[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 70 (Thursday, May 19, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3199-S3200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 321. Mr. DURBIN (for Ms. Landrieu (for herself and Ms. Snowe)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 990, 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; as 
follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     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''.

[[Page S3200]]

       (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.''.
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  SA 322. Mr. DURBIN (for Mr. Sessions) proposed an amendment to the 
resolution S. Res. 184, recognizing the life and service of the 
Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey, distinguished former Senator from the 
State of Minnesota and former Vice President of the United States, upon 
the 100th anniversary of his birth; as follows:

       On page 4, strike lines 10-14.

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