To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
2025-09-16
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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.
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