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        <text>Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Bright, Bobby [D-AL-2]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Commercializing Small Business Research and Development Act - Amends the Small Business Act to state as the policy of Congress that Small Business Administration (SBA) research and development (R&amp;D) programs should focus on promoting R&amp;D of projects governed by commercial business plans which have significant potential to produce products or services for the marketplace or for acquisition by federal agencies.</p> <p>Includes energy-related and rare disease-related research topics as deserving special consideration under Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program research topics.</p> <p>Includes nanotechnology-related topics within authorized research topics under the SBIR Program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program.</p> <p>Requires each federal agency that is required to have an SBIR program and that awards annually $5 billion or more in procurement contracts to establish, for FY2010 and thereafter, annual goals for the commercialization of projects funded by SBIR awards.</p> <p>Directs each federal agency required to conduct an SBIR program to establish a commercialization program that supports the progress of SBIR awardees to the third (final) phase. Provides funding for such commercialization programs.</p>]]></text>
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