[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 990 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 990

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                                 AN ACT


 
To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the 
 Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 Additional Temporary 
Extension Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS 
              UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT AND THE SMALL BUSINESS 
              INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958.

    (a) In General.--Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to extend 
temporarily certain authorities of the Small Business Administration'', 
approved October 10, 2006 (Public Law 109-316; 120 Stat. 1742), as most 
recently amended by section 1 of Public Law 112-1 (125 Stat. 3), is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Any'' and inserting ``Except as provided 
        in section 3 of the Small Business Additional Temporary 
        Extension Act of 2011, any''; and
            (2) by striking ``May 31, 2011'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``June 30, 2011''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on May 30, 2011.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF SBIR AND STTR TERMINATION DATES.

    (a) SBIR.--Section 9(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(m)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Termination.--'' and all that follows 
        through ``the authorization'' and inserting ``Termination.--The 
        authorization'';
            (2) by striking ``September 30, 2008'' and inserting ``May 
        31, 2012''; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (2).
    (b) STTR.--Section 9(n) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(n)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``In general.--'' and all that 
                follows through ``each Federal'' and inserting ``In 
                general.--Each Federal'';
                    (B) by striking ``that fiscal year'' and inserting 
                ``a fiscal year''; and
                    (C) by striking clause (ii); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Termination.--The authorization to carry out the 
        Small Business Technology Transfer Program established under 
        this section shall terminate on May 31, 2012.''.
    (c) Commercialization Pilot Program.--Section 9(y)(6) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(y)(6)) is amended by striking ``at the end 
of fiscal year 2010'' and inserting ``on May 31, 2012''.

SEC. 4. COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS.

    Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(aa) Competitive Selection Procedures for SBIR and STTR 
Programs.--All funds awarded, appropriated, or otherwise made available 
in accordance with subsection (f) or (n) must be awarded pursuant to 
competitive and merit-based selection procedures.''.

            Passed the Senate May 19, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 990

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To provide for an additional temporary extension of programs under the 
 Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and 
                          for other purposes.