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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4549 

To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 

make grants to small business concerns to assist the commercialization 

of research developed with funds received under the second phase of 

the Small Business Innovation Research Program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2010 

Mr. TONKO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science 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 authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make grants to small business concerns 

to assist the commercialization of research developed with 

funds received under the second phase of the Small Business Innovation Research Program. 

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 to Job Creation Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMMERCIALIZATION GRANTS TO SMALL BUSI2 NESSES RECEIVING SBIR SECOND PHASE 

3 FUNDS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 

5 Small Business Administration is authorized to make 

6 grants on a competitive basis to small business concerns 

7 to assist the commercialization of research developed by 

8 such small business concerns with funds received under 

9 the second phase of the Small Business Innovation Re10 search Program. 

11 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Administrator may only 

12 award a grant under this section to a small business con13 cern that— 

14 (1) received second phase funds during fiscal 

15 year 2007 or 2008, or both; 

16 (2) continues to meet the criteria for receiving 

17 second phase funds at the time the grant is award18 ed, except for any such criteria that the Adminis19 trator determines are no longer applicable; 

20 (3) has obtained from the Federal agency from 

21 which the small business concern received second 

22 phase funds a recommendation that the small busi23 ness concern be made a grant under this section; 

24 (4) has not previously received a grant under 

25 this section for the commercialization of the same 

26 research; and 


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1 (5) submits an application at such time and in 

2 such form as the Administrator may require, includ3 ing— 

4 (A) a description of the commercialization 

5 project for which the small business concern 

6 will use the grant funds; 

7 (B) the budget for such project; and 

8 (C) a certification that the small business 

9 concern meets the criteria described in para10 graph (2). 

11 (c) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant under this section 

12 shall be in an amount the Administrator, in consultation 

13 with the Federal agency from which the small business 

14 concern received second phase funds, considers appro15 priate, but such grant shall not exceed the amount of the 

16 second phase funds received by such small business con17 cern with respect to the research involved. 

18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

19 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad20 ministrator of the Small Business Administration; 

21 and 

22 (2) the terms ‘‘Federal agency’’, ‘‘research’’, 

23 ‘‘second phase’’, and ‘‘Small Business Innovation 

24 Research Program’’ have the meanings given such 


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1 terms in section 9(e) of the Small Business Act (15 

2 U.S.C. 638(e)). 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

5 $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 

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