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tion shall submit an application to the Ad-
ministrator at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information and as-
surances as the Administrator may re-
quire. 
‘‘(iii) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—As 
a condition of a grant under the pilot pro-
gram, the Administrator shall require that 
a matching amount be provided from a 
source other than the Federal Government 
that is equal to the amount of the grant. 
‘‘(iv) 
MINORITY
INSTITUTION.—In 
this subparagraph, the term ‘minority in-
stitution’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 365(3) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3)). 
‘‘(v) FUNDING.—For each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2012, of the amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization 
of appropriations in subparagraph (C), up 
to $4,000,000 shall be available to carry 
out this subparagraph. 
‘‘(9) FUNDING LIMITATION.—For payment of 
expenses incurred to administer the commercializa-
tion programs described in paragraphs (7) and (8), 
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the head of the agency may use not more than an 
amount equal to 1 percent of the funds available to 
the agency pursuant to the Small Business Innova-
tion Research program. Such funds— 
‘‘(A) shall not be subject to the limitations 
on the use of funds in subsection (f)(2); and 
‘‘(B) shall not be used for the purpose of 
funding costs associated with salaries and ex-
penses of employees of the United States Gov-
ernment.’’. 
SEC. 407. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE MANUFAC-
TURING ACTIVITIES. 
Section 9(j) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(j)) is amended by adding after paragraph (9) (as 
added by section 406) the following: 
‘‘(10) EFFORTS TO ENHANCE MANUFACTURING 
ACTIVITIES.—If an agency is required by subsection 
(aa) to have an SBIR advisory board, the advisory 
board shall include in each report under subsection 
(aa) a part relating to efforts to enhance manufac-
turing activities, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) a comprehensive description of the 
actions undertaken each year by the SBIR and 
STTR programs of that agency in support of 
Executive Order No. 13329; 
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‘‘(B) an assessment of the effectiveness of 
such actions toward enhancing the research and 
development of manufacturing technologies and 
processes; and 
‘‘(C) any recommendations that the pro-
gram managers of the SBIR and STTR pro-
grams consider appropriate for additional ac-
tions to be undertaken in order to increase the 
effectiveness toward enhancing manufacturing 
activities within the defense industrial base.’’. 
TITLE V—SUPPORTING 
PROGRAM UTILIZATION 
SEC. 501. AGENCY DATABASES TO SUPPORT PROGRAM 
EVALUATION. 
Section 9(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(k)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(ii); 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(iii); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iv) information on the ownership 
structure of award recipients, both at the 
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time of receipt of the award and upon com-
pletion of the award period;’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) UPDATING
INFORMATION
FOR
DATA-
BASE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A Federal agency 
shall not make a Phase I or Phase II payment 
to a small business concern under this section 
unless the small business concern has provided 
all information required under this subsection 
with respect to the award under which the pay-
ment is made, and with respect to any other 
award under this section previously received by 
the small business concern or a predecessor in 
interest to the small business concern. 
‘‘(B) 
APPORTIONMENT.—In 
complying 
with this paragraph, a small business concern 
may apportion sales or additional investment 
information relating to more than one second 
phase award among those awards, if it notes 
the apportionment for each award. 
‘‘(C) ANNUAL
UPDATES
UPON
TERMI-
NATION.—A small business concern receiving an 
award under this section shall— 
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‘‘(i) in the case of a second phase 
award, update information in the data-
bases required under paragraphs (2) and 
(6) concerning that award at the termi-
nation of the award period; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of award recipients 
not described in clause (iii), be requested 
to voluntarily update such information an-
nually thereafter for a period of 5 years; 
and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a small business 
concern applying for a subsequent first 
phase or second phase award, be required 
to update such information annually there-
after for a period of 5 years.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) AGENCY
PROGRAM
EVALUATION
DATA-
BASES.—Each Federal agency required to establish 
an SBIR or STTR program under this section shall 
develop and maintain, for the purpose of evaluating 
such programs, a database containing information 
required to be contained in the database under para-
graph (2). Each such database shall be designed to 
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be accessible to other agencies that are required to 
maintain a database under this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 502. AGENCY DATABASES TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY 
UTILIZATION. 
Section 9(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(k)), as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) AGENCY DATABASES TO SUPPORT TECH-
NOLOGY UTILIZATION.—Each Federal agency with 
an SBIR or STTR program shall create and main-
tain a technology utilization database, which shall be 
available to the public and shall contain data sup-
plied by the award recipients specifically to help 
them attract customers for the products and services 
generated under the SBIR or STTR project, and to 
attract additional investors and business partners. 
Each database created under this paragraph shall 
include information on the other databases created 
under this paragraph by other Federal agencies. 
Participation in a database under this paragraph 
shall be voluntary, except that such participation is 
required of all award recipients who received supple-
mental payments from SBIR and STTR program 
funds above their initial Phase II award.’’. 
