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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 448 

To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation 

Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2011 

Ms. HIRONO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 

Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small 

Business Innovation Research Program and the Small 

Business Technology Transfer Program, 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 ‘‘Small Business Inno5 vation Enhancement Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRED EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR SBIR. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(f)(1)(C) of the Small 

3 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(f)(1)(C)) is amended by 

4 striking ‘‘2.5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 

5 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub6 section (a) shall apply to the first full fiscal year beginning 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act and to each fiscal 

8 year thereafter. 

9 SEC. 3. FURTHER ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS TO SBIR 

10 POLICY DIRECTIVES. 

11 Section 9(j) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

12 638(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(4) FURTHER ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS.— 

14 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

15 of this paragraph, and notwithstanding paragraph 

16 (2)(D), the Administrator shall modify the policy di17 rectives issued pursuant to this subsection to provide 

18 for an increase to $200,000 in the amount of funds 

19 which an agency may award in the first phase of an 

20 SBIR program, and to $1,500,000 in the second 

21 phase of an SBIR program, and an adjustment of 

22 such amounts once every 5 years to reflect economic 

23 adjustments and programmatic considerations.’’. 

24 SEC. 4. REQUIRED EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS FOR STTR. 

25 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(n)(1)(B)(ii) of the 

26 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)(B)(ii)) is 


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1 amended by striking ‘‘0.3 percent for fiscal year 2004 

2 and’’ and inserting ‘‘0.6 percent for’’. 

3 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub4 section (a) shall apply to the first full fiscal year beginning 

5 after the date of enactment of this Act and to each fiscal 

6 year thereafter. 

7 SEC. 5. STTR POLICY DIRECTIVE CONTENTS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(p)(2)(B)(ix) of the 

9 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(p)(2)(B)(ix)) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and ‘‘$750,000’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’ and ‘‘$1,500,000’’, re13 spectively; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘greater or lesser amounts’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘with an adjustment of such amounts once 

16 every 5 years to reflect economic adjustments and 

17 programmatic considerations, and with greater or 

18 lesser amounts’’. 

19 (b) TIMING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small 

21 Business Administration shall modify the policy directive 

22 issued pursuant to section 9(p) of the Small Business Act 

23 (15 U.S.C. 638(p)) to reflect the amendments made by 

24 subsection (a) of this section. 

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