# 119-hr-5001: SBIR/STTR Oversight Act

119-hr-5001, SBIR/STTR Oversight Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5001
- Congress: 119
- Title: SBIR/STTR Oversight Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-08-19
- Sponsor: Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Oversight and transparency** for the SBIR and STTR small-business research programs are strengthened with new public reporting and a government evaluation. The bill also requires an NIH pilot to speed award decisions with a 90-day funding target. - Small businesses and prospective applicants, including new entrants and underrepresented groups, gain more visibility. The Comptroller General must report within 3 years on recipient demographics, agency outreach, and commercialization efforts. - Federal agencies running SBIR/STTR programs must publish their annual reports online and to the small-business committees as soon as practicable. Agencies must also report the average and median time they take to review and decide proposals and the bill updates the reporting baseline to 11 years. - NIH applicants could see faster awards under a required pilot that starts within one year, uses simplified review procedures, targets funding within 90 days from notice, ends September 30, 2030, and must be evaluated in a report within 3 years.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster NIH small business research awards: benefit, medium. NIH would set up a pilot within one year to speed SBIR and STTR awards. The goal would be about 90 days from award notice to funding. NIH would standardize and simplify steps across its awarding offices. NIH could use tailored peer review that still meets legal requirements. The pilot would end on…
- More small business research timelines and reports: benefit, low. Agencies with SBIR or STTR programs would have to post their annual reports online and send them to the House and Senate Small Business committees. The timeliness report would switch to an 11-year baseline. It would show each agency’s average and median time to review proposals and make final decis…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5001 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5001)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2038)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5001 (as of 2026-04-21).