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of contracts entered into by that prime con-
tractor for Phase III SBIR or STTR projects. 
‘‘(6) GOAL FOR SBIR AND STTR TECHNOLOGY IN-
SERTION.—The Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(A) set a goal to increase the number of 
Phase II SBIR contracts and the number of 
Phase II STTR contracts awarded by that Sec-
retary that lead to technology transition into 
programs of record or fielded systems; 
‘‘(B) use incentives in effect on the date of 
enactment of the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization 
Act of 2011, or create new incentives, to encour-
age agency program managers and prime con-
tractors to meet the goal under subparagraph 
(A); and 
‘‘(C) include in the annual report to Con-
gress the percentage of contracts described in sub-
paragraph (A) awarded by that Secretary, and 
information on the ongoing status of projects 
funded through the Commercialization Readiness 
Program and efforts to transition these tech-
nologies into programs of record or fielded sys-
tems.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sec-
tion 9(i)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(i)(1))
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is amended by inserting ‘‘(including awards under sub-
section (y))’’ after ‘‘the number of awards’’. 
SEC. 5204. COMMERCIALIZATION READINESS PILOT PRO-
GRAM FOR CIVILIAN AGENCIES. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(ff) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The head of each covered 
Federal agency may allocate not more than 10 per-
cent of the funds allocated to the SBIR program and 
the STTR program of the covered Federal agency— 
‘‘(A) for awards for technology development, 
testing, and evaluation of SBIR and STTR 
Phase II technologies; or 
‘‘(B) to support the progress of research or 
research and development conducted under the 
SBIR or STTR programs to Phase III. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION BY FEDERAL AGENCY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A covered Federal 
agency may not establish a pilot program unless 
the covered Federal agency makes a written ap-
plication to the Administrator, not later than 90 
days before to the first day of the fiscal year in 
which the pilot program is to be established, that
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describes a compelling reason that additional in-
vestment in SBIR or STTR technologies is nec-
essary, including unusually high regulatory, sys-
tems integration, or other costs relating to devel-
opment or manufacturing of identifiable, highly 
promising small business technologies or a class 
of such technologies expected to substantially ad-
vance the mission of the agency. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—The Administrator 
shall— 
‘‘(i) make a determination regarding 
an application submitted under subpara-
graph (A) not later than 30 days before the 
first day of the fiscal year for which the ap-
plication is submitted; 
‘‘(ii) publish the determination in the 
Federal Register; and 
‘‘(iii) make a copy of the determina-
tion and any related materials available to 
the Committee on Small Business and En-
trepreneurship of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AWARD.—The head of 
a covered Federal agency may not make an award
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under a pilot program in excess of 3 times the dollar 
amounts generally established for Phase II awards 
under subsection (j)(2)(D) or (p)(2)(B)(ix). 
‘‘(4) REGISTRATION.—Any applicant that re-
ceives an award under a pilot program shall register 
with the Administrator in a registry that is available 
to the public. 
‘‘(5) REPORT.—The head of each covered Federal 
agency shall include in the annual report of the cov-
ered Federal agency to the Administrator an analysis 
of the various activities considered for inclusion in 
the pilot program of the covered Federal agency and 
a statement of the reasons why each activity consid-
ered was included or not included, as the case may 
be. 
‘‘(6) TERMINATION.—The authority to establish 
a pilot program under this section expires at the end 
of fiscal year 2014. 
‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘covered Federal agency’— 
‘‘(i) means a Federal agency partici-
pating in the SBIR program or the STTR 
program; and 
‘‘(ii) does not include the Department 
of Defense; and
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‘‘(B) the term ‘pilot program’ means the 
program established under paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 5205. ACCELERATING CURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
631 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 42, as 
redesignated by section 5201 of this Act, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 43. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) NIH CURES PILOT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—An independent advi-
sory board shall be established at the National Acad-
emy of Sciences (in this section referred to as the ‘ad-
visory board’) to conduct periodic evaluations of the 
SBIR program (as that term is defined in section 9) 
of each of the National Institutes of Health (referred 
to in this section as the ‘NIH’) institutes and centers 
for the purpose of improving the management of the 
SBIR program through data-driven assessment. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The advisory board 
shall consist of— 
‘‘(i) the Director of the NIH; 
‘‘(ii) the Director of the SBIR program 
of the NIH;
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‘‘(iii) senior NIH agency managers, se-
lected by the Director of NIH; 
‘‘(iv) industry experts, selected by the 
Council of the National Academy of 
Sciences in consultation with the Associate 
Administrator for Technology of the Admin-
istration and the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy; and 
‘‘(v) owners or operators of small busi-
ness concerns that have received an award 
under the SBIR program of the NIH, se-
lected by the Associate Administrator for 
Technology of the Administration. 
‘‘(B) NUMBER
OF
MEMBERS.—The total 
number of members selected under clauses (iii), 
(iv), and (v) of subparagraph (A) shall not ex-
ceed 10. 
‘‘(C) EQUAL REPRESENTATION.—The total 
number of members of the advisory board selected 
under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subpara-
graph (A) shall be equal to the number of mem-
bers of the advisory board selected under sub-
paragraph (A)(v). 
‘‘(b) ADDRESSING DATA GAPS.—In order to enhance 
the evidence-base guiding SBIR program decisions and
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changes, the Director of the SBIR program of the NIH shall 
address the gaps and deficiencies in the data collection con-
cerns identified in the 2007 report of the National Academy 
of Science entitled ‘An Assessment of the Small Business 
Innovation Research Program at the NIH’. 
‘‘(c) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the SBIR 
program of the NIH may initiate a pilot program, 
under a formal mechanism for designing, imple-
menting, and evaluating pilot programs, to spur in-
novation and to test new strategies that may enhance 
the development of cures and therapies. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Director of the 
SBIR program of the NIH may consider conducting 
a pilot program to include individuals with successful 
SBIR program experience in study sections, hiring 
individuals with small business development experi-
ence for staff positions, separating the commercial 
and scientific review processes, and examining the 
impact of the trend toward larger awards on the over-
all program. 
‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the NIH 
shall submit an annual report to Congress and the advisory 
board on the activities of the SBIR program of the NIH 
under this section.
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‘‘(e) SBIR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In awarding grants and 
contracts under the SBIR program of the NIH each 
SBIR program manager shall emphasize applications 
that identify products, processes, technologies, and 
services that may enhance the development of cures 
and therapies. 
‘‘(2) EXAMINATION OF COMMERCIALIZATION AND 
OTHER METRICS.—The advisory board shall evaluate 
the implementation of the requirement under para-
graph (1) by examining increased commercialization 
and other metrics, to be determined and collected by 
the SBIR program of the NIH. 
‘‘(3) PHASE I AND II.—To the greatest extent 
practicable, the Director of the SBIR program of the 
NIH shall reduce the time period between Phase I 
and Phase II funding of grants and contracts under 
the SBIR program of the NIH to 90 days. 
‘‘(f) LIMIT.—Not more than a total of 1 percent of the 
extramural budget (as defined in section 9 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638)) of the NIH for research or 
research and development may be used for the pilot program 
under subsection (c) and to carry out subsection (e).’’.
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(b) PROSPECTIVE REPEAL.—Effective 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking section 43, as added by subsection 
(a); and 
(2) by redesignating sections 44 and 45 as sec-
tions 43 and 44, respectively. 
SEC. 5206. FEDERAL AGENCY ENGAGEMENT WITH SBIR AND 
STTR AWARDEES THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED 
MULTIPLE PHASE I AWARDS BUT HAVE NOT 
BEEN AWARDED PHASE II AWARDS. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(gg) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO FEDERAL AGEN-
CY ENGAGEMENT WITH CERTAIN PHASE I SBIR AND 
STTR AWARDEES.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘covered awardee’ means a small business concern 
that— 
‘‘(A) has received multiple Phase I awards 
over multiple years, as determined by the head 
of a Federal agency, under the SBIR program or 
the STTR program of the Federal agency; and 
‘‘(B) has not received a Phase II award—
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‘‘(i) under the SBIR program or 
STTR program, as the case may be, of the 
Federal agency described in subparagraph 
(A); or 
‘‘(ii) relating to a Phase I award de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) under the 
SBIR program or the STTR program of 
another Federal agency. 
‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE
MEASURES.—The head of 
each Federal agency that participates in the SBIR 
program or the STTR program shall develop perform-
ance measures for any covered awardee relating to 
commercializing research or research and development 
activities under the SBIR program or the STTR pro-
gram of the Federal agency.’’. 
SEC. 5207. CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF ‘‘PHASE III’’. 
(a) PHASE III AWARDS.—Section 9(e) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)(C), in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by inserting ‘‘for work that derives from, 
extends, or completes efforts made under prior fund-
ing agreements under the SBIR program’’ after 
‘‘phase’’; 
(2) in paragraph (6)(C), in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by inserting ‘‘for work that derives from,
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extends, or completes efforts made under prior fund-
ing agreements under the STTR program’’ after 
‘‘phase’’; 
(3) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(4) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) the term ‘commercialization’ means— 
‘‘(A) the process of developing products, 
processes, technologies, or services; and 
‘‘(B) the production and delivery of prod-
ucts, processes, technologies, or services for sale 
(whether by the originating party or by others) 
to or use by the Federal Government or commer-
cial markets;’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 9 (15 U.S.C. 638)— 
(A) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (4)(C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘scientific review criteria’’ and inserting 
‘‘merit-based selection procedures’’;
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(ii) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘the 
second or the third phase’’ and inserting 
‘‘Phase II or Phase III’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(11) the term ‘Phase I’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to the SBIR program, the 
first phase described in paragraph (4)(A); and 
‘‘(B) with respect to the STTR program, the 
first phase described in paragraph (6)(A); 
‘‘(12) the term ‘Phase II’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to the SBIR program, the 
second phase described in paragraph (4)(B); and 
‘‘(B) with respect to the STTR program, the 
second phase described in paragraph (6)(B); and 
‘‘(13) the term ‘Phase III’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to the SBIR program, the 
third phase described in paragraph (4)(C); and 
‘‘(B) with respect to the STTR program, the 
third phase described in paragraph (6)(C).’’; 
(B) in subsection (j)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘phase two’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (B)—
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(aa) by striking ‘‘the third 
phase’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Phase III’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘the second 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (D)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘the first 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase I’’; 
and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘the second 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
(III) in subparagraph (F), by 
striking ‘‘the third phase’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Phase III’’; 
(IV) in subparagraph (G)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘the first 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase I’’; 
and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘the second 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
and 
(V) in subparagraph (H)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘the first 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase I’’;
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(bb) 
by 
striking 
‘‘second 
phase’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; and 
(cc) 
by 
striking 
‘‘third 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase III’’; 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘the first 
phase (as described in subsection 
(e)(4)(A))’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase 
I’’; 
(bb) by striking ‘‘the second 
phase (as described in subsection 
(e)(4)(B))’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase 
II’’; and 
(cc) by striking ‘‘the third 
phase (as described in subsection 
(e)(4)(C))’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase 
III’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘second phase’’ and inserting 
‘‘Phase II’’; 
(C) in subsection (k)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘first phase’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘Phase I’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘second phase’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
(D) in subsection (l)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the first phase’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Phase I’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the second phase’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
(E) in subsection (o)(13)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘second phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘third phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase III’’; 
(F) in subsection (p)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(I) in clause (vi)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘the second 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘the third 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase III’’; 
and 
(II) in clause (ix)—
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(aa) by striking ‘‘the first 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase I’’; 
and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘the second 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the first phase (as 
described in subsection (e)(6)(A))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Phase I’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘the second phase 
(as described in subsection (e)(6)(B))’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘the third phase 
(as described in subsection (e)(6)(A))’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Phase III’’; 
(G) in subsection (q)(3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in the subparagraph heading, 
by striking ‘‘FIRST PHASE’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘PHASE I’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘first phase’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Phase I’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)—
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(I) in the subparagraph heading, 
by striking ‘‘SECOND PHASE’’ and in-
serting ‘‘PHASE II’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘second phase’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
(H) in subsection (r)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘THIRD PHASE’’ and inserting ‘‘PHASE 
III’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the first sentence— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘for the sec-
ond phase’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
Phase II’’; 
(bb) 
by 
striking 
‘‘third 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase III’’; 
and 
(cc) 
by 
striking 
‘‘second 
phase 
period’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Phase II period’’; and 
(II) in the second sentence— 
(aa) 
by 
striking 
‘‘second 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase II’’; 
and
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(bb) 
by 
striking 
‘‘third 
phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase III’’; 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘third phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase III’’; 
and 
(I) in subsection (u)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘the 
first phase’’ and inserting ‘‘Phase I’’; and 
(2) in section 34(c)(2)(B)(vii) (15 U.S.C. 
657e(c)(2)(B)(vii)), as redesignated by section 5201 of 
this Act, by striking ‘‘third phase’’ and inserting 
‘‘Phase III’’. 
SEC. 5208. SHORTENED PERIOD FOR FINAL DECISIONS ON 
PROPOSALS AND APPLICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)(4)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(4)’’; 
(B) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at 
the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) make a final decision on each proposal sub-
mitted under the SBIR program— 
‘‘(i) not later than 90 days after the date on 
which the solicitation closes; or
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‘‘(ii) if the Administrator authorizes an ex-
tension for a solicitation, not later than 180 
days after the date on which the solicitation 
closes;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (o)(4)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(4)’’; 
(B) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at 
the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) make a final decision on each proposal sub-
mitted under the STTR program— 
‘‘(i) not later than 90 days after the date on 
which the solicitation closes; or 
‘‘(ii) if the Administrator authorizes an ex-
tension for a solicitation, not later than 180 
days after the date on which the solicitation 
closes;’’. 
(b) NIH PEER REVIEW PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638), as amended by this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(hh) NIH PEER REVIEW PROCESS.—The Director of 
the National Institutes of Health may make an award 
under the SBIR program or the STTR program of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health if the application for the award
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has undergone technical and scientific peer review under 
section 492 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
289a).’’. 
(2) 
TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—Section 105 of the National Institutes of 
Health Reform Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 284n) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘A grant’’ and inserting 
‘‘Except as provided in section 9(hh) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(hh)), a 
grant’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 402(k)’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘Act)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 402(l) of such Act’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘A grant’’ and inserting 
‘‘Except as provided in section 9(hh) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(hh)), a 
grant’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 402(k)’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘Act)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 402(l) of such Act’’.
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TITLE LIII—OVERSIGHT AND 
EVALUATION 
SEC. 5301. STREAMLINING ANNUAL EVALUATION REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Section 9(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(b)), as amended by section 5102 of this Act, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘STTR programs, including 
the data’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘STTR 
programs, including— 
‘‘(A) the data’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(g)(10), (o)(9), and (o)(15), 
the number’’ and all that follows through ‘‘under 
each of the SBIR and STTR programs, and a 
description’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(g)(8) 
and (o)(9); and 
‘‘(B) the number of proposals received from, 
and the number and total amount of awards to, 
HUBZone small business concerns and firms 
with venture capital investment (including those 
majority-owned by multiple venture capital op-
erating companies) under each of the SBIR and 
STTR programs;
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‘‘(C) a description of the extent to which 
each Federal agency is increasing outreach and 
awards to firms owned and controlled by women 
and social or economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals under each of the SBIR and STTR pro-
grams; 
‘‘(D) general information about the imple-
mentation of, and compliance with the allocation 
of funds required under, subsection (cc) for firms 
owned in majority part by venture capital oper-
ating companies and participating in the SBIR 
program; 
‘‘(E) a detailed description of appeals of 
Phase III awards and notices of noncompliance 
with the SBIR Policy Directive and the STTR 
Policy Directive filed by the Administrator with 
Federal agencies; and 
‘‘(F) a description’’; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) to coordinate the implementation of elec-
tronic databases at each of the Federal agencies par-
ticipating in the SBIR program or the STTR pro-
gram, including the technical ability of the partici-
pating agencies to electronically share data;’’.
