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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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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