[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 189 (Tuesday, December 6, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H8773-H8775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS CERTAIN BILLS

  Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 
1508, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bills: H.R. 8844, S. 
198, and S. 1687.
  The Clerk read the title of the bills.
  The text of the bills are as follows:


                      STEP Improvement Act of 2022

                               H.R. 8844

       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 ``STEP Improvement Act of 
     2022''.

     SEC. 2. STATE TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM.

       (a) Application Requirements.--Section 22(l)(3) of the 
     Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)(3)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (D)--
       (A) in clause (i), by inserting ``, including a budget plan 
     for use of funds awarded under this subsection'' before the 
     period at the end; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iii) Timing.--The Associate Administrator shall--

       ``(I) publish information on how to apply for a grant under 
     this subsection, including specific calculations and other 
     determinations used to award such a grant, not later than 
     March 31 of each year;
       ``(II) establish a deadline for the submission of 
     applications that is not earlier than 60 days after the date 
     on which the information is published under subclause (I) and 
     that is not later than May 31; and
       ``(III) announce grant recipients not later than August 31 
     of each year.''; and

       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(E) Application information.--The Associate Administrator 
     shall clearly communicate to applicants and grant recipients 
     any information about State Trade Expansion Program, 
     including--
       ``(i) for each unsuccessful applicant for a grant awarded 
     under this subsection, recommendations to improve a 
     subsequent application for such a grant; and
       ``(ii) for each successful applicant for such a grant, an 
     explanation for the amount awarded, if different from the 
     amount requested in the application.
       ``(F) Budget plan revisions.--
       ``(i) In general.--A State receiving a grant under this 
     subsection may revise the budget plan of the State submitted 
     under subparagraph (D) after the disbursal of grant funds 
     if--

       ``(I) the revision complies with allowable uses of grant 
     funds under this subsection; and
       ``(II) such State submits notification of the revision to 
     the Associate Administrator.

       ``(ii) Exception.--If a revision under clause (i) 
     reallocates 10 percent or more of the amounts described in 
     the budget plan of the State submitted under subparagraph 
     (D), the State may not implement the revised budget plan 
     without the approval of the Associate Administrator, unless 
     the Associate Administrator fails to approve or deny the 
     revised plan within 20 days after receipt of such revised 
     plan.''.
       (b) Survey.--Section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 649(l)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) as 
     paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(7) Survey.--The Associate Administrator shall conduct an 
     annual survey of each State that received a grant under this 
     subsection during the preceding year to solicit feedback on 
     the program and develop best practices for grantees.''.
       (c) Annual Report.--Section 22(l)(8)(B) of the Small 
     Business Act, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended--
       (1) in clause (i)--
       (A) in subclause (III), by inserting ``, including the 
     total number of eligible small business concerns assisted by 
     the program (disaggregated by socially and economically 
     disadvantaged small business concerns, small business 
     concerns owned and controlled by women, and rural small 
     business concerns)'' before the semicolon at the end;
       (B) in subclause (IV), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (C) in subclause (V)--
       (i) by striking ``description of best practices'' and 
     inserting ``detailed description of best practices''; and
       (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting a 
     semicolon; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following new subclauses:

       ``(VI) an analysis of the performance metrics described in 
     clause (iii), including a determination of whether or not any 
     goals relating to such performance metrics were met, and an 
     analysis of the survey described in paragraph (7); and
       ``(VII) a description of lessons learned by grant 
     recipients under this subsection that may apply to other 
     assistance provided by the Administration.''; and

       (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iii) Performance metrics.--Annually, the Associate 
     Administrator shall collect data on eligible small business 
     concerns assisted by the program for the following 
     performance metrics:

       ``(I) Total number of such concerns, disaggregated by 
     socially and economically disadvantaged small business 
     concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by 
     women, and rural small business concerns.
       ``(II) Total dollar amount of export sales by eligible 
     small business concerns assisted by the program.
       ``(III) Number of such concerns that have not previously 
     participated in an activity described in paragraph (2).
       ``(IV) Number of such concerns that, because of 
     participation in the program, have accessed a new market.
       ``(V) Number of such concerns that, because of 
     participation in the program, have created new jobs.
       ``(VI) Number of such concerns participating in foreign 
     trade missions or trade show exhibitions, disaggregated by 
     socially and economically disadvantaged small business 
     concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by 
     women, and rural small business concerns.''.

       (d) Expansion of Definition of Eligible Small Business 
     Concern.--Section 22(l)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act is 
     amended--
       (1) in clause (iii)(II), by adding ``and'' at the end;
       (2) by striking clause (iv); and
       (3) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (iv).
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 22(l)(10) of 
     the Small Business Act, as redesignated by subsection (b), is 
     amended by striking ``fiscal years 2016 through 2020'' and 
     inserting ``fiscal years 2023 through 2026''.
       (f) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Associate 
     Administrator for International Trade of the Small Business 
     Administration shall submit to Congress a report on the State 
     Trade Expansion Program established under section 22(l) of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)) that includes a 
     description of--
       (1) the process developed for review of revised budget 
     plans submitted under section 22(l)(3)(F) of the Small 
     Business Act, as added by this Act;
       (2) any changes made to streamline the application process 
     to remove duplicative requirements and create a more 
     transparent process;
       (3) the process developed to share best practices by States 
     described in section

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     22(l)(8)(B)(i)(V) (as redesignated by this Act), particularly 
     for first-time grant recipients under the State Trade 
     Expansion Program or grant recipients that are facing 
     problems using grant funds; and
       (4) the process developed to communicate, both verbally and 
     in writing, relevant information about the State Trade 
     Expansion Program to all grant recipients in a timely manner.

                  Data Mapping to Save Moms' Lives Act

                                 S. 198

       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 ``Data Mapping to Save Moms' 
     Lives Act''.

     SEC. 2. MAPPING BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY AND MATERNAL HEALTH 
                   OUTCOMES.

       (a) Incorporation of Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal 
     Morbidity Data.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications 
     Commission shall incorporate publicly available data on 
     maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, including 
     for not less than 1 year postpartum, into the Mapping 
     Broadband Health in America platform of the Commission.
       (b) Consultation With CDC.--The Federal Communications 
     Commission shall consult with the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention regarding the maternal 
     mortality and severe maternal morbidity data that should be 
     incorporated under subsection (a).


               Small Business Cyber Training Act of 2022

                                S. 1687

       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 ``Small Business Cyber 
     Training Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. DUTIES OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER 
                   COUNSELORS.

       (a) Cyber Training.--Section 21 of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 648) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(o) Cyber Strategy Training for Small Business 
     Development Centers.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
       ``(A) the term `cyber strategy' means resources and tactics 
     to assist in planning for cybersecurity and defending against 
     cyber risks and attacks; and
       ``(B) the term `lead small business development center' 
     means a small business development center that receives 
     reimbursement from the Administrator under paragraph (5).
       ``(2) Certification program.--The Administrator shall 
     establish a cyber counseling certification program, or 
     designate 1 or more substantially similar governmental or 
     private cybersecurity certification programs, to certify the 
     employees of lead small business development centers in 
     providing cyber planning assistance to small business 
     concerns.
       ``(3) Number of certified employees.--The Administrator 
     shall ensure that the number of employees of each lead small 
     business development center who are certified in providing 
     cyber planning assistance is not less than the lesser of--
       ``(A) 5; or
       ``(B) 10 percent of the total number of employees of the 
     lead small business development center.
       ``(4) Cyber strategy.--In carrying out paragraph (2), the 
     Administrator, to the extent practicable, shall consider any 
     cyber strategy methods included in the Small Business 
     Development Center Cyber Strategy developed under section 
     1841(a)(3)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2662).
       ``(5) Reimbursement for certification.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, the Administrator may reimburse each lead 
     small business development center for costs relating to the 
     certification of 1 or more employees of the lead small 
     business center in providing cyber planning assistance under 
     a program established or designated under paragraph (2).
       ``(B) Limitation.--The total amount reimbursed by the 
     Administrator under subparagraph (A) may not exceed $350,000 
     in any fiscal year.''.
       (b) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration shall implement paragraphs (2), (3), 
     and (4) of section 21(o) of the Small Business Act, as added 
     by subsection (a).

