[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
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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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