Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act
Latest action · Aug 12, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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.
- IntroducedJul 18, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act
This bill provides commercialization services for federally funded small business research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Specifically, the bill (1) expedites the application and award process for SBIR proposals and STTR solicitations, (2) requires determinations of commercialization potential for projects undertaken through SBIR and STTR awards, (3) provides continued flexibility of technical and business assistance for SBIR and STTR awardees, (4) instructs participating federal agencies to designate a technology commercialization official to help awardees commercialize, and (5) requires the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Patent Office to reach an interagency agreement to help SBIR and STTR awardees with intellectual property protection.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 18, 2019 to Jul 23, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Original | Jul 18, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 23, 2019 |
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 Jul 18, 2019 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jul 18, 2019 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 18, 2019 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Aug 12, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 12, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Jul 18, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 18, 2019Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Judiciary, 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 121, July 18, 2019, page H7151.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 652 | Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 22, 2021 |
| S 2127 | Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act | Identical bill | Jul 16, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve commercialization activities in the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2019Introduced 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.
