1.This Act may be cited as the
SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of
2009
.
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 allocation
increase.
Sec. 104. STTR allocation
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>2023</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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB574137810BE4ACBB55FA65AACCE000A" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="IDc2b7fa1f14cd44b7a3bbc4cc26667be6"><enum>(10)</enum><text>to maintain an
Office of Technology to carry out the responsibilities of the Administration
under this section, which shall be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idBE97F11A4A4142D3BF257AAFC8B153FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>headed by the
Assistant Administrator for Technology, who shall report directly to the
Administrator; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idC734AB4D299C411CB89FA639B458042E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>independent from
the Office of Government Contracting of the Administration 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 allocation
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 the matter
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Each</quote> and inserting
<quote>Except as provided in paragraph (2)(C), each</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE44B41244C1A47EDBABE2D5CD9E1461D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB7ED00FD5E3B4CB5AE6A852AB7A5C156"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE3AC9330E7942A19B6ED13976BB2A1B" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID719bb02ce7094be3b41a6e03e1e25bc3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not less than 2.5
percent of such budget in each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7FA9C500C2EF4667800B764C9E266B2D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>not less than 2.6
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2011;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B13C9D87738488F9430EAC1F2B8C207"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not less than 2.7
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2012;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73B7CA19752A4A91998D34D8955C14BF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>not less than 2.8
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2013;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4AC2D850573544169EDE438F70907545"><enum>(G)</enum><text>not less than 2.9
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA42C7C18AE784D53B341EF40E905B523"><enum>(H)</enum><text>not less than 3.0
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2015;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE16C346D8D3F49608794E491874AAB7C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not less than 3.1
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB1D884FB1D9F4126BE347A01AC5F8F22"><enum>(J)</enum><text>not less than 3.2
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id367C28E5B73942469AB73F48B9D11491"><enum>(K)</enum><text>not less than 3.3
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA3B91681EBF34423BF9BA1E42E277862"><enum>(L)</enum><text>not less than 3.4
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7D15A624FCF14F29AE32C6FD2D712573"><enum>(M)</enum><text>not less than 3.5
percent of such budget in fiscal year 2020 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5E0A10AD6EA4F0BB27137DFFBD572A1" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E07527460384BBDBF52DDCCE5CBC2CF" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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
percentage of the extramural budget in excess of 2.5 percent required to be
expended with small business concerns under subparagraphs (D) through (M) of
paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id2F1BF4FE3F3449A2AFD393782737D939"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may not be used
for new Phase I or Phase II awards; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id03315BF5D6884EDC81FBF6890F6D388E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall be used for
activities that further the readiness levels of technologies developed under
Phase II awards, including conducting testing and evaluation 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>
</clause></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 allocation
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
2010;</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID724d2fa2b7ac41ebb035abe7881a72b2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAFA86066CD04378A48EDD8156433194" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID5165f35d0bda4071aa415c70a90b48c1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>0.4 percent for
fiscal years 2011 and 2012;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID18bd0d7eb44a419793d3027a9346f063"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>0.5 percent for
fiscal years 2013 and 2014; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc53232d9bdae4ce282408f276b641fef"><enum>(v)</enum><text>0.6 percent for
fiscal year 2015 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>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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F330476D74B449EBB32C3DC2B0F49C3" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID9a4e4c4b8c574ace9da52dbad5be0279"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Limitation on
certain awards</header>
<paragraph id="idB32E489104D247BDB074A9837B081670"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBA81A2B32D6041899A9120D486B4772E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maintainance of
information</header><text>Participating agencies shall maintain information on
awards exceeding the guidelines established under this section,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD3D76BE5ABC548BBAC2F9AB62A859AD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of each
award;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id156AADEC6355489BA17C795AB1607C98"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a justification
for exceeding the award amount;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6CC43105305549D1B82AD9E5BE19E3CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the identity and
location of each award recipient; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC42ED2AA3037453E97100FB4DA0DF503"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether a
recipient has received any venture capital investment and, if so, whether the
recipient is majority-owned and controlled by multiple venture capital
companies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9E3349F88C554D85968787E8A7BF6D9D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Administrator shall include the information described in paragraph (2) in the
annual report of the Administrator to
Congress.</text>
</paragraph></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>
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<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 the relevant component of the Federal agency makes a
written determination that the topics of the relevant awards are the same and
both agencies report the awards to the Administrator 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 Administrator 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>
<subsection id="id42BDF3D74E434D42A6CB1AA76DED0085"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-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>which shall
not include any invitation, pre-screening, pre-selection, or down-selection
process for eligibility for 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>which shall not include any invitation, pre-screening,
pre-selection, or down-selection process for eligibility for the second phase,
that will further develop proposals that</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id478425F9F7D94C9486E0D0107E4F2160"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text>Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6C44ECF543414C4EA5271DF28F55676B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
9—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE1B38A8B45554C9AB62E234AAF85EBFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<clause id="id02189FBC99C34731B7F34725CE56D27B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="id26FC2D5866014E31ADD086075EF3F2DA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph
(9)—</text>
<subclause id="id31F694A39ECF422FBE6BBD3E53CCA687"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the second or the third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II or
Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idAE881CB1EACF4DC4AF32F6F1DF9A1BF2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id86CCE938E9DB4E0988102D59F95EB688"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83E259025BBF4599BC3769701F64BF4C" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id6EECBEBB0E304BF899F50F6DEAE159A9"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the term
<term>Phase I</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF3F2D0FB0C87486FB516AA23CFAF74DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
the SBIR program, the first phase described in paragraph (4)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14C8B6C375F342A19F16FF86170FD3A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
the STTR program, the first phase described in paragraph (6)(A);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9EC9346E191245EA96969EE91413C81B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the term
<term>Phase II</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4933E9D58E4C4971BE846AF876EAA2D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
the SBIR program, the second phase described in paragraph (4)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E3887B6622A4AEDA2FDC4D59685CDB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
the STTR program, the second phase described in paragraph (6)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9E0165CB1B3F40C48E7F3DA8DC4A5E79"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the term
<term>Phase III</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idDBB4B742E72943FFAC600B64F019C2E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
the SBIR program, the third phase described in paragraph (4)(C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8119026862574493AC2A45A27248DC46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to
the STTR program, the third phase described in paragraph
(6)(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3B09A1BD2F404E608A3B623D20B23FB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)—</text>
<clause id="idD3A5F6AF417943119CCA9ECDD22E55F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B), by striking <quote>phase two</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
II</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idF870E086B1064BF78A9507A78569AB52"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subclause id="id2C3DB179157A4AEBA3BD16F3D71A2618"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<item id="idEF7DE785BA814405AE87430B089D770C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the third phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase
III</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="idB51060962CC24E6F8D2248D889DCD3BE"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id0EEA8BE53B5D478C84D72B71CD6D7003"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D)—</text>
<item id="id845AD92E6BFB4E879C0FEC4D03688E33"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="id80719D2104E54E419B40D8C4FF4FCAE7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id1A4C661D0D884AE1BEBDE2D89CB56EDA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(F), by striking <quote>the third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
III</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idCABD9E3FBCAD40B59890EDABBB273653"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G)—</text>
<item id="idDACD26C9F4DA41FAB3BD5B2E17161F0C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D99B21F924A48DA948953FC4FE81CA3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;
and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id76751EC6B12E461595A3341A6946E081"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H)—</text>
<item id="idDE04154463064CDAB81270DEF1C81A3C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F4849DDA9684D6E8E3434C1EA0AFCD5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase
II</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBD1D0DEC0F94A16BC6BEE54645EAEB2"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="id478119D70CD042ABB1C5CD7D1B108B60"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subclause id="idD1F27FEDDB0347658678EA79844C8E5C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<item id="id455DCF2B76CC4BAC9CD68F43DE29752F"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the first phase (as described in subsection (e)(4)(A))</quote> and
inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5872CF9750654935AD87227FF9BB7F35"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the second phase (as described in subsection (e)(4)(B))</quote> and
inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E4B73714E4B4D8BBB4E43CAED6374EA"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the third phase (as described in subsection (e)(4)(C))</quote> and
inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="idE2EC9B4CF24841E99AD9680563E0D859"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
II</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9CA3BED4070444818CA1AB3ADF919450"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text>
<clause id="id64B40B760FE74D579009409D9CF0EB96"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>first phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase
I</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCDE2CD9F274433C9BE2450DE6FC3FD1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase
II</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CA89A57DB824E41A7D9E180124FE4DA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection
(l)(2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8438305DA534B0E8F62E85D9054E0F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40E5377C683B46E89CEADAF2854CED8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF8B8E696CD4413D8923AA2F6A895C5E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection
(o)(13)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D1C1EA7F3414DFAB5B8AD726848996F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
II</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2D3F0A070EC4A4384FB309983F727D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
III</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91F32E93D5084BCBA23D7FF9B6C0AC41"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in subsection
(p)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28A44F8CB37C439897185EB76A4AB4C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66E54178BBAB46FF9DF1FD791FBAC57E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause
(vi)—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3A2EF6BD8ED449193569C022AF57A62"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;
and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D556234F6744F6493A6026B80D7554C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>;
and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC7D7D2E4F7954F04BD4CEFE17E5C4223"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause
(ix)—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1D0CCE79861E47428A36159B6E07FCEF"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A92C9B789FC43D0BD0D07AC2C31C01D"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;
and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD5A2776BB1A45E4AE5287987841D517"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subclause id="id9B901E636BB945C6B8DAEA9EC7792852"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the first phase (as described in subsection (e)(6)(A))</quote> and
inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB837AE1ABAFC4DF9837EE77C68CED2CF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the second phase (as described in subsection (e)(6)(B))</quote> and
inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA16DDE83818B4412BB7DDCBA36E95B9E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the third phase (as described in subsection (e)(6)(A))</quote> and
inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC90528E613F044399CA4FEAE6F52952D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in subsection
(q)(3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A486A75245B4A0CAB500BB93B4C2B13"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B8EBC81E195426DA074BD39ABC84C83"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the
subparagraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">First phase</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Phase
I</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58491E363C864ECA96753407B4F8C4F8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF51A8A44A9B24876BC0E1BA821162D02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF0E698E7D294F948C219B06CB375E55"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the
subparagraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Second phase</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Phase
II</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2EDCDAC90355495D86FA5805FF811DFE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53980DA48F264FBF933FA0C978952715"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in subsection
(r)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76640F9195F841BB80CDCC7B8763D12D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Third Phase</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Phase
III</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3395DF7B2A2A4E2FAA2600867E052D9C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7783075C543482FBE43117546244C9E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A625ED967A041D3A7DF1F18C3221F02"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for the second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>for Phase
II</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF8C07C8E56A14180BE00F6D354317B68"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44E67442338E4F178AADF4166E699DDB"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase period</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II
period</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF907E26D29F8402F9AFAADE96BA12407"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the second
sentence—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD50207F1CB2749CD9C89887B4ED8EAD3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id999E677730D0404C9BE766B31ED550A3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA594AC6CD0F74E3081498A61EA4A0BF9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2), by striking <quote>third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
III</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53102940D81A4333B2EB23E8940CFECC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subsection
(u)(2)(B), by striking <quote>the first phase</quote> and inserting
<quote>Phase I</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2BD052ED78A4A97A8FA784FB7FF26E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
34—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1203556D44424668B95A3740E72A1C7B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)(B)(ii), by striking <quote>first phase and second phase SBIR
awards</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I and Phase II SBIR awards (as
defined in section 9(e))</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10040C796F944211B2B95DE3C19B8C44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(2)(A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51522766AB6345B69199F33F09F6F70D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>first phase awards</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>Phase I awards (as defined in section 9(e));</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0C0346C98D24BC39DBC7E3BCC151916"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>first phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase
I</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id844A1898C12A425886C96E1AD1CB1DE0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
35(c)(2)(B)(vii), by striking <quote>third phase</quote> and inserting
<quote>Phase III</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF8D8DF5DD84437FB8424579EF9BA5FF" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 majority owned 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 made under subparagraph (A) shall explain how 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>A
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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45EEEAED00F84C0C9B4881DBFF642490" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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)(5) 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD42221C268644FE7B0569974CB765580" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID6978eebb184d497ba381b6a4d1d5107d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Phase III
awards</header><text>To the greatest extent practicable, Federal agencies and
Federal prime contractors shall issue Phase III awards relating to technology,
including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that
developed the
technology.</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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3582687AAE1E4562A35E36977A304886" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 make 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 an 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 Policy Directive and the STTR Policy Directive of the
Administrator; 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94A15C6919F04DF3B2429AD9BBF11B7C" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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">for which 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 Administrator 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 fiscal years 2010 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; and</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.</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>2010 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCCC76C2B639B4833B5B2341CEB29A267" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 2011;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7542bbc82acc4c83a4e78558e42a0cb7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1d113151299644cca0b7c5f2d95c55db"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2013;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1e9f21596b0f4cdeb1cb93f92abe4d98"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2014; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7d4bf73b71d74ba0a33d9689a43e69f2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2015.</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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2D25603244944A308D1F7811ADA8C3E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$4,000 per year</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000 per year, which
shall be in addition to the amount of the recipient’s award</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF431807C38594B77B33CD906C729CA68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24E3C6EE7EED42F08BBD0C93B6C81077" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36146588A83D4DE29A3B50DEF4037110" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 the transition of 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 2009</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, and 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63F3245E434C4D27961D54C36DBDBB1E" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID96f5b63927614514badfcdd43bc03b8f"><enum>(ee)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header>
<paragraph id="ID0246916a2adb438b9a42924e27df7161"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
head of each covered 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4181A08CF771484CA948209396C6C7D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application by
Federal agency</header>
<subparagraph id="ID6df28877eafb489a8bbbf4185b47a8ac"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A covered Federal agency may not establish a pilot
program unless such agency makes a written application to the Administrator,
not later than 90 days before to the first day of the fiscal year in which the
pilot program is to be established, that describes a compelling reason that
additional investment in SBIR or STTR technologies is necessary, including
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 mission of the agency.</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 first day of the fiscal year for which the
application is submitted;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID227971cfe7e644329b3b9b62eb7e25ed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>publish the
determination in the Federal Register; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID571508e261bb4c7db69189976f01ce0b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>make a copy of
the determination 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></paragraph><paragraph id="ID88575c843c19425894b8b47d7c887c8e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum amount
of award</header><text>The head of a Federal agency may not make an award under
a pilot program in excess of 2 times the dollar amounts generally established
for Phase II awards under subsection (j)(2)(D) or (p)(2)(B)(ix).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID98eccebe7c154c25b428f253d2727d4a"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Matching</header><text>The
head of a Federal agency may not make an award 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 provided for SBIR or STTR Phase II
technology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfc089b0c522744ec86bb8b11c23ee5d2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligibility for
award</header><text>The head of a Federal agency may make an award under a
pilot program to any applicant that is eligible to receive a Phase III award
related to technology developed in Phase II of an SBIR or STTR project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDca913a1d1add4bd594b41bc142a493db"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>Any
applicant that receives an award under a pilot program shall register with the
Administrator in a registry that is available to the public.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID742e258ce8344fe8b48a95f403d43021"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
authority to establish a pilot program under this section expires at the end of
fiscal year 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6E29C2EC12B648FB8A140E90DFE3B4BA"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC98D34AA612A4AB3A6D110E04ABDF9F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term
<term>covered Federal agency</term>—</text>
<clause id="id6BE3C93CD170463FAEEA6039FC920657"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means a Federal
agency participating in the SBIR program or the STTR program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7D41A5D148C248B283F9129C453B2ED6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not include
the Department of Defense; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3B312AD3FA324900A79734CEB24DE036"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term
<term>pilot program</term> means the program established under paragraph
(1).</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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CFDFC2225054D698B1A0B08CAF3DFBD" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8685DF4A597A4E53814C1DBC23966751" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 (in this section referred to as the <quote>advisory board</quote>) to
conduct periodic evaluations of the SBIR program (as that term is defined in
section 9) of each of 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="id19DF6338ED78429B810D3AEDA8A5C442"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Director of
the NIH;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8ACE55B10475425C95ACD6DFF77AA41C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Director of
the SBIR program of the NIH;</text>
</clause><clause id="id699601D15BAD43DD915C42D0F601290B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>senior NIH
agency managers, selected by the Director of NIH;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6DD91014AC324848B8A04917D9CE30E8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>industry experts,
selected by the Council of the National Academy of Sciences in consultation
with the Associate Administrator for Technology of the Administration and the
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3A5DD6042D1947029386A1E2E04391A4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>owners or
operators of small business concerns that have received an award under the SBIR
program of the NIH, selected by the Associate Administrator for Technology of
the Administration.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F9A3FBFEDDB4C1D8934B8DDFDF8839C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Number of
members</header><text>The total number of members selected under clauses (iii),
(iv), and (v) of subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 10.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id619D1D618B494D41B009E7ADC47310CB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Equal
representation</header><text>The total number of members of the advisory board
selected under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (A) shall be
equal to the number of members of the advisory board selected under
subparagraph (A)(v).</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 report of the National Academies of Science entitled <quote>An
Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program at the
NIH</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="IDca5cb21cb1a745f7be8a3a7a98c7ab0d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot
program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" 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 commented="no" 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 advisory board 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 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 advisory board 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 program 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
2009</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 102 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A9FB8CAB2114D74B2C233F920CF0708" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08B3D3819B304397BEE020A60A268D94" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 required under subsection (cc) 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7258112C2E0442A98ED9BC66FC21DCFD" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID065065608b6b469d9b36f2fb0bcf789f"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to coordinate the
implementation of electronic databases at each of the Federal agencies
participating in the SBIR program or the STTR program, 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E987F26598F49FE8CD56B32D91D1E44" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB80172B400EE4243B2E3AB762F28910D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect annually, 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;</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 that—</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 socially or economically
disadvantaged individual or has a socially or economically disadvantaged
individual 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 a faculty member or a student of an
institution of higher education, as that term is defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAEEC45F7545D463097D0ECB74F815BDF" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id47B3F50733E74383B080853D70D68983"><enum>(9)</enum><text>collect annually,
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;</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 that—</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 socially or economically
disadvantaged individual or has a socially or economically disadvantaged
individual 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 a faculty member or a student of an
institution of higher education, as that term is defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id004A9CA739B44197BF9A9C7A6B219BA9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if an awardee
receives an award in an amount that is more than the award guidelines under
this section, a statement from the agency that justifies the award
amount;</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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0595595577440A29B6E7CB7C0AEAAC6" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 socially or economically
disadvantaged individual or has a socially or economically disadvantaged
individual 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 a faculty member or a student
of an institution of higher education, as that term is defined in section 101
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001).</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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12A75BD108FF45BCBDB3A96BE47718F7" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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 to the awardee by the
Administrator;</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
information 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 of, and
the percentage of ownership of the awardee held by—</text>
<subclause id="idEDBB65DE98214913AFBA6F92519772B4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any 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>any 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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E9123330D424C9CBD5E4A7E4C0B6154" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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—</text>
<subparagraph id="idBBE380FD606A4716B564FB8919046C6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine whether
Federal agencies comply with the expenditure amount requirements under
subsections (f)(1) and (n)(1) of section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638), as amended by this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9a1d2ab4ad1e4870bfa707221a4e8f27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assess the extent
of compliance with the requirements of section 9(i)(2) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 638(i)(2)) by Federal agencies participating in the SBIR program
or the STTR program and the Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID827c394fe9454c3da9da69771f9a5c8a"><enum>(C)</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; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B12307A1EC646C3A7121E78A8CF32FD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>determine the
portion of the extramural research or research and development budget of a
Federal agency that each Federal agency spends for administrative purposes
relating to the SBIR program or STTR program, and for what specific purposes,
including the portion, if any, of such budget the Federal agency spends for
salaries and expenses, travel to visit applicants, outreach events, marketing,
and technical assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID64a2dc21db2946a9b98f32360f74696a"><enum>(2)</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), including the assessments required under
subparagraphs (B) and (C), and the determination made under subparagraph (D) of
paragraph (1).</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 (15 U.S.C. 638 note) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD04123D92B42454EB4F15A5CFF2DA474" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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
2009</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 2009</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 2009</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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F9524DDF3B244C48368301C0F36F923" reported-display-style="strikethrough" 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
made by the Federal agency—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2913881ed08d4e938ca309f10f053e4c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the name of the
agency or component of the agency or the non-Federal source of capital making
the Phase III award;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcc1a8c44238648c7ae527fa2ffe677a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the name of the
small business concern or individual receiving the Phase III award; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbc19913adcc04e3d96c371a9cc38656d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the dollar amount
of 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
comply with the data rights protections for SBIR awardees and the technologies
of SBIR awardees under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638);</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>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall publish the amended SBIR Policy Directive and
the amended STTR Policy Directive in the Federal Register.</text>
</subsection></section>
1.This Act may be cited as the
SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of
2009
.
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 allocation increase.
Sec. 104. STTR allocation 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 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="idcc12126b-9180-496a-a4b1-6a55152d6e17"><enum>101.</enum><header>Extension of
termination dates</header>
<subsection id="id67e746d2-6174-4642-92c3-4b24772817de"><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>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id098e0e53-2cc9-451e-b97b-bdf2a1381053"><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="id2263d4cb-74b7-4534-8fd5-869859752725"><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="id078016de-018f-43ab-875b-66276b839d61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id209787f8-9f9d-4d8e-a1a8-5c0c8f17dd46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida11af476-ec4f-4e4e-94cc-ffeea69a96c4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idce6d403a-2fde-4f8a-aca8-ab041ca88915"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc24dc99b-c5db-4461-87f5-6ff6834177a4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="id23c2bada-8bd9-4866-b075-8ed39edf2a05"><enum>(10)</enum><text>to maintain an Office of
Technology to carry out the responsibilities of the Administration under this
section, which shall be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idd6296b6d-e52d-415e-8ba6-e0ca3bfeaa05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>headed by the Assistant
Administrator for Technology, who shall report directly to the Administrator;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id90785cf5-c294-4574-b6ec-b11f86ef69b0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>independent from the
Office of Government Contracting of the Administration 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="idb82885c5-dc10-46c2-ae31-bb9f447d738d"><enum>103.</enum><header>SBIR allocation
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="id1cbbd794-d245-4a96-8159-d52c6e0009e2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id78b19058-8be3-410f-938f-a1f5f5fea3c1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Each</quote> and inserting <quote>Except
as provided in paragraph (2)(C), each</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id226d075b-edf5-4065-8ccd-89ac1de6db99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1c004d66-4816-4f70-af36-e4b5e314ed60"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph
(C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70bde51a-4ed1-4c1c-bda8-94c72e5f3f5d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ida0ae7d50-0dea-42ea-aa06-cca9e5ac0841"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not less than 2.5 percent
of such budget in each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb1adc479-94cf-46e7-b9f4-c4e6e7aa6f75"><enum>(D)</enum><text>not less than 2.6 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2011;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a411178-2365-4ceb-8059-858bb64418c5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not less than 2.7 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2012;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4a016c65-b1b2-4224-ac6c-2ebd049bc5f3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>not less than 2.8 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2013;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03d28851-96b7-4917-8703-49ee12e9bb60"><enum>(G)</enum><text>not less than 2.9 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2014;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbfdf6cb1-f675-4d20-ade7-3652daa6b8f3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>not less than 3.0 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2015;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida51eb3d4-d753-4021-94bd-538e38219db0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not less than 3.1 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbe4051e6-a4ab-486a-9b3a-dd988aefd31d"><enum>(J)</enum><text>not less than 3.2 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2017;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideb770826-ad32-4cfe-9e6e-e6f43b9a197c"><enum>(K)</enum><text>not less than 3.3 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2018;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5d7fd3ce-7f4a-4363-8784-01a4bbbc2609"><enum>(L)</enum><text>not less than 3.4 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47fe550d-5479-4d12-b692-15955a544201"><enum>(M)</enum><text>not less than 3.5 percent
of such budget in fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year
thereafter,</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb2b00f7a-1a79-4f94-90c3-66c712b13486"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3d6685ac-c31b-439c-8c75-e052aa89f85c"><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="id20d25919-a516-402b-9ce0-985ab15d787f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>A
Federal agency</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1854c5c-d76a-4540-acb0-636add7d3e3c" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id3167e50f-feda-4d94-a615-274eeb02407b"><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="id58f00ec8-01bd-44ff-be97-b5ac01356848"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2ea5c47-d28f-4671-b864-9ee447f9dc24" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id53725f1b-8f13-4536-8f06-685d1be34bda"><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 percentage of the
extramural budget in excess of 2.5 percent required to be expended with small
business concerns under subparagraphs (D) through (M) of paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="idd3b400f8-a591-4500-bb87-02bafc538360"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may not be used for new
Phase I or Phase II awards; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9eef5ea3-a2ae-410e-82a8-f5a20ea3b044"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall be used for
activities that further the readiness levels of technologies developed under
Phase II awards, including conducting testing and evaluation 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>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idb2d0f5ed-86fa-4e23-bf6e-9feffb9169dc"><enum>104.</enum><header>STTR allocation
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="id0298ca00-73bb-4c76-b21c-0f3a11156c7b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id31969a13-c846-4522-8064-6305f2f196a7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking <quote>thereafter.</quote> and inserting <quote>through fiscal year
2010;</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbd4b48ec-9b81-48b6-a18f-9c953e0f93e9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id733c0f4d-1a45-48e9-be94-bfa834cd30c5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="id31db59b8-30ff-4807-93fd-e593d88f9a33"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>0.4 percent for fiscal
years 2011 and 2012;</text>
</clause><clause id="idae5742db-0956-40f9-80d5-21ed897ffb7e"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>0.5 percent for fiscal
years 2013 and 2014; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idb60f70df-7c5d-4736-bbf0-f18592eb7093"><enum>(v)</enum><text>0.6 percent for fiscal
year 2015 and each fiscal year
thereafter.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idaa55a0b0-7974-447c-a457-d667e4e5bff3"><enum>105.</enum><header>SBIR and STTR award
levels</header>
<subsection id="idd88dafa9-6031-4251-926a-e472e6292b8a"><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="idb1efa0da-0ab0-4a7f-9ea2-b7b863e50289"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$100,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$150,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id005978e8-8837-4bad-bce1-12c6c000ed1a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$750,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5888b579-4a77-4fcc-8dfb-9499ca9a12cd"><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="id827dcd1b-41f0-4797-b848-2ac41f16fcab"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$100,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$150,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id20d250cf-3287-4309-aa1f-e06307b7e8d8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$750,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id834ce813-1d3b-4039-a5aa-67465c3a4917"><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="idec892113-bb0f-4ec1-b2ec-5ecf221f04bf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)(2)(D)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id664be23c-8df7-4d92-ae3f-1692ecc97003"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>5
years</quote> and inserting <quote>3 years</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63909ac5-ae73-44de-a029-60e5814aa65a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and
programmatic considerations</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcc311d0e-a1ee-43d7-bb79-34d03b3fc2e2"><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>an adjustment
for inflation of such amounts once every 3 years,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9a8a45aa-b7a8-4e55-8bb5-bfe5d8f21526"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03691ecd-dc55-409d-b609-5ed7a3b54084" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id98ab335c-97b2-4dc1-9d43-d458ca806e07"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Limitation on certain
awards</header>
<paragraph id="id3e9b62c8-62df-4cf8-8470-24503d4140e3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id08281da7-f302-46f0-968e-6c7c32fb7a44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maintainance of
information</header><text>Participating agencies shall maintain information on
awards exceeding the guidelines established under this section,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida63c5944-94a2-41f4-b5b8-ccd428dbf11b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of each
award;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id829874ed-9d80-4788-b470-7294d732aecb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a justification for
exceeding the award amount;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06a983b3-975e-4d48-8255-76e96755f1f4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the identity and location
of each award recipient; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idce8ea87d-deb4-416d-aebb-287ec9ec7d08"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether a recipient has
received any venture capital investment and, if so, whether the recipient is
majority-owned and controlled by multiple venture capital companies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbb7ed9bb-77a6-4530-80fb-112445268f2f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The
Administrator shall include the information described in paragraph (2) in the
annual report of the Administrator to Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id728AEE0DFB324E67A6ACAD12F17250F4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
prevent a Federal agency from supplementing an award under the SBIR program or
the STTR program using funds of the Federal agency that are not part of the
SBIR program or the STTR program of the Federal
agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id72fc368b-bc6c-41c5-ad33-34fdd2df9a76"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef4c247f-90fe-473b-9f72-5ed64fcf63dd" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idc5f64dfb-e230-444b-ae3b-05fc6d45fc40"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Subsequent
phases</header>
<paragraph id="id7815861f-258d-4c23-b338-98bf546edb0a"><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 the relevant component of the Federal agency makes a
written determination that the topics of the relevant awards are the same and
both agencies report the awards to the Administrator for inclusion in the
public database under subsection (k).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida20e5da3-0007-4245-9232-59922a396b85"><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 Administrator for inclusion in the public database under
subsection
(k).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idf71447d9-3926-4230-8c4f-51f3ebbe4aea"><enum>107.</enum><header>Elimination of Phase
II invitations</header>
<subsection id="id81fcd1e6-ab31-437b-bf6a-ee2be0f93ed4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9(e) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id90232a7a-49df-46a6-9ea0-92d0966799e5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(B), by
striking <quote>to further</quote> and inserting: <quote>which shall not
include any invitation, pre-screening, pre-selection, or down-selection process
for eligibility for the second phase, that will further</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id72dea8df-4d00-45ee-963e-e092300a6f88"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(B), by
striking <quote>to further develop proposed ideas to</quote> and inserting
<quote>which shall not include any invitation, pre-screening, pre-selection, or
down-selection process for eligibility for the second phase, that will further
develop proposals that</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida7680eb0-b499-497e-925f-4b113054bc00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text>The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idee46025f-ccb4-4aae-8613-fd1a2b516964"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 9—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc12c19d5-0c86-44ba-bf77-9f74466ca826"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<clause id="id1f39f419-dd76-410a-a17d-6eb3d8c8fa16"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9e0c784a-257a-4edd-8ab0-52add6ce30c0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text>
<subclause id="id04e2d8b3-f083-45a2-8dc1-bed87bfa4fec"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
second or the third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II or Phase
III</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id0215dd40-df9b-4cab-a292-5ef529b24771"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the period
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idf7cd5bdd-f2ba-4331-9917-2b47b202c73c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31f57274-8080-40d7-9117-98ddcd98c069" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id2df52403-195d-4b28-9dce-967b87fc464a"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the term <term>Phase
I</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9a2903c4-7af5-4d42-bf9c-bc5313dd4e8c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to the SBIR
program, the first phase described in paragraph (4)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6bc317b-bc3a-4786-ac8b-572011f70406"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to the STTR
program, the first phase described in paragraph (6)(A);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcad8e828-bc8b-4b0b-b8f7-62e1e8b03ba3"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the term <term>Phase
II</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd779936b-8206-488a-984a-b1ba43dd5f1c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to the SBIR
program, the second phase described in paragraph (4)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide03a827d-c1d3-4d82-b42b-8baa12f2581b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to the STTR
program, the second phase described in paragraph (6)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id14970711-f637-43eb-bb16-3b99b090359d"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the term <term>Phase
III</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id68aa4380-cdd5-4f02-b83a-1b4ba035ba32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to the SBIR
program, the third phase described in paragraph (4)(C); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd74a4005-de36-4cab-adb4-fb8d8877a169"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to the STTR
program, the third phase described in paragraph
(6)(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida0d19f95-251f-4ccb-8bc9-abcc02975d16"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (j)—</text>
<clause id="id516117b5-2eab-439e-bef9-4df1e256c775"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by
striking <quote>phase two</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id47fc91c4-fa20-42e9-a428-042dfc72eee9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subclause id="id6ef377ac-ebf5-4bf3-ab87-68cb98767492"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<item id="idb1c9d500-1123-4e3c-8eca-d359fad5830b"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
third phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase
III</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="idf69abddc-3070-4ff6-ac26-dc99b49ddd6c"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id4cfde6bb-56cb-4da1-b3d7-07a4b7df118b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D)—</text>
<item id="idc390a4b2-d1e6-4fe4-a9d4-9ba514822920"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="id6bda38eb-ea7b-4e63-bc6d-271d7c16bae2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="iddc7fb448-fa1d-4bfb-b5fb-110a0322b7e4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by
striking <quote>the third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
III</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id7636776c-7a4f-42e6-9bd1-9d08fd1731a7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(G)—</text>
<item id="id562d934c-6fb7-4012-b878-c82204df668d"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ba3bcc4-2ab7-48f9-8434-6c24b91771a1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id486664ae-aa0c-4acb-ae1c-fec22ebc224e"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(H)—</text>
<item id="id8cf73ef0-4f64-49f8-ab0c-ea4425d0f766"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70c19ba6-18d0-4206-9fd1-1d41a7ca5a1b"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase
II</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc7f8747-f57f-478c-a7cf-c9c4996615b2"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by striking <quote>third
phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="id79002371-a5d8-4ba5-97f6-e7683e5fd896"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subclause id="idc2701556-3b46-4d71-ab0d-0c31fa11c8f2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<item id="ide6517d87-86db-433a-b7e8-cb8ea55cce8c"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
first phase (as described in subsection (e)(4)(A))</quote> and inserting
<quote>Phase I</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e292373-4c52-4ad2-a4fd-55c1c135578a"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
second phase (as described in subsection (e)(4)(B))</quote> and inserting
<quote>Phase II</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcbc283c8-ca10-42c5-883a-393ed4a516cc"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
third phase (as described in subsection (e)(4)(C))</quote> and inserting
<quote>Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="id95b807ad-ee2e-424a-ba9a-992c3de37190"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
II</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5e742fc-312a-43a4-8725-f00e38ba1a6d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (k)—</text>
<clause id="id2202f88f-0c40-47cf-98c0-72737ac0b67d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>first
phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide49171f7-b983-4b5c-87ff-baef1a6b7b63"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase
II</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6415960-cf69-44d9-a6e0-02ebb2af8acf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection
(l)(2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4b06b63-4a32-4eb3-b3cc-80fee0c6cff9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb452b007-da03-44b9-b690-d36988996cc3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id236863d4-6bb3-41a6-a64c-ad200ddedb61"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection
(o)(13)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e831a77-5d32-4919-963f-e06c0ea9f51b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida28fb683-ba51-4f3c-9058-eee4ae7d8dff"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by
striking <quote>third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
III</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id428e578c-535a-44c0-bcf1-dcd09961cf22"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in subsection (p)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e5bd479-f92b-455f-8d7a-18444500cc5a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4250ef5b-dd02-4d1b-b0d1-0e0efa2ce5b1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (vi)—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74d24d2b-5a8e-499a-82a6-1b3c68964a14"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c7287ce-945e-4850-b116-142f76139441"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48e100d9-7cd2-42b3-b82a-4588bdb03c1c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ix)—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb118077-aff7-4394-b6d2-079517afe210"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id860ac7b9-baed-4837-ae7b-202c7f9497a8"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4a6d185-41e7-493f-8e73-88e1f6f4af48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subclause id="id0e69ceea-eee9-459b-a439-fccbbb362d38"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
first phase (as described in subsection (e)(6)(A))</quote> and inserting
<quote>Phase I</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1a5fe41-47a3-4765-86c0-409c9d185e2c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
second phase (as described in subsection (e)(6)(B))</quote> and inserting
<quote>Phase II</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd2b7039-16d6-4256-a61a-1d0dab7c9849"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the
third phase (as described in subsection (e)(6)(A))</quote> and inserting
<quote>Phase III</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d824968-b2b3-4d02-b161-6726a0b8bc88"><enum>(G)</enum><text>in subsection
(q)(3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcee165e-8ebc-4425-b0a3-fda2869a84bb"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75841abc-be78-4b5d-827b-c657d1da2795"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the subparagraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">First phase</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Phase
I</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36098eb4-61fe-4bde-98f3-2583b441b517"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>first
phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f810131-01ca-428c-b6de-c1c338157922"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf8dc9f1-437d-4b05-bdc8-a452ef7cf97e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the subparagraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Second phase</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Phase
II</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d5d6f38-1e9d-4894-b35f-0677ac2855f4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46560643-8546-4b66-b4fb-ca38c6850d16"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in subsection (r)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7774e1e3-c494-4606-b2ae-c5e91879d6ad"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Third Phase</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Phase
III</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ebf91ac-4a5e-4d8d-9092-632c5089c334"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bd56867-ea1b-4c9e-b343-ce044c8330b0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e70abb6-7e81-40ec-98ab-c6a370dd4a11"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for
the second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>for Phase II</quote>;</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf06d14c6-fe0c-4456-8071-3bb16ff8df41"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>third
phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id434c0f74-5847-4155-a0d7-a2f04a06ad90"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase period</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II
period</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc8ab72c-a66a-42d0-9f6a-883c4bdd2e06"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the second
sentence—</text>
<item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id276480d4-0b06-468a-9d34-fa136021ac95"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>second phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase II</quote>; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4be8b32a-3b3e-435a-9fef-d4291e8d1fec"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>third
phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a900cb9-e45c-45ad-be47-f23e6a3b7665"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by
striking <quote>third phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase III</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id128c3b4b-4a72-4c9c-9744-481ae25a314d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subsection (u)(2)(B),
by striking <quote>the first phase</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase
I</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc92e284d-3ebf-43fb-8c4c-4a46ce4838ec"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 34—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7b04d2c-2500-417b-a342-7f0ec4d8bf8b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)(B)(ii), by striking <quote>first phase and second phase SBIR
awards</quote> and inserting <quote>Phase I and Phase II SBIR awards (as
defined in section 9(e))</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id710ca819-37db-4d51-a1e9-64d7713e14ae"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(2)(A)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84573154-df04-4a51-ae67-82ba453c47ec"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>first phase awards</quote> and all that follows and inserting
<quote>Phase I awards (as defined in section 9(e));</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4da695ed-94f5-41d2-a068-4c1fa9221e4c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>first
phase</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Phase I</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id013ea5ff-7de6-49d1-9100-d1ab19c30af8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
35(c)(2)(B)(vii), by striking <quote>third phase</quote> and inserting
<quote>Phase III</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idb0b59244-c173-46f0-adde-5b546b39cde5"><enum>108.</enum><header>Majority-venture
investments in SBIR firms</header>
<subsection id="id8c9128fe-a94d-4043-9cbd-8845fcc16fee"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c186fa0-acc9-4ec2-9230-80460a920bc9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id7f55efeb-784f-4728-8fa9-aeedd5c19c85"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Majority-venture
investments in SBIR firms</header>
<paragraph id="id3d313066-bb1a-41bf-abaa-0c9b292064bf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority and
determination</header>
<subparagraph id="id5be62488-4124-4c54-adc2-ae2fec5dadad"><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="id7dc928dc-f4c6-4e28-acec-e662e8145d23"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Director 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="id083cef74-3c60-4c41-a8ad-917db1bc30d4"><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 majority owned 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="ided21d216-4dd4-4018-9170-4fcef4cacec4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>A
written determination made under subparagraph (A) shall explain how 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="id050f8993-32e9-4397-a710-c9c218c4651b"><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="id746b1a82-9f3a-42dd-81e7-d7174fa90e8a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>A
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="id825208cd-98cb-4bbc-960d-4c13e36e3d03"><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="id9608ef8e-e897-4ba4-a7a3-d35dff53f0cd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>indicate whether the
small business concern is registered under subparagraph (A) in any SBIR
proposal.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0e23fbe4-6f09-4859-af93-22e0fa5e9ac4"><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="id9b576a02-5b36-4d0b-a02e-2a78e0a34f6b"><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="id2f24b3e2-ffa1-4959-8927-510ff4cbb579"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7c3f18e-521b-4f92-b7a0-1eca1621026e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id7bedf0c2-3a31-413c-9c8b-53aa6e8939d6"><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)(5) of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor
thereto).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id9c9f2d26-5a25-4285-9556-9fcc8dca058c"><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="idfbb28ce6-d7c5-438c-8aee-b256abead440"><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="idbb2593da-484a-408a-89a8-ad0ba872a679"><enum>(2)</enum><text>contact information for
officers or employees of the Administration who—</text>
<subparagraph id="id876134e1-d126-492b-b244-2a8175451f50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>upon request, shall
review an issue relating to the rules described in paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id280b2591-16ab-4bb0-a80f-604de4e2213e"><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="id3712b37e-e5e5-4ff0-92aa-11dddbb4934e"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5d725e7-8c5c-42fa-b4dd-936333a2dd0b" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idca936e6f-9670-4309-97a3-35fa4a38a567"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Phase III
awards</header><text>To the greatest extent practicable, Federal agencies and
Federal prime contractors shall issue Phase III awards relating to technology,
including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that
developed the
technology.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id8d154098-1568-4073-82a3-4411b47bec04"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7bbfcd7-f535-47b3-bb78-a016ab0d9418" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id5feb1f79-12f8-411b-b9b7-508454146341"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Collaborating with
Federal laboratories and research and development centers</header>
<paragraph id="idb107fbf8-83ee-43f2-9adf-1a55df412f23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Subject
to the limitations under this section, the head of each participating Federal
agency may make SBIR and STTR awards to any eligible small business concern
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida59b442f-e62f-4990-b106-cf6f0170ad62"><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="idf071f1b5-3e36-449d-8f89-53e310fcc033"><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="id76f3d6b1-f214-4bd9-bccf-9d0cbe446432"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>No
Federal agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idecf7bcb5-57ae-45e2-95d1-6b165c809ad8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>condition an 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="id8c67142e-90b3-40e6-a007-d1febe5dd9b9"><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 Policy
Directive and the STTR Policy Directive of the Administrator; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfbf46a5a-fd4a-4fc8-a26b-6e56161af4a6"><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="id2cb2c5d9-7873-4307-956a-afe61b1651d5"><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="idf450f82e-f754-4690-bec9-e9119706d64d"><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="id97d52e4c-6588-4fea-baf2-e809e23b3cf8"><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="id5a8c679e-0509-4702-8393-fae2fd2ef2b4"><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="id2f8afa65-df64-4226-b3ba-a4ac99817bdf"><enum>201.</enum><header>Rural and State
outreach</header>
<subsection id="idaaa25469-2896-49d2-9839-3007bce85ceb"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb29e964-90e6-4614-a504-cfc2257f7677" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idd84fdfe3-300c-4b01-aa7a-8b97811dc86f"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Outreach</header>
<paragraph id="id7a83deb9-18ea-42cb-ba01-78798f4a84f5"><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="id4a0fa919-ee11-4b39-b628-f9864767b6c0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which 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="idd59565da-d449-4d2a-a457-14364388486c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that certifies to the Administrator 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="id0d1f96b6-b8b0-40ec-b05b-09a762134e79"><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 fiscal years 2010 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="idb1e6cf0a-0e44-413f-b0fa-ab511044e413"><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="idd6bb4259-1c01-4c7f-835f-fd67f5c8cf67"><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="idb019c874-70bb-4c28-a739-4c751145d582"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not exceed $100,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f0dd34c-978e-4316-9b98-bdd6998608a2"><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="idd1485182-cd95-4596-89c3-680aad1c5e8d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the establishment of quantifiable
performance goals, including goals relating to—</text>
<clause id="id6922574a-864b-4679-83b0-07315e3b99f5"><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="idb48eeb41-d4a4-450b-8303-41248b83faf3"><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="id0e15a055-1b51-48bf-9f4c-84bb2e557ef4"><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; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id445a3d05-ad79-45dd-ab0f-7afb297c5b34"><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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idd0a7ef4f-e833-4732-ba66-2e858cc7b317"><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="id5ae52415-7de0-4536-8aa5-ed5c0ddf6294"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by
striking <quote>2001 through 2005</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>2010 through 2014</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9a0fb1a2-ede1-4305-81b8-9e09cff5d289"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (i), by
striking <quote>2005</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id33c7ec97-9613-48da-b357-54961064298a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching
requirements</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="ideb54f8e6-abda-4e36-89a3-e05ded9ab3c6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id664FE96313F348578CC1DBA06B9F1706"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>50
cents</quote> and inserting <quote>35 cents</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB15A55AECA934C94867CABA5AB95F914"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by
striking <quote>75 cents</quote> and inserting <quote>50 cents</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id69BA8557294F4B6D8815942427B15CF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by
striking <quote>50 cents</quote> and inserting <quote>35 cents</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9500183A009C4E1A8846DD1704288FD6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D)
as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaee1f35f-0eac-4731-bf24-1a154be1bc50"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7cc8930-1fdb-4e0f-b2f6-fc727eb88a33" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id1545d148-6f46-49ad-955b-2aaf71a5a100"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rural areas</header>
<clause id="id77e44093-9c8d-48ce-930d-703d1799c90d"><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 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 a rural area.</text>
</clause><clause id="ida47eea12-3bb2-4a78-a89a-af77446e1d94"><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 15 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="idc8fc5461-a617-4d0c-8de1-d1cf62651f28"><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="id48a75501-8ce8-42b7-8327-7b816ba9e9db"><enum>202.</enum><header>SBIR–STEM Workforce
Development Grant Pilot Program</header>
<subsection id="idf25f97a0-d129-4cfd-a352-2ef71dfb929b"><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="id250f141e-c2b9-4fb9-b4b7-961bdbf04f8d"><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="id56234e3a-c66a-4924-8df6-68909a15e7a5"><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="ide0e784a9-c387-40af-aff5-c145e3a4a066"><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="idb5809035-c931-4c61-b3da-b372aeaf05ce"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="idb08e55ae-275a-4505-80ad-641fa8bd3c54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for fiscal
year 2011;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4e8d7d9a-8e97-4195-a1a2-cc26aea56696"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for fiscal
year 2012;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc467f3cf-b8ef-4206-96b4-fc1a8884aa78"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for fiscal
year 2013;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id692cc887-476f-40d3-be11-cc80a77bba2a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for fiscal
year 2014; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9f007a14-0e1f-49f0-bdb7-6ea6dccc604f"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for fiscal
year 2015.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2938fa21-af76-4c6f-9f6e-c908a609b038"><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="idbe5a4513-0b00-4272-aec4-44f37f78afe0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by
striking <quote>$4,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6a588025-3b23-4603-bf9a-8ea7ecd34252"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida7acbe70-9457-498c-9f8d-4b157f9903b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, with
funds available from their SBIR awards,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3408cb81-216d-4819-a3fe-ef736e852ad8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$4,000
per year</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000 per year, which shall be in
addition to the amount of the recipient’s award</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9cadc7ec-f7f8-4bb1-8f2d-132ddcb69dc3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideafd0045-ba75-4129-a279-0c5c917da43f" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id21bdc00c-711b-4bcb-a2cb-c41d507fbf91"><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="idbff14f27-aa18-434b-bea1-d96cd33d0bb8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A
Federal agency may not—</text>
<clause id="id8bbea3d3-33c9-44d0-9539-38fea73015b1"><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="id2f00058a-2456-4e17-967a-a4774726ea94"><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="id0c040f98-9f88-44bf-ae70-2da1d075579b"><enum>204.</enum><header>Commercialization
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="ide059aea5-9663-46dd-ac31-80ebce217762"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">pilot</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1B1E6ACF0661429A8934AA324E2434D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Pilot</quote> each place that term appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAF454EC4FAE74D619EE9CD3804019017"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id42a94775-026a-4130-a3e8-aeb702887161"><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="id40f3947e-e86f-4424-b2c5-a94dd7f64c9f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following: <quote>The authority to create and administer a Commercialization
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="id0570bcfb-6351-418b-a7a9-8a295ae3aa77"><enum>(4)</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="idE44051954C55447797F65207B32D437A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by
inserting <quote>or Small Business Technology Transfer Program</quote> after
<quote>Small Business Innovation Research Program</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4F78FCDF46B648178777809696EDC484"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(6);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3d284d1c-b3f2-49ca-a966-f5d374ebe56a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3c0e05da-899a-4183-9d89-7bbb79aeded8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id781c5dfc-2dae-48a1-82ef-cf4b9547406e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idbb13a840-57ed-46d3-b461-423336d600d8"><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="ide9e8a7d7-b495-45bd-bd6d-fb971056e590"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish goals for the
transition of Phase III technologies in subcontracting plans; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1dbbc38f-e648-4cc0-a444-fd133f7288de"><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="id16979eb5-cafd-4c8a-b9f5-0c1c26af09e7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Goal for SBIR and STTR
technology insertion</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id55d20fcb-675f-4344-9eda-aa0699def906"><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="id71f10c76-131c-4d35-9249-55c911de458d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use incentives in effect
on the date of enactment of the <short-title>SBIR/STTR
Reauthorization Act of 2009</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="id6955b529-e14c-4385-8015-2d628d48ddcb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include in the annual
report to Congress the percentage of contracts described in subparagraph (A)
awarded by that Secretary, and information on the ongoing status of projects
funded through the Commercialization Program and efforts to transition these
technologies into programs of record or fielded
systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idbeeadf6c-8b21-4256-bbd0-2a0e9c964c1c"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb0b5fd4-c23e-464a-b778-2f7facb5e310" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ida5ee09d7-989c-4081-aa67-81411dbb15cb"><enum>(ee)</enum><header>Pilot program</header>
<paragraph id="id63089411-f8d4-48f4-81ee-40e2ee1b5beb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The
head of each covered 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1b5083f1-f218-4f4a-8214-cd0b9c90c66b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application by Federal
agency</header>
<subparagraph id="idfa48ac69-98a5-4057-b34a-084a4b01cc63"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A covered Federal agency may not establish a pilot
program unless such agency makes a written application to the Administrator,
not later than 90 days before to the first day of the fiscal year in which the
pilot program is to be established, that describes a compelling reason that
additional investment in SBIR or STTR technologies is necessary, including
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 mission of the agency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5caf196-f880-4610-96ca-51803fbb1a89"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The
Administrator shall—</text>
<clause id="id5f9f4a9c-c974-41f9-8e04-61b8a87ef2ac"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make a determination
regarding an application submitted under subparagraph (A) not later than 30
days before the first day of the fiscal year for which the application is
submitted;</text>
</clause><clause id="idc68d431b-417b-46b8-8da2-6e6ab6114649"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>publish the
determination in the Federal Register; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7fe116cc-0da8-4be2-9443-e5416703a5a6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>make a copy of the
determination 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></paragraph><paragraph id="id46711b79-86dc-4acc-9573-c407b0054b2e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum amount of
award</header><text>The head of a Federal agency may not make an award under a
pilot program in excess of 3 times the dollar amounts generally established for
Phase II awards under subsection (j)(2)(D) or (p)(2)(B)(ix).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2673f1a4-1e2c-492b-85ee-2c138978d401"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Matching</header><text>The
head of a Federal agency may not make an award under a pilot program for SBIR
or STTR Phase II technology that will be acquired by the Federal Government
unless new private, Federal non-SBIR, or Federal non-STTR funding that at least
matches the award from the Federal agency is provided for the SBIR or STTR
Phase II technology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id34d88784-976d-489a-8442-cb86b459d141"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligibility for
award</header><text>The head of a Federal agency may make an award under a
pilot program to any applicant that is eligible to receive a Phase III award
related to technology developed in Phase II of an SBIR or STTR project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida9a3e638-29b3-427a-906a-d85cfe96e8fb"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>Any
applicant that receives an award under a pilot program shall register with the
Administrator in a registry that is available to the public.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6fd1bef6-f613-425b-b653-6f2ea7732781"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
authority to establish a pilot program under this section expires at the end of
fiscal year 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9bee1b10-8734-4faa-9943-42111f943054"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9903c076-3f79-43f7-9e2a-d808e5c9c389"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>covered
Federal agency</term>—</text>
<clause id="idc60ae35c-62ac-40cb-9db5-41e8724979af"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means a Federal agency
participating in the SBIR program or the STTR program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4e601e25-d941-4826-9cd1-3e3a64f2ef5a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not include the
Department of Defense; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbe7cb294-f562-408a-a36a-ef7bf56c7122"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>pilot
program</term> means the program established under paragraph
(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idec59b16f-e19e-448b-bf66-1d2d3efb2243"><enum>206.</enum><header>Nanotechnology
initiative</header>
<subsection id="ida94b69ea-19c2-44fb-a064-ba6003859a1e"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75eec428-e203-4154-9706-e383b92074ca" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id166ac456-872b-47c9-9a76-c3c1cad913ba"><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="id889b2772-e687-479c-b4df-2026210fa631"><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="idfdca4da8-283b-4256-b683-92a8ade45dae"><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="id5d2a8b6c-43af-4408-826c-6f6128c6e9ea"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 44 as section 45;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idbe703077-20f4-497d-8226-dfc35e484b31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 43 the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id306f3cc6-aed1-4dbf-b2dc-048fafa1b2d9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id6a32335c-c974-4ff1-9d4c-7032d8ad9261"><enum>44.</enum><header>Small Business
Innovation Research Program</header>
<subsection id="id86a18903-0689-4d46-8597-c16149c38223"><enum>(a)</enum><header>NIH cures
pilot</header>
<paragraph id="id9022052a-48cb-4173-b7c2-990193d5ad92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>An
independent advisory board shall be established at the National Academy of
Sciences (in this section referred to as the <quote>advisory board</quote>) to
conduct periodic evaluations of the SBIR program (as that term is defined in
section 9) of each of 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="idcbdb862c-6099-4400-ae93-d4e136d2443e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="id114e5d89-b160-4311-8fa2-543861f09c2e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The advisory board shall consist of—</text>
<clause id="ida7bef066-0512-46cb-aa39-a1a350917b6e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Director of the
NIH;</text>
</clause><clause id="idde401212-86de-435a-9ccc-aa9e4120900d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Director of the SBIR
program of the NIH;</text>
</clause><clause id="id10260693-bdc0-4daf-9d15-c8e56b70e027"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>senior NIH agency
managers, selected by the Director of NIH;</text>
</clause><clause id="id030b330d-8aa0-462d-b020-e7d8a4bc22ff"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>industry experts,
selected by the Council of the National Academy of Sciences in consultation
with the Associate Administrator for Technology of the Administration and the
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id7d9aec03-6def-4ae9-b541-615ed73ee960"><enum>(v)</enum><text>owners or operators of
small business concerns that have received an award under the SBIR program of
the NIH, selected by the Associate Administrator for Technology of the
Administration.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1eae8bff-c33a-4857-827a-a9c4276cc9f9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Number of
members</header><text>The total number of members selected under clauses (iii),
(iv), and (v) of subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 10.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9491c790-dd78-4d4f-8fda-14b7b307f598"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Equal
representation</header><text>The total number of members of the advisory board
selected under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (A) shall be
equal to the number of members of the advisory board selected under
subparagraph (A)(v).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id31950dee-a0ed-4db6-8bc2-676bc145a233"><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 report of the National Academies of Science entitled <quote>An
Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program at the
NIH</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id105b50f3-008f-4d82-9c45-cdccf45611a5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idb0db0295-6bec-4894-9ccc-53f457db58b7"><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 commented="no" id="id89ae839b-496c-4e41-a9b3-14bca79440a2"><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="id4abc2f86-f114-46e2-ade5-62f347588b64"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>The Director of the NIH shall submit an annual report to
Congress and the advisory board on the activities of the SBIR program of the
NIH under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id40940112-24e3-43b5-86f1-4e883e4740c2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>SBIR grants and
contracts</header>
<paragraph id="id1523f651-2462-4000-b861-c1b661a97ec7"><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 products and services that may enhance the development of cures
and therapies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfb5266e0-409a-462e-90a3-dd67f4e97049"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Examination of
commercialization and other metrics</header><text>The advisory board 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="id421ee863-5ab6-4491-a90c-c66e6c205c28"><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="id9206a8a1-f7d5-4cba-9b1a-df3347a5eba3"><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 program under subsection (c)
and to carry out subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id977c4c25-5aff-43b9-9e05-dcd97f932af6"><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
2009</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="id09d3598d-6790-4445-a442-bfa18de8a317"><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 102 of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id95a7d92f-e2d5-4d19-b82e-b8eb801991d7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idfebf9760-8220-41cc-b01e-5162f4d48bc6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>STTR
programs, including the data</quote> and inserting the following: “STTR
programs, including—</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d644ce7-9d2c-4a96-a4b4-8c735dc08912" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idd272c5fd-734c-45c6-80b9-3762a552a26f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the
data</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48ad1dda-0f81-4187-826b-6588bdcba8ae"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id255e42e4-a7e7-492b-bc75-d437fb5f2027" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id55eb040d-73d8-4e77-adee-7c450f80ec33"><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="id914eb4db-041a-4e31-9c6d-db6cdf6e6dcb"><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 social or economically disadvantaged
individuals under each of the SBIR and STTR programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idee15d828-8dfe-4f0a-9eca-926d7a056f76"><enum>(D)</enum><text>general information about
the implementation and compliance with the allocation of funds required under
subsection (cc) for firms majority owned and controlled by multiple venture
capital firms under each of the SBIR and STTR programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc2101485-8a43-4356-9003-e05b0bb258b4"><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="id2eab54f0-c6ac-4889-8a08-de9e651f4b68"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a
description</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id271d3ebc-4853-424c-b99f-5492a061923b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36adff77-db6c-4db8-a514-b43368a1a60d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idbfe5f62f-f04c-4031-896b-54ea05371f40"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to coordinate the
implementation of electronic databases at each of the Federal agencies
participating in the SBIR program or the STTR program, 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="id2c186831-c4ca-418a-8303-5675a8075062"><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="idc3512ad8-ace7-4102-8a45-f9b44b2206fd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(10);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3ff4ffe4-f0ec-4288-b847-2dffe7144bfb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4ef02fd9-3633-4498-a4d6-ee942e8ba4c5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (7) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18df6286-3fc7-488c-9376-6fd8ce4cf0b7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f8f9d70-dc37-4c2b-b522-900686ee1baa"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect annually, 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="id80704455-1973-49ef-9325-f322f420a001"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether an awardee—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7fcfc084-1b7e-414f-9f37-e405009710b8"><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="idc527870b-a8ba-4a11-8097-562c39167d9d"><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="id6484553b-07be-49c8-b02b-0c62a5c122a5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of additional
capital that the awardee has invested in the SBIR technology;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73471805-7815-41ed-946a-9c47bb134c44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an investor that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72d233c1-2065-46c6-9a75-a98e649ba1bf"><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="id284e8ced-7643-4cc7-af1f-833ed0875423"><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="id771aab23-c682-4612-b723-8417eea501fe"><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="idf0ef251c-ed35-404e-9450-3e83a8991f4b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a socially or economically
disadvantaged individual or has a socially or economically disadvantaged
individual as a principal investigator;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f9d3072-8759-4411-b7d3-cdd772768aba"><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);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1b22563-6999-4dea-89f0-d6af800d5f22"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a faculty member or a student of an
institution of higher education, as that term is defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id429DC10E139D4FC79D46FF7FB0F90CDF"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is located in a State described in
subsection (u)(3); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa27d4a1-f752-43c1-bfea-f6b58f813791"><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="id09b96d64-0b34-4f0b-aec9-9e0f76f22021"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), as so
redesignated, by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idc145d289-719a-4d69-912e-8fc5edaa8a9d"><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="idbfa19b33-aabb-44cb-bec0-08e5a8663e87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (9)
