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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Tech-
nology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM AND EXPENDITURE
AMOUNTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(n)(1) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(1) REQUIRED EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each
fiscal year through fiscal year 2009, each Fed-
eral agency that has an extramural budget for
research, or research and development, in ex-
cess of $1,000,000,000 for that fiscal year,
shall expend with small business concerns not
less than the percentage of that extramural
budget specified in subparagraph (B), specifi-
cally in connection with STTR programs that
meet the requirements of this section and any
policy directives and regulations issued under
this section.
‘‘(B) EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS.—The per-
centage of the extramural budget required to be
expended by an agency in accordance with sub-
paragraph (A) shall be—
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‘‘(i) 0.15 percent for each fiscal year
through fiscal year 2003; and
‘‘(ii) 0.3 percent for fiscal year 2004
and each fiscal year thereafter.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended in sub-
sections (b)(4) and (e)(6), by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place
it appears.
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED PHASE II AWARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$750,000’’; and
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
the following: ‘‘, and shorter or longer periods of
time to be approved at the discretion of the award-
ing agency where appropriate for a particular
project’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall be effective beginning in fiscal year
2004.
SEC. 4. AGENCY OUTREACH.
Section 9(o) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(o)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(14) implement an outreach program to re-
search institutions and small business concerns for
the purpose of enhancing its STTR program, in con-
junction with any such outreach done for purposes
of the SBIR program; and’’.
SEC. 5. POLICY DIRECTIVE MODIFICATIONS.
Section 9(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(p)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) MODIFICATIONS.—Not later than 120 days
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the
Administrator shall modify the policy directive
issued pursuant to this subsection to clarify that the
rights provided for under paragraph (2)(B)(v) apply
to all Federal funding awards under this section, in-
cluding the first phase (as described in subsection
(e)(6)(A)), the second phase (as described in sub-
section (e)(6)(B)), and the third phase (as described
in subsection (e)(6)(C)).’’.
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SEC. 6. STTR PROGRAM DATA COLLECTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(o) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)), as amended by this Act, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(15) collect, and maintain in a common format
in accordance with subsection (v), such information
from awardees as is necessary to assess the STTR
program, including information necessary to main-
tain the database described in subsection (k).’’.
(b) DATABASE.—Section 9(k) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 638(k)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or STTR’’ after ‘‘SBIR’’
each place it appears;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) with respect to assistance under the
STTR program only—
‘‘(i) whether the small business con-
cern or the research institution initiated
their collaboration on each assisted STTR
project;
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‘‘(ii) whether the small business con-
cern or the research institution originated
any technology relating to the assisted
STTR project;
‘‘(iii) the length of time it took to ne-
gotiate any licensing agreement between
the small business concern and the re-
search institution under each assisted
STTR project; and
‘‘(iv) how the proceeds from commer-
cialization, marketing, or sale of tech-
nology resulting from each assisted STTR
project were allocated (by percentage) be-
tween the small business concern and the
research institution.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or an STTR program
pursuant to subsection (n)(1)’’ after ‘‘(f)(1)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘solely for SBIR’’ and in-
serting ‘‘exclusively for SBIR and STTR’’;
(C) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting
‘‘and STTR’’ after ‘‘SBIR’’; and
(D) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘or
STTR’’ after ‘‘SBIR’’.
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(c) SIMPLIFIED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-
tion 9(v) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(v))
is amended by inserting ‘‘or STTR’’ after ‘‘SBIR’’ each
place it appears.
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 9(b)(7) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(b)(7)) is amended by
striking ‘‘and (o)(9),’’ and inserting ‘‘, (o)(9), and (o)(15),
the number of proposals received from, and the number
and total amount of awards to, HUBZone small business
concerns under each of the SBIR and STTR programs,’’.
SEC. 7. STTR PROGRAM-WIDE MODEL AGREEMENT FOR IN-
TELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF MODEL AGREEMENT.—Sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(w) STTR MODEL AGREEMENT FOR INTELLEC-
TUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall
promulgate regulations establishing a single model
agreement for use in the STTR program that allo-
cates between small business concerns and research
institutions intellectual property rights and rights, if
any, to carry out follow-on research, development, or
commercialization.
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‘‘(2) OPPORTUNITY
FOR
COMMENT.—In pro-
mulgating regulations under paragraph (1), the Ad-
ministrator shall provide to affected agencies, small
business concerns, research institutions, and other
interested parties the opportunity to submit written
comments.’’.
(b) ADOPTION OF MODEL AGREEMENT BY FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—Section 9(o)(11) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 638(o)(11)) is amended by striking ‘‘develop
a model agreement not later than July 31, 1993, to be
approved by the Administration,’’ and inserting ‘‘adopt
the agreement developed by the Administrator under sub-
section (w) as the agency’s model agreement’’.
SEC. 8. FAST PROGRAM ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN-OWNED
AND 
MINORITY-OWNED 
SMALL 
BUSINESS
CONCERNS AND CONCERNS LOCATED IN
AREAS NOT PARTICIPATING IN SBIR AND
STTR.
(a) 
SELECTION
CONSIDERATION.—Section
34(c)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
657d(c)(2)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(vi) whether the proposal addresses
the needs of small business concerns—
‘‘(I) owned and controlled by
women;
‘‘(II) owned and controlled by
minorities; and
‘‘(III) located in areas that have
historically not participated in the
SBIR and STTR programs.’’.
(b) REGULATIONS.—Section 34(c)(4) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d(c)(4)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: ‘‘The Administrator shall pro-
mulgate regulations establishing standards for the consid-
eration of proposals under paragraph (2), including stand-
ards regarding each of the considerations identified in
paragraph (2)(B).’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 24,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.