3.0.0 2990 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z Senate S S 2014-12-09 113 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-12-09T16:17:49Z Next STEP Act of 2013 113 2333 HR 2013-06-12 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. Related bill CRS STEP A Act of 2013 113 3619 HR 2013-11-22 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. Related bill CRS 2014-12-09 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2014-12-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2014-12-09 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2014-12-09 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2014-12-11 False Commerce Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Marketing and advertising Rural conditions and development Small business State and local government operations Commerce 00 2014-12-09 Introduced in Senate 2014-12-17T21:23:40Z State Trade and Export Promotion Utilization Program for American Small Businesses Act or the STEP UP for American Small Businesses Act - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Associate Administrator for International Trade within the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program.

Authorizes the Associate Administrator to make competitive grants to states to carry out export promotion programs to increase: (1) the number of eligible small businesses that export (including rural small businesses and small businesses owned and controlled by women and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals), as well as (2) the value of their exports.

Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to require the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) to include one or more members appointed by the President who are representatives of state trade promotion agencies.

]]> STEP UP for American Small Businesses Act Display Title STEP UP for American Small Businesses Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced STEP UP for American Small Businesses Act Short Titles as Introduced State Trade and Export Promotion Utilization Program for American Small Businesses Act Introduced in Senate 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2990is/xml/BILLS-113s2990is.xml 2014-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.