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id083f69bc-d638-40d4-b7ed-0b98bea3e0f9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id6678da2b-2161-434c-a885-3b477842cde3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>collect annually, 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="idb39eab3b-1475-4e66-945b-67cec1a45a7f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether an applicant or awardee—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id270061e2-3a55-4684-b0db-8f0609ca1481"><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="ida741ea72-7cf7-40f5-a4ed-af7ca70c7326"><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="id97cceb39-6245-4112-89d4-46b42b161d23"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of additional
capital that the applicant or awardee has invested in the SBIR
technology;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cbfdfed-f644-4167-a53a-cec84ac9d0c2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has an investor that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id637602e3-34e3-40bf-9c46-27c7630e98e3"><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="id1a2a2700-e8b3-422e-8cbb-fe1c04733f95"><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="id5864d5a1-51df-4390-9b8c-020ba412de2f"><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="id78b4e3b9-6cb4-4a2d-8ebf-58169e1552da"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a socially or economically
disadvantaged individual or has a socially or economically disadvantaged
individual as a principal investigator;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6654d17-fd56-4c79-9169-ec5d16d12108"><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);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e93be89-f3d2-49de-8d50-81522fe51b13"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a faculty member or a student of an
institution of higher education, as that term is defined in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA430D15CD22945FFBBDBEC22157F095B"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is located in a State in which the total
value of contracts awarded to small business concerns under all STTR programs
is less than the total value of contracts awarded to small business concerns in
a majority of other States, as determined by the Administrator in biennial
fiscal years, beginning with fiscal year 2008, based on the most recent
statistics compiled by the Administrator; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb9487b9e-a0ca-4afc-9eb9-3f35976f439d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if an awardee receives an
award in an amount that is more than the award guidelines under this section, a
statement from the agency that justifies the award
amount;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id50994e20-8ad0-46ae-b1a5-1846c8fc165a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (14), by
adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd48607d3-2e41-4f1f-a2cf-3b65f426eadb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph
(15); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idcd370858-679c-4190-b966-8e14e1a2eb61"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (16) as paragraph (15).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id3c5b3b28-dddc-425d-99f8-7c4cb09140ed"><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="id66eb31e5-0d8f-4a5b-a3e3-569d46318dbf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idee8376ad-753a-41e7-80a2-cd4f3de2e1d6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb8411942-95f4-403d-a3ed-d0756b04d11c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id746febe7-37bd-4e79-bdda-623eb3315c7b" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fe0472c-5842-4c15-af6c-0e6ef7c1ede6"><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="id4632a815-ce5e-4b9c-a803-1f915863048e"><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="id6e4c67fa-b057-42ee-82cf-167ad36d80b9"><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="id173a4fc4-d9fe-44df-80a3-befbd99c424a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a socially or economically
disadvantaged individual or has a socially or economically disadvantaged
individual as a principal investigator;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id285054d9-ca4c-4f5f-9e05-1986f5a8171d"><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="id7358a4aa-250c-4b40-ab32-0ef7b427e729"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is owned by a faculty member or a student
of an institution of higher education, as that term is defined in section 101
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idb60a0e66-3e93-4593-828b-7dc8c5c2c1e7"><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="id1e64369f-b41f-48df-adf0-bf4f8c34d725"><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="id5803e8a5-7f5a-4e5f-b56f-eb8f20eb2736"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d5e247b-673b-43da-9bd0-3f9c7bd3ffd8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id3d706111-b188-4fc6-a9c8-5e23fe92dfcc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes, for each
awardee—</text>
<clause id="idf53a5540-a152-470a-b16b-df58b40d6717"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the name, size, location,
and any identifying number assigned to the awardee by the Administrator;</text>
</clause><clause id="id272138eb-1c55-44fc-8727-d7b2d3d1a601"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the awardee has
venture capital, and, if so—</text>
<subclause id="id496c2af6-ce6d-40a8-8d3a-26412350d971"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of venture
capital as of the date of the award;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id73a8f3e7-34ab-45a8-b8fb-4ed143e9917f"><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="id9df21aae-2275-4092-b50b-d7814c24fb65"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the amount of
additional capital that the awardee has invested in the SBIR technology, which
information shall be collected on an annual basis;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id98b0ad5d-89a1-43b0-98d4-4162561936da"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the names and locations
of any affiliates of the awardee;</text>
</clause><clause id="idb5b8c778-0d28-4595-8162-a54e851e769b"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the number of employees
of the awardee;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4e73c547-d6a8-42f8-bcd9-d42adc39e3df"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the number of employees
of the affiliates of the awardee; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id52b6acfb-b4c4-45fd-b2ad-9b45f6cd3f9d"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the names of, and the
percentage of ownership of the awardee held by—</text>
<subclause id="id6bc06b05-64bc-43ee-bc13-9c28b837f6f6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any individual who is not
a citizen of the United States or a lawful permanent resident of the United
States; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ide709fd78-96cc-4ad0-8286-55e529127f4c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any 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="id96963ac5-da8a-4071-bbcf-9d303a4f1844"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), as
so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="id468c80be-dea7-4990-b793-fcfe861ed349"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide3907379-67a6-45d8-ae40-bf97effe83f2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end, the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0f83e9a-3547-4d81-b824-0e0cd5c76495" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="id321cdd73-568a-49df-b3eb-e8c19f99d924"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>whether the applicant
was majority owned and controlled by multiple venture capital firms; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idadce85d0-69fb-4b0c-a938-f76703038e57"><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="id3769e284-aa02-46a5-9b2a-dc1c33e2a6eb"><enum>306.</enum><header>Accuracy in funding
base calculations</header>
<subsection id="id2050de40-1536-4517-ac03-9c1a8ed2ff03"><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="id6710e3b4-3276-4b56-a1f6-693ec0fbc9e4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a fiscal and
management audit of the SBIR program and the STTR program for the applicable
period to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb0c8c8b8-3868-4bec-a769-42e9d2e6c244"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine whether Federal
agencies comply with the expenditure amount requirements under subsections
(f)(1) and (n)(1) of section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), as
amended by this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a6c364b-5ec9-4b8f-9b09-0ca6f2ba11ad"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assess the extent of
compliance with the requirements of section 9(i)(2) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 638(i)(2)) by Federal agencies participating in the SBIR program or
the STTR program and the Administration;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida2c7982f-ac09-4f38-97f4-a2a8f90b4f3d"><enum>(C)</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; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id800f7cad-1951-4db2-b68f-1de20cbd118b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>determine the portion of
the extramural research or research and development budget of a Federal agency
that each Federal agency spends for administrative purposes relating to the
SBIR program or STTR program, and for what specific purposes, including the
portion, if any, of such budget the Federal agency spends for salaries and
expenses, travel to visit applicants, outreach events, marketing, and technical
assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ided95f7c0-7f96-42c2-b30f-2eb23b2f1a0e"><enum>(2)</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), including the assessments required under
subparagraphs (B) and (C), and the determination made under subparagraph (D) of
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id100c3935-bf42-4840-a469-dd5ff3b8a0eb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of
applicable period</header><text>In this section, the term <term>applicable
period</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="idcd8873f1-fcbc-4ea6-b31b-b34026f96f38"><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="idf2bd5d86-7189-4786-a16f-60f7eecb08ca"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the second and each
subsequent report submitted under this section, the period—</text>
<subparagraph id="id06118b85-08fe-4886-a2a1-967f3c4b7999"><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="id070b174a-7737-4868-b2ea-2365ed2d9e72"><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="id0c9e8491-71eb-43bc-afe7-a69f43f05abd"><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 (15 U.S.C. 638 note) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide72d2aba-4a69-4bfa-8a09-54e3fea76a1f" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id0a8c7124-add2-45fd-95d5-4e833eee3892"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Extensions and
enhancements of authority</header>
<paragraph id="ida306be22-a378-4c53-bc61-528d7e05eda1"><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
2009</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 2009</short-title>, and every 4 years thereafter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f6ab919-7edf-463b-b965-a58876cef510"><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 2009</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="id77481463-24f2-437f-b7df-ee51b59e7a55"><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 changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a049e04-e3df-4f51-9d3a-1d6b0747193e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ida97bf1d1-d18c-4280-b720-d381cfbd8490"><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
made by the Federal agency—</text>
<paragraph id="ide644eca0-5d0f-4afc-87e8-863b3975d44c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the name of the agency or
component of the agency or the non-Federal source of capital making the Phase
III award;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0a3a9316-089b-43bc-84e5-7632e1b9309b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the name of the small
business concern or individual receiving the Phase III award; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a0a182c-6128-4302-b27f-9a5254167452"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the dollar amount of the
Phase III
award.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id087bb8f8-8ce0-4fce-a909-47ad8912b07c"><enum>309.</enum><header>Intellectual property
protections</header>
<subsection id="id33987e0b-9976-437b-be7d-9739b16c5dbd"><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="id7e1fb080-eeea-4c0c-a261-3f521722f804"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal agencies comply
with the data rights protections for SBIR awardees and the technologies of SBIR
awardees under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id59c84b1d-3441-4bd5-ad02-0957c3d5ea8d"><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="id57597d40-a40e-42f8-8b15-9c7c4a78612f"><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="id2f230920-f819-491c-a43f-189c5ddafa13"><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="idda98e1cb-ea17-486b-ac3b-72c4e584f7ac"><enum>401.</enum><header>Conforming amendments
to the SBIR and the STTR Policy Directives</header>
<subsection id="id9475faaa-3cd7-4ae1-9407-0e9ca6342cf6"><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="id99734e08-264c-4092-a041-f383846c73a9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publishing SBIR Policy
Directive and the STTR Policy Directive in the Federal
Register</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall publish the amended SBIR Policy Directive and
the amended STTR Policy Directive in the Federal Register.</text>
</subsection></section>
July 2, 2009
Reported with an amendment