118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1396Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act

A bill to improve commercialization activities in the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.

Commerce
Introduced May 2, 2023
Last action Jul 25, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
May 2, 2023
Step 2
Referred
May 2, 2023
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Step 3
Committee
Jul 19, 2023
Reported out
Step 4
Senate
Jul 25, 2023
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House floor
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill provides commercialization services for federally funded small business research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Specifically, the bill (1) expedites the application and award process for SBIR proposals and STTR solicitations, (2) requires determinations of commercialization potential for projects undertaken through SBIR and STTR awards, (3) provides continued flexibility of technical and business assistance for SBIR and STTR awardees, (4) instructs participating federal agencies to designate a technology commercialization official to help awardees commercialize, and (5) requires the Small...

Provisions · 3 sectionsReported to Senate
Timeline · 5 actions
Jul 25, 2023
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jul 25, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169.
Jul 19, 2023
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 2, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 2, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.