[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 1860 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 128
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1860
[Report No. 107-213, Part I]
To reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 16, 2001
Mr. Ehlers (for himself and Mr. Barcia) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition
to the Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
September 21, 2001
Additional sponsors: Mr. Manzullo and Ms. Velazquez
September 21, 2001
Reported from the Committee on Small Business with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
September 21, 2001
Referral to the Committee on Science extended for a period ending not
later than September 21, 2001
September 21, 2001
The Committee on Science discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SOLICITATIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 9(o)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(o)(2)) is amended by inserting ``, which may be conjoined with SBIR
solicitations,'' after ``STTR solicitations''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. DATABASE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Collection.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Amendment.--Section 9(o)(9) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)(9)) is amended to read as
follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(9) collect, and maintain in a common format in
accordance with subsection (v), such information from awardees
as is necessary to assess the STTR program, including
information necessary to maintain the database described in
subsection (k);''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 9(v) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(v)) is amended by inserting
``or STTR'' after ``SBIR'' both places it appears.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Database.--Section 9(k) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(k)) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by inserting ``or STTR'' after ``SBIR'' each
place it appears in paragraph (1);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by inserting ``or required to have an STTR
program pursuant to subsection (n),'' after ``subsection
(f)(1),'' in paragraph (2);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) by inserting ``and STTR'' after ``solely for
SBIR'' in paragraph (2); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) by inserting ``or STTR'' after ``SBIR'' in
paragraph (2)(A)(iii) and (D).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 9(n)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(n)(1)) is amended by striking ``and 2001'' and inserting ``2001,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008''.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Technology Transfer
Program Reauthorization Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM AND EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Section 9(n)(1) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(n)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Required expenditure amounts.--
``(A) In general.--With respect to each fiscal year
through fiscal year 2009, each Federal agency that has
an extramural budget for research, or research and
development, in excess of $1,000,000,000 for that
fiscal year, shall expend with small business concerns
not less than the percentage of that extramural budget
specified in subparagraph (B), specifically in
connection with STTR programs that meet the
requirements of this section and any policy directives
and regulations issued under this section.
``(B) Expenditure amounts.--The percentage of the
extramural budget required to be expended by an agency
in accordance with subparagraph (A) shall be--
``(i) 0.15 percent for each fiscal year
through fiscal year 2003; and
``(ii) 0.3 percent for fiscal year 2004 and
each fiscal year thereafter.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638) is amended in subsections (b)(4) and (e)(6), by striking
``pilot'' each place it appears.
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED PHASE II AWARDS.
(a) In General.--Section 9(p)(2)(B)(ix) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 638(p)(2)(B)(ix)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$500,000'' and inserting ``$750,000'';
and
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the
following: ``, and shorter or longer periods of time to be
approved at the discretion of the awarding agency where
appropriate for a particular project''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be
effective beginning in fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 4. AGENCY OUTREACH.
Section 9(o) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (12), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end
and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(14) implement an outreach program to research
institutions and small business concerns for the purpose of
enhancing its STTR program, in conjunction with any such
outreach done for purposes of the SBIR program; and''.
SEC. 5. POLICY DIRECTIVE MODIFICATIONS.
Section 9(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(p)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Modifications.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall
modify the policy directive issued pursuant to this subsection
to clarify that the rights provided for under paragraph
(2)(B)(v) apply to all Federal funding awards under this
section, including the first phase (as described in subsection
(e)(6)(A)), the second phase (as described in subsection (e)(6)(B)),
and the third phase (as described in subsection (e)(6)(C)).''.
SEC. 6. STTR PROGRAM DATA COLLECTION.
(a) In General.--Section 9(o) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(o)), as amended by section 4 of this Act, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(15) collect, and maintain in a common format, in
accordance with subsection (v), such information from awardees
as is necessary to assess the STTR program, including
information necessary to maintain the database described in
subsection (k).''.
(b) Database.--Section 9(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(k)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``or STTR'' after ``SBIR'' each
place it appears;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) with respect to assistance under the STTR
program only--
``(i) whether the small business concern or
the research institution initiated their
collaboration on each assisted STTR project;
``(ii) whether the small business concern
or the research institution originated any
technology relating to the assisted STTR
project;
``(iii) the length of time it took to
negotiate any licensing agreement between the
small business concern and the research
institution under each assisted STTR project;
and
``(iv) how the proceeds from the
commercialization, marketing, or sale of
technology resulting from each assisted STTR
project were allocated (by percentage) between
the small business concern and the research
institution.''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting ``or an STTR program pursuant to
subsection (n)(1)'' after ``(f)(1)'';
(B) by inserting ``and STTR'' after ``solely for
SBIR'';
(C) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting ``and
STTR'' after ``SBIR''; and
(D) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``or STTR''
after ``SBIR''.
(c) Simplified Reporting Requirements.--Section 9(v) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(v)) is amended by inserting ``or STTR''
after ``SBIR'' each place it appears.
(d) Reports to Congress.--Section 9(b)(7) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 638(b)(7)) is amended by striking ``and (o)(9),'' and
inserting ``, (o)(9), and (o)(15), the number of proposals received
from, and the number and total amount of awards to, HUBZone small
business concerns under each of the SBIR and STTR programs,''.
SEC. 7. STTR PROGRAM-WIDE MODEL AGREEMENT FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS.
(a) Development of Model Agreement.--Section 9 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(w) STTR Model Agreement for Intellectual Property Rights.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall promulgate
regulations establishing a single model agreement for use in
the STTR program that allocates between small business concerns
and research institutions intellectual property rights and
rights, if any, to carry out follow-on research, development,
or commercialization.
``(2) Opportunity for comment.--In promulgating regulations
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall provide affected
agencies, small business concerns, research institutions, and
other interested parties the opportunity to submit written
comments.''.
(b) Adoption of Model Agreement by Federal Agencies.--Section
9(o)(11) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)(11)) is amended by
striking ``develop a model agreement not later than July 31, 1993, to
be approved by the Administration,'' and inserting ``adopt the
agreement developed by the Administrator under subsection (w) as the
agency's model agreement''.
SEC. 8. FAST PROGRAM ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME AREAS.
(a) Selection Consideration.--Section 34(c)(2)(B) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d(c)(2)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iv) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (v) by striking the period and inserting ``;
and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(vi) whether the proposal addresses the
needs of small business concerns located in 1
or more qualified census tracts, as that term
is defined in section 42(d)(5)(C)(ii) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.
(b) Regulations.--Section 34(c)(4) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 657d(c)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The
Administrator shall promulgate regulations establishing standards for
the consideration of proposals under paragraph (2), including standards
regarding each of the considerations identified in paragraph (2)(B).''.
Union Calendar No. 128
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1860
[Report No. 107-213 Part I]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for
other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
September 21, 2001
Reported from the Committee on Small Business with an amendment
September 21, 2001
Referral to the Committee on Science extended for a period ending not
later than September 21, 2001
September 21, 2001
Committee discharged; committed to the Committee on the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed