1.This Act may be cited as
the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of
2008
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—Reauthorization of the SBIR and STTR programs
Sec. 101. Extension of termination dates.
Sec. 102. Status of the office of technology.
Sec. 103. SBIR cap increase.
Sec. 104. STTR cap increase.
Sec. 105. SBIR and STTR award levels.
Sec. 106. Agency and program collaboration.
Sec. 107. Elimination of Phase II invitations.
Sec. 108. Majority-venture investments in SBIR
firms.
Sec. 109. SBIR and STTR special acquisition
preference.
Sec. 110. Collaborating with Federal laboratories and research
and development centers.
Sec. 111. Notice requirement.
TITLE II—Outreach and commercialization initiatives
Sec. 201. Rural and State outreach.
Sec. 202. SBIR–STEM Workforce Development Grant Pilot
Program.
Sec. 203. Technical assistance for awardees.
Sec. 204. Commercialization pilot program at Department of
Defense.
Sec. 205. Commercialization Pilot Program for civilian
agencies.
Sec. 206. Nanotechnology initiative.
Sec. 207. Accelerating cures.
TITLE III—Oversight and evaluation
Sec. 301. Streamlining annual evaluation
requirements.
Sec. 302. Data collection from agencies for SBIR.
Sec. 303. Data collection from agencies for STTR.
Sec. 304. Public database.
Sec. 305. Government database.
Sec. 306. Accuracy in funding base calculations.
Sec. 307. Continued evaluation by the National Academy of
Sciences.
Sec. 308. Technology insertion reporting
requirements.
Sec. 309. Intellectual property protections.
TITLE IV—Policy directives
Sec. 401. Conforming amendments to the SBIR and the STTR policy
directives.
3.In this Act—
(1)the terms Administration and
Administrator mean the Small Business Administration and the
Administrator thereof, respectively;
(2)the terms
extramural budget, Federal agency, Small
Business Innovation Research Program, SBIR, Small
Business Technology Transfer Program, and STTR have the
meanings given such terms in section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638); and
(3)the term
small business concern has the same meaning as under section 3 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
<enum>I</enum><header>Reauthorization
of the SBIR and STTR programs</header>
<section id="ID0de404d6a2974fd09f6e3e95ac499fd3"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of
termination dates</header>
<subsection id="ID95a14348d982450ab334fc707595a3e2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>SBIR</header><text>Section
9(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(m)) is amended by striking
<quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2022</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb288eb0d2f7a4e3482b3f2edda1cf6bd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>STTR</header><text>Section
9(n)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)(A)) is amended by
striking <quote>2009</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID523a35c87c404589856eac72a93bdac9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Status of the
office of technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
9(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5cbcccb133c243feabca90cc4230898e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID034b9c0dbb2448b2853ab245ab1b6e82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1AA14E05EF924F88B20968880A9C724C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6a54c64ba0da45c69a1afe9ad0477e8e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB574137810BE4ACBB55FA65AACCE000A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDc2b7fa1f14cd44b7a3bbc4cc26667be6"><enum>(10)</enum><text>to maintain an
Office of Technology—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBE97F11A4A4142D3BF257AAFC8B153FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to carry out its
responsibilities under this section, headed by the Assistant Administrator for
Technology, who shall report directly to the Administrator; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC734AB4D299C411CB89FA639B458042E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which shall be
independent from the Office of Government Contracting and sufficiently staffed
and funded to comply with the oversight, reporting, and public database
responsibilities assigned to the Office of Technology by the
Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID9adc5418b73a422f9114130bbf0f78f6"><enum>103.</enum><header>SBIR cap
increase</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(f) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(f)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfd95f85876b248f0af44e649c1a4328d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1B528E1B7B594677AA5BB4331FE37938"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB7ED00FD5E3B4CB5AE6A852AB7A5C156"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE3AC9330E7942A19B6ED13976BB2A1B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID719bb02ce7094be3b41a6e03e1e25bc3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not less than 2.5
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2009;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7FA9C500C2EF4667800B764C9E266B2D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>not less than 2.6
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B13C9D87738488F9430EAC1F2B8C207"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not less than 2.7
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2011;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73B7CA19752A4A91998D34D8955C14BF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>not less than 2.8
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2012;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4AC2D850573544169EDE438F70907545"><enum>(G)</enum><text>not less than 2.9
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2013;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA42C7C18AE784D53B341EF40E905B523"><enum>(H)</enum><text>not less than 3.0
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE16C346D8D3F49608794E491874AAB7C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not less than 3.1
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2015;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB1D884FB1D9F4126BE347A01AC5F8F22"><enum>(J)</enum><text>not less than 3.2
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id367C28E5B73942469AB73F48B9D11491"><enum>(K)</enum><text>not less than 3.3
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA3B91681EBF34423BF9BA1E42E277862"><enum>(L)</enum><text>not less than 3.4
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2018; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7D15A624FCF14F29AE32C6FD2D712573"><enum>(M)</enum><text>not less than 3.5
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year
thereafter,</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5ba35afeba3446418309338c0bf1bd59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE84BCC1364AA4EDC89000243FEE3D5E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjusting
the margins accordingly;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2BE82ACF561240F6A0F5090862AC7394"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>A Federal agency</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5E0A10AD6EA4F0BB27137DFFBD572A1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id76BE95FCE2424CDCA4DAE46FA3A788B3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A Federal agency</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb6e1f4836e114977bacef6539750dbcc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E07527460384BBDBF52DDCCE5CBC2CF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idE15B243B4954454CA30AAAF8641B1020"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Department of
Defense and Department of Energy</header><text>For the Department of Defense
and the Department of Energy, to the greatest extent practicable, the increased
percentage of expenditures required under subparagraphs (D) through (M) of
paragraph (1) shall not be used for new Phase I or Phase II awards and shall be
used for activities that further the technology readiness levels of
technologies being developed under Phase II awards, including to conduct
testing and evaluation, in order to promote the transition of such technologies
into commercial or defense products or systems furthering the mission needs of
the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy, as the case may
be.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3489eddc6de543e9ba30d87162cccc65"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Department of
Health and Human Services</header><text>Subparagraphs (D) through (M) of
paragraph (1) shall not apply to the Department of Health and Human Services.
