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‘‘(ii) additional investment from any
source, other than the SBIR or STTR pro-
gram, in activities that further the develop-
ment or commercialization of the tech-
nology developed under the award, with
commercialization 
investment 
identified
separately;
‘‘(B) includes any brief narrative informa-
tion that a small business concern receiving a
second phase award submits to further describe
the outputs and outcomes of its award;
‘‘(C) includes for each applicant for a first
phase or second phase award which does not re-
ceive an award—
‘‘(i) the name, size, and location, and
an identifying number assigned by the Ad-
ministration;
‘‘(ii) an abstract of the project; and
‘‘(iii) the Federal agency to which the
application was made; and
‘‘(D) is available for use only for program
evaluation purposes by the Federal Government
or by other authorized persons who are subject
to a use and nondisclosure agreement with the
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Federal Government covering the use of the
data base.
‘‘(3) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—Informa-
tion provided under paragraph (2) shall be consid-
ered privileged and confidential and not subject to
disclosure pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United
States Code.’’.
SEC. 9. AWARD AMOUNT AND DURATION.
Section 9(j) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(j)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(4) FURTHER MODIFICATION.—Not later than
30 days after the date of enactment of the Small
Business Innovation Research Program Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1999, the Administrator shall modify the
policy directives issued pursuant to this subsection
to—
‘‘(A) authorize awards exceeding the
amounts established under paragraph (2)(D) or
for time periods greater than those established
pursuant to this subsection;
‘‘(B) require agencies to give preference
when providing second phase awards that ex-
ceed the amounts established under paragraph
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(2)(D) to projects that have met the require-
ments of subsection (e)(4)(B)(ii) and (iii); and
‘‘(C) require that notice of and a justifica-
tion for any award described in subparagraph
(A) be included in the report required under
subsection (g)(8).’’.
SEC. 10. SECOND PHASE COMMERCIAL PLAN.
Section 9(j)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(j)(2)) is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (H);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (I) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(J) the requirement of a commercial plan
with each application for a second phase
award.’’.
SEC. 11. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL REPORT.
(a) STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The heads of
each agency with a budget of more than $65,000,000 for
its SBIR program for fiscal year 1999 shall, not later than
6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, coop-
eratively enter into an agreement with the National Re-
search Council for such Council, in consultation with the
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Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration
and other interested parties, to—
(1) conduct a comprehensive study of how the
Small Business Innovation Research Program has
stimulated technological innovation and used small
businesses to meet Federal research and develop-
ment needs, including—
(A) a review of the importance that Fed-
eral research agencies are assigning to the
Small Business Innovation Research Program,
and of the quality of research being conducted
under such program;
(B) an evaluation of the economic rate of
return of the Small Business Innovation Re-
search Program over the life of the program;
(C) a comparison of the rate of techno-
logical innovation by small businesses with that
of large businesses and universities;
(D) a comparison of the allocation for fis-
cal year 1999 of Federal research and develop-
ment funds to small businesses with such allo-
cation for fiscal year 1983; and
(E) an analysis of whether Federal agen-
cies, in fulfilling their procurement needs, are
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making sufficient effort to use small businesses
that have completed a second phase award; and
(2) make recommendations with respect to—
(A) measures of outcomes for strategic
plans submitted under section 306 of title 5,
United States Code, and performance plans
submitted under section 1115 of title 31,
United States Code, of each Federal agency
participating in the Small Business Innovation
Research Program;
(B) whether companies who can dem-
onstrate project feasibility, but who have not re-
ceived a first phase award, should be eligible for
second phase awards, and the potential impacts
of such awards on the competitive selection
process of the program;
(C) whether the Federal Government
should be permitted to recoup some or all of its
expenses if a controlling interest in a company
receiving an SBIR award is sold to a foreign
company or to a company which is not a small
business concern;
(D) how to increase the use by the Federal
Government in its programs and procurements
of technology-oriented small businesses; and