3.0.0 2793 2023-01-11T13:31:25Z 2023-01-11T13:31:25Z Senate S 2016-04-13 114 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-04-13T19:14:15Z SBIR and STTR Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2016 114 2812 S 2016-12-20 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-417. Identical bill CRS Improving Small Business Innovative Research and Technologies Act of 2015 114 2136 S 2016-12-20 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-414. Related bill CRS 2016-04-13 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2016-04-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2016-04-13 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2016-04-13 True Commerce Accounting and auditing Advanced technology and technological innovations Business investment and capital Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Inflation and prices Intellectual property Public contracts and procurement Research administration and funding Research and development Small business Technology transfer and commercialization Commerce 00 2016-04-13 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-25T18:48:26Z SBIR and STTR Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2016

This bill amends the Small Business Act to reauthorize and make permanent the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

The bill specifies budget amounts for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to obligate for expenditure with small business concerns under the SBIR and STTR programs.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) shall modify certain policy directives to eliminate automatic annual inflation adjustments to awards under Phases I and II of the SBIR program.

The bill makes the Commercialization Development Awards pilot program permanent.

The national small business goal for federal agency research and development programs shall be at least 10% for FY2018 and ensuing fiscal years.

Annual reports to Congress on the SBIR and STTR programs shall include information regarding awards under the Rapid Innovation Program under the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011.

An SBIR or STTR award may cover the indirect cost of seeking protection for intellectual property created through work performed under it.

The Government Accountability Office shall audit annually federal government compliance with SBIR and STTR goals and incentives.

Federal agencies and prime contractors shall issue Phase III awards relating to technology, including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that developed the technology.

The SBA shall establish a Regional SBIR State Collaborative Initiative Pilot Program.

The bill reauthorizes the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program through FY2021.

The bill establishes an SBIR and STTR Interagency Policy Committee to:

  • determine how to collect data on achievements by small business concerns in each phase of the programs; and
  • establish a uniform baseline for metrics that support improving the solicitation, contracting, funding, and execution of program management.
]]> SBIR and STTR Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2016 Display Title SBIR and STTR Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SBIR and STTR Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2793is/xml/BILLS-114s2793is.xml 2016-04-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.