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TheWeekInCongress.com (TM) Week Ending March 18, 2011
S.493 SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011
The bill extends and expands programs requiring federal agencies to set aside portions of their research and development budgets for small businesses, CBO explains and adds, The bill would require participating agencies to collect and report information about program participants that would be used both for program evaluation and for business development. S. 493 also would authorize the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study the operation and effectiveness of the programs.
Approximately one dozen agencies are required to act under current law such that if the agency R&D budget is more than $100 billion per year the set-aside for small business research would be 2.5%. If the R&D budget is more than $1 billion per year the set-aside would be 0.3%.
For SBIR, (Small Business Innovation Research) the set-aside would increase by 0.1 percent each year over the 2013-2023 period, ending at 3.5 percent of each participating agency’s R&D budget. For STTR, (Small Business Technology Transfer) the set-aside would increase by 0.1 percent every two years through 2017, ending at 0.6 percent of each participating agency’s R&D budget.
To cover the administrative costs of the programs, S. 493 would establish a three-year pilot program that would authorize participating agencies to use up to 3 percent of the R&D amounts set aside for the SBIR program, rather than paying those costs from general operating funds. The pilot program also would allow agencies to use R&D funds to provide outreach and technical assistance to recipients of awards and to carry out additional duties as required under the bill.
S. 493 would reauthorize the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership program to improve the competitiveness of small businesses in technological fields. A portion of the funds made available under the program also would be available to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to increase the number of small businesses participating in the SBIR program.
The bill would direct certain agencies participating in the SBIR program to enter into an agreement with the NAS for the National Research Council to study the degree to which the SBIR program has stimulated innovation and encouraged the use of small businesses to meet federal R&D needs.
The bill also extends both programs through 2019.
Sponsor: Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Vote: The Senate failed to invoke cloture on the bill with a vote of 52-44 Cost to the taxpayers: “CBO estimates that implementing S. 493 would cost $150 million over the 2012-2016 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts.” Pay-as-you-go requirements: Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation because it would not affect direct spending or revenues. Cut-as-you-go requirements: Regulatory impact: S. 493 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA. The bill would reauthorize the FAST program, a matching-grant program to encourage states to assist in the development of high-technology small businesses. Any costs to state governments to provide matching funds would be incurred voluntarily. Earmark Certification: Not applicable Constitutional Authority: None given. ## All Rights Reserved. © 2011 TheWeekInCongress.com(TM) No reproduction, language translation or distribution without written permission from TheWeekInCongress.com.(TM)
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AMENDMENTS 1.
S.AMDT.161 to
S.493 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the
expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to
corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental
property expense payments, and for other purposes. 21.
S.AMDT.182 to
S.493 Of a perfecting nature. 22.
S.AMDT.183 to
S.493 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating
to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to
address climate change. 23.
S.AMDT.184 to
S.493 To provide a list of programs administered by every Federal
department and agency. 25.
S.AMDT.186 to
S.493 To establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of
improving oversight and eliminating wasteful government spending. 32.
S.AMDT.193 to
S.493 To strike the Federal authorization of the National Veterans
Business Development Corporation. 36.
S.AMDT.197 to
S.493 To delay the implementation of the health reform law in the
United States until there is a final resolution in pending lawsuits. 38.
S.AMDT.199 to
S.493 To cut $200,000,000,000 in spending in fiscal year 2011.
46.
S.AMDT.207 to
S.493 To express the sense of the Senate that Social Security benefits
for current and future beneficiaries should not be cut and that the Social
Security program should not be privatized as part of any legislation to
reduce the Federal deficit. 54.
S.AMDT.215 to
S.493 To suspend, until the end of the 2-year period beginning on the
date of enactment of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action
under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant
to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle
emissions. 55.
S.AMDT.216 to
S.493 To require contractors to notify small business concerns that
have been included in offers relating to contracts let by Federal
agencies. 56.
S.AMDT.217 to
S.493 To save at least $8.5 million annually by eliminating an
unnecessary program to provide federal funding for covered bridges. 68.
S.AMDT.229 to
S.493 To establish the Patriot Express Loan Program under which the
Small Business Administration may make loans to members of the military
community wanting to start or expand small business concerns, and for
other purposes. 75.
S.AMDT.236 to
S.493 To prohibit the regulation of greenhouse gases from certain
sources. 79.
S.AMDT.240 to
S.493 To reinstate the increase in the surety bond guarantee limits
for the Small Business Administration. 83.
S.AMDT.244 to
S.493 To change the enactment date. 92.
S.AMDT.253 to
S.493 To prevent fraud in small business contracting. 112.
S.AMDT.273 to
S.493 To save at least $5 billion by consolidating some duplicative
and overlapping government programs. 115.
S.AMDT.276 to
S.493 Of a perfecting nature. 116.
S.AMDT.277 to
S.493 To suspend, for 2 years, any Environmental Protection Agency
enforcement of greenhouse gas regulations, to exempt American agriculture
from greenhouse gas regulations, and to increase the number of companies
eligible to participate in the successful Advanced Energy Manufacturing
Tax Credit Program. 120.
S.AMDT.281 to
S.493 To save at least $20 million annually by ending federal
unemployment payments to jobless millionaires and billionaires. 124.
S.AMDT.286 to
S.493 To provide for the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget to submit recommended rescissions in accordance with the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 for Government
programs and agencies with duplicative and overlapping missions.
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