,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,finkenauer introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,small ,business  ,a      
,,bill  ,to provide relief for ,state   
,trade ,expansion ,program grant        
recipients relating to ,,covid-#ai1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,step   
,reimbursement ,act of #bjbj4  #b4      
,considerations for ,state ,trade       
,expansion ,program relating to         
,,covid-#ai  7a7 ,reimbursement ,the    
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration shall reimburse any     
recipient of assistance under section   
#bb7l7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fdi7l77 for financial losses
 relating to a foreign trade mission or 
a trade show exhibition that was        
cancelled solely due to a public health 
emergency declared due to ,,covid-#ai4  
7b7 ,budget plan revisions ,section     

#bb7l77#c7 of the ,small ,business ,act 
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdi7l77#c77 is amended--
 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,d77i71 by       
inserting 1 including a budget plan for 
use of funds awarded under this         
subsection before the period at the end2
 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the     
following new subparagraph3  7,e7       
,budget plan revisions  7i7 ,in general 
,a ,state receiving a grant under this  
subsection may revise the budget plan of
 the ,state submitted under subparagraph
 7,d7 after the disbursal of grant funds
 if-- 7,i7 the revision complies with   
allowable uses of grant funds under this
 subsection2 and  7,,ii7 such ,state    
submits notification of the revision to 
the ,associate ,administrator4  7ii7    
,exception ,if a revision under clause  
7i7 reallocates #aj percent or more of  
the amounts described in the budget plan
 of the ,state submitted under          
subparagraph 7,d71 the ,state may not   
implement the revised budget plan       
without the approval of the ,associate  

,administrator1 unless the ,associate   
,administrator fails to approve or deny 
the revised plan within #aj days after  
receipt of such revised plan4  4  7c7   
,funding ,the ,administrator of the     
,small ,business ,administration may use
 amounts appropriated to carry out the  
,state ,trade ,expansion ,program       
established under section #bb7l7 of the 
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fdi7l77 for fiscal years #bjah and     
#bjai that remain unobligated or        
unexpended to carry out the ,state      
,trade ,expansion ,program through the  
end of fiscal year #bjba4