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HR5001119th CongressWALLET

SBIR/STTR Oversight Act

Sponsored By: Representative McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]

Introduced

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.

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  • 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.

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Faster NIH small business research awards

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 September 30, 2030, and NIH would report results to Congress within three years.

More small business research timelines and reports

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 decisions. If enacted, this would give applicants clearer, longer-term timing data.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]

KY • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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