For fiscal year 2009, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Health
and Human Services shall expend with small business concerns not less than 2.5
percent of the extramural budget for research or research and development of
the department of Health and Human
Services.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID07a16db2238145d39dc1cda8fd5c56a2"><enum>104.</enum><header>STTR cap
increase</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(n)(1)(B) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4ea971cc04c44a6fbbe02975d9e6fb65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9f121c8ee52144988c7087c8613e0724"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>thereafter.</quote> and inserting <quote>through fiscal year
2009;</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID724d2fa2b7ac41ebb035abe7881a72b2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAFA86066CD04378A48EDD8156433194" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID5165f35d0bda4071aa415c70a90b48c1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>0.4 percent for
fiscal years 2010 and 2011;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID18bd0d7eb44a419793d3027a9346f063"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>0.5 percent for
fiscal years 2012 and 2013; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc53232d9bdae4ce282408f276b641fef"><enum>(v)</enum><text>0.6 percent for
fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year
thereafter.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID81011b607faf4c0587764c7f273d244f"><enum>105.</enum><header>SBIR and STTR
award levels</header>
<subsection id="ID151c21917ed642198327d1701a026d92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>SBIR
adjustments</header><text>Section 9(j)(2)(D) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(j)(2)(D)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID6f25d1be155a4918ad4fd0a9eb51a137"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$100,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$150,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDee635bfde7e94992a8ecf165d24da38c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$750,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe8642b2ee1c64a648c94c84ec691eff7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>STTR
adjustments</header><text>Section 9(p)(2)(B)(ix) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(p)(2)(B)(ix)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID393664ffd90e47a298db4553196582aa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$100,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$150,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb8775b6bdc9547889de057f3face0b6f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$750,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7274fd333acd4b46a85008c103a3da70"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Triennial
adjustments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID14d915c67cb74f21ae5f30e53f0715d4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)(2)(D)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA2318FA900FE4968A5FB15D931DD002B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>3 years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id204C450E7A5B4280A9728D8DC4F396BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and programmatic considerations</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0f6be37671a64aa6a3de2419f0c0fb13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(p)(2)(B)(ix) by striking <quote>greater or lesser amounts to be awarded at the
discretion of the awarding agency,</quote> and inserting <quote>and an
adjustment for inflation of such amounts once every 3 years,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDfdb124973cf34cd7bf320c85e29743b2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on
certain awards</header><text>Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F330476D74B449EBB32C3DC2B0F49C3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID9a4e4c4b8c574ace9da52dbad5be0279"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Limitation on
certain awards</header><text>No Federal agency may issue an award under the
SBIR program or the STTR program if the size of the award exceeds the award
guidelines established under this section by more than 50 percent.
Participating agencies shall maintain information on awards exceeding the
guidelines, including award amounts, justification for exceeding the amount,
identities and locations of recipients, whether a recipient has received
venture capital investment and, if so, if the recipient is majority-owned and
controlled by multiple venture capital companies, and the Administration shall
include such information in its annual report to
Congress.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id53A1040CBF0A45E198B8B1EF6D6439A8"><enum>106.</enum><header>Agency and
program collaboration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), as amended by this Act, is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3E64549CD6B484EAEE118365345B112" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID1cd1587f82fd4676bee59009ff8ab1ff"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Subsequent
phases</header>
<paragraph id="IDdd41ad74b5d84a5b897e77dc99406477"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency
collaboration</header><text>A small business concern that received an award
from a Federal agency under this section shall be eligible to receive an award
for a subsequent phase from another Federal agency, if the head of each
relevant Federal agency or its component makes a written determination that the
topics of the relevant awards are the same and both agencies report the awards
to the Administration for inclusion in the public database under subsection
(k).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDce3c96304fb4433ca15d65e136ebd362"><enum>(2)</enum><header>SBIR and STTR
collaboration</header><text>A small business concern which received an award
under this section under the SBIR program or the STTR program may receive an
award under this section for a subsequent phase in either the SBIR program or
the STTR program and the participating agency or agencies shall report the
awards to the Administration for inclusion in the public database under
subsection
(k).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID4e3ae2b590544a2eaf0fddaff6e968c1"><enum>107.</enum><header>Elimination of
Phase II invitations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
9(e) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf7c58867f31b41b1bf7b13093a63a003"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(B), by striking <quote>to further</quote> and inserting: <quote>not
encumbered by any invitation, pre-screening, pre-selection, or down-selection
process between the first phase and the second phase that will further</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDed83c4bd37dc4eb19b21b4c74d3c1e6f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)(B), by striking <quote>to further develop proposed ideas to</quote> and
inserting <quote>not encumbered by any invitation, pre-screening,
pre-selection, or down-selection process between the first phase and the second
phase that will further develop proposals which</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDde6e7c2576d74fe0abd7bf1a36fb624f"><enum>108.</enum><header>Majority-venture
investments in SBIR firms</header>
<subsection id="id7B793FB84DD344A6AE8F02896B4CB1A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), as amended by this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF8D8DF5DD84437FB8424579EF9BA5FF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id01CE32E9F20942F1ABF9026FBA86B0AE"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Majority-venture
investments in SBIR firms</header>
<paragraph id="ID4f014fc237c444e0ae62e038e80aaf82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority and
determination</header>
<subparagraph id="idBC01BF5F6A774378823CD734095844C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon a written determination provided not later than 30
days in advance to the Administrator and to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House
of Representatives—</text>
<clause id="IDcd39688a7af04bf48e78b10ee95a723f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the head of the
SBIR program of the National Institutes of Health may award not more than 18
percent of the SBIR funds of the National Institutes of Health allocated in
accordance with this Act, in the first full fiscal year beginning after the
date of enactment of this subsection, and each fiscal year thereafter, to small
business concerns that are owned in majority part by venture capital companies
and that satisfy the qualification requirements under paragraph (2) through
competitive, merit-based procedures that are open to all eligible small
business concerns; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID68dbd736af0a43f681e81fe3b327bdff"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the head of any
other Federal agency participating in the SBIR program may award not more than
8 percent of the SBIR funds of the Federal agency allocated in accordance with
this Act, in the first full fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment
of this subsection, and each fiscal year thereafter, to small business concerns
that are owned in majority part by venture capital companies and that satisfy
the qualification requirements under paragraph (2) through competitive,
merit-based procedures that are open to all eligible small business
concerns.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8a16d522c5df4ccd94fbd6ef967f2876"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>A
written determination under subparagraph (A) shall demonstrate that the use of
the authority under that subparagraph will induce additional venture capital
funding of small business innovations, substantially contribute to the mission
of the funding Federal agency, demonstrate a need for public research, and
otherwise fulfill the capital needs of small business concerns for additional
financing for the SBIR project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa1ab6b45b7394f758fed64518eddc26c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualification
requirements</header><text>The Administrator shall establish requirements
relating to the affiliation by small business concerns with venture capital
companies, which may not exclude a United States small business concern from
participation in the program under paragraph (1) on the basis that the small
business concern is owned in majority part by, or controlled by, more than 1
United States venture capital company, so long as no single venture capital
company owns more than 49 percent of the small business concern.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID07126c8cb2504621b3c3b121fdaa14a3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>Any
small business concern that is majority owned and controlled by multiple
venture capital companies and qualified for participation in the program
authorized under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5F06CFD330E24E66A17EEFE8F41C9155"><enum>(A)</enum><text>register with the
Administrator on the date that the small business concern submits an
application for an award under the SBIR program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDE6CFCB60BCD49CABCEB103D619BC55D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>indicate whether
the small business concern is registered under subparagraph (A) in any SBIR
proposal.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID94bdc9d8df394faabee2d7ae17cb3330"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>A
Federal agency described in paragraph (1) shall collect data regarding the
number and dollar amounts of phase I, phase II, and all other categories of
awards under the SBIR program, and the Administrator shall report on the data
and the compliance of each such Federal agency with the maximum amounts under
paragraph (1) as part of the annual report by the Administration under
subsection (b)(7).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe20d01d9802b4a8c8bbd5d3da1c5f4d2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>If
a Federal agency awards more than the amount authorized under paragraph (1) for
a purpose described in paragraph (1), the amount awarded in excess of the
amount authorized under paragraph (1) shall be transferred to the funds for
general SBIR programs from the non-SBIR research and development funds of the
Federal agency within 60 days of the date on which the Federal agency awarded
more than the amount authorized under paragraph (1) for a purpose described in
paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idA2A46FF6E9DC4C678FDD8348FFF1C0DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text>Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45EEEAED00F84C0C9B4881DBFF642490" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID951cccb235cc4544b49c3675e063a043"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Venture capital
company</header><text>In this Act, the term <term>venture capital
company</term> means an entity described in clause (i), (v), or (vi) of section
121.103(b) of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor
thereto).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idA096887ADDBE410C841134614C49133D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assistance for
determining affiliates</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall post on the website of the
Administration (with a direct link displayed on the homepage of the website of
the Administration or the SBIR website of the Administration)—</text>
<paragraph id="idC35834F8902A4E95992FBFCD3C915726"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a clear
explanation of the SBIR affiliation rules under part 121 of title 13, Code of
Federal Regulations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2DA100F6DB6F46A89A15F471EAE5C6D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>contact
information for officers or employees of the Administration who—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDF0FA2F3F3B64800872EAE19F4A9A244"><enum>(A)</enum><text>upon request,
shall review an issue relating to the rules described in paragraph (1);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDB5A2CDCDBF8444CB324F29F36A069BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall respond to
a request under subparagraph (A) not later than 20 business days after the date
on which the request is received.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idB56EC5F9675648CA84503ED0494D1EDD"><enum>109.</enum><header>SBIR and STTR
special acquisition preference</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(r) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(r)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD42221C268644FE7B0569974CB765580" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID6978eebb184d497ba381b6a4d1d5107d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Phase III
awards</header><text>Congress intends that, to the greatest extent practicable,
Federal agencies and Federal prime contractors shall issue Phase III awards,
including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that
developed the
technology.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID4c5f392e739b441388f33a41687dcd12"><enum>110.</enum><header>Collaborating
with Federal laboratories and research and development centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3582687AAE1E4562A35E36977A304886" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDa64500d175ed487ca01e38d0b20debe3"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Collaborating
with Federal laboratories and research and development centers</header>
<paragraph id="id5FF46FD9D63046B18FE87A9D8DD82FDB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Subject
to the limitations under this section, the head of each participating Federal
agency may issue SBIR and STTR awards to any eligible small business concern
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id480CA153058B4ADF95911B9A2EC850EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>intends to enter
into an agreement with a Federal laboratory or federally funded research and
development center for portions of the activities to be performed under that
award; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id882D2D1E133C46D89FB646D6F2ADE6C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has entered into
a cooperative research and development agreement (as defined in section 12(d)
of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)))
with a Federal laboratory.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd486a2a94e874723986be50f88ffb406"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No
Federal agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID98da75b1376d4e72be397e75e7979515"><enum>(A)</enum><text>condition a SBIR
or STTR award upon entering into agreement with any Federal laboratory or any
federally funded laboratory or research and development center for any portion
of the activities to be performed under that award;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfe8655e3eef8420882e575a37a6f6c56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>approve an
agreement between a small business concern receiving a SBIR or STTR award and a
Federal laboratory or federally funded laboratory or research and development
center, if the small business concern performs a lesser portion of the
activities to be performed under that award than required by this section and
by the SBIR and STTR Policy Directives; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc034737a28054ae6a4c8d994878fcd89"><enum>(C)</enum><text>approve an
agreement that violates any provision, including any data rights protections
provision, of this section or the SBIR and the STTR Policy Directives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7fb4251978db466883379ee55bea28e8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
Administrator shall modify the SBIR Policy Directive and the STTR Policy
Directive issued under this section to ensure that small business
concerns—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCFBD4D87376149BFA0B549BB980AF6C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have the
flexibility to use the resources of the Federal laboratories and federally
funded research and development centers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A51CF1F9DA04024BC668946ABC196F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are not mandated
to enter into agreement with any Federal laboratory or any federally funded
laboratory or research and development center as a condition of an
award.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID88575ab43d28416e894f53eab1cd7a82"><enum>111.</enum><header>Notice
requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The head of any
Federal agency involved in a case or controversy before any Federal judicial or
administrative tribunal concerning the SBIR program or the STTR program shall
provide timely notice, as determined by the Administrator, of the case or
controversy to the Administrator.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Outreach and
commercialization initiatives</header>
<section id="idE0B28A98CB6949DD97FB0EDB47EC7450"><enum>201.</enum><header>Rural and
State outreach</header>
<subsection id="id455D9781B4D345D39489D6BCD00F72E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638) is amended by inserting after subsection (r) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94A15C6919F04DF3B2429AD9BBF11B7C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idC7507AD4C5434419AB622D9546D3BEDC"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Outreach</header>
<paragraph id="idBC20AB8DB5DD46CC824F1FED253BD2A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of
eligible State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
subsection, the term <term>eligible State</term> means a State—</text>
<subparagraph id="id43A55814D65D479CA4EB96C9157F1FEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the total value of contracts awarded to
the State under this section during the most recent fiscal year for which data
is available was less than $5,000,000; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id975CB996A2514264921301E7E8D7C5BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that certifies to the Administration
described in paragraph (2) that the State will, upon receipt of assistance
under this subsection, provide matching funds from non-Federal sources in an
amount that is not less than 50 percent of the amount provided under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE197DC10C75E4AF2A3401680B218AC4B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program
authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts made
available to carry out this section for each of the fiscal years 2000 through
2014, the Administrator may expend with eligible States not more than
$5,000,000 in each such fiscal year in order to increase the participation of
small business concerns located in those States in the programs under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id579DE3CB253F42F78A3433760037D942"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of
assistance provided to an eligible State under this subsection in any fiscal
year—</text>
<subparagraph id="id52576984DC11406EA4981C08597FDEAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be equal to not more than 50 percent
of the total amount of matching funds from non-Federal sources provided by the
State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB827B79FBDE847F5A8E6AD5F8376FA1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not exceed $100,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF358ADAAC25044D2979E0217FE63A185"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance
provided to an eligible State under this subsection shall be used by the State,
in consultation with State and local departments and agencies, for programs and
activities to increase the participation of small business concerns located in
the State in the programs under this section, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5E8F4CA218BD487CBB60985FACBFC826"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the establishment of quantifiable
performance goals, including goals relating to</text>
<clause id="idBDC98AAB8B4B499B9145E4DC66BD6BC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of program awards under this
section made to small business concerns in the State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id8B94056CBA1146BA996DAB7D17F061FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of Federal research and
development contracts awarded to small business concerns in the State;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5F669DC398B246299BAB9A30312D2D63"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provision of competition outreach
support to small business concerns in the State that are involved in research
and development;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id528F84F8DE9B4918975FDB14FDC385DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development and dissemination of
educational and promotional information relating to the programs under this
section to small business concerns in the State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID12b8d4e60f53421ba84d7234b3daed1a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the establishment
of initiatives to reach out to women and minorities with the goal of increasing
their involvement in the SBIR and STTR
programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block></after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe9cab97f3ab34c64afbf4f58b522a97e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal and
State Program Extension</header><text>Section 34 of the Small Business Act(15
U.S.C. 657d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id55D9859E265040D98AD51CD10E3FE99F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(h), by striking <quote>2001 through 2005</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>2009 through 2014</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id27EC543A9A624505BB9FAEF225C0E415"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(i), by striking <quote>2005</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC7557DD02E304146B16DBCE6DC3FDBF0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rural
areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 34(e)(2) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d(e)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idC906160DD7E448D2B70D41E0BC436133"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D)
as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2BBDFBA915CF4F9386431123D15CFECB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCC76C2B639B4833B5B2341CEB29A267" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDe2975ff5c59e45a991d73f078f3e1930"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rural
areas</header>
<clause id="id6146DA00A1F64CFAACBF3EA312295CD5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the non-Federal share
of the cost of the activity carried out using an award or under a cooperative
agreement under this section shall be 50 cents for each Federal dollar that
will be directly allocated by a recipient described in paragraph (A) to serve
small business concerns located in a rural area.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa3040141b5534067a1bed0d197bf3aac"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Enhanced rural
awards</header><text>For a recipient located in a rural area that is located in
a State described in subparagraph (A)(i), the non-Federal share of the cost of
the activity carried out using an award or under a cooperative agreement under
this section shall be 35 cents for each Federal dollar that will be directly
allocated by a recipient described in paragraph (A) to serve small business
concerns located in the rural area.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CC5869440B14545929C67D1B25351EC"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Definition of
rural area</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>rural area</term>
has the meaning given that term in section 1393(a)(2)) of the Internal Revenue
Code of
1986.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID81c7efe4fd4046749b895637ccff01bf"><enum>202.</enum><header>SBIR–STEM
Workforce Development Grant Pilot Program</header>
<subsection id="IDfb75b9c4f9e34a02ab3d4c206fc249ae"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot program
established</header><text>From amounts made available to carry out this
section, the Administrator shall establish a SBIR–STEM Workforce Development
Grant Pilot Program to encourage the business community to provide workforce
development opportunities for college students, in the fields of science,
technology, engineering, and math (in this section referred to as <quote>STEM
college students</quote>), by providing a SBIR bonus grant.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID15cd0d2145b949e0bcb8cc51c9f407c0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
entities defined</header><text>In this section the term <quote>eligible
entity</quote> means a grantee receiving a grant under the SBIR Program on the
date of the bonus grant under subsection (a) that provides an internship
program for STEM college students.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID4ea8b1c2dba44908bc6f86a0a7e95a18"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Awards</header><text>An
eligible entity shall receive a bonus grant equal to 10 percent of either a
Phase I or Phase II grant, as applicable, with a total award maximum of not
more than $10,000 per year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID92d2e1d7ba2a4f45815a6e70175a75c7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text>Following
the fourth year of funding under this section, the Administrator shall submit a
report to Congress on the results of the SBIR–STEM Workforce Development Grant
Pilot Program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID76a5aed7a43c4b769f36d0779e49b1c8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe2b4a107e0f545fca1d594489bf56e2e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2010;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7542bbc82acc4c83a4e78558e42a0cb7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1d113151299644cca0b7c5f2d95c55db"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1e9f21596b0f4cdeb1cb93f92abe4d98"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7d4bf73b71d74ba0a33d9689a43e69f2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDb5e6dbd648e84e4c91437690a9fa8601"><enum>203.</enum><header>Technical
assistance for awardees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(q)(3) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 638(q)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd44b834021244999bf7c662470724c55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>$4,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$5,000</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6756A80B5ADD4889A5D3B1C15F229B87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id013737DC89854B6992445B71B391D54D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>with funds available from their SBIR awards</quote> and inserting
<quote>which shall be in addition to the amount of the recipient’s
award</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2D25603244944A308D1F7811ADA8C3E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$4,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23BC3691E16F41179E6ECF0617543052"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF431807C38594B77B33CD906C729CA68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24E3C6EE7EED42F08BBD0C93B6C81077" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID7ff3226d804d4b1c895d9d1754e156dc"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>In
carrying out subparagraphs (A) and (B), each Federal agency shall provide the
allowable amounts to a recipient that meets the eligibility requirements under
the applicable subparagraph, if the recipient requests to seek technical
assistance from an individual or entity other than the vendor selected under
paragraph (2) by the Federal agency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0d02478fce8b4335a4418884538d9d4e"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A
Federal agency may not—</text>
<clause id="idD8FD2CE05F4A4AC79A58BFD42D6A6C5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>use the amounts
authorized under subparagraph (A) or (B) unless the vendor selected under
paragraph (2) provides the technical assistance to the recipient; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idDB6F04F0FA274A359BF85039B1AF4529"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enter a contract
with a vendor under paragraph (2) under which the amount provided for technical
assistance is based on total number of Phase I or Phase II
awards.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDa91d6ef543864ab09be1cdb926ece9ca"><enum>204.</enum><header>Commercialization
pilot program at Department of Defense</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(y) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(y)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3ede315beeb949e8973e496130113ccf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id324C37B001B04B0D8A92B8C97CD48A60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or Small Business Technology Transfer Program</quote> after <quote>Small
Business Innovation Research Program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id051F5417A7D044ED8AF1E5472230C5A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following: <quote>The authority to create and administer a
Commercialization Pilot Program under this subsection may not be construed to
eliminate or replace any other SBIR program or STTR program that enhances the
insertion or transition of SBIR or STTR technologies, including any such
program in effect on the date of enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat.
