Baca (CA)

#24

Would direct the Advisory Board to include minorities as they develop what the selection criteria should be for the SBIR grant programs.

Baca (CA)

#25

Would direct the Advisory Board of this grant program to have minority representation in the Advisory Board to the extent this is practicable. It would also direct the Advisory Board as they report to House and Senate Committees of activities under paragraph (1), to also include additional reporting on activities related to minorities.

Barrow (GA)

#2

Would authorize the Small Business Administration to establish a program to provide matching grants to minority serving educational institutions to develop programs that encourage minority participation in SBIR/STTR programs.

Bordallo (GU)

#19

Would add the territories as underrepresented geographic areas for which outreach efforts should be directed. It would also add the territories to the rural preference section requiring federal agencies to give priority to SBIR and STTR award applications from small business concerns in the territories.

Bordallo (GU)

#20

Would clarify that HUBZone preference for construction contracts would only be given to small business concerns that reside within a 150-mile radius of where the construction would be performed.

Boren (OK)

#29

Revised Would expand the “Rural Development and Outreach” section to include Native American-owned businesses.

Boswell (IA)/
Sutton (OH)

#14

Would give priority to applications from companies located in areas that have lost a major source of employment.

Brown-Waite (FL)

#30

Would require GAO to examine and report to Congress on the effect that the venture capital ownership restrictions in Section 102 (venture capital operating companies investment in small businesses) have on eligibility and participation under this act

Cardoza (CA)/Childers (MS)/McNerney (CA)

#18

Revised Would prioritize SBIR outreach and support activities for areas with high unemployment. It also gives preference to SBIR and STTR award applications submitted by small businesses located in areas with high unemployment.

Carnahan (MO)

#17

Would strike the per-state limitations for grant funding.

Childers (MS)

#15

Withdrawn Would increase the number of grant review applications under the SBIR program for rural counties prescribed under the definitions of the bill that have over 10% unemployment.

Dahlkemper (PA)

#8

Would require the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a SBIR solicitation that requests research proposals for improving the efficiency of water delivery systems and usage patterns in the US and its territories.

Flake, Jeff (AZ)

#4

Would prohibit the earmarking of grant programs authorized by the underlying legislation for the current and future fiscal years.

Gingrey (GA)

#5

Would limit Section 102 (venture capital operating companies investment in small businesses) of the bill to the SBIR/STTR grants under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health.

Gingrey (GA)

#6

Would change the determination of a small business affiliated with a venture operating company to limit the financial interest in a small business that can be held by venture capital to no more than 50% of the total business to be eligible for either SBIR or STTR grants.

Gingrey (GA)

#7

Would strike Section 102 (venture capital operating companies investment in small businesses) and replaces with language that would limit the total amount of SBIR/STTR grant funding that can be distributed from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to 18% for small business companies that have majority financial interest from venture capital. Would limit SBIR/STTR funding all other federal agencies for small business companies that have majority financial interest from venture capital at 8%.

King, Steve (IA)

#33

Revised Would prohibit ACORN and its affiliate organizations from participating in the new rural development and outreach program created in Sec. 301.

King, Steve (IA)

#34

Revised Would strike the preference given to women- and minority-owned business in Sec. 301 (rural development and outreach) to only focus resources on small business concerns located in geographic areas that are underrepresented in the SBIR programs and on small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

Kirkpatrick (AZ)

#27

Would strike Section 414, relating to the Chief Counsel of Advocacy.

Kirkpatrick (AZ)

#28

Withdrawn Would expand outreach and support activities to Native American-owned small businesses.

Kosmas (FL)

#13

Would require commercialization programs established by agencies with space shuttle related activities to include efforts to help small businesses affected by the termination of the space shuttle program commercialize technologies through SBIR.

Kratovil (MD)

#21

Would increase the maximum allowable award under Phase I of the SBIR program with respect to applications by veteran owned and controlled small businesses; increase the maximum allowable award under Phase II of the SBIR program with respect to applications by veteran owned and controlled small businesses; and permit small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans to bypass Phase I and apply directly for Phase II awards.

Lee, Christopher (NY)

#12

Would express the sense of Congress that any changes to the eligibility qualification for the SBIR program and the STTR program do not change the overall mission of these programs. The original intent was to provide Federal research and development grants to enable small businesses to compete on the same level as larger businesses and to increase private sector commercialization of technological innovations. It would do a great disservice to countless small businesses if eligibility adjustments resulted in the siphoning of federal funding away from economically distressed and rural small businesses.

Markey, Edward (MA)/
Tsongas (MA)/
Welch (VT)/Hodes (NH)

#3

Revised Would allow small businesses majority owned by two or more venture capital firms to be eligible for grants offered by the National Institute of Health up to 15 percent of the NIH SBIR budget, and up to 5 percent of the SBIR budget at other participating agencies. Additionally, it would increase the SBIR and STTR award levels to $150,000 for Phase I grants and $1 million for Phase II grants, instead of $250,000 for Phase I grants and $2 million for Phase II grants.

Markey, Betsy (CO)

#22

Would add language requiring work to be performed in underrepresented area by more clearly defining the word, "from".

Markey, Betsy (CO)

#23

Withdrawn Would add language to require agencies to report specific reasons why those agency SBIR/STTR goals were or were not achieved.

McCollum (MN)

#32

Withdrawn Would specify Native Americans as a covered Minority group.

McNerney (CA)

#9

Would clarify that organizations receiving grants to help small businesses enroll in small business innovation programs may direct assistance towards businesses located in areas experiencing unemployment higher than the national unemployment rate.

Minnick (ID)

#11

Would authorize the SBIR program for an additional three years, increasing from 2011 to 2014.

Paulsen (MN)

#1

Would add medical technology to the list of topics that deserve special consideration as SBIR research topics.

Perlmutter (CO)

#26

Would provide special consideration in the awarding of SBIR funds to projects which address renewable energy technologies.

Reichert (WA)/
Smith, Adam (WA)

#31

Would give preference to organizations that are located in underrepresented states and regions, or are women-, service-disabled veterans- or minority-owned when awarding grants for Small Business Administration (SBA) outreach efforts authorized under Title III (rural development and outreach).

Sutton (OH)

#10

Would require that veterans be given priority when applying for SBIR and STTR awards.

Velázquez (NY)

#16

Revised Would (1) authorize the Small Business Administration to establish a program to provide matching grants to minority serving educational institutions to develop programs that encourage minority participation in SBIR/STTR programs; (2) give priority to applications from companies located in areas that have lost a major source of employment; (3) increase the maximum allowable award under Phase I of the SBIR program with respect to applications by veteran owned and controlled small businesses, increase the maximum allowable award under Phase II of the SBIR program with respect to applications by veteran owned and controlled small businesses, and permit small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans to bypass Phase I and apply directly for Phase II awards; (4) add language to require agencies to report specific reasons why those agency SBIR/STTR goals were or were not achieved, (5) provide special consideration in the awarding of SBIR funds to projects which address renewable energy technologies; (6) require that veterans be given priority when applying for SBIR and STTR awards; (7) require the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a SBIR solicitation that requests research proposals for improving the efficiency of water delivery systems and usage patterns in the US and its territories; (8) expand outreach and support activities to Native American-owned small businesses; (9) prioritize SBIR outreach and support activities for areas with high unemployment, and give preference to SBIR and STTR award applications submitted by small businesses located in areas with high unemployment; and (10) makes technical corrections to the legislation.