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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 802 

To modify the Federal and State Technology Partnership Program of the 

Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 17 (legislative day, MARCH 16), 2021 

Mr. RISCH (for himself, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. CRAPO, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

HOEVEN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. KENNEDY, and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 

A BILL 

To modify the Federal and State Technology Partnership 

Program of the Small Business Administration, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FAST Fix Act of 

5 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FEDERAL AND STATE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 Section 34 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

9 657d) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(11) UNDERPERFORMING STATE.—The term 

4 ‘underperforming State’ means a State participating 

5 in the SBIR or STTR program that has been cal6 culated by the Administrator to be one of 18 States 

7 receiving the fewest SBIR and STTR Phase I 

8 awards.’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (E)— 

12 (I) in clause (iii), by striking 

13 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

14 (II) in clause (iv), by striking the 

15 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

16 and’’; and 

17 (III) by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(v) to prioritize applicants located in 

20 an underperforming State.’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(vi)— 

22 (i) in subclause (II), by striking 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

24 (ii) by adding at the end the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(IV) located in an underper2 forming State; and’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Not 

4 more than one proposal’’ and inserting ‘‘There 

5 is no limit on the number of proposals that’’; 

6 and 

7 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(6) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR UNDERPER9 FORMING STATES.—Upon application by a recipient 

10 that is located in an underperforming State, the Ad11 ministrator may— 

12 ‘‘(A) provide additional assistance to the 

13 recipient; and 

14 ‘‘(B) waive the matching requirements 

15 under subsection (e)(2).’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (e)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

19 (I) by inserting ‘‘and STTR’’ be20 fore ‘‘first phase’’ each place that 

21 term appears; 

22 (II) in clause (i), by striking 

23 ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’; 

24 (III) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘1 

25 dollar’’ and inserting ‘‘75 cents’’; and 


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1 (IV) in clause (iii), by striking 

2 ‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

4 ‘‘, beginning with fiscal year 2001’’ and in5 serting ‘‘and make publicly available on the 

6 website of the Administration, beginning 

7 with fiscal year 2022’’; and 

8 (iii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(E) PAYMENT.—The non-Federal share 

11 of the cost of an activity carried out by a recipi12 ent may be paid by the recipient over the course 

13 of the period of the award or cooperative agree14 ment.’’; and 

15 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(4) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—In carrying out the 

17 FAST program under this section— 

18 ‘‘(A) the Administrator shall make and 

19 enter into awards or cooperative agreements; 

20 ‘‘(B) each award or cooperative agreement 

21 described in subparagraph (A) shall be for not 

22 more than $500,000, which shall be provided 

23 over 2 fiscal years; and 

24 ‘‘(C) any amounts left unused in the third 

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1 tained by the Administrator for future FAST 

2 program awards. 

3 ‘‘(5) REPORTING.—Not later than 6 months 

4 after receiving an award or entering into a coopera5 tive agreement under this section, a recipient shall 

6 report to the Administrator— 

7 ‘‘(A) the number of awards made under 

8 the SBIR or STTR program; 

9 ‘‘(B) the number of applications submitted 

10 for the SBIR or STTR program; 

11 ‘‘(C) the number of consulting hours spent; 

12 ‘‘(D) the number of training events con13 ducted; and 

14 ‘‘(E) any issues encountered in the man15 agement and application of the FAST pro16 gram.’’; 

17 (4) in subsection (f)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (i) in the matter preceding subpara20 graph (A)— 

21 (I) by striking ‘‘Small Business 

22 Innovation Research Program Reau23 thorization Act of 2000’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘FAST Fix Act of 2021’’; and 


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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘and Entrepre2 neurship’’ before ‘‘of the Senate’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

6 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

7 and’’; and 

8 (iv) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(D) a description of the process used to 

11 ensure that underperforming States are given 

12 priority application status under the FAST pro13 gram.’’; and 

14 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik16 ing ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; 

17 (ii) in the matter preceding subpara18 graph (A), by striking ‘‘annual’’ and in19 serting ‘‘biennial’’; 

20 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

21 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

22 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

23 the period at the end and inserting a semi24 colon; and 

25 (v) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(D) the proportion of awards provided to 

2 and cooperative agreements entered into with 

3 underperforming States; and 

4 ‘‘(E) a list of the States that were deter5 mined by the Administrator to be underper6 forming States, and a description of any 

7 changes in the list compared to previously sub8 mitted reports.’’; 

9 (5) in subsection (g)(2)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘2022’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘and Entrepreneurship’’ 

13 before ‘‘of the Senate’’; and 

14 (6) in subsection (h)(1), by striking 

15 ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 

16 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000,000 for every 2 fiscal 

17 years between fiscal years 2022 through 2026, to be 

18 obligated before the end of the second fiscal year’’. 

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