I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2333 
To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the permanent establishment 
of the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2013 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself and Mr. REICHERT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the perma-
nent establishment of the State Trade and Export Pro-
motion Grant Program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Next STEP Act of 
2013’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE TRADE AND EXPORT PROMOTION GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended— 
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(1) by redesignating section 47 as section 48; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 46 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 47. STATE TRADE AND EXPORT PROMOTION GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘eligible small business concern’ 
means a small business concern that— 
‘‘(A) has been in business for not less than 
the 1-year period ending on the date on which 
assistance is provided using a grant under this 
section; 
‘‘(B) is operating profitably, based on op-
erations in the United States; 
‘‘(C) has demonstrated understanding of 
the costs associated with exporting and doing 
business with foreign purchasers, including the 
costs of freight forwarding, customs brokers, 
packing and shipping, as determined by the As-
sociate Administrator; and 
‘‘(D) has in effect a strategic plan for ex-
porting; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘program’ means the State Trade 
and Export Promotion Grant Program established 
under subsection (b); 
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‘‘(3) the term ‘small business concern owned 
and controlled by women’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘socially and economically dis-
advantaged small business concern’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 8(a)(4)(A); and 
‘‘(5) the term ‘State’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Associate 
Administrator for International Trade appointed under 
section 22(a)(2) (hereinafter in this section referred to as 
the ‘Associate Administrator’) shall establish a trade and 
export promotion program to be known as the State Trade 
and Export Promotion Grant Program, to make grants 
to States to carry out export programs that assist eligible 
small business concerns in— 
‘‘(1) participation in a foreign trade mission; 
‘‘(2) a foreign market sales trip; 
‘‘(3) a subscription to services provided by the 
Department of Commerce; 
‘‘(4) the payment of Web site translation fees; 
‘‘(5) the design of international marketing 
media; 
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‘‘(6) a trade show exhibition; 
‘‘(7) participation in training workshops; or 
‘‘(8) any other export initiative determined ap-
propriate by the Associate Administrator. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) JOINT REVIEW.—In carrying out the pro-
gram, the Associate Administrator may make a 
grant to a State to increase the number of eligible 
small business concerns in the State that export or 
to increase the value of the exports by eligible small 
business concerns in the State. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this 
section, the Associate Administrator may give pri-
ority to an application by a State that proposes a 
program that— 
‘‘(A) focuses on eligible small business con-
cerns as part of an export promotion program; 
‘‘(B) demonstrates success in promoting 
exports by— 
‘‘(i) socially and economically dis-
advantaged small business concerns; 
‘‘(ii) small business concerns owned or 
controlled by women; and 
‘‘(iii) rural small business concerns; 
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