3136).</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id63A55F3E547547058EECF6DCD08948F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>or Small Business Technology Transfer Program</quote> after
<quote>Small Business Innovation Research Program</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf57f776415df4d2db99cf4f5c809e1b5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2f4ec88e08e94229a7dbfad0108d6db3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36146588A83D4DE29A3B50DEF4037110" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID9964a442b7c342308d935802f38d4966"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Insertion
incentives</header><text>For any contract with a value of not less than
$100,000,000, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDea0c1e7ae4324ac5b1e47a259e7b6d9c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish goals
for transitioning Phase III technologies in subcontracting plans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc022e09db4fe40aaa7a02b351862d577"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require a prime
contractor on such a contract to report the number and dollar amount of
contracts entered into by that prime contractor for Phase III SBIR or STTR
projects.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4e6fb2d3d3c9426592d254a28ca1e04b"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Goal for SBIR
and STTR technology insertion</header><text>The Secretary of Defense
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa89bf8d1b9f84e00842bae152274c22e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>set a goal to
increase the number of Phase II SBIR contracts and the number of Phase II STTR
contracts awarded by that Secretary that lead to technology transition into
programs of record or fielded systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID32b35ba198944fd0a2de4f49172c0f26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use incentives in
effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2008</short-title>, or
create new incentives, to encourage agency program managers and prime
contractors to meet the goal under subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDac220378263b4efb89a196dc06f73721"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include in the
annual report to Congress the percentage of contracts described in subparagraph
(A) awarded by that Secretary, which shall include information on the ongoing
status of projects funded through the Commercialization Pilot Program and
efforts to transition these technologies into programs of record or fielded
systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID08911679108543e1ac840d6fd5d1634f"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>fiscal year 2009</quote> and inserting
<quote>fiscal year 2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID6d269509c703483d9effa7c075ac7248"><enum>205.</enum><header>Commercialization
Pilot Program for civilian agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63F3245E434C4D27961D54C36DBDBB1E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID96f5b63927614514badfcdd43bc03b8f"><enum>(ee)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header>
<paragraph id="ID0246916a2adb438b9a42924e27df7161"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Except
for the Department of Defense, the head of each participating Federal agency
may set aside not more than 10 percent of the SBIR and STTR funds of such
agency for further technology development, testing, and evaluation of SBIR and
STTR Phase II technologies (in this section referred to as a <quote>pilot
program</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4181A08CF771484CA948209396C6C7D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="ID6df28877eafb489a8bbbf4185b47a8ac"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A Federal agency may not establish a pilot program unless
such agency makes a written application to the Administrator, not less than 90
days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year in which such pilot program is
to be established, based on a compelling reason that additional investment in
SBIR or STTR technologies is required due to unusually high regulatory, systems
integration, or other costs relating to development or manufacturing of
identifiable, highly promising small business technologies or a class of such
technologies expected to substantially advance the agency's mission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcb8687ebef504b54a59c30e78aaac453"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The
Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="ID3e59071b5030493b9b02ccc8ca12919a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make a
determination regarding an application submitted under subparagraph (A) not
later than 30 days before the beginning of the fiscal year for which such
application is submitted;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID227971cfe7e644329b3b9b62eb7e25ed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>publish such
decision in the Federal Register; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID571508e261bb4c7db69189976f01ce0b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>make a copy of
such decision, and any related materials available to the Committee on Small
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business
of the House of Representatives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID88575c843c19425894b8b47d7c887c8e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Maximum
amount</header><text>No award under a pilot program may be made in excess of 2
times the dollar amounts generally established for Phase II awards under this
section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID98eccebe7c154c25b428f253d2727d4a"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Matching</header><text>No
award may be made under a pilot program unless new private, Federal non-SBIR,
or Federal non-STTR funding which at least matches the award from the Federal
agency is dedicated towards SBIR or STTR Phase II technology.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfc089b0c522744ec86bb8b11c23ee5d2"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Awards
under a pilot program may be made to any applicant that is eligible to receive
a Phase III award related to such SBIR or STTR Phase II technology.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDca913a1d1add4bd594b41bc142a493db"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>Applicants
receiving awards under a pilot program shall register with the Administrator in
a publicly available registry.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID742e258ce8344fe8b48a95f403d43021"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
authority to establish a pilot program under this section expires at the end of
fiscal year
2014.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="ID2f76a0775eaf4f0db6d329606538afa8"><enum>206.</enum><header>Nanotechnology
initiative</header>
<subsection id="id0AAFF9FE3499442A85049754717BD95A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), as amended by this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CFDFC2225054D698B1A0B08CAF3DFBD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idB8EAEE9955884AED89D35BB18B4F2683"><enum>(ff)</enum><header>Nanotechnology
initiative</header><text>Each Federal agency participating in the SBIR or STTR
program shall encourage the submission of applications for support of
nanotechnology related projects to such
program.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idFF5B2BBF88D54C42BA9590C7C15FD1BF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>Effective
October 1, 2014, subsection (ff) of the Small Business Act, as added by
subsection (a) of this section, is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDa2e7cdcbbaa746be859a9400638a275e"><enum>207.</enum><header>Accelerating
cures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7467A6879A534C139439658C320BE62F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 44 as section 45;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id355A8155EFB548DA96D83C6F1ED661EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after section 43 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8685DF4A597A4E53814C1DBC23966751" style="OLC">
<section id="ID8422927ffcff40c1b8351b3a79b199e4"><enum>44.</enum><header>Small Business
Innovation Research Program</header>
<subsection id="IDf0057b3ade664b4eb99cb88eba516a5f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>NIH cures
pilot</header>
<paragraph id="id1D8175F85D2D427BA906AD9B20EAB523"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>An
independent advisory board shall be established at the National Academy of
Sciences to conduct periodic evaluations of the SBIR program (as that term is
defined in section 9) of all the National Institutes of Health (referred to in
this section as the <quote>NIH</quote>) institutes and centers for the purpose
of improving the management of the SBIR program through data-driven
assessment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id07BBA93AF9D64FB48E1034134A4DFDD2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="id0D3142B4E0684C36A1333A264FF916D3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The advisory board shall consist of—</text>
<clause id="id477CB7989F5C455BBFEAD453632C1B4F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Director of
the NIH, the Director of the SBIR program, senior NIH agency managers, industry
experts, and other program stakeholders; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id040BE77465D6454CA180B26A9EAC0B9E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>awardees under
the SBIR program of the NIH.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id619D1D618B494D41B009E7ADC47310CB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Equal
representation</header><text>The number of members of the advisory board
described in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the number of
