecurity                    cyberattack on a small business is con-
                                            rity and broadband access, improve ex-                  framework and report on any incidents                  stant. A cyber intrusion, no matter the
                                            porting, and enhance recovery assist-                   in a timely fashion.                                   magnitude, could have devastating and
                                            ance from natural disasters.                              H.R. 3462 passed the House last year                 consequential impacts for the Nation’s
                                              They are the product of the bipar-                    with a vote of 423–0, Mr. Speaker, and                 smallest businesses.
                                            tisan and bicameral work of the House                   was recently approved by the Senate                      We must ensure the agency charged
                                            and Senate Small Business Commit-                       with an amendment to strengthen re-                    with helping the Nation’s over 33 mil-
                                            tees. I hope that we can come together                  porting requirements by focusing on                    lion small businesses is prepared. H.R.
                                            today and approve these bills.                          supply chain and foreign technology                    3462 and the Senate’s corresponding
                                              First, we will consider H.R. 3462, the                risk.                                                  amendment do just that.
                                            SBA Cyber Awareness Act, as amended                       I thank the gentleman from Colorado                    Mr. Speaker, I encourage my col-
                                            and passed by the Senate. For more                      (Mr. CROW), the gentlewoman from                       leagues to support the legislation be-




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                                            than 20 years, the SBA’s IG has listed                  California (Mrs. KIM), and the gen-                    fore us today that will better protect
                                            IT security as one of the most serious                  tleman from Nebraska (Mr. FLOOD) for                   the Federal Government and America’s
                                            management and performance chal-                        working together to protect small busi-                small businesses from cyberattack, and
                                            lenges for SBA. These vulnerabilities                   nesses, as well as our Senate colleagues               I yield back the balance of my time.
                                            were exposed during the rollout of the                  who worked on this bill. I also thank                    Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I
                                            SBA COVID–19 relief programs.                           the chair for pushing this bill forward.               yield myself the balance of my time.



