(A) The National Institute of Standards 
and Technology. 
(B) The National Science Foundation. 
(C) The Federal Communications Commis-
sion. 
(D) The Department of Commerce. 
(E) The Department of the Treasury. 
(F) The General Service Administration. 
(b) DUTIES OF COMMISSION.—The commission shall 
study new and developing technologies, and shall make 
recommendations to each Federal agency on how the agen-
cy should take into consideration the existence, possible 
uses, development, and potential effect that such tech-
nologies may have on the agency’s carrying out of its stat-
utory duties. The commission shall submit a report to 
Congress not later than 1 year after the effective date of 
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter on the ac-
tivities of the commission during the 12 months imme-
diately preceding the date of the report, including sum-
maries of all recommendations made to agencies. 
(c) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMIS-
SION ACT.—The provisions of the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act shall apply to the commission. 
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SEC. 302. PILOT PROGRAM TO FUND LOCAL INCUBATORS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall establish a competitive program to make grants to 
States and political subdivisions of States to partner with 
local incubators in order to provide start-ups with work-
space and other resources for use in developing their busi-
nesses. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may only award a 
grant under this section to a State or political subdivision 
of a State that submits an application at such time, in 
such form, and with such information and assurances as 
the Secretary may require, including an identification of 
one or more incubators with which the State or political 
subdivision will partner in implementing the grant. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) ONE GRANT PER STATE OR POLITICAL SUB-
DIVISION.—A State or political subdivision of a 
State may not receive more than one grant under 
this section. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
a grant received by a State shall not be considered 
to be received by a political subdivision of the State, 
and a grant received by a political subdivision of a 
State shall not be considered to be received by the 
State. 
(2) AMOUNT
OF
GRANT.—A grant awarded 
under this section may not exceed $500,000. 
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(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or political subdivi-
sion of a State that receives a grant under this sec-
tion shall use grant funds to partner with one or 
more incubators located within the territory of such 
State or political subdivision in order to provide 
start-ups with workspace and other resources for use 
in developing their businesses. The partnership may 
take such form as the Secretary considers appro-
priate, including one or more subgrants from the 
State or political subdivision to the incubator or in-
cubators. 
(2) SPECIFIC
EXPENSES
INCLUDED.—Grant 
funds may be used for any expense incurred in order 
to provide start-ups with workspace and other re-
sources for use in developing their businesses, in-
cluding— 
(A) purchase or rental of land; 
(B) modification of buildings; 
(C) charges for utility services or broad-
band service; 
(D) fees of consultants for the provision of 
technical or professional assistance; 
(E) costs of promoting the incubator or in-
cubators; and 
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(F) any other such expense that the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
(e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—A State or political 
subdivision of a State may not partner with an incubator 
(or group of incubators) in implementing a grant under 
this section unless the incubator (or group of incubators) 
agrees that, with respect to the expenses to be incurred 
in carrying out activities within the scope of the partner-
ship, the incubator (or group of incubators) will make 
available from private funds contributions in an amount 
equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount made 
available by the State or political subdivision from grant 
funds under this section. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the end of fiscal year 2021, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the results achieved by the 
grant program established under this section. Such report 
shall include recommendations of the Secretary with re-
spect to extending, expanding, or improving the program. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INCUBATOR.—The term ‘‘incubator’’ means 
a private-sector entity that— 
(A) provides start-ups with workspace and 
other resources (such as utilities, broadband 
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service, and technical or professional assistance) 
for use in developing their businesses; and 
(B) may charge start-ups a reasonable fee 
for such resources. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(3) START-UP.—The term ‘‘start-up’’ means 
any business entity (including an individual oper-
ating an unincorporated business) that, as of the 
time the entity receives resources from an incu-
bator— 
(A) has been in operation for not more 
than 5 years; 
(B) has not more than 5 employees; and 
(C) for the most recently completed fiscal 
year of the entity (if any) and any preceding 
fiscal year, has annual gross revenues of less 
than $150,000. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States, and each federally recognized Indian tribe. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $5,000,000, of which not more than 5 per-
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