that complement, and are integrated into, the 
existing public-private innovation support sys-
tem for the targeted region or population; 
‘‘(D) criteria designed to give preference to 
applicants who propose to measure the effec-
tiveness of the proposed activities; and 
‘‘(E) criteria designed to give preference to 
applicants who include a Small Business Devel-
opment Center program that is accredited for 
its technology services. 
‘‘(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-
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. 302. PREFERENCES. 
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) PREFERENCES.—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 that are from areas with an unemployment rate 
that exceeds the national unemployment rate, that are 
from rural areas, or that are small business concerns 
owned and controlled by Native Americans. The Adminis-
trator shall submit an annual report to Congress setting 
forth how many small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by Native Americans were recipients of assistance 
under this section.’’. 
SEC. 303. 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:
‘‘(dd) 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 
which the applicant can indicate consent for pur-
poses of paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 304. 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:
‘‘(ee) 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-
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.’’.
TITLE IV—SBIR AND STTR 
ENHANCEMENT 
SEC. 401. INCREASED NUMBER OF RESEARCH TOPIC SO-
LICITATIONS ANNUALLY AND SHORTENED 
PERIOD FOR FINAL DECISIONS ON APPLICA-
TIONS. 
(a) INCREASED NUMBER OF RESEARCH TOPIC SO-
LICITATIONS ANNUALLY.—Section 9(g)(2) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(g)(2)) is amended by insert-
ing before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but 
not less often than twice per year’’. 
(b) SHORTENED PERIOD FOR FINAL DECISIONS ON 
APPLICATIONS.—Section 9(g)(4) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 638(g)(4)) is amended by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but a final deci-
sion on each proposal shall be rendered not later than 90 
days after the date on which the solicitation closes unless 
the Administrator determines, on a case by case basis, 
that a decision may be extended from 90 days to 180 
days’’.
SEC. 402. AGENCIES SHOULD FUND VITAL R&D PROJECTS 
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIALIZA-
TION. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(ff) MULTIPLE FIRST PHASE SBIR AWARDS RE-
PORT.—The Administrator shall, on an annual basis, sub-
mit to the Committee on Small Business and the Com-
mittee on Science and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a list identifying each 
small business concern that, for the period covered by the 
preceding 5 fiscal years, received 15 or more first phase 
SBIR awards and no second phase SBIR awards.’’. 
SEC. 403. FEDERAL AGENCY ENGAGEMENT WITH SBIR 
AWARDEES THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED MUL-
TIPLE PHASE ONE AWARDS BUT HAVE NOT 
BEEN AWARDED PHASE TWO AWARDS. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(gg) REQUIREMENTS
RELATING
TO
FEDERAL 
AGENCY ENGAGEMENT WITH CERTAIN FIRST PHASE 
SBIR AWARDEES.—Each Federal agency required by this 
section to conduct an SBIR program shall engage with
SBIR awardees that have been awarded multiple first 
phase SBIR awards but have not been awarded any sec-
ond phase SBIR awards and shall develop performance 
measures with respect to awardee progression in the SBIR 
program.’’. 
SEC. 404. FUNDING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, OVERSIGHT, 
AND CONTRACT PROCESSING COSTS. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(hh) ASSISTANCE
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, OVER-
SIGHT, AND CONTRACT PROCESSING COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail-
able to carry out this subsection, the Administrator 
may, on petition by Federal agencies required by 
this section to conduct an SBIR program, transfer 
funds to such agencies to assist with the administra-
tive, oversight, and contract processing costs relating 
to such program. 
‘‘(2) PETITIONS.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish rules for making transfers under paragraph 
(1). The initial set of rules shall be promulgated not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection.
‘‘(3) LIMIT ON TRANSFER.—A Federal agency 
may not receive under this subsection in a fiscal 
year an amount greater than 3 percent of the SBIR 
budget of such agency for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator to carry out this subsection $27,500,000 
for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011.’’. 
SEC. 405. COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUDIT OF HOW FED-
ERAL AGENCIES CALCULATE EXTRAMURAL 
RESEARCH BUDGETS. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
carry out a detailed audit of how Federal agencies cal-
culate extramural research budgets for purposes of calcu-
lating the size of the agencies’ Small Business Innovation 
Research Program and Small Business Technology Trans-
fer Program budgets. Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committee on Small Business and the Com-
mittee on Science and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report on the results 
of the audit.
SEC. 406. 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 
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 
and available at the time with respect to the 
award under which the payment is made, and
with respect to any other award under this sec-
tion 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— 
‘‘(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 
be accessible to other agencies that are required to 
maintain a database under this paragraph. Each 
such database shall be developed and operated in a 
manner to ensure that each such database is rel-
evant to and contributes to the agency’s oversight 
and evaluation of the SBIR and STTR programs. 
