SEC. 2. PHASE III AWARD EDUCATION. 
Section 9(r) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(r)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) WORKFORCE TRAINING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the 
Administrator of the General Services Adminis-
tration, and the head of any such other Federal 
agency that the Administrator determines ap-
propriate, shall establish training activities for 
contracting officers and agency acquisition 
workforce of Federal agencies to ensure that 
such individuals are fully aware of all aspects of 
Phase III acquisitions under the SBIR and 
STTR programs, as applicable. 
‘‘(B) TRAINING TOPICS.—The training ac-
tivities required under subparagraph (A) shall 
include training on— 
‘‘(i) the missions, goals, and authori-
ties of the SBIR and STTR programs; 
‘‘(ii) the use of Phase III agreement; 
‘‘(iii) Phase III data rights; and 
‘‘(iv) the execution of Phase III sole 
source award contracts. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
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‘‘(i) AGENCY
ACQUISITION
WORK-
FORCE.—The term ‘agency acquisition 
workforce’ means the employees of a Fed-
eral agency that have procurement or ac-
quisition responsibilities, including— 
‘‘(I) employees described in sec-
tion 1703 of title 41, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(II) individuals that are part of 
the acquisition workforce (as such 
term is defined in section 101(a) of 
title 10, United States Code). 
‘‘(ii) PHASE
III
ACQUISITION.—The 
term ‘Phase III acquisition’ means the ac-
quisition of a good or service from a par-
ticipant in Phase III that such participant 
has commercialized or is seeking to com-
mercialize as such a participant.’’. 
SEC. 3. PHASE III IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) PROCUREMENT CENTER REPRESENTATIVE DI-
RECTIVES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(j)(4) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(j)(4)) is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, and advocate for the maximum practicable use 
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and transition of products, services, and technologies 
developed under SBIR or STTR programs to Phase 
III by means of Phase III awards to small business 
concerns’’. 
(2) MODIFICATION DEADLINE.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion shall modify the policy directives issues pursu-
ant to subsection (j) of section 9 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(j)) in accordance with 
paragraph (4) of such subsection, as amended by 
paragraph (1). 
(b) PHASE III AWARD SIMPLIFICATION.—Section 
9(r)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(r)(4)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(C) report to the Administrator on the 
actions taken by the Federal agency or Federal 
prime contractor to develop simplified and 
standardized procedures and model contracts 
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for Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III SBIR 
awards; and 
‘‘(D) shall issue standardized solicitation 
provisions and contract clauses which provide 
clear guidance on the information that small 
business concerns participating in SBIR or 
STTR programs can be expected to provide as 
part of market research or as part of a proposal 
by such small business concern to establish eli-
gibility for Phase III awards.’’. 
SEC. 4. PHASE III AND SOLE-SOURCE AWARDS. 
Section 9(r) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘SOLE SOURCE 
AND OTHER’’ after ‘‘JUSTIFICATION FOR’’; and 
(2) in the heading for paragraph (4), by insert-
ing ‘‘SOLE SOURCE AND OTHER’’ after ‘‘JUSTIFICA-
TION FOR’’. 
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