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HR5100Passed House

To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-09-02
Introduced
18
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Roger Williams
Roger Williams
Republican · TX · Representative
Votes with party: 97.9% (583 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/W000816

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (18)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

18 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

2025-09-16

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipReferred To · 2025-09-16
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyDischarged From · 2025-09-10
  • House Committee on Small BusinessReported By · 2025-09-10

Previously

  • House Committee on Small BusinessMarkup By · 2025-09-09
  • House Committee on Small BusinessReferred To · 2025-09-02
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyReferred To · 2025-09-02

Plain-English Summary

This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, and related pilot programs. The SBIR and STTR programs are administered by various federal agencies and provide competitive awards for domestic small businesses to conduct research and development projects that have the potential for commercialization.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Commerce
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