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Union Calendar No. 128
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1860
[Report No. 107–213, Part I]
To reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 2001
Mr. EHLERS (for himself and Mr. BARCIA) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the
Committee on Science, 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
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Additional sponsors: Mr. MANZULLO and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Reported from the Committee on Small Business with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Referral to the Committee on Science extended for a period ending not later
than September 21, 2001
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
The Committee on Science discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer
Program, 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. SOLICITATIONS.
Section 9(o)(2) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 638(o)(2)) is amended by inserting
‘‘, which may be conjoined with SBIR solicita-
tions,’’ after ‘‘STTR solicitations’’.
SEC. 2. DATABASE.
(a) COLLECTION.—
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 9(o)(9) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)(9)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(9) collect, and maintain in a com-
mon
format
in
accordance
with
sub-
section (v), such information from award-
ees as is necessary to assess the STTR
program,
including
information
nec-
essary
to
maintain
the
database
de-
scribed in subsection (k);’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section
9(v) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(v))
is
amended
by
inserting
‘‘or
STTR’’ after ‘‘SBIR’’ both places it ap-
pears.
(b) DATABASE.—Section 9(k) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(k)) is amended—
(1)
by
inserting
‘‘or
STTR’’
after
‘‘SBIR’’ each place it appears in para-
graph (1);
(2) by inserting ‘‘or required to have
an STTR program pursuant to subsection
(n),’’
after
‘‘subsection
(f)(1),’’
in
para-
graph (2);
(3)
by
inserting
‘‘and
STTR’’
after
‘‘solely for SBIR’’ in paragraph (2); and
(4)
by
inserting
‘‘or
STTR’’
after
‘‘SBIR’’ in paragraph (2)(A)(iii) and (D).
(c)
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The
amendments
made by this section shall take effect 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION.
Section 9(n)(1) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘and 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008’’.
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 Federal
agency that has an extramural budget for re-
search, or research and development, in excess 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), specifically in connection
with STTR programs that meet the requirements
of this section and any policy directives and reg-
ulations 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—
‘‘(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 awarding agen-
cy where appropriate for a particular project’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (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—
(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 conjunc-
tion 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 Ad-
ministrator 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, including
the first phase (as described in subsection (e)(6)(A)),
the 
second 
phase 
(as 
described 
in 
subsection
(e)(6)(B)), and the third phase (as described in sub-
section (e)(6)(C)).’’.
SEC. 6. STTR PROGRAM DATA COLLECTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(o) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)), as amended by section 4 of this
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(15) collect, and maintain in a common for-
mat, in accordance with subsection (v), such informa-
tion from awardees as is necessary to assess the
STTR program, including information necessary to
maintain 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 concern
or the research institution initiated their
collaboration 
on 
each 
assisted 
STTR
project;
‘‘(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 nego-
tiate any licensing agreement between the
small business concern and the research in-
stitution under each assisted STTR project;
and
‘‘(iv) how the proceeds from the com-
mercialization, marketing, or sale of tech-
nology resulting from each assisted STTR
project were allocated (by percentage) be-
tween the small business concern and the re-
search institution.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or an STTR program
pursuant to subsection (n)(1)’’ after ‘‘(f)(1)’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘and STTR’’ after ‘‘solely
for SBIR’’;
(C) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting
‘‘and STTR’’ after ‘‘SBIR’’; and
(D) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘or
STTR’’ after ‘‘SBIR’’.
(c) SIMPLIFIED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section
9(v) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(v)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘or STTR’’ after ‘‘SBIR’’ each place it ap-
pears.
(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 con-
cerns 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.—Section
9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(w) STTR MODEL AGREEMENT FOR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall pro-
mulgate regulations establishing a single model agree-
ment for use in the STTR program that allocates be-
tween small business concerns and research institu-
tions intellectual property rights and rights, if any,
to carry out follow-on research, development, or com-
mercialization.
‘‘(2) OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT.—In promul-
gating regulations under paragraph (1), the Adminis-
trator shall provide affected agencies, small business
concerns, research institutions, and other interested
parties the opportunity to submit written com-
ments.’’.
(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 subsection (w) as the
agency’s model agreement’’.
SEC. 8. FAST PROGRAM ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME
AREAS.
(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 and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(vi) whether the proposal addresses
the needs of small business concerns located
in 1 or more qualified census tracts, as that
term is defined in section 42(d)(5)(C)(ii) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
(b) REGULATIONS.—Section 34(c)(4) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d(c)(4)) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ‘‘The Administrator shall promul-
gate regulations establishing standards for the consideration
of proposals under paragraph (2), including standards re-
garding each of the considerations identified in paragraph
(2)(B).’’.
Union Calendar No. 128
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1860
[Report No. 107–213 Part I]
A BILL
To reauthorize the Small Business Technology
Transfer Program, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Reported from the Committee on Small Business with an
amendment
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Referral to the Committee on Science extended for a
period ending not later than September 21, 2001
SEPTEMBER 21, 2001
Committee discharged; committed to the Committee on
the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed