Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3239 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3239 To improve commercialization activities in the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2025 Ms. Houlahan (for herself and Mr. Balderson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve commercialization activities in the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act''. SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO COMMERCIALIZATION SELECTION. (a) In General.--Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended-- (1) in subsection (g)-- (A) in paragraph (4)(B)(i), by striking ``1 year'' and inserting ``180 days''; (B) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' at the end; (C) in paragraph (17), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (D) by adding at the end the following: ``(18) with respect to peer review carried out under the SBIR program, to the extent practicable, include in the peer review-- ``(A) the likelihood of commercialization in addition to scientific and technical merit and feasibility; and ``(B) not less than 1 reviewer with commercialization expertise who is capable of assessing the likelihood of commercialization.''; and (2) in subsection (o)-- (A) in paragraph (4)(