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SEC. 5302. DATA COLLECTION FROM AGENCIES FOR SBIR. 
Section 9(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(g)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (10); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as 
paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) collect annually, and maintain in a com-
mon format in accordance with the simplified report-
ing requirements under subsection (v), such informa-
tion from awardees as is necessary to assess the SBIR 
program, including information necessary to main-
tain the database described in subsection (k), includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) whether an awardee— 
‘‘(i) has venture capital or is majority- 
owned by multiple venture capital oper-
ating companies, and, if so— 
‘‘(I) the amount of venture capital 
that the awardee has received as of the 
date of the award; and 
‘‘(II) the amount of additional 
capital that the awardee has invested 
in the SBIR technology; 
‘‘(ii) has an investor that—
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‘‘(I) is an individual who is not a 
citizen of the United States or a lawful 
permanent resident of the United 
States, and if so, the name of any such 
individual; or 
‘‘(II) is a person that is not an 
individual and is not organized under 
the laws of a State or the United 
States, and if so the name of any such 
person; 
‘‘(iii) is owned by a woman or has a 
woman as a principal investigator; 
‘‘(iv) is owned by a socially or eco-
nomically disadvantaged individual or has 
a socially or economically disadvantaged 
individual as a principal investigator; 
‘‘(v) received assistance under the 
FAST program under section 34, as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enactment 
of the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 
2011, or the outreach program under sub-
section (s); 
‘‘(vi) is a faculty member or a student 
of an institution of higher education, as 
that term is defined in section 101 of the
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Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001); or 
‘‘(vii) is located in a State described in 
subsection (u)(3); and 
‘‘(B) a justification statement from the 
agency, if an awardee receives an award in an 
amount that is more than the award guidelines 
under this section;’’. 
SEC. 5303. DATA COLLECTION FROM AGENCIES FOR STTR. 
Section 9(o) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(o)) is amended by striking paragraph (9) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(9) collect annually, and maintain in a com-
mon format in accordance with the simplified report-
ing requirements under subsection (v), such informa-
tion from applicants and awardees as is necessary to 
assess the STTR program outputs and outcomes, in-
cluding information necessary to maintain the data-
base described in subsection (k), including— 
‘‘(A) whether an applicant or awardee— 
‘‘(i) has venture capital or is majority- 
owned by multiple venture capital oper-
ating companies, and, if so— 
‘‘(I) the amount of venture capital 
that the applicant or awardee has re-
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ceived as of the date of the application 
or award, as applicable; and 
‘‘(II) the amount of additional 
capital that the applicant or awardee 
has invested in the SBIR technology; 
‘‘(ii) has an investor that— 
‘‘(I) is an individual who is not a 
citizen of the United States or a lawful 
permanent resident of the United 
States, and if so, the name of any such 
individual; or 
‘‘(II) is a person that is not an 
individual and is not organized under 
the laws of a State or the United 
States, and if so the name of any such 
person; 
‘‘(iii) is owned by a woman or has a 
woman as a principal investigator; 
‘‘(iv) is owned by a socially or eco-
nomically disadvantaged individual or has 
a socially or economically disadvantaged 
individual as a principal investigator; 
‘‘(v) received assistance under the 
FAST program under section 34 or the out-
reach program under subsection (s);
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‘‘(vi) is a faculty member or a student 
of an institution of higher education, as 
that term is defined in section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001); or 
‘‘(vii) is located in a State in which 
the total value of contracts awarded to 
small business concerns under all STTR 
programs is less than the total value of con-
tracts awarded to small business concerns 
in a majority of other States, as determined 
by the Administrator in biennial fiscal 
years, beginning with fiscal year 2008, 
based on the most recent statistics compiled 
by the Administrator; and 
‘‘(B) if an awardee receives an award in an 
amount that is more than the award guidelines 
under this section, a statement from the agency 
that justifies the award amount;’’. 
