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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2141 

To amend the Small Business Act to supplement the reporting requirements 

applicable to the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 17, 2019 

Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to supplement the reporting requirements applicable to 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 ‘‘SBIR Expansion and 

5 Accountability Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT. 

7 (a) GOALS OF THE SBIR PROGRAM.—Section 9(a) 

8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(a)) is amended 

9 by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Additionally, it is the 

10 sense of Congress that the goals of the Small Business 


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1 Innovation Research Program are to stimulate techno2 logical innovation, meet Federal research and development 

3 needs, foster and encourage participation in innovation 

4 and entrepreneurship by women and socially or economi5 cally disadvantaged individuals, and increase private-sec6 tor commercialization of innovations derived from Federal 

7 research and development funding.’’. 

8 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 9(b) of 

9 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(b)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (7)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (G), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

14 at the end; and 

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

16 ‘‘(H) with respect to a Federal agency to 

17 which subsection (f)(1) or (n)(1) applies, wheth18 er the Federal agency has satisfied the require19 ment under each applicable subsection for the 

20 year covered by the report;’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

22 end; 

23 (3) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 

24 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(10) with respect to a Federal agency to which 

2 subsection (f)(1) or (n)(1) applies and that the Ad3 ministration determines has not satisfied the re4 quirement under either applicable subsection, require 

5 the head of that Federal agency to submit to the 

6 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 

7 of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business 

8 of the House of Representatives a report regarding 

9 why the Federal agency has not satisfied the re10 quirement.’’. 

11 (c) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE OFFICE OF

12 INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION.—Section 9(mm) of the 

13 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(mm)) is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 

15 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and (4)’’; 

17 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and 

18 (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and 

19 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(4) TRANSFER TO OFFICE OF INVESTMENT

22 AND INNOVATION.—Of the amount that a Federal 

23 agency allocates for uses under paragraph (1), the 

24 agency shall transfer 5 percent of that amount to 

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1 ministration, which the Office shall use to carry out 

2 the functions of the Office.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRA4 TION IN THE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 

5 RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS 

6 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM. 

7 Section 40101(d)(2)(D) of title 49, United States 

8 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(D) The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

10 631 et seq.), except that— 

11 ‘‘(i) section 9 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

12 638) shall apply; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) all reasonable opportunities to be 

14 awarded contracts shall be provided to 

15 small business concerns and small business 

16 concerns owned and controlled by socially 

17 and economically disadvantaged individ18 uals.’’. 

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