{"format":1,"id":"117-s-4900","congress":117,"number":"S. 4900","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs and pilot programs, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs and pilot programs, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-183","introduced":"2022-09-20","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-29","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h461","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"SBIR and STTR Extension Act","result":"Passed","yea":415,"nay":9,"present":0,"not_voting":8,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll461.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-09-20","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-09-30"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-183.","date":"2022-09-30"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-30","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and modifies the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, and related pilot programs."},{"k":"p","t":"The SBIR and STTR programs are administered by various federal agencies and provide competitive awards for domestic small businesses to conduct research and development projects that have the potential for commercialization."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill requires agencies with an SBIR or STTR program to assess the security risks presented by applicants with financial ties or obligations to certain foreign countries. The programs may not make awards to businesses with certain connections to foreign entities."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, businesses with more than a specified number of prior awards must meet expanded minimum performance standards. The Small Business Administration's Office of Inspector General must audit the small businesses subject to these expanded performance standards."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also establishes various reporting requirements, including directing the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Science Foundation to assess the national security and research and integrity risks of the SBIR and STTR programs."},{"k":"p","t":"The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report on aspects of the programs such as the subcontracting practices of award recipients."}],"words":206},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Extends the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs through 2025 and changes how they are run, including foreign-risk screening, performance standards for firms with many awards, and reporting requirements.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#HA8D6C5ACEEA34414B5E1AF13571BB291:~:text=3.%20Reauthorization%20of%20SBIR%20and%20STTR%20programs"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#H4A51D87E14104A0E82A404BBEB8E37F7:~:text=4.%20Foreign%20risk%20management"},{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#H2580534E49E342F19652501EAAD6DAE6:~:text=8.%20Increased%20minimum%20performance%20standards%20for%20experienced"}]},"core_areas":["SBIR and STTR program reauthorization","Foreign risk screening, disclosures and award denial","Minimum performance standards for firms with many awards","Department of Defense innovation open topics","Reports and studies by agencies and the Comptroller General"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 9 of the Small Business Act by replacing \"2022\" with \"2025\" each place it appears, which extends the SBIR and STTR programs and pilot programs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#HA8D6C5ACEEA34414B5E1AF13571BB291:~:text=3.%20Reauthorization%20of%20SBIR%20and%20STTR%20programs"}},{"text":"Requires the head of each agency with an SBIR or STTR program to establish a due diligence program to assess security risks presented by small business concerns seeking a federally funded award.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#H4A51D87E14104A0E82A404BBEB8E37F7:~:text=4.%20Foreign%20risk%20management"}},{"text":"Requires small business concerns to disclose in SBIR and STTR proposals certain foreign ties, and bars awards when the agency head determines listed relationships exist and meet one of the listed conditions, such as risk to national security.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#H4A51D87E14104A0E82A404BBEB8E37F7:~:text=4.%20Foreign%20risk%20management"}},{"text":"Requires award recipients to repay all amounts received if they make a material misstatement or undergo a change in ownership or structure that the agency determines poses a risk to national security, and to report changes during the award.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#HB0FEDECE34AD4E2E97F1C99CA062ABC8:~:text=5.%20Agency%20recovery%20authority%20and%20ongoing%20reporting"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish innovation open topic activities in the Department's SBIR and STTR programs, with at least 1 open topic announcement per fiscal year at each Department component.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 7","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#H3A26CEB3EDE94EADAE5F561126811FF5:~:text=7.%20Program%20on%20innovation%20open%20topics"}},{"text":"Doubles the Phase I to Phase II progress standard for firms with more than 50 Phase I awards, sets sales and investment averages per Phase II award for firms with more than 50 or 100 Phase II awards, and limits awards for firms that fall short.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#H2580534E49E342F19652501EAAD6DAE6:~:text=8.%20Increased%20minimum%20performance%20standards%20for%20experienced"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"off_subject","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#HA3249123D6B04E6B83E54A402632DE7A:~:text=9.%20Prohibition%20against%20writing%20solicitation%20topics"},"heading":"Prohibition against writing solicitation topics","effect":"Requires each agency with an SBIR or STTR program to set up a multi-level review and approval process for solicitation topics, and refers noncompliant agencies to the SBA Inspector General.","amount":null,"quote":"shall implement a multi-level review and approval process within the Federal agency for solicitation topics to ensure adequate competition"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 8","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#H2580534E49E342F19652501EAAD6DAE6:~:text=8.%20Increased%20minimum%20performance%20standards%20for%20experienced"},"heading":"Increased minimum performance standards for experienced firms","effect":"Lets the Small Business Administration Administrator, on an agency official's request, waive the award limits for firms that missed the increased performance standards, for solicitation topics tied to agency mission or national security.","amount":null,"quote":"The Administrator may, upon the request of a senior official of a Federal agency, grant a waiver with respect to a topic for the SBIR or STTR program of the Federal agency"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#H4A51D87E14104A0E82A404BBEB8E37F7:~:text=4.%20Foreign%20risk%20management"},"heading":"Foreign risk management","effect":"Sets up due diligence, disclosure and award-denial rules for foreign risk. A rule of construction says the new due diligence requirement does not apply to any agency that already has a due diligence program covering SBIR or STTR. Separately, the Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply to implementing the program.","amount":null,"quote":"apply to any Federal agency with a due diligence program that applies to the SBIR or STTR programs required under subsection (vv)"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr#HB0FEDECE34AD4E2E97F1C99CA062ABC8:~:text=5.%20Agency%20recovery%20authority%20and%20ongoing%20reporting"},"heading":"Agency recovery authority and ongoing reporting","effect":"Requires SBIR and STTR awardees to repay award amounts in certain national-security cases and to report changes during the award. It also says the Paperwork Reduction Act does not apply to implementing these new repayment and reporting requirements.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to the implementation of paragraphs (16) and (17) of subsection (g) or paragraphs (20) and (21) of subsection (o)"}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4900/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-4900.png","v":"26609335b207","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 4900, 117th Congress: SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022. House: 415 Yea, 9 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 30 Sep 2022."}}