SEC. 5304. PUBLIC DATABASE. 
Section 9(k)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(k)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end;
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(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) for each small business concern that 
has received a Phase I or Phase II SBIR or 
STTR award from a Federal agency, whether the 
small business concern— 
‘‘(i) has venture capital and, if so, 
whether the small business concern is reg-
istered as majority-owned by multiple ven-
ture capital operating companies as re-
quired under subsection (cc)(4); 
‘‘(ii) is owned by a woman or has a 
woman as a principal investigator; 
‘‘(iii) is owned by a socially or eco-
nomically disadvantaged individual or has 
a socially or economically disadvantaged 
individual as a principal investigator; 
‘‘(iv) received assistance under the 
FAST program under section 34, as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enactment 
of the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 
2011, or the outreach program under sub-
section (s); or
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‘‘(v) is owned by a faculty member or 
a student of an institution of higher edu-
cation, as that term is defined in section 
101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 
SEC. 5305. GOVERNMENT DATABASE. 
Section 9(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(k)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Act of 2000’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of the 
SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; 
(D) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(A) contains, for each small business con-
cern that applies for, submits a proposal for, or 
receives an award under Phase I or Phase II of 
the SBIR program or the STTR program—
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‘‘(i) the name, size, and location, and 
an identifying number assigned by the Ad-
ministration of the small business concern; 
‘‘(ii) an abstract of the project; 
‘‘(iii) the specific aims of the project; 
‘‘(iv) the number of employees of the 
small business concern; 
‘‘(v) the names of key individuals that 
will carry out the project; 
‘‘(vi) the percentage of effort each indi-
vidual described in clause (iv) will con-
tribute to the project; 
‘‘(vii) whether the small business con-
cern is majority-owned by multiple venture 
capital operating companies; and 
‘‘(viii) the Federal agency to which the 
application is made, and contact informa-
tion for the person or office within the Fed-
eral agency that is responsible for reviewing 
applications and making awards under the 
SBIR program or the STTR program;’’; 
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (D), 
and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec-
tively;
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(F) by inserting after subparagraph (C), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(D) includes, for each awardee— 
‘‘(i) the name, size, location, and any 
identifying number assigned to the awardee 
by the Administrator; 
‘‘(ii) whether the awardee has venture 
capital, and, if so— 
‘‘(I) the amount of venture capital 
as of the date of the award; 
‘‘(II) the percentage of ownership 
of the awardee held by a venture cap-
ital operating company, including 
whether the awardee is majority-owned 
by multiple venture capital operating 
companies; and 
‘‘(III) the amount of additional 
capital that the awardee has invested 
in the SBIR technology, which infor-
mation shall be collected on an annual 
basis; 
‘‘(iii) the names and locations of any 
affiliates of the awardee; 
‘‘(iv) the number of employees of the 
awardee;
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‘‘(v) the number of employees of the af-
filiates of the awardee; and 
‘‘(vi) the names of, and the percentage 
of ownership of the awardee held by— 
‘‘(I) any individual who is not a 
citizen of the United States or a lawful 
permanent resident of the United 
States; or 
‘‘(II) any person that is not an 
individual and is not organized under 
the laws of a State or the United 
States;’’; 
(G) in subparagraph (E), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(H) in subparagraph (F), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(I) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) includes a timely and accurate list of 
any individual or small business concern that 
has participated in the SBIR program or STTR 
program that has committed fraud, waste, or 
abuse relating to the SBIR program or STTR 
program.’’; and
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(2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) GOVERNMENT
DATABASE.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date established by a Fed-
eral agency for submitting applications or pro-
posals for a Phase I or Phase II award under the 
SBIR program or STTR program, the head of 
the Federal agency shall submit to the Adminis-
trator the data required under paragraph (2) 
with respect to each small business concern that 
applies or submits a proposal for the Phase I or 
Phase II award.’’. 
