[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 7549-7550]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 51, S. 990.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the bill by 
title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a Landrieu-
Snowe substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the 
bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or 
debate, and any statements related to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The amendment (No. 321) was agreed to, as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

       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

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       (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.''.

  The bill (S. 990), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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