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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4783 

To reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research Program 

and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2016 

Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ) 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 reauthorize and 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 ‘‘Commercializing on 

5 Small Business Innovation Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATES. 

2 (a) SBIR.—Section 9(m) of the Small Business Act 

3 (15 U.S.C. 638(m)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

5 (b) STTR.—Section 9(n)(1)(A) of the Small Busi6 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

8 SEC. 3. REQUIRED EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS. 

9 (a) SBIR.—Section 9(f)(1) of the Small Business Act 

10 (15 U.S.C. 638(f)(1)) is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking the ‘‘and’’ 

12 at the end; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and each 

14 fiscal year thereafter,’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

15 and 

16 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the fol17 lowing new subparagraphs: 

18 ‘‘(J) not less than 3.46 percent of such 

19 budget in fiscal year 2018; 

20 ‘‘(K) not less than 3.72 percent of such 

21 budget in fiscal year 2019; 

22 ‘‘(L) not less than 3.98 percent of such 

23 budget in fiscal year 2020; 

24 ‘‘(M) not less than 4.24 percent of such 

25 budget in fiscal year 2021; and 


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1 ‘‘(N) not less than 4.50 percent of such 

2 budget in fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year 

3 thereafter,’’. 

4 (b) STTR.—Section 9(n)(1)(B) of the Small Busi5 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)(B)) is amended— 

6 (1) in clause (iv), by striking the ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 

9 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017;’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

12 clauses: 

13 ‘‘(vi) 0.50 percent for each of fiscal 

14 years 2018 and 2019; 

15 ‘‘(vii) 0.55 percent for each of fiscal 

16 years 2020 and 2021; and 

17 ‘‘(viii) 0.60 percent for fiscal year 

18 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 

19 SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

20 (a) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Section 

21 9(b)(7) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(b)(7)) 

22 is amended by striking ‘‘to report not less than annually’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘to submit a report not later than December 

24 31 of each year’’. 


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1 (b) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE ADMINISTRATOR RE2 QUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED NOT LATER THAN MARCH

3 30 OF EACH YEAR.—Section 9 of the Small Business Act 

4 (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (g)(9), by striking ‘‘make an 

6 annual report’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than March 

7 30 of each year, submit a report’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘shall re9 port annually to the Small Business Administration’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘shall, not later than March 30 of 

11 each year, submit a report to the Small Business 

12 Administration that includes’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (j)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ‘‘sim15 plified, standardized, and timely annual report’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘not later than March 30 of each 

17 year, a simplified and standardized report’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘to 

19 require agencies to report to the Administra20 tion, not less frequently than annually, all in21 stances in which an’’ and inserting ‘‘to require 

22 each agency, not later than March 30 of each 

23 year, to submit a report to the Administration 

24 on all instances in which the’’; 


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1 (4) in subsection (o)(10), by striking ‘‘submit 

2 an annual report’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than 

3 March 30 of each year, submit a report’’; 

4 (5) in subsection (y)(6)(C), by striking ‘‘sub5 mit’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than March 30 of each 

6 year, submit’’; 

7 (6) in subsection (dd)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘and 

8 submit’’ inserting ‘‘and, not later than March 30 of 

9 each year, submit’’; 

10 (7) in subsection (gg)(6), by striking ‘‘include 

11 in the annual’’ and inserting ‘‘include, not later than 

12 March 30 of each year, a’’; 

13 (8) in subsection (ii) by inserting ‘‘, not later 

14 than March 30 of each year,’’ after ‘‘shall’’; 

15 (9) in subsection (nn)(3)(A)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘a’’ ; and 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘, not later than March 

19 30 of each year,’’ after ‘‘shall’’; and 

20 (10) in subsection (ss), by striking ‘‘October 1, 

21 2013, and annually thereafter,’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘March 30 of each year,’’. 

23 SEC. 5. INDEXING AWARDS FOR INFLATION. 

24 Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 

25 is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (j)(2)— 

2 (A) by striking subparagraph (D); 

3 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 

4 through (I) as subparagraphs (D) through (H); 

5 and 

6 (C) in subparagraph (H), as so redesig7 nated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (H)’’ and in8 serting ‘‘subparagraph (G)’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (p)(2)(B)— 

10 (A) in clause (vii), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 

11 end; 

12 (B) in clause (viii), by striking the ‘‘and’’ 

13 at the end; and 

14 (C) by striking clause (ix); 

15 (3) in subsection (gg)(3), by striking ‘‘awards 

16 under subsection (j)(2)(D) or (p)(2)(B)(ix).’’ and in17 serting ‘‘awards under subsection (tt)(2).’’; and 

18 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(tt) AWARDS UNDER PHASE I AND PHASE II AD21 JUSTED FOR INFLATION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) PHASE I AWARDS.—An award for Phase I 

23 of an SBIR or STTR program may not exceed 

24 $150,000. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PHASE II AWARDS.—An award for Phase 

2 II of an SBIR or STTR program may not exceed 

3 $1,000,000. 

4 ‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—The Ad5 ministrator shall adjust the dollar amounts under 

6 paragraphs (1) and (2) for inflation in accordance 

7 with section 1908 of title 41, United States Code.’’. 

8 SEC. 6. REQUIREMENTS FOR INSERTION INCENTIVES. 

9 Section 9(y)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

10 638(y)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘is authorized to’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘shall’’. 

12 SEC. 7. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN 

13 SMALL BUSINESSES. 

14 (a) SBIR.—Section 9(j) of the Small Business Act 

15 (15 U.S.C. 638(j)) is amended by adding at the end the 

16 following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(4) MODIFICATION TO CLARIFY ELIGIBILITY

18 OF CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES.—Not later than 

19 180 days after the date of the enactment of the 

20 Commercializing on Small Business Innovation Act 

21 of 2016, the Administrator shall modify the policy 

22 directives issued pursuant to this subsection to clar23 ify that the small business concerns described in 

24 subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 3(p)(3) 


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1 are eligible to receive awards under the SBIR pro2 gram.’’. 

3 (b) STTR.—Section 9(p) of the Small Business Act 

4 (15 U.S.C. 638(p)) is amended by adding at the end the 

5 following new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(4) MODIFICATION TO CLARIFY ELIGIBILITY

7 OF CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES.—Not later than 

8 180 days after the date of the enactment of the 

9 Commercializing on Small Business Innovation Act 

10 of 2016, the Administrator shall modify the policy 

11 directives issued pursuant to this subsection to clar12 ify that the small business concerns described in 

13 subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of section 3(p)(3) 

14 are eligible to receive awards under the STTR pro15 gram.’’. 

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