SBIR/STTR Innovation Workforce Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5212 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5212 To amend section 9 of the Small Business Act to permit Federal agencies to make awards to small business concerns that have received a Phase II SBIR or STTR award to provide fellowship opportunities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 8, 2025 Ms. Scholten 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 permit Federal agencies to make awards to small business concerns that have received a Phase II SBIR or STTR award to provide fellowship opportunities, 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 Innovation Workforce Act''. SEC. 2. SBIR AND STTR FELLOWSHIPS. Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended-- (1) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(5) Fellowships.-- ``(A) In general.--A Federal agency may provide grants or awards, either directly or in partnership with a third party, to small business concerns that have received SBIR or STTR Phase II awards to provide fellowship and internship opportunities at the undergraduate, baccalaureate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels in fields that are important to such Federal agency. ``(B) Enhanced outreach.--Each Federal agency that makes an award or enters into a p