members of the advisory board described in clause (ii) of subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID256c1e963c604d8d9e5d056a4bcb30fe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Addressing data
gaps</header><text>In order to enhance the evidence-base guiding SBIR program
decisions and changes, the Director of the SBIR program of the NIH shall
address the gaps and deficiencies in the data collection concerns identified in
the 2007 National Academies of Science’s report entitled <quote>An Assessment
of the Small Business Innovation Research Program at the NIH</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDca5cb21cb1a745f7be8a3a7a98c7ab0d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header>
<paragraph id="ID941e0aa9ff964657bfbec12e7aac5364"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Director of the SBIR program of the NIH may initiate
a pilot program, under a formal mechanism for designing, implementing, and
evaluating pilot programs, to spur innovation and to test new strategies that
may enhance the development of cures and therapies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb32520b89c204d65b9732b4467385ec5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The
Director of the SBIR program of the NIH may consider conducting a pilot program
to include individuals with successful SBIR program experience in study
sections, hiring individuals with small business development experience for
staff positions, separating the commercial and scientific review processes, and
examining the impact of the trend toward larger awards on the overall
program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID39f0b9d8591043b2b61cc5a0ef53ae6d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>The Director of the NIH shall submit an annual report to
Congress and the independent advisory board described in subsection (a) on the
activities of the SBIR program of the NIH under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID200f2efd39224c5393319f15b1bb3c9c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>SBIR grants and
contracts</header>
<paragraph id="IDd691d33563fb466d824e77d612fdcecf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In awarding grants and contracts under the SBIR program
of the NIH each SBIR program manager shall place an emphasis on applications
that identify from the onset products and services that may enhance the
development of cures and therapies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf0139df8f7a144ebb6739ccc2a0635a4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Examination of
commercialization and other metrics</header><text>The independent advisory
board described in subsection (a) shall evaluate the implementation of the
requirement under paragraph (1) by examining increased commercialization and
other metrics, to be determined and collected by the SBIR program of the
NIH.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe8f7d30380a44a5285239d83ed6a87ce"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Phase I and
II</header><text>To the greatest extent practicable, the Director of the SBIR
program of the NIH shall reduce the time period between Phase I and Phase II
funding of grants and contracts under the SBIR program of the NIH to 6
months.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id430AD5D6CD3347B58190213D031C4E15"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limit</header><text>Not
more than a total of 1 percent of the extramural budget (as defined in section
9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638)) of the NIH for research or
research and development may be used for the pilot programs under subsection
(c) and to carry out subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID00957d60bf3746ed91adbfaf22965349"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>This
section shall cease to be effective on the date that is 5 years after the date
of enactment of the <short-title>SBIR/STTR Reauthorization
Act of
2008</short-title>.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Oversight and
evaluation</header>
<section id="ID91f47d05796c4f38be65f31af8c5bd41"><enum>301.</enum><header>Streamlining
annual evaluation requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(b) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(b)), as amended by section 103 of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID15d020eb7b4346389a9b4a3759b0183a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id73B23CAACB38403D90074A1785A6D3A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>STTR programs, including the data</quote> and inserting the following:
“STTR programs, including—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A9FB8CAB2114D74B2C233F920CF0708" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id88475ABF34FF4F5D9654011AE6B20313"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
data</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID89c9cdb545c040419e5ec5ece7bdd4e4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(g)(10), (o)(9), and (o)(15), the number</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>under each of the SBIR and STTR programs, and a
description</quote> and inserting the following: “(g)(8) and (o)(9); and</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08B3D3819B304397BEE020A60A268D94" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id94AE74BFF3ED44548DA26C99E8B6CC79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
proposals received from, and the number and total amount of awards to, HUBZone
small business concerns and firms with venture capital investment (including
those majority owned and controlled by multiple venture capital firms) under
each of the SBIR and STTR programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA37424B753FE422CBD4059853945A3B6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of
the extent to which each Federal agency is increasing outreach and awards to
firms owned and controlled by women and minorities under each of the SBIR and
STTR programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5D572593319A494C94C5007B1D7FF54B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>general
information about the implementation and compliance with the allocation of
funds for firms majority owned and controlled by multiple venture capital firms
under each of the SBIR and STTR programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69FFBF65EE69414BA6051C4E0AF01A47"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a detailed
description of appeals of Phase III awards and notices of noncompliance with
the SBIR and the STTR Policy Directives filed by the Administrator with Federal
agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE085BD2B2EF3428E9E5F44F64012D473"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a
description</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDD02E01EFFD44A70B4A757F54052350B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7258112C2E0442A98ED9BC66FC21DCFD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID065065608b6b469d9b36f2fb0bcf789f"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to coordinate the
implementation of electronic databases at each of the participating agencies,
including the technical ability of the participating agencies to electronically
share
data;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDf14511dddbb44475b351b5159051abbd"><enum>302.</enum><header>Data
collection from agencies for SBIR</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(g) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe836e92926af47cf9991b72e0794d876"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (10);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEFF8267AEF2C4C508CB7DAD8224F59A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2CF45456C6ED414F8C1B53E3D92AAE95"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E987F26598F49FE8CD56B32D91D1E44" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB80172B400EE4243B2E3AB762F28910D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect, and maintain in a common format in
accordance with the simplified reporting requirements under subsection (v),
such information from awardees as is necessary to assess the SBIR program,
including information necessary to maintain the database described in
subsection (k), including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98B93F88A64F4BBFBAA54F26676C6590"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether an awardee—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC314E8B5EC245F5B32B3C23544985E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has venture capital or is majority owned
and controlled by multiple venture capital firms, and, if so—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id787D9B9E768647AA8B568F4463C632F4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of venture capital that the
awardee has received as of the date of the award; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id986A175931FA40D388754AF2CA3D918A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of
additional capital that the awardee has invested in the SBIR technology, which
shall be collected on an annual basis;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88D25C0879C449CEBBA64517673BE758"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an investor who—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06644F0CEFEE44E2B3A61A0B89C861DC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an individual who is not a citizen of
the United States or a lawful permanent resident of the United States, and if
so, the name of any such individual; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB56AD72284744C2A91F94A85878BE8D8"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a person that is not an individual and
is not organized under the laws of a State or the United States, and if so the
name of any such person;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6655ADBA2A39444D99C09247AEB98023"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a woman or has a woman as a
