[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4024. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PERMANENCY OF SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS.

       (a) SBIR.--Section 9(m) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 638(m)) is amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Termination'' 
     and inserting ``SBIR Program Authorization''; and
       (2) by striking ``terminate on September 30, 2022'' and 
     inserting ``be in effect for each fiscal year''.
       (b) STTR.--Section 9(n)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 638(n)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``through fiscal 
     year 2022''.
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