Paragraphs (4) and (5) apply to each database 
under this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 407. AGENCY DATABASES TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY 
UTILIZATION. 
Section 9(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(k)), as amended, 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. Each data-
base created under this paragraph shall be developed 
and operated in a manner to ensure that each such 
database is relevant to and contributes to the agen-
cy’s oversight and evaluation of the SBIR and 
STTR programs.’’. 
SEC. 408. 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 and the Office of Management and Budget. 
(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 SBIR/STTR Policy Committee. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy 
Committee shall review the following issues and make pol-
icy recommendations on ways to improve program effec-
tiveness and efficiency: 
(1) The public and government databases de-
scribed in section 9(k) (1) and (2) of the Small 
Business 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 
concerns face after Phase II but before commer-
cialization.
(4) Development and incorporation of a stand-
ard evaluation framework to enable systematic as-
sessment of SBIR and STTR, including through im-
proved tracking of awards and outcomes and devel-
opment of performance measures for individual 
agency programs. 
(d) REPORTS.—The Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy 
Committee shall transmit to the Committee on Science 
and Technology and the Committee on Small Business of 
the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate— 
(1) a report on its review and recommendations 
under subsections (c)(1) and (c)(4) 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. 409. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL SBIR STUDY. 
Section 108(d) of the Small Business Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2000 (15 U.S.C. 638 note), enacted into law 
by reference under section 1(a)(9) of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554), is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of the Senate’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘not later than 3’’ and inserting ‘‘of 
the Senate, not later than 3’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘update of such report’’. 
SEC. 410. EXPRESS AUTHORITY TO ‘‘FAST-TRACK’’ PHASE 
TWO AWARDS FOR PROMISING PHASE ONE 
RESEARCH. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) AUTHORITY TO ‘FAST-TRACK’ PHASE TWO 
AWARDS FOR PROMISING PHASE ONE RESEARCH.—To 
address the delay between an award for the first phase 
of an SBIR program and the application for and extension 
of an award for the second phase of such program, each 
Federal agency with an SBIR program may develop ‘fast- 
track’ programs to eliminate such delay by issuing second 
phase SBIR awards as soon as practicable, including in 
appropriate cases simultaneously with the issuance of the 
first phase SBIR award. The Administrator shall encour-
age the development of such ‘fast-track’ programs.’’.
SEC. 411. INCREASED SBIR AND STTR AWARD LEVELS. 
(a) SBIR AWARD LEVEL
AND ANNUAL ADJUST-
MENTS.—Section 9(j) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 638(j)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) FURTHER ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph and notwithstanding paragraph (2)(D), the Ad-
ministrator shall modify the policy directives issued pursu-
ant to this subsection to provide for an increase to 
$250,000 in the amount of funds which an agency may 
award in the first phase of an SBIR program, and to 
$2,000,000 in the second phase of an SBIR program, and 
a mandatory annual adjustment of such amounts to reflect 
economic adjustments and programmatic considerations.’’. 
(b) STTR AWARD LEVEL AND ANNUAL ADJUST-
MENTS.—Section 9(p)(2)(B)(ix) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 638(p)(2)(B)(ix)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and ‘‘$750,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$250,000’’ and ‘‘$2,000,000’’, re-
spectively; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘greater or lesser amounts’’ and 
inserting ‘‘with a mandatory annual adjustment of 
such amounts to reflect economic adjustments and 
programmatic 
considerations, 
and 
with 
lesser 
amounts’’.
(c) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN AWARDS.—Section 9 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), as amended, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(jj) LIMITATION ON PHASE I AND II AWARDS.—No 
Federal agency shall issue an award under the SBIR pro-
gram or the STTR program if the size of the award ex-
ceeds the amounts established under subsections (j)(4) 
and (p)(2)(B)(ix).’’. 
SEC. 412. EXPRESS AUTHORITY FOR AN AGENCY TO AWARD 
SEQUENTIAL PHASE TWO AWARDS FOR SBIR- 
FUNDED PROJECTS. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(kk) REQUIREMENTS RELATING
TO ADDITIONAL 
SECOND PHASE SBIR AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A small business concern 
that receives a second phase SBIR award for a 
project remains eligible to receive additional second 
phase SBIR awards for such project. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
OR
WEAPONS
SYSTEMS.— 
Agencies are expressly authorized to provide addi-
tional second phase SBIR awards for testing and 
evaluation assistance for the insertion of SBIR tech-
nologies into technical or weapons systems.’’.