principal investigator;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A67B3D56EC74F56B648E1C8088EF5B8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a minority or has a minority as
a principal investigator;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D7210BE2B714212A6CBB19D043745B2"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">received assistance under the FAST program
under section 34 or the outreach program under subsection (s); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44CD3E54FCA34D2490882147AEE54102"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is university faculty or a university
student; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE53E9801D954F7DACF3622C33362FAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a justification statement from the agency,
if an awardee receives an award in an amount that is more than the award
guidelines under this section;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id25208319C94D4EAD923FDEDC88A09199"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(10), as so redesignated, by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID7fbf0a119900464c94ca8c54debcbc63"><enum>303.</enum><header>Data
collection from agencies for STTR</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(o) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(o)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf2eb7db6b69a451d8f21f6d131b2d4c0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (9) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEEC45F7545D463097D0ECB74F815BDF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id47B3F50733E74383B080853D70D68983"><enum>(9)</enum><text>collect, and
maintain in a common format in accordance with the simplified reporting
requirements under subsection (v), such information from applicants and
awardees as is necessary to assess the STTR program outputs and outcomes,
including information necessary to maintain the database described in
subsection (k), including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E05AD27A40C4B4B8892D0A36966044A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether an applicant or awardee—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE128DF812B5C4EB1B97499A243394C4A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has venture capital or is majority owned
and controlled by multiple venture capital firms, and, if so—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8B7F3F2B48F4E4D81A365636B880278"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of venture capital that the
applicant or awardee has received as of the date of the application or award,
as applicable; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56871F5C688E494D8E33486232C121E6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of
additional capital that the applicant or awardee has invested in the SBIR
technology, which shall be collected on an annual basis;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE842B0D10C2948788EA3EFE2B3EAB3BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an investor who—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id142BCB4EC0B04E6EA1AAB55F37A7A8ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an individual who is not a citizen of
the United States or a lawful permanent resident of the United States, and if
so, the name of any such individual; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFA3259B5D1440239F51F9382E973C8C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a person that is not an individual and
is not organized under the laws of a State or the United States, and if so the
name of any such person;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC68EDEAE92C4828A7E604F9B3B39D16"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a woman or has a woman as a
principal investigator;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DE4C27111274DDA8526484F32075B4F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a minority or has a minority as
a principal investigator;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECEF28A50C81415A9EC7EF0C9C8AB44B"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">received assistance under the FAST program
under section 34 or the outreach program under subsection (s); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B271FC8AC064E26AF307D28B44BD912"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is university faculty or a university
student; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id004A9CA739B44197BF9A9C7A6B219BA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a justification
statement from the agency, if an awardee receives an award in an amount that is
more than the award guidelines under this
section;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC919597C1DE74FEC95DB858E0A1542A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(14), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2D06DCE1E5F6456F92D59C1B0A6595A9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (15); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAE576EB4249944679BDCBAF59AAB05D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (16) as paragraph (15).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID70412b8baaa24c8592bcf8ddd7c6cdf4"><enum>304.</enum><header>Public
database</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(k)(1) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(k)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id88D1E5CB10E64A6CB5DDC9C8CE8B8322"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id395523CC0B46426CA86DFF8BC029740D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFF8D6E8C10744AC9A477E46EF3014ADD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0595595577440A29B6E7CB7C0AEAAC6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id096F0DDC42E34CFEA3E32FAD874C8B0E"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each small business concern that has
received a Phase I or Phase II SBIR or STTR award from a Federal agency,
whether the small business concern—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CF39385EBDA43418F78CE48E7E01BDB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has venture capital and, if so, whether the
small business concern is registered as majority owned and controlled by
multiple venture capital companies as required under subsection (cc)(3);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7D63DBDCD9A4CDDA8B736753F17FA4B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a woman or has a woman as a
principal investigator;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC80C611F68084A1288894E72D73C1409"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a minority or has a minority as
a principal investigator;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DA856A81A244709ACAF152F70DCC335"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">received assistance under the FAST program
under section 34 or the outreach program under subsection (s); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1433AAB3F065429495ED59FF0B699E22"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by university faculty or a
university
student.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDcf246aae132f43c5946766b74fc147c9"><enum>305.</enum><header>Government
database</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9(k)(2) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(k)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFE35E5BFF94943C9B3314320EF40CC37"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D),
and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id94853BEE89DD46B596A042267FFA167C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12A75BD108FF45BCBDB3A96BE47718F7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id4C5FA6457CA54B7F921B2EABC3F67C34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes, for
each awardee—</text>
<clause id="ID3c6bd8dc2edb4e55afdba178de92326a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the name, size,
location, and any identifying number assigned by the Administration;</text>
</clause><clause id="id0318D681E4E148BC87869EAC60F71EAB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the
awardee has venture capital, and, if so—</text>
<subclause id="idF3EC4C6380424D5DB846C9572DCDB7BD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of
venture capital as of the date of the award;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id71A5F5F13DCB4795A01FC4FC1EEDA1AF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the percentage
of ownership of the awardee held by a venture capital firm, including whether
the awardee is majority owned and controlled by multiple venture capital firms;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF958EA9544554AF1A959EF9EBC2074F6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the amount of
additional capital that the awardee has invested in the SBIR technology, which
shall be collected on an annual basis;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id44AB351415BE4949BEA4DEE1CCCA6401"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the names and
locations of any affiliates of the awardee;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1DA730374F7D491591D23990C0BBF67A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of
employees of the awardee;</text>
</clause><clause id="idCB30E060097043A89A3A1E3270105F9C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the number of
employees of the affiliates of the awardee; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC565FBC8AD4944C3A8357E4D389D1CDD"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the names and
percentage of ownership of the awardee held by—</text>
<subclause id="idEDBB65DE98214913AFBA6F92519772B4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an individual who
is not a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident of the
United States; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id576BFDEE0E664EFAB30F8097A632BB83"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a person that is
not an individual and is not organized under the laws of a State or the United
