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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 116 — Coronavirus Economic Stabilization (cares Act)

§ 9003. State Trade Expansion Program

Statutory text

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(C)(iii) of section 649(l) of this title, for grants under the State Trade Expansion Program under such section 649(l) of this title using amounts made available for fiscal year 2018 or fiscal year 2019, the period of the grant shall continue through the end of fiscal year 2021.

(b)

Reimbursement

The Administrator shall reimburse any recipient of assistance under section 649(l) of this title 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–19 if the reimbursement does not exceed a recipient’s grant funding.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

    Pub. L. 116–136 div. A title I § 1104 · 134 Stat. 281

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 9003

    (Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title I, § 1104, Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 297.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title I, § 1104, Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 297.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1104. STATE TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM. (a) In General.— Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(C)(iii) of section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)), for grants under the State Trade Expansion Program under such section 22(l) using amounts made available for fiscal year 2018 or fiscal year 2019, the period of the grant shall continue through the end of fiscal year 2021. (b) Reimbursement.— The Administrator shall reimburse any recipient of assistance under section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)) 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–19 if the reimbursement does not exceed a recipient’s grant funding.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title I, § 1104, , 134 Stat. 297.)

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