SEC. 2. OUTREACH AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 
is amended by inserting after subsection (r) the following: 
‘‘(s) OUTREACH AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the other provi-
sions of this subsection, the Administrator shall 
make grants on a competitive basis to organizations, 
to be used by the organizations to do one or both 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) To conduct outreach efforts to in-
crease participation in the programs under this 
section. 
‘‘(B) To provide application support and 
entrepreneurial and business skills support to 
prospective participants in the programs under 
this section. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator $10,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1) 
for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—For each of 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), the 
amount of assistance provided to an organization 
under that subparagraph in any fiscal year— 
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‘‘(A) shall be equal to the total amount of 
matching funds from non-Federal sources pro-
vided by the organization; and 
‘‘(B) shall not exceed $250,000. 
‘‘(4) DIRECTION.—An organization receiving 
funds under paragraph (1) shall, in using those 
funds, direct its activities at one or both of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Small business concerns located in 
geographic areas that are underrepresented in 
the programs under this section. 
‘‘(B) Small business concerns owned and 
controlled by women, small business concerns 
owned and controlled by service-disabled vet-
erans, and small business concerns owned and 
controlled by minorities. 
‘‘(5) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, the Administrator shall establish an 
advisory board for the activities carried out 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) NON-APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.) shall not apply to the advisory board. 
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‘‘(C) MEMBERS.—The members of the ad-
visory board shall include the following: 
‘‘(i) The Administrator (or the Ad-
ministrator’s designee). 
‘‘(ii) For each Federal agency re-
quired by this section to conduct an SBIR 
program, the head of the agency (or the 
designee of the head of the agency). 
‘‘(iii) Representatives of small busi-
ness concerns that are current or former 
recipients of SBIR awards, or representa-
tives of organizations of such concerns. 
‘‘(iv) Representatives of service pro-
viders of SBIR outreach and assistance, or 
representatives of organizations of such 
service providers. 
‘‘(D) DUTIES.—The advisory board shall 
have the following duties: 
‘‘(i) To develop guidelines for awards 
under paragraph (1), including guidelines 
relating to award sizes, proposal require-
ments, measures for monitoring awardee 
performance, and measures for deter-
mining the overall value of the activities 
carried out by the awardees. 
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‘‘(ii) To identify opportunities for co-
ordinated outreach, technical assistance, 
and commercialization activities among 
Federal agencies, the recipients of the 
awards under paragraph (1), and appli-
cants and recipients of SBIR awards, in-
cluding opportunities such as— 
‘‘(I) podcasting or webcasting for 
conferences, training workshops, and 
other events; 
‘‘(II) shared online resources to 
match prospective applicants with the 
network of paragraph (1) recipients; 
and 
‘‘(III) venture capital conferences 
tied to technologies and sectors that 
cross agencies. 
‘‘(iii) To review and recommend revi-
sions to activities under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(iv) To submit to the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 
the Senate and the Committee on Small 
Business and the Committee on Science 
and Technology of the House of Represent-
atives an annual report on the activities 
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carried out under paragraph (1) and the 
effectiveness and impact of those activities. 
‘‘(6) 
SELECTION
CRITERIA.—In 
awarding 
grants under this subsection, the Administrator shall 
use selection criteria developed by the advisory board 
established under paragraph (5). The criteria shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) criteria designed to give preference to 
applicants who propose to carry out activities 
that will reach either an underperforming geo-
graphic area or an underrepresented population 
group (as measured by the number of SBIR ap-
plicants); 
‘‘(B) criteria designed to give preference to 
applicants who propose to carry out activities 
that complement, and are integrated into, the 
existing public-private innovation support sys-
tem for the targeted region or population; 
‘‘(C) criteria designed to give preference to 
applicants who propose to measure the effec-
tiveness of the proposed activities; and 
‘‘(D) criteria designed to give preference to 
applicants who include a Small Business Devel-
opment Center program that is accredited for 
its technology services. 
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‘‘(7) PEER REVIEW.—In awarding grants under 
this subsection, the Administrator shall use a peer 
review process. Reviewers shall include— 
‘‘(A) SBIR program managers for agencies 
required by this section to conduct SBIR pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(B) private individuals and organizations 
that are knowledgeable about SBIR, the innova-
tion process, technology commercialization, and 
State and regional technology-based economic 
development programs. 
‘‘(8) PER-STATE LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this subsection, the appli-
cant must have the written endorsement of the 
Governor of the State where the targeted re-
gions or populations are located (if the regions 
or populations are located in more than one 
State, the applicant must have the written en-
dorsement of the Governor of each such State). 
Such an endorsement must indicate that the 
Governor will ensure that the activities to be 
carried out under the grant will be integrated 
with the balance of the State’s portfolio of in-
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vestments to help small business concerns com-
mercialize technology. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Each fiscal year, a 
Governor may have in effect not more than one 
written endorsement for a grant under para-
graph (1)(A), and not more than one written 
endorsement for a grant under paragraph 
(1)(B). 
‘‘(9) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARDS.— 
In making awards under paragraph (1) the Adminis-
trator shall ensure that each award shall be for a pe-
riod of 2 fiscal years. The Administrator shall estab-
lish rules and performance goals for the disburse-
ment of funds for the second fiscal year, and funds 
shall not be disbursed to a recipient for such a fiscal 
year until after the advisory board established under 
this subsection has determined that the recipient is 
in compliance with the rules and performance 
goals.’’. 
SEC. 3. RURAL PREFERENCE. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(aa) RURAL
PREFERENCE.—In making awards 
under this section, Federal agencies shall give priority to 
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applications so as to increase the number of SBIR and 
STTR award recipients from rural areas.’’. 
SEC. 4. OBTAINING SBIR APPLICANT’S CONSENT TO RE-
LEASE 
CONTACT 
INFORMATION 
TO 
ECO-
NOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(bb) CONSENT TO RELEASE CONTACT INFORMA-
TION TO ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ENABLING CONCERN TO GIVE CONSENT.— 
Each Federal agency required by this section to con-
duct an SBIR program shall enable a small business 
concern that is an SBIR applicant to indicate to the 
agency whether the agency has its consent to— 
‘‘(A) identify the concern to appropriate 
local and State-level economic development or-
ganizations as an SBIR applicant; and 
‘‘(B) release the concern’s contact informa-
tion to such organizations. 
‘‘(2) RULES.—The Administrator shall estab-
lish rules to implement this subsection. The rules 
shall include a requirement that the agency include 
in its SBIR application forms a provision through 
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which the applicant can indicate consent for pur-
poses of paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 
5. 
INCREASED 
PARTNERSHIPS 
BETWEEN 
SBIR 
AWARDEES AND PRIME CONTRACTORS, VEN-
TURE 
CAPITAL 
INVESTMENT 
COMPANIES, 
AND LARGER BUSINESSES. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(cc) INCREASED PARTNERSHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each agency required by 
this section to conduct an SBIR program shall es-
tablish initiatives by which the agency encourages 
partnerships between SBIR awardees and prime 
contractors, venture capital investment companies, 
business incubators, and larger businesses, for the 
purpose of facilitating the progress of the SBIR 
awardees to the third phase. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘business incubator’ means an entity that provides 
coordinated and specialized services to entrepre-
neurial businesses which meet selected criteria dur-
ing the businesses’ startup phases, including pro-
viding services such as shared office space and office 
services, access to equipment, access to telecommuni-
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cations and technology services, flexible leases, spe-
cialized management assistance, access to financing, 
mentoring and training services, or other coordi-
nated business or technical support services designed 
to provide business development assistance to entre-
preneurial businesses during these businesses’ start-
up phases.’’. 
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