Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017
Latest action · Oct 16, 2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 30, 2017
- Passed HouseOct 11, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017
This bill amends the Small Business Act to require:
- the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) annual report on the Small Business Information and Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to be submitted by December 31, and
- each federal agency required to establish an SBIR program to submit its annual report on such program by March 30.
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:
- establish goals for the transition of Phase III technologies in subcontracting plans, and
- require a prime contractor to report the number and dollar amount of contacts entered into for Phase III SBIR or STTR projects.
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.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 30, 2017 to Jun 20, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Original | May 30, 2017 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Jun 20, 2017 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred May 30, 2017Markup Jun 15, 2017Reported Sep 14, 2017 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 30, 2017Markup Jun 22, 2017Reported Sep 14, 2017 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Oct 16, 2017 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Oct 11, 2017Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 11, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7939-7945)
- Oct 11, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2763.
- Oct 11, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7939-7942)
- Oct 11, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-313, Part I.
- Sep 14, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 115-313, Part II.
- Sep 14, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 223.
- Jun 22, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 22, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jun 15, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 15, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
- May 30, 2017Introduced in House
- May 30, 2017Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7939–H7945Text printed H7939–H7942 | Daniel Lipinski D-IL, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, Jerry McNerney D-CA, Lamar Smith R-TX, Paul Tonko D-NY, Stephanie N. Murphy D-FL, Stephen Knight R-CA, Steve Chabot R-OH | Oct 11, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 8, 2017H.R. 2763, Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on June 15, 2017
- Aug 18, 2017H.R. 2763, Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 22, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 93, May 30, 2017, page H4618.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.A.S.C. No. 115-96 | Member Day89 pages | Armed Services Committee | Apr 11, 2018 |
| — | PROCEEDINGS OF THE FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON H.R. 1224, NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK, ASSESSMENT, AND AUDITING ACT OF 2017942 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Jan 10, 2017–Nov 15, 2017 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2419 | Support Startup Businesses Act of 2018 | Related bill | Dec 21, 2018 |
| HR 2702 | SBIR Commercialization Assistance Act of 2017 | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
| HR 2767 | Stimulating Innovation through Procurement Act of 2017 | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
| HR 2780 | To amend the Small Business Act to create certain requirements for Federal agencies with a SBIR or STTR program, and for other purposes. | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
| HR 2789 | Support Startup Businesses Act of 2017 | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation Research program and Small Business Technology Transfer program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2017Referred in Senate
- Oct 11, 2017Engrossed in House
- Sep 14, 2017Reported in House
- May 30, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
