[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3851 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3851

 To amend section 9 of the Small Business Act to extend and expand the 
          phase flexibility authority, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2025

Mr. Olszewski 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 section 9 of the Small Business Act to extend and expand the 
          phase flexibility authority, 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 ``SBIR/STTR Pilot Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTEND AND EXPAND THE DIRECT TO PHASE II AUTHORITY.

    Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended--
            (1) by designating the text of subsection (cc) as paragraph 
        (1); and
            (2) in subsection (cc)--
                    (A) by striking ``2012 through 2025'' and inserting 
                ``2012 through 2030'';
                    (B) by striking ``the National Institutes of 
                Health, the Department of Defense, and the Department 
                of Education may each'' and inserting ``each Federal 
                agency required to carry out an SBIR program may''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraphs:
            ``(2) Limitation.--The total value of awards provided by a 
        Federal agency under this subsection in a fiscal year shall 
        be--
                    ``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), not 
                more than 10 percent of the total funds allocated to 
                the SBIR program of the Federal agency during that 
                fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) with respect to the National Institutes of 
                Health, not more than 15 percent of the total funds 
                allocated to the SBIR program of the National 
                Institutes of Health during that fiscal year.
            ``(3) Report.--Each head of a Federal agency that exercises 
        the authority under this subsection shall include in the next 
        report submitted by such Federal agency under (g)(9) following 
        such exercise the number and amount of awards provided under 
        this subsection by such Federal agency in the period covered by 
        such report.''.

SEC. 3. EXTEND COMMERCIALIZATION READINESS PROGRAM FOR CIVILIAN 
              AGENCIES.

    Section 9(gg) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(gg)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``Pilot'' and inserting 
        ``Civilian Agencies Commercialization Readiness'';
            (2) by striking ``pilot program'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``covered program''; and
            (3) by striking ``fiscal year 2025'' and inserting ``fiscal 
        year 2030''.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN SBIR AND STTR PILOT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Phase 0 Proof of Concept Partnership Program.--Section 9(jj)(7) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(jj)(7)) is amended by striking 
``at the end of fiscal year 2025'' and inserting ``on September 30, 
2030''.
    (b) Commercialization Assistance Pilot Programs.--Section 9(uu)(3) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(uu)(3)) is amended by striking 
``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``September 30, 2030''.
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