SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘The Small Business Innovation Research and Small 
Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 
2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Requiring insertion incentives. 
Sec. 3. Additional SBIR and STTR technology insertion reporting requirement. 
Sec. 4. Encouraging innovation in United States manufacturing. 
Sec. 5. Encouraging innovation in cybersecurity. 
Sec. 6. Compliance of Phase III awards with competitive procedures. 
Sec. 7. Improvements to technical and business assistance in the SBIR and 
STTR programs. 
Sec. 8. Procurement center representatives and other acquisition personnel in 
the SBIR and STTR programs. 
Sec. 9. Increased outreach requirements. 
Sec. 10. Annual meeting. 
Sec. 11. Establishing the Civilian Agency Commercialization Readiness Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 12. Commercialization assistance pilot programs. 
Sec. 13. Phase 0 Proof of Concept Partnership Pilot Program. 
Sec. 14. Reporting requirements. 
Sec. 15. SBIR Phase flexibility. 
Sec. 16. Extension of deadline for assistance for administrative, oversight, and 
contract processing costs. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING INSERTION INCENTIVES. 
Section 9(y)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(y)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘is authorized to’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall’’. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL SBIR AND STTR TECHNOLOGY INSER-
TION REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Section 9(y)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(y)(6)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this subparagraph, 
and not later than December 31 of each year 
thereafter, submit to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology and the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representa-
tives, and to the Committee on Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, a report 
describing the goals set under subparagraph 
(A) and the incentives used or created under 
subparagraph (B).’’. 
SEC. 4. ENCOURAGING INNOVATION IN UNITED STATES 
MANUFACTURING. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(tt) ENCOURAGING INNOVATION IN UNITED STATES 
MANUFACTURING.—In carrying out this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall—
‘‘(1) ensure that, in selecting small business 
concerns to participate in SBIR or STTR programs 
under this section, Federal agencies give high pri-
ority to small manufacturing companies and other 
small business concerns engaged in or planning to 
engage in manufacturing research and development 
for the purpose of developing and producing new 
products and technologies in the United States; and 
‘‘(2) include in the annual report to Congress 
under subsection (b)(7) a determination of whether 
the priority described in paragraph (1) is being car-
ried out.’’. 
SEC. 5. ENCOURAGING INNOVATION IN CYBERSECURITY. 
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), 
as amended by section 4, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(uu) ENCOURAGING INNOVATION IN CYBERSECU-
RITY.—In carrying out this section, the Administrator 
shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that, in selecting small business 
concerns to participate in SBIR or STTR programs 
under this section, Federal agencies engaged in cy-
bersecurity research give high priority to small busi-
ness concerns that are engaged in cybersecurity re-
search and development, for the purpose of devel-
oping and implementing technology services and 
products to strengthen the security of United States 
Government and private computer systems, includ-
ing software, hardware, and portable devices; and 
‘‘(2) include in the annual report to Congress 
under subsection (b)(7) a determination of whether 
the priority described in paragraph (1) is being car-
ried out.’’. 
SEC. 6. COMPLIANCE OF PHASE III AWARDS WITH COM-
PETITIVE PROCEDURES. 
Section 9(r)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(r)(4)) is amended by inserting ‘‘as direct follow-on 
awards issued without further competition’’ after ‘‘devel-
oped the technology’’. 
SEC. 7. IMPROVEMENTS TO TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS AS-
SISTANCE IN THE SBIR AND STTR PRO-
GRAMS. 
Section 9(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(q)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND BUSINESS’’ after ‘‘TECHNICAL’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘a vendor selected 
under paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or 
more vendors selected under paragraph 
(2)(A)’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and business’’ before 
‘‘assistance services’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘assistance with 
product sales, intellectual property protec-
tions, market research, market validation, 
and development of regulatory plans and 
manufacturing 
plans,’’ 
after 
‘‘tech-
nologies,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, 
including intellectual property protections’’ be-
fore the period at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Each agency may select a 
vendor to assist small business concerns to 
meet’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each agency may se-
lect 1 or more vendors from which small busi-
ness concerns may obtain assistance in meet-
ing’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: