Text of Senate Amendment 6169

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Record: Senate Floor
Section type: Amendments
Chamber: Senate
Date: June 24, 2026
Congress: 119th Congress
Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.

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People mentioned: Shaheen, Jeanne
Committees: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Appropriations

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SA 6169. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. 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:

“(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—

“(aa) not earlier than 60 days after the date on which the

information is published under subclause (I); and

“(bb) not later than—

“(AA) May 31 of each year; or

“(BB) in the event that full-year appropriations for the

program for a fiscal year have not been enacted as of

February 1 of such fiscal year, 120 days after full-year

appropriations are enacted; and

“(III) announce grant recipients not later than—

“(aa) September 30 of each year; or

“(bb) in the event that full-year appropriations for the

program for a fiscal year have not been enacted as of

February 1 of such fiscal year, 210 days after full-year

appropriations are enacted.

“(iv) Application streamlining.—The Associate

Administrator shall establish a concise application for

grants under the program that shall—

“(I) encompass all necessary information; and

“(II) to the extent feasible, use forms common to other

Federal trade programs and reduce unnecessary or duplicative

materials.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(E) Application information.—The Associate Administrator

shall clearly communicate to applicants and grant recipients

any information about the 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;

“(ii) for each successful applicant for such a grant, an

explanation for the amount awarded, if significantly

different from the amount requested in the application; and

“(iii) a website, which shall be maintained and linked to

from the primary website for the program, that includes the

most up-to-date information about program requirements,

eligible expenditures, and procedures.

“(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 30 calendar 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:

“(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.”.

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)), as so redesignated by

subsection (b), is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (B)—

(A) in clause (i)—

(i) in subclause (I), by inserting “, as well as the

timing of applications and award announcements” before the

semicolon at the end;

(ii) 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;

(iii) in subclause (IV), by striking “and” at the end;

(iv) 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

(v) by adding at the end the following:

“(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

(B) by adding at the end the following:

“(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.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(C) Reporting by recipients; processing of

reimbursements.—

“(i) In general.—The Associate Administrator shall

establish for recipients of grants under the program a

reporting process, template, or spreadsheet format to report

information regarding the program that reduces duplicative or

unnecessary reporting requirements, except as needed to

report congressionally required key performance indicators,

make funding decisions, or conduct necessary oversight of the

program.

“(ii) Processing of reimbursement requests.—The Associate

Administrator shall—

“(I) process information submitted by a State, territory,

or commonwealth for purposes of obtaining reimbursement for

eligible activities in a timely manner;

“(II) notify a State, territory, or commonwealth if such

information is not processed on or before the date that is 21

days after the date such information is submitted; and

“(III) provide an estimated completion timeline with any

notification under subclause (II)

“(D) Monthly obligations.—Not later than 30 days after

the date of enactment of this subparagraph, and every month

thereafter, the Administration shall submit to the Committee

on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on

Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Small

Business and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of

Representatives a monthly obligations report that includes

information on obligations of funding under the program,

which shall include—

“(i) the Treasury Account Symbols;

“(ii) the period of availability;

“(iii) the unobligated balance for the program at the

beginning of the month;

“(iv) monthly realized recoveries or recaptures;

“(v) monthly obligations;

“(vi) a comparison of the obligations incurred in the

period covered by the report to the obligations incurred in

the same period in the 2 prior fiscal years; and

“(vii) the resulting unobligated balances at the end of

the month.”.

(d) Expansion of Definition of Eligible Small Business

Concern.—

(1) In general.—Section 22(l)(1)(A) of the Small Business

Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)(1)(A)) is amended—

(A) in clause (iii)(II), by adding “and” at the end;

(B) by striking clause (iv); and

(2) Limitation on use of funds for participation in foreign

trade missions.—Section 22(l)(2)(A) of the Small Business

Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting “by

eligible small business concerns that have been in operation

for not less than 1 year” after “trade missions”.

(e) Authorization of Appropriations.—Paragraph (10) of

section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)),

as so redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by striking

“fiscal years 2016 through 2020” and inserting “fiscal

years 2027 through 2031”.

(f) Report to Congress.—Not later than 1 year after the

date of 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)), as amended by this

section, that includes a description of—

(1) the process developed for review of revised budget

plans submitted under subparagraph (F) of section 22(l)(3) of

the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)(3)), as added by

this section;

(2) the process through which the Small Business

Administration selects and funds grantees and the criteria

used by the Administration in making such decisions;

(3) any changes made to streamline the application and

reporting processes to remove duplicative requirements and

create a more transparent process;

(4) the process developed to share best practices by States

described in paragraph (8)(B)(i)(V) of section 22(l) of the

Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)), as so redesignated by

this section, particularly for first-time grant recipients

under the State Trade Expansion Program or grant recipients

that are facing problems using grant funds; and

(5) 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.

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