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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10343 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10343
To amend the Small Business Act to require Federal agencies to provide
enhanced debriefing materials to small business concerns for SBIR or
STTR award denials, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2026
Ms. Mejia 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 require Federal agencies to provide
enhanced debriefing materials to small business concerns for SBIR or
STTR award denials, 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 ``Clear Lessons and Evaluation for
Award Reviews Feedback Act'' or the ``CLEAR Feedback Act''.
SEC. 2. ENHANCED DEBRIEFING MATERIALS FOR SBIR AWARD DENIALS.
Section 9(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(g)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (18)(B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (19)(C), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(20) establish a process to provide enhanced debriefing
materials to each small business concern denied a Phase I,
Phase II, or Phase III award for a reason other a reason listed
in paragraph (16), which process--
``(A) is initiated upon request by such concern not
later than 14 business days after denial of the award;
``(B) provides such concern an evaluation by the
Federal agency of the significant deficiencies in the
concern's proposal, an overall ranking of the concern's
proposal in relation to all other proposals, and a
summary of the rationale for denial of the award;
``(C) an opportunity for such concern to submit,
within 7 business days after receiving such enhanced
debriefing materials, additional questions related to
the debriefing; and
``(D) terminates when the Federal agency submits
answers to the questions received under subparagraph
(C), which shall be within 14 business days after
receipt of such questions.''.
SEC. 3. ENHANCED DEBRIEFING MATERIALS FOR STTR AWARD DENIALS.
Section 9(o) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (22)(B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (23)(C), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(24) establish a process to provide enhanced debriefing
materials to each small business concern denied a Phase I,
Phase II, or Phase III award for a reason other a reason listed
in paragraph (20), which process--
``(A) is initiated upon request by such concern not
later than 14 business days after denial of the award;
``(B) provides such concern an evaluation by the
Federal agency of the significant deficiencies in the
concern's proposal, an overall ranking of the concern's
proposal in relation to all other proposals, and a
summary of the rationale for denial of the award;
``(C) an opportunity for such concern to submit,
within 7 business days after receiving such enhanced
debriefing materials, additional questions related to
the debriefing; and
``(D) terminates when the Federal agency submits
answers to the questions received under subparagraph
(C), which shall be within 14 business days after
receipt of such questions.''.
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