[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2751 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2751

  To create a pilot program permitting businesses receiving Phase II 
  awards under the SBIR program to use not more than 5 percent of the 
      amount of the award for commercialization-related services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 6, 2016

 Mr. Coons (for himself, Mr. Gardner, and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 create a pilot program permitting businesses receiving Phase II 
  awards under the SBIR program to use not more than 5 percent of the 
      amount of the award for commercialization-related services.

    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 ``Support Startup Businesses Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. COMMERCIALIZATION-RELATED SERVICES PILOT PROGRAM.

    Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(tt) Commercialization-Related Services Pilot Program.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
        `commercialization-related services' includes market 
        validation, intellectual property protection, business model 
        development, market research, and other reasonable services 
        that support market entry.
            ``(2) Program.--During each of fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 
        2019, a small business concern receiving a Phase II award under 
        the SBIR program may use not more than 5 percent of the amount 
        of the award for commercialization-related services, which may 
        be performed directly by the small business concern or obtained 
        from another entity, such as a public or private nonprofit 
        organization or an agency of or other entity established or 
        funded by a State that facilitates or accelerates the 
        commercialization of technologies or assists in the creation 
        and growth of private enterprises that are commercializing 
        technology.
            ``(3) Annual reporting.--A small business concern that uses 
        amounts under a Phase II award as described in paragraph (2) 
        during a fiscal year shall submit to the Federal agency making 
        the award a report describing the use of such amounts during 
        such fiscal year.
            ``(4) Review.--Not later than the end of fiscal year 2019, 
        the Administrator 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 
        reviewing the efficacy of the pilot program under this 
        subsection.''.
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