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                                            H8738                                             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE                                                        December 5, 2022
                                              Mr. Speaker, the average cost of a                    nicate to applicants and grant recipients any          trolled by women, and rural small business
                                            data breach in the United States is                     information about State Trade Expansion                concerns.
                                            over $9 million. For small businesses                   Program, including—                                      ‘‘(II) Total dollar amount of export sales
                                                                                                       ‘‘(i) for each unsuccessful applicant for a         by eligible small business concerns assisted
                                            operating on razor-thin margins, an                     grant awarded under this subsection, rec-              by the program.
                                            event like this can be catastrophic.                    ommendations to improve a subsequent ap-                 ‘‘(III) Number of such concerns that have
                                              Small businesses must be confident                    plication for such a grant; and                        not previously participated in an activity de-
                                            that SBA systems are fully operational                     ‘‘(ii) for each successful applicant for such       scribed in paragraph (2).
                                            and capable of protecting their sen-                    a grant, an explanation for the amount                   ‘‘(IV) Number of such concerns that, be-
                                            sitive data. H.R. 3462 will go a long way               awarded, if different from the amount re-              cause of participation in the program, have
                                            toward rebuilding trust in the agency’s                 quested in the application.                            accessed a new market.
                                            IT infrastructure.                                         ‘‘(F) BUDGET PLAN REVISIONS.—                         ‘‘(V) Number of such concerns that, be-
                                                                                                       ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving a grant         cause of participation in the program, have
                                              I thank my colleagues, Mr. CROW of                    under this subsection may revise the budget            created new jobs.
                                            Colorado and Mrs. KIM of California,                    plan of the State submitted under subpara-               ‘‘(VI) Number of such concerns partici-
                                            for their leadership on this issue.                     graph (D) after the disbursal of grant funds           pating in foreign trade missions or trade
                                              Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to                  if—                                                    show exhibitions, disaggregated by socially
                                            concur with the Senate amendment to                        ‘‘(I) the revision complies with allowable          and economically disadvantaged small busi-
                                            the bill, H.R. 3462, and I yield back the               uses of grant funds under this subsection;             ness concerns, small business concerns
                                            balance of my time.                                     and                                                    owned and controlled by women, and rural
                                              The SPEAKER pro tempore. The                             ‘‘(II) such State submits notification of the       small business concerns.’’.
                                                                                                    revision to the Associate Administrator.
                                            question is on the motion offered by                                                                             (d) EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE
                                                                                                       ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If a revision under clause
                                            the gentlewoman from New York (Ms.                                                                             SMALL         BUSINESS       CONCERN.—Section
                                                                                                    (i) reallocates 10 percent or more of the
                                            VELÁZQUEZ) that the House suspend the                                                                         22(l)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act is
                                                                                                    amounts described in the budget plan of the
                                            rules and concur in the Senate amend-                                                                          amended—
                                                                                                    State submitted under subparagraph (D), the
                                                                                                                                                             (1) in clause (iii)(II), by adding ‘‘and’’ at
                                            ment to the bill, H.R. 3462.                            State may not implement the revised budget
                                                                                                                                                           the end;
                                              The question was taken.                               plan without the approval of the Associate
                                                                                                                                                             (2) by striking clause (iv); and
                                              The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the                       Administrator, unless the Associate Admin-
                                                                                                                                                             (3) by redesignating clause (v) as clause
                                            opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being                  istrator fails to approve or deny the revised
                                                                                                                                                           (iv).
                                            in the affirmative, the ayes have it.                   plan within 20 days after receipt of such re-
                                                                                                    vised plan.’’.                                           (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
                                              Mr. ROSENDALE. Mr. Speaker, on                           (b) SURVEY.—Section 22(l) of the Small              Section 22(l)(10) of the Small Business Act,
                                            that I demand the yeas and nays.                        Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)) is amended—            as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended
                                              The yeas and nays were ordered.                          (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through         by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2016 through 2020’’
                                              The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-                       (9) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respec-            and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through
                                            ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro-                tively; and                                            2026’’.
                                            ceedings on this motion will be post-                      (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-         (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1
                                            poned.                                                  lowing new paragraph:                                  year after the date of the enactment of this
                                                                                                       ‘‘(7) SURVEY.—The Associate Adminis-                Act, the Associate Administrator for Inter-
                                                             f                                      trator shall conduct an annual survey of               national Trade of the Small Business Admin-
                                             STEP IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2022                           each State that received a grant under this            istration shall submit to Congress a report
                                                                                                    subsection during the preceding year to so-            on the State Trade Expansion Program es-
                                              Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I                        licit feedback on the program and develop              tablished under section 22(l) of the Small
                                            move to suspend the rules and pass the                  best practices for grantees.’’.                        Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)) that includes a
                                            bill (H.R. 8844) to reauthorize the State                  (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 22(l)(8)(B) of           description of—
                                            Trade Expansion Program of the Small                    the Small Business Act, as redesignated by               (1) the process developed for review of re-
                                            Business Administration, and for other                  subsection (b), is amended—                            vised budget plans submitted under section
                                            purposes.                                                  (1) in clause (i)—                                  22(l)(3)(F) of the Small Business Act, as
                                              The Clerk read the title of the bill.                    (A) in subclause (III), by inserting ‘‘, in-        added by this Act;
                                                                                                    cluding the total number of eligible small               (2) any changes made to streamline the ap-
                                              The text of the bill is as follows:
                                                                                                    business concerns assisted by the program              plication process to remove duplicative re-
                                                                 H.R. 8844                          (disaggregated by socially and economically            quirements and create a more transparent
                                              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-         disadvantaged small business concerns,                 process;
                                            resentatives of the United States of America in         small business concerns owned and con-                   (3) the process developed to share best
                                            Congress assembled,                                     trolled by women, and rural small business             practices by States described in section
                                            SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.                                 concerns)’’ before the semicolon at the end;           22(l)(8)(B)(i)(V) (as redesignated by this Act),
                                              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘STEP Im-                  (B) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at       particularly for first-time grant recipients
                                            provement Act of 2022’’.                                the end;                                               under the State Trade Expansion Program or
                                            SEC. 2. STATE TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM.                     (C) in subclause (V)—                               grant recipients that are facing problems
                                              (a) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section                    (i) by striking ‘‘description of best prac-         using grant funds; and
                                            22(l)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.           tices’’ and inserting ‘‘detailed description of          (4) the process developed to communicate,
                                            649(l)(3)) is amended—                                  best practices’’; and                                  both verbally and in writing, relevant infor-
                                              (1) in subparagraph (D)—                                 (ii) by striking the period at the end and          mation about the State Trade Expansion
                                              (A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, including         inserting a semicolon; and                             Program to all grant recipients in a timely
                                            a budget plan for use of funds awarded under               (D) by adding at the end the following new          manner.
                                            this subsection’’ before the period at the end;         subclauses:
                                            and                                                        ‘‘(VI) an analysis of the performance                 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu-
                                              (B) by adding at the end the following new            metrics described in clause (iii), including a         ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from
                                            clause:                                                 determination of whether or not any goals              New York (Ms. VELÁZQUEZ) and the
                                              ‘‘(iii) TIMING.—The Associate Adminis-                relating to such performance metrics were              gentleman from Missouri (Mr. LUETKE-
                                            trator shall—                                           met, and an analysis of the survey described           MEYER) each will control 20 minutes.
                                              ‘‘(I) publish information on how to apply             in paragraph (7); and
                                            for a grant under this subsection, including               ‘‘(VII) a description of lessons learned by           The Chair recognizes the gentle-
                                            specific calculations and other determina-              grant recipients under this subsection that            woman from New York.
                                            tions used to award such a grant, not later             may apply to other assistance provided by                                GENERAL LEAVE
                                            than March 31 of each year;                             the Administration.’’; and
                                              ‘‘(II) establish a deadline for the submis-              (2) by adding at the end the following new
                                                                                                                                                             Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I ask
                                            sion of applications that is not earlier than           clause:                                                unanimous consent that all Members
                                            60 days after the date on which the informa-               ‘‘(iii) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—Annually,              may have 5 legislative days in which to
                                            tion is published under subclause (I) and that          the Associate Administrator shall collect              revise and extend their remarks and in-




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                                            is not later than May 31; and                           data on eligible small business concerns as-           clude extraneous material on the meas-
                                              ‘‘(III) announce grant recipients not later           sisted by the program for the following per-           ure under consideration.
                                            than August 31 of each year.’’; and                     formance metrics:
                                                                                                                                                             The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
                                              (2) by adding at the end the following new               ‘‘(I) Total number of such concerns,
                                            subparagraphs:                                          disaggregated by socially and economically             objection to the request of the gentle-
                                              ‘‘(E) APPLICATION INFORMATION.—The Asso-              disadvantaged small business concerns,                 woman from New York?
                                            ciate Administrator shall clearly commu-                small business concerns owned and con-                   There was no objection.



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