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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3239 
To improve commercialization activities in the SBIR and STTR programs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2025 
Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself and Mr. BALDERSON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Judi-
ciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve commercialization activities in the SBIR and 
STTR programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Research Advancing 
to Market Production for Innovators Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO COMMERCIALIZATION SELEC-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘1 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘180 days’’; 
(B) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (17), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(18) with respect to peer review carried out 
under the SBIR program, to the extent practicable, 
include in the peer review— 
‘‘(A) the likelihood of commercialization in 
addition to scientific and technical merit and 
feasibility; and 
‘‘(B) not less than 1 reviewer with com-
mercialization expertise who is capable of as-
sessing the likelihood of commercialization.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (o)— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘1 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘180 days’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (20), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (21), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(22) with respect to peer review carried out 
under the STTR program, to the extent practicable, 
include in the peer review— 
‘‘(A) the likelihood of commercialization in 
addition to scientific and technical merit and 
feasibility; and 
‘‘(B) not less than 1 reviewer with com-
mercialization expertise who is capable of as-
sessing the likelihood of commercialization.’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS TO PHASE FLEXIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(cc) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(cc)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘During fiscal years 2012 
through 2025, the National Institutes of Health, the 
Department of Defense, and the Department of 
Education may each’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal years 2025, 
2026, and 2027, each Federal agency with an SBIR 
or STTR program may’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The total value of awards 
provided by a Federal agency under this subsection 
in a fiscal year shall be— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B) and (C), not more than 10 percent of the 
total funds allocated to the SBIR and STTR 
programs of the Federal agency during that fis-
cal year; 
‘‘(B) with respect to the National Insti-
tutes of Health, not more than 30 percent of 
the total funds allocated to the SBIR and 
STTR programs of the National Institutes of 
Health during that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(C) The limitation under subparagraph 
(A) shall not apply with respect to the Depart-
ment of Defense.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall provide a briefing to the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 
the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives regarding the authority provided 
under section 9(cc) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(cc)), as amended by paragraph (1). 
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SEC. 4. TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION OFFICIAL. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(aaa) TECHNOLOGY
COMMERCIALIZATION
OFFI-
CIAL.—Each Federal agency participating in the SBIR or 
STTR program shall— 
‘‘(1) designate an existing official within the 
Federal agency as the Technology Commercialization 
Official of the Federal agency, who shall— 
‘‘(A) have sufficient commercialization ex-
perience; 
‘‘(B) provide guidance to SBIR and STTR 
program awardees in commercializing and 
transitioning technologies; 
‘‘(C) identify and advocate for SBIR and 
STTR program technologies with sufficient 
technology and commercialization readiness to 
advance to Phase III awards or other non- 
SBIR or STTR program contracts; 
‘‘(D) coordinate with the Administration 
and Technology Commercialization Officials of 
other Federal agencies to identify additional 
markets and commercialization pathways for 
promising SBIR and STTR program tech-
nologies; 
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