[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 125, 112th Congress, 1st Session]
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Public Law 112-17
112th Congress

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 (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 ``July 31, 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 ``2008'' and inserting ``2011''; and
(3) by striking paragraph (2).

(b) STTR.--Section 9(n)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(n)(1)(A)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``In general.--'' and all that follows
through ``with respect'' and inserting ``In general.--With
respect'';
(2) by striking ``2009'' and inserting ``2011''; and
(3) by striking clause (ii).

(c) Commercialization Pilot Program.--Section 9(y)(6) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(y)(6)) is amended by striking ``2010'' and
inserting ``2011''.

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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
inserting after subsection (r) the following:
``(s) 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.''.

Approved June 1, 2011.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1082:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011):
May 26, considered and passed Senate.
May 31, considered and passed House.