SBIR/STTR Pilot Extension Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3851 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3851 To amend section 9 of the Small Business Act to extend and expand the phase flexibility authority, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2025 Mr. Olszewski introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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 amend section 9 of the Small Business Act to extend and expand the phase flexibility authority, 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 ``SBIR/STTR Pilot Extension Act''. SEC. 2. EXTEND AND EXPAND THE DIRECT TO PHASE II AUTHORITY. Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended-- (1) by designating the text of subsection (cc) as paragraph (1); and (2) in subsection (cc)-- (A) by striking ``2012 through 2025'' and inserting ``2012 through 2030''; (B) by striking ``the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Education may each'' and inserting ``each Federal agency required to carry out an SBIR program may''; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: ``(2) Limitation.--The total value of awards provided by a Federal agency under this subsection in a fiscal year shall be-- ``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), not more than 10 percent of the total funds allocated to the SBIR program of the Federal agency during that fiscal year; and ``(B) w