SEC. 5306. ACCURACY IN FUNDING BASE CALCULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter until 
the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
(1) conduct a fiscal and management audit of 
the SBIR program and the STTR program for the 
applicable period to— 
(A) determine whether Federal agencies 
comply with the expenditure amount require-
ments under subsections (f)(1) and (n)(1) of sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638), as amended by this Act;
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(B) assess the extent of compliance with the 
requirements of section 9(i)(2) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(i)(2)) by Federal agen-
cies participating in the SBIR program or the 
STTR program and the Administration; 
(C) assess whether it would be more con-
sistent and effective to base the amount of the al-
locations under the SBIR program and the 
STTR program on a percentage of the research 
and development budget of a Federal agency, 
rather than the extramural budget of the Federal 
agency; and 
(D) determine the portion of the extramural 
research or research and development budget of a 
Federal agency that each Federal agency spends 
for administrative purposes relating to the SBIR 
program or STTR program, and for what spe-
cific purposes, including the portion, if any, of 
such budget the Federal agency spends for sala-
ries and expenses, travel to visit applicants, out-
reach events, marketing, and technical assist-
ance; and 
(2) submit a report to the Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the 
Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep-
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resentatives regarding the audit conducted under 
paragraph (1), including the assessments required 
under subparagraphs (B) and (C), and the deter-
mination made under subparagraph (D) of para-
graph (1). 
(b) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE PERIOD.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘applicable period’’ means— 
(1) for the first report submitted under this sec-
tion, the period beginning on October 1, 2005, and 
ending on September 30 of the last full fiscal year be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act for which infor-
mation is available; and 
(2) for the second and each subsequent report 
submitted under this section, the period— 
(A) beginning on October 1 of the first fiscal 
year after the end of the most recent full fiscal 
year relating to which a report under this sec-
tion was submitted; and 
(B) ending on September 30 of the last full 
fiscal year before the date of the report. 
SEC. 5307. CONTINUED EVALUATION BY THE NATIONAL 
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
Section 108 of the Small Business Reauthorization Act 
of 2000 (15 U.S.C. 638 note) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
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‘‘(e) EXTENSIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS OF AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of the SBIR/STTR Reau-
thorization Act of 2011, the head of each agency de-
scribed in subsection (a), in consultation with the 
Small Business Administration, shall cooperatively 
enter into an agreement with the National Academy 
of Sciences for the National Research Council to, not 
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the 
SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011, and every 
4 years thereafter— 
‘‘(A) continue the most recent study under 
this section relating to— 
‘‘(i) the issues described in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (C), and (E) of subsection 
(a)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) the effectiveness of the government 
and public databases described in section 
9(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(k)) in reducing vulnerabilities of the 
SBIR program and the STTR program to 
fraud, waste, and abuse, particularly with 
respect to Federal agencies funding duplica-
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tive proposals and business concerns fal-
sifying information in proposals; 
‘‘(B) make recommendations with respect to 
the issues described in subparagraph (A)(ii) and 
subparagraphs (A), (D), and (E) of subsection 
(a)(2); and 
‘‘(C) estimate, to the extent practicable, the 
number of jobs created by the SBIR program or 
STTR program of the agency. 
‘‘(2) 
CONSULTATION.—An 
agreement 
under 
paragraph (1) shall require the National Research 
Council to ensure there is participation by and con-
sultation with the small business community, the Ad-
ministration, and other interested parties as described 
in subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—An agreement under para-
graph (1) shall require that not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of the SBIR/STTR Reau-
thorization Act of 2011, and every 4 years thereafter, 
the National Research Council shall submit to the 
head of the agency entering into the agreement, the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Small Business 
of the House of Representatives a report regarding the