Title: Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017
This bill amends the Small Business Act to require:
The bill requires (current law authorizes) the Department of Defense (DOD), for any contract under the Commercial Readiness Program with a value of at least $100 million, to:
The bill authorizes all agencies participating in the SBIR program, during FY2018-FY2022, to provide SBIR Phase II awards for a project to a small business concern without regard to whether such concern was provided a Phase I award for such project.
The bill changes the temporary pilot program that a covered agency may establish for the allocation of SBIR and STTR program funds for awards for technology development, testing, evaluation, and commercialization assistance for SBIR and STTR phase II technologies, or to support the progress of research, research and development, and commercialization conducted under such programs to phase III, to a permanent Civilian Agency Commercialization Readiness Program.
The bill extends until September 30, 2022, the deadline until which the SBA shall allow each agency required to conduct an SBIR program to use not more than 3% of program funds for administrative, oversight, and contract processing costs.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2763 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2763

     To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business 
  Innovation Research program and Small Business Technology Transfer 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 30, 2017

  Mr. Knight (for himself and Mrs. Murphy of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, 
and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business 
  Innovation Research program and Small Business Technology Transfer 
                    program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Innovation Research 
and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Annual Report to Congress.--Section 9(b)(7) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(b)(7)) is amended by striking ``to report 
not less than annually'' and inserting ``to submit a report not later 
than December 31 of each year''.
    (b) Annual Report to SBA and the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy.--Section 9(g)(9) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(g)(9)) is amended by striking ``make an annual report'' and 
inserting ``not later than March 30 of each year, submit a report''.

SEC. 3. 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. 4. SBIR PHASE FLEXIBILITY.

    Section 9(cc) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(cc)) is 
amended by striking ``During fiscal years'' and all that follows 
through ``may each provide'' and inserting ``During fiscal years 2018 
through 2022, all agencies participating in the SBIR program may 
provide''.

SEC. 5. ESTABLISHING THE CIVILIAN AGENCY COMMERCIALIZATION READINESS 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 9(gg) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(gg)) is 
amended--
            (1) by amending the subsection heading to read as follows: 
        ``Civilian Agency Commercialization Readiness Program'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``to establish a 
        Civilian Agency Commercialization Readiness Program for 
        civilian agencies'' after ``the covered Federal agency'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``establish a pilot program'' and 
                inserting ``establish a Civilian Agency 
                Commercialization Readiness Program under this 
                subsection''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the pilot program'' and inserting 
                ``such Civilian Agency Commercialization Readiness 
                Program'';
            (4) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking ``a pilot 
        program'' each place such term appears and inserting ``a 
        Civilian Commercialization Readiness Program'';
            (5) in paragraph (6), by striking ``the pilot program'' and 
        inserting ``a Civilian Agency Commercialization Readiness 
        Program'';
            (6) by striking paragraph (7) and redesignating paragraph 
        (8) as paragraph (7); and
            (7) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by amending 
        subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
                    ``(B) the term `Civilian Agency Commercialization 
                Readiness Program' means each program established under 
                paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR ASSISTANCE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, 
              OVERSIGHT, AND CONTRACT PROCESSING COSTS.

    Section 9(mm)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(mm)(1)) 
is amended by striking ``September 30, 2017'' and inserting ``September 
30, 2022''.
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