SEC. 413. FIRST PHASE REQUIRED. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(ll) FIRST PHASE REQUIRED.—Under this section, 
a Federal agency shall provide to a small business concern 
an award for the second phase of an SBIR program with 
respect to a project only if such agency finds that the 
small business concern has been provided an award for 
the first phase of an SBIR program with respect to such 
project or has completed the determinations described in 
subsection (e)(4)(A) with respect to such project despite 
not having been provided an award for the first phase.’’. 
SEC. 414. INVOLVEMENT OF CHIEF COUNSEL FOR ADVO-
CACY. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(mm) INVOLVEMENT OF CHIEF COUNSEL FOR AD-
VOCACY.—The Chief Counsel for Advocacy, as described 
in section 201 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634a), 
and any individual reporting to the Chief Counsel for Ad-
vocacy, without regard to whether such individual was 
hired under section 204 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 
634d), may not provide to the Administrator, to any indi-
vidual who reports directly or indirectly to the Adminis-
trator, or to any Federal agency any advice, guidance, 
oversight, or review with respect to the programs author-
ized under this section.’’. 
SEC. 415. MINORITY INSTITUTION PROGRAM. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(nn) MINORITY INSTITUTION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—From amounts made 
available to carry out this subsection, the Adminis-
trator shall establish and carry out a program to 
make grants to minority institutions that partner 
with nonprofit organizations that have experience 
developing relationships between industry, minority 
institutions, and other entities, for the purpose of in-
creasing the number of SBIR and STTR program 
applications by minority-owned small businesses. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under paragraph (1), a minority institution 
shall submit an application to the Administrator at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation and assurances as the Administrator may 
require. 
‘‘(3) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—As a condi-
tion of a grant under paragraph (1), the Adminis-
trator shall require that a minority institution pro-
vide a matching amount from a source other than 
the Federal Government that is equal to the amount 
of the grant. 
‘‘(4) MINORITY
INSTITUTION
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘minority institution’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 365(3) of the 
Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1067k(3)). 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2010 and 2011.’’. 
SEC. 416. AREAS THAT HAVE LOST A MAJOR SOURCE OF 
EMPLOYMENT. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(oo) AREAS THAT HAVE LOST A MAJOR SOURCE 
OF EMPLOYMENT.—In making awards under this section, 
Federal agencies shall give priority to applications so as 
to increase the number of SBIR and STTR award recipi-
ents from geographic areas determined by the Adminis-
trator to have lost a major source of employment.’’.
SEC. 417. ENHANCING VETERAN PARTICIPATION IN SBIR. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(pp) ENHANCING
VETERAN
PARTICIPATION
IN 
SBIR.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, a small business concern owned and controlled by 
veterans may— 
‘‘(1) receive an award in the amount of 
$300,000 in the first phase of an SBIR program 
and in the amount of $2,250,000 in the second 
phase of an SBIR program, with such amounts able 
to be exceeded if the Federal agency making the 
award notifies the Administrator of such excess; and 
‘‘(2) receive an award for the second phase of 
an SBIR program with respect to a project without 
having received a first phase award with respect to 
such project.’’. 
SEC. 418. VETERAN 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: 
‘‘(qq) VETERAN 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 that are small business concerns 
owned and controlled by veterans.’’. 
SEC. 419. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY. 
Section 9(g)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(g)(3)), as amended, is further amended in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting after ‘‘broad re-
search topics’’ the following: ‘‘and research topics relating 
to medical technology’’. 
TITLE 
V—IMPROVING 
WATER 
USE 
AND 
TRANSMISSION 
TECHNOLOGY 
SEC. 501. IMPROVING WATER USE AND TRANSMISSION 
TECHNOLOGY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, Federal agencies with an SBIR program, as 
appropriate, shall jointly develop and issue a small busi-
ness innovation research solicitation that requests re-
search proposals with respect to improving the efficiency 
of water delivery systems and usage patterns in the United 
States and its territories through the use of technology.
TITLE VI—GAO STUDY WITH RE-
SPECT TO VENTURE CAPITAL 
OPERATING 
COMPANY 
IN-
VOLVEMENT 
SEC. 601. GAO STUDY WITH RESPECT TO VENTURE CAPITAL 
OPERATING COMPANY INVOLVEMENT. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
carry out a study of the impact of requirements relating 
to venture capital operating company involvement under 
section 9(aa) of the Small Business Act, as added by sec-
tion 102 of this Act. Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to Congress a report on the results of the study. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2965 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act with respect to 
the Small Business Innovation Research Pro-
gram and the Small Business Technology Trans-
fer Program, and for other purposes.