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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 and controlled by multiple venture 
capital firms, and, if so— 
‘‘(I) the amount of venture capital 
that the applicant or awardee has re-
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;
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‘‘(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); 
‘‘(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
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‘‘(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;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (14), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) by striking paragraph (15); and 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (16) as para-
graph (15). 
SEC. 304. 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; 
(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 and controlled by
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multiple venture capital companies as re-
quired under subsection (cc)(3); 
‘‘(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 or the out-
reach program under subsection (s); or 
‘‘(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. 305. GOVERNMENT DATABASE. 
Section 9(k)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(k)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), 
and (E) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respec-
tively; 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) includes, for each awardee—
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‘‘(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 
firm, 
including 
whether 
the 
awardee is majority owned and con-
trolled by multiple venture capital 
firms; 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; 
‘‘(v) the number of employees of the af-
filiates of the awardee; and
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‘‘(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;’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by adding at the end, the following: 
‘‘(iv) whether the applicant was major-
ity owned and controlled by multiple ven-
ture capital firms; and 
‘‘(v) the number of employees of the ap-
plicant;’’. 
SEC. 306. ACCURACY IN FUNDING BASE CALCULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall—
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(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; 
(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-
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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-
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, 2000, 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
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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. 307. 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: 
‘‘(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 2009, 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 con-
duct a study described in subsection (a)(1) and make 
recommendations described in subsection (a)(2) not 
later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the 
SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2009, and every 
4 years thereafter. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING.—An agreement under para-
graph (1) shall require that not later than 4 years
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after the date of enactment of the SBIR/STTR Reau-
thorization Act of 2009, 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 
study conducted under paragraph (1) and containing 
the recommendations described in paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 308. TECHNOLOGY INSERTION REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
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) PHASE III REPORTING.—The annual SBIR or 
STTR report to Congress by the Administration under sub-
section (b)(7) shall include, for each Phase III award made 
by the Federal agency— 
‘‘(1) the name of the agency or component of the 
agency or the non-Federal source of capital making 
the Phase III award; 
‘‘(2) the name of the small business concern or 
individual receiving the Phase III award; and 
‘‘(3) the dollar amount of the Phase III award.’’.
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SEC. 309. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study of the SBIR program 
to assess whether— 
(1) Federal agencies comply with the data rights 
protections for SBIR awardees and the technologies of 
SBIR awardees under section 9 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 638); 
(2) the laws and policy directives intended to 
clarify the scope of data rights, including in proto-
types and mentor-prote´ge´ relationships and agree-
ments with Federal laboratories, are sufficient to pro-
tect SBIR awardees; and 
(3) there is an effective grievance tracking proc-
ess for SBIR awardees who have grievances against 
a Federal agency regarding data rights and a process 
for resolving those grievances. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneur-
ship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business 
of the House of Representatives a report regarding the study 
conducted under subsection (a).
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transportation, or improving the security and quality of 
the water supply of the United States to such program.’’. 
(b) SUNSET.—Effective October 1, 2014, section 9(hh) 
of the Small Business Act, as added by subsection (a) of 
this section, is repealed. 
SEC. 403. REPORT ON SBIR AND STTR PROGRAM GOALS. 
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: 
‘‘(ii) ANNUAL REPORT ON SBIR AND STTR PROGRAM 
GOALS.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT OF METRICS.—The head of 
each Federal agency required to participate in the 
SBIR program or the STTR program shall develop 
metrics to evaluate the effectiveness, and the benefit to 
the people of the United States, of the SBIR program 
and the STTR program of the Federal agency that— 
‘‘(A) are science-based and statistically 
driven; 
‘‘(B) reflect the mission of the Federal agen-
cy; and 
‘‘(C) include factors relating to the economic 
impact of the programs. 
‘‘(2) EVALUATION.—The head of each Federal 
agency described in paragraph (1) shall conduct an
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annual evaluation using the metrics developed under 
paragraph (1) of— 
‘‘(A) the SBIR program and the STTR pro-
gram of the Federal agency; and 
‘‘(B) the benefits to the people of the United 
States of the SBIR program and the STTR pro-
gram of the Federal agency. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Fed-
eral agency described in paragraph (1) shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
and the Administrator an annual report describ-
ing in detail the results of an evaluation con-
ducted under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.— 
The head of each Federal agency described in 
paragraph (1) shall make each report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) available to the public 
online. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term 
‘appropriate 
committees 
of 
Congress’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and
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‘‘(ii) the Committee on Small Business 
and the Committee on Science and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 404. COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR SBIR 
AND STTR PROGRAMS. 
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: 
‘‘(jj) COMPETITIVE
SELECTION
PROCEDURES
FOR 
SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS.—All funds awarded, appro-
priated, or otherwise made available in accordance with 
subsection (f) or (n) must be awarded pursuant to competi-
tive and merit-based selection procedures.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.