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SEC. 503. INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall establish an Inter-
agency SBIR/STTR Policy Committee comprised of one 
representative from each Federal agency with an SBIR 
program. 
(b) COCHAIRS.—The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy and the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology shall jointly chair 
the Interagency Policy Committee. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Interagency Policy Committee 
shall review the following issues and make policy rec-
ommendations on ways to improve program effectiveness 
and efficiency: 
(1) The public and government databases de-
scribed in section 9(k)(1) and (2) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(k)(1) and (2)). 
(2) Federal agency flexibility in establishing 
Phase I and II award sizes, and appropriate criteria 
to exercise such flexibility. 
(3) Commercialization assistance best practices 
in Federal agencies with significant potential to be 
employed by other agencies, and the appropriate 
steps to achieve that leverage, as well as proposals 
for new initiatives to address funding gaps business 
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concerns face after Phase II but before commer-
cialization. 
(d) REPORTS.—The Interagency Policy Committee 
shall transmit to the Committee on Science and Tech-
nology and the Committee on Small Business of the House 
of Representatives, and to the Committee on Small Busi-
ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate— 
(1) a report on its review and recommendations 
under subsection (c)(1) not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) a report on its review and recommendations 
under subsection (c)(2) not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(3) a report on its review and recommendations 
under subsection (c)(3) not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 504. NANOTECHNOLOGY-RELATED RESEARCH TOPICS. 
(a) SBIR.—Section 9(g)(3) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 638(g)(3)), as amended by section 107, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) the national nanotechnology strategic 
plan required under section 2(c)(4) of the 21st 
Century Nanotechnology Research and Develop-
ment Act (15 U.S.C. 7501(c)(4)) and in subse-
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quent reports issued by the National Science 
and Technology Council Committee on Tech-
nology, focusing on areas of nanotechnology 
identified in such plan;’’. 
(b) STTR.—Section 9(o)(1) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, giv-
ing special consideration to topics that further 1 or more 
critical technologies, as identified by the national 
nanotechnology strategic plan required under section 
2(c)(4) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and 
Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7501(c)(4)) and in subse-
quent reports issued by the National Science and Tech-
nology Council Committee on Technology, focusing on 
areas of nanotechnology identified in such plan’’ after ‘‘its 
STTR program’’. 
SEC. 505. RURAL PREFERENCE. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(dd) RURAL PREFERENCE.—In making awards 
under this section, Federal agencies shall give priority to 
applications so as to increase the number of SBIR and 
STTR award recipients from rural areas.’’. 
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SEC. 506. PRIORITY FOR AREAS THAT HAVE LOST A MAJOR 
SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ee) PRIORITY FOR AREAS THAT HAVE LOST A 
MAJOR SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT.—In making awards 
under this section, Federal agencies shall give priority to 
applications from companies located in geographic areas 
that, as determined by the Administrator, have lost a 
major source of employment. Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Adminis-
trator shall promulgate rules for making the determina-
tion required by this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 507. VETERANS PREFERENCE. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ff) VETERANS PREFERENCE.—In making awards 
under this section, Federal agencies shall give priority to 
applications from veterans, as defined in section 101(2) 
of title 38, United States Code, so as to increase the num-
ber of SBIR and STTR award recipients who are vet-
erans.’’. 
SEC. 508. INITIATIVE TO PUBLICIZE THE SBIR PROGRAM TO 
VETERANS. 
The Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Af-
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fairs, shall develop an initiative to publicize the SBIR pro-
gram to veterans returning from service and encourage 
those veterans with applicable technical skills to apply for 
SBIR grants. 
SEC. 509. PREFERENCE FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE 
MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO-
WARDS ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ff) PREFERENCE FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE 
MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS EN-
ERGY EFFICIENCY.—In making awards under this section, 
Federal agencies shall give priority to applications so as 
to increase the number of SBIR, STTR, and FAST award 
recipients from organizations that are making significant 
contributions towards energy efficiency, including organi-
zations that are making efforts to reduce their carbon 
footprint or are carbon neutral.’’. 
TITLE VI—IMPLEMENTATION 
SEC. 601. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE SBIR AND 
STTR POLICY DIRECTIVES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration shall promulgate amendments to the SBIR 
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‘‘(ee) PROHIBITION OF AWARDS TO ALIENS UNLAW-
FULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES.—A concern is 
not eligible to receive an award under this section if an 
individual who is an alien unlawfully present in the United 
States— 
‘‘(1) has an ownership interest in that concern; 
or 
‘‘(2) has an ownership interest in another con-
cern that itself has an ownership interest in that 
concern.’’. 
SEC. 605. PROHIBITION ON AWARDS TO FIRMS IN VIOLA-
TION OF IMMIGRATION LAWS. 
Any applicant found, based on a determination by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General 
to have engaged in a pattern or practice of hiring, recruit-
ing or referring for a fee, for employment in the United 
States an alien knowing the person is an unauthorized 
alien shall not be eligible for the receipt of future awards 
under section 9 of the Small Business Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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