SBIR Administrative Funding Act

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Introduced 2026-01-22Topic: economy jobs · budget · technology privacy

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This bill changes the Small Business Act rules that let federal agencies use part of their SBIR and STTR small business research program funds for administration, oversight, and contract processing. It extends this authority from September 30, 2025, to September 30, 2030, and raises the share agencies may use from 3 percent to 3.3 percent. Within 2 months after appropriations are enacted, the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Health and Human Services, NASA, and the National Science Foundation would each transfer at least 10 percent of those administrative funds to the Small Business Administration to help run the programs. The transferred funds could not be used for programs under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Agencies could also use part of the funds for outreach and to increase participation from states that have historically received few SBIR awards.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-01-22	House	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.	refer
2026-01-22	House	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.	refer
2026-01-22		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-01-22		Introduced in House	introduce

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