[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3228 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3228

To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
make grants to small business concerns to assist the commercialization 
of research developed with funds received under the second phase of the 
              Small Business Innovation Research Program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 20, 2010

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
make grants to small business concerns to assist the commercialization 
of research developed with funds received under the second phase of the 
              Small Business Innovation Research Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Innovation to Job 
Creation Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. COMMERCIALIZATION GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES RECEIVING SBIR 
              SECOND PHASE FUNDS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        the Small Business Administration;
            (2) the terms ``Federal agency'', ``research'', and ``Small 
        Business Innovation Research Program'' have the meanings given 
        such terms in section 9(e) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        638(e)); and
            (3) the term ``second phase'' means the phase described in 
        section 9(e)(4)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        638(e)(4)(B)).
    (b) Establishment.--The Administrator may make grants on a 
competitive basis to small business concerns to commercialize research 
developed by the small business concerns using funds received under the 
second phase of the Small Business Innovation Research Program.
    (c) Eligibility.--The Administrator may award a grant under this 
section to a small business concern that--
            (1) received funds under a second phase award under the 
        Small Business Innovation Research Program during fiscal year 
        2007 or 2008;
            (2) meets the criteria for receiving funds under a second 
        phase award under the Small Business Innovation Research 
        Program at the time a grant under this section is awarded, 
        unless the Administrator determines that the criteria are no 
        longer applicable;
            (3) has obtained from the Federal agency from which the 
        small business concern received the funds described in 
        paragraph (1) a recommendation that the small business concern 
        receive a grant under this section; and
            (4) has not previously received a grant under this section 
        for the commercialization of the research proposed to be 
        carried out using a grant under this section.
    (d) Application.--A small business concern that desires a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Administrator an application at 
such time and in such form as the Administrator may require, that 
includes--
            (1) a description of the commercialization project for 
        which the small business concern will use the grant;
            (2) the budget for the commercialization project; and
            (3) a certification that the small business concern meets 
        the criteria described in subsection (c).
    (e) Grant Amount.--A grant under this section shall be in an amount 
that--
            (1) the Administrator, in consultation with the head of the 
        Federal agency from which the small business concern received 
        the funds described in subsection (c)(1), determines is 
        appropriate; and
            (2) does not exceed the amount of funds described in 
        subsection (c)(1) received by the small business concern with 
        respect to the research for which a grant under this section is 
        made.
    (f) Termination.--The Administrator may not make a grant under this 
section on or after October 1, 2011.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
2011.
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