States;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id325F6CB6BAF14709BD4B39EBE13E83ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7F11DDC51E9B406E820C0C8E0BE5618E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2C765F17856C40BFA8A474C68260CB3B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E9123330D424C9CBD5E4A7E4C0B6154" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID1415bd5b1e134febbab8e078147ed10b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>whether the
applicant was majority owned and controlled by multiple venture capital firms;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA87A8BFAB5D142C1AAC3E7FAF41AA8DA"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the number of
employees of the
applicant;</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="ID544d52ed2c384617afcccdc4926484d5"><enum>306.</enum><header>Accuracy in
funding base calculations</header>
<subsection id="id7504DFE80DAF4000853A1721C8FBF673"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID34769e85c97a439881b762e21beabd4b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a fiscal
and management audit of the SBIR program and the STTR program for the
applicable period to determine whether Federal agencies are complying with the
allocation requirements of this title and the amendments made by this
title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9a1d2ab4ad1e4870bfa707221a4e8f27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess the extent
of compliance with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
9(i)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(i)(2)) by participating
agencies and the Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID827c394fe9454c3da9da69771f9a5c8a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess whether it
would be more consistent and effective to base the amount of the allocations
under the SBIR program and the STTR program on a percentage of the research and
development budget of a Federal agency, rather than the extramural budget of
the Federal agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8B12307A1EC646C3A7121E78A8CF32FD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>determine the
portion of the extramural research or research and development budget of a
Federal agency that each Federal agency is spending for administrative purposes
relating to the SBIR program or STTR program, and for what specific purposes,
including whether and, if so, the portion of such budget the Federal agency is
spending for salaries and expenses, travel to visit applicants, outreach
events, marketing, and technical assistance; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID64a2dc21db2946a9b98f32360f74696a"><enum>(5)</enum><text>submit a report
to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives regarding the audit
conducted under paragraph (1), the assessments required under paragraphs (2)
and (3), and the determination made under paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id517CA95724F74802AC3F380E65A2B71A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of
applicable period</header><text>In this section, the term <term>applicable
period</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="idAB659DEC702A424CA66920E224648753"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the first
report submitted under this section, the period beginning on October 1, 2000,
and ending on September 30 of the last full fiscal year before the date of
enactment of this Act for which information is available; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id288E4728F5F3465C889C828BD8F7167D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the second
and each subsequent report submitted under this section, the period—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0FD23956CE8841FBA9564CCC0808D258"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning on
October 1 of the first fiscal year after the end of the most recent full fiscal
year relating to which a report under this section was submitted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7100F10224BC4A58B773E08D2CEED307"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ending on
September 30 of the last full fiscal year before the date of the report.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID257d6c9b87914f6096a15a3f8eaf19de"><enum>307.</enum><header>Continued
evaluation by the National Academy of Sciences</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 108 of the Small Business
Reauthorization Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 2763A–671) is
amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD04123D92B42454EB4F15A5CFF2DA474" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID78a03cd73ecf4c6b8abbd4bdd18d8bd3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Extensions and
enhancements of authority</header>
<paragraph id="ID82af8b97a9fb4dda978d8bfab0bc609b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of
the <short-title>SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of
2008</short-title>, the head of each agency described in subsection (a), in
consultation with the Small Business Administration, shall cooperatively enter
into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for the National
Research Council to conduct a study described in subsection (a)(1) and make
recommendations described in subsection (a)(2) not later than 4 years after the
date of enactment of the <short-title>SBIR/STTR
Reauthorization Act of 2008</short-title>, and every 4 years thereafter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14A1457B232E4DFA99D3DB222DA4D63C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>An
agreement under paragraph (1) shall require that not later than 4 years after
the date of enactment of the <short-title>SBIR/STTR
Reauthorization Act of 2008</short-title>, and every 4 years thereafter, the
National Research Council shall submit to the head of the agency entering into
the agreement, the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate, and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a
report regarding the study conducted under paragraph (1) and containing the
recommendations described in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDbf8c6c07d6a540c1a475752d91832eff"><enum>308.</enum><header>Technology
insertion reporting requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F9524DDF3B244C48368301C0F36F923" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDef7aa84e0c874c37b1ba907fb59a6868"><enum>(gg)</enum><header>Phase III
reporting</header><text>The annual SBIR or STTR report to Congress by the
Administration under subsection (b)(7) shall include, for each Phase III award
by the Federal agency—</text>
<paragraph id="ID8edffbe2b79740ab8cf1388296e0a73a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the name of the
contracting agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2913881ed08d4e938ca309f10f053e4c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the identity of
the agency or company making the Phase III award;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcc1a8c44238648c7ae527fa2ffe677a6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the identity of
the company or individual receiving the Phase III award;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbc19913adcc04e3d96c371a9cc38656d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the dollar amount
of the Phase III award; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE55202A32FF40E88F5A53A654D38F67"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Federal
agency, or component of a Federal agency, making the Phase III
award.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idC12FC4C791CF4FE58B412B75989B48F9"><enum>309.</enum><header>Intellectual
property protections</header>
<subsection id="id3913A45424684F02B765BE34D72EC015"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a study of the SBIR program to assess whether—</text>
<paragraph id="id814A86BC0C4E4CC192C1468772976841"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal agencies
are adhering to the data rights protections for SBIR awardees and the
technologies of SBIR awardees;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAC7DD594E4F140FC8643182F0F7D9064"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the laws and
policy directives intended to clarify the scope of data rights, including in
prototypes and mentor-protégé relationships and agreements with Federal
laboratories, are sufficient to protect SBIR awardees; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC0059DB42F4F43ACBA098DE2FE99D88B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>there is an
effective grievance tracking process for SBIR awardees who have grievances
against a Federal agency regarding data rights and a process for resolving
those grievances.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88BA3A7F440948F39A3FC029459FF521"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of
the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives
a report regarding the study conducted under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Policy
directives</header>
<section id="ID6f493061dbf5495a97f1d3b1b234045c"><enum>401.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments to the SBIR and the STTR policy directives</header>
<subsection id="idCD5334CF0DE74E3BBC3B976A242778F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
promulgate amendments to the SBIR Policy Directive and the STTR Policy
Directive to conform such directives to this Act and the amendments made by
this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99b6cac2cbc4434ca8e822cf7b69b0b2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publishing SBIR
Policy Directive and the STTR Policy Directive in the Federal
Register</header><text>The Administration shall publish the amended SBIR Policy
Directive and the amended STTR Policy Directive in the Federal Register.</text>
</subsection></section>
August 22 (legislative
day, August 1), 2008
Reported without amendment