Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act

[119th Congress Public Law 83] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [[Page 140 STAT. 755]] Public Law 119-83 119th Congress An Act To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Apr. 13, 2026 - [S. 3971]>> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act.>> SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 15 USC 631 note.>> SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act''. SEC. 2. BOLSTERING RESEARCH SECURITY OF SBIR AND STTR AWARDS. (a) In General.--Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended-- (1) in subsection (g)-- (A) by redesignating paragraphs (15), (16), and (17) as paragraphs (16), (18), and (19), respectively; (B) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following: ``(15) evaluate whether a small business concern presents a security risk for any reason, through measures including-- ``(A) the due diligence process required under subsection (vv); ``(B) disclosures submitted under this subsection; or ``(C) coordination with the intelligence community, as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003), Federal law enforcement, and other counterintelligence capabilities of the Federal Government;''; (C) in paragraph (16), as so redesignated-- (i) by striking subparagraph (B); (ii) by striking ``that--'' and all that follows through ``the small business concern submitting'' and inserting ``that the small business concern submitting''; (iii) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; (iv) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by striking ``or'' at the end; (v) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking ``and'' at the end; and (vi) by adding at the end the following: ``(D) has a security risk connecting the small business concern to an entity, incl