To amend the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 with respect to the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program.

1. Adds SEC. 1084. STATE TRADE AND EXPORT PROMOTION GRANT PROGRAM at the end of subtitle H of title X

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   (2) to strongly urge the Department of Defense to investigate innovative mechanisms (subject to all appropriate security requirements) to access to the pool of talent of non- United States citizens with advanced scientific and technical degrees from United States institutions of higher education, especially in those scientific and technical areas that are most vital to the national defense (such as those identified by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Armed Forces).

   Inserted: SEC. 1084. STATE TRADE AND EXPORT PROMOTION GRANT PROGRAM.

   Inserted: Section 1207(a)(5) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (15 U.S.C. 649b note) is amended by inserting after "Guam," the following: "the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

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