Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§9003 State Trade Expansion Program

Title 15 › CHAPTER 116 — CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT) › SUBCHAPTER I — KEEPING AMERICAN WORKERS PAID AND EMPLOYED › § 9003

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Grants made under the State Trade Expansion Program with money for fiscal year 2018 or fiscal year 2019 must continue until the end of fiscal year 2021, even if another rule would have ended them sooner. The Administrator must reimburse any grant recipient for money lost because a foreign trade mission or a trade show exhibition was canceled solely due to a public health emergency declared due to COVID–19, as long as the payment does not exceed the recipient’s grant funding.

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Title 15, §9003

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(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.

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15 U.S.C. § 9003

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110