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Dingell). Pursuant to section 3 of 
House Resolution 1508, the ordering of the yeas and nays on postponed 
motions to suspend the rules with respect to such measures is vacated 
to the end that all such motions are considered as withdrawn.
  The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Maryland 
(Mr. Hoyer) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bills.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. ROSENDALE. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 380, 
nays 46, not voting 5, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 504]

                               YEAS--380

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bentz
     Bera
     Bergman
     Beyer
     Bice (OK)
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Bourdeaux
     Bowman
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady
     Brown (MD)
     Brown (OH)
     Brownley
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bush
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carey
     Carl
     Carson
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (LA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Comer
     Connolly
     Conway
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     Davids (KS)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Davis, Rodney
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Dunn
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Flores
     Foster
     Foxx
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garbarino
     Garcia (CA)
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gibbs
     Gimenez
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Harder (CA)
     Harshbarger
     Hartzler
     Hayes
     Herrell
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinson
     Hollingsworth
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs (CA)
     Jacobs (NY)
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (TX)
     Jones
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kahele
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Keller
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (CA)
     Kim (NJ)
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Leger Fernandez
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Long
     Lowenthal
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luria
     Lynch
     Mace
     Malinowski
     Malliotakis
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Mann
     Manning
     Mast
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meijer
     Meng
     Meuser
     Mfume
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (NC)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newhouse
     Newman
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Obernolte
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Pfluger
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Posey
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (NY)
     Ryan (OH)
     Salazar
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sempolinski
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spartz
     Speier
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Strickland
     Suozzi
     Swalwell
     Takano
     Tenney
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Duyne
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Yarmuth
     Zeldin

                                NAYS--46

     Biggs
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Brooks
     Buck
     Budd
     Burchett
     Cammack
     Cawthorn
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Davidson
     Donalds
     Duncan
     Estes
     Fallon
     Fulcher
     Gohmert
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Greene (GA)
     Grothman

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     Harris
     Hern
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Jordan
     Loudermilk
     Massie
     McClintock
     Miller (IL)
     Nehls
     Norman
     Perry
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Roy
     Schweikert
     Steube
     Taylor
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Van Drew
     Webster (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Cheney
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Kinzinger
     Rutherford

                              {time}  1519

  Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and 
the bills were passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Mr. JACKSON. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 504, I mistakenly voted 
``yes'' when I intended to vote ``no.''


    Members Recorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress

     Baird (Bucshon)
     Bass (Cicilline)
     Beatty (Neguse)
     Brooks (Fleischmann)
     Cole (Lucas)
     DeFazio (Pallone)
     Demings (Blunt Rochester)
     Doyle, Michael F. (Pallone)
     Duncan (Norman)
     Dunn (Cammack)
     Frankel, Lois (Meng)
     Gallego (Cicilline)
     Gosar (Weber (TX))
     Gottheimer (Pappas)
     Grijalva (Neguse)
     Herrera Beutler (Moore (UT))
     Johnson (TX) (Pallone)
     Kildee (Pappas)
     Kirkpatrick (Pallone)
     Lieu (Beyer)
     Lowenthal (Beyer)
     Moore (WI) (Beyer)
     Newman (Correa)
     O'Halleran (Pappas)
     Palazzo (Fleischmann)
     Pascrell (Pallone)
     Pressley (Neguse)
     Rice (NY) (Morelle)
     Roybal-Allard (Correa)
     Ruppersberger (Sarbanes)
     Ryan (OH) (Correa)
     Simpson (Fulcher)
     Sires (Pallone)
     Stanton (Huffman)
     Steube (Franklin, C. Scott)
     Titus (Pallone)
     Welch (Pallone)

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