H.R.5819 - SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act

To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Short: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act as passed house.
  • Short: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act as reported to house.
  • Official: To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act as introduced.

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10/26/08
Lloyd Chapman: ASBL Recommendations to End Fraud, Abuse, and ...

Oppose HR 3567, HR 5819, S. 3362 and any other legislation that allows billionaire venture capitalists to participate in federal small business contracting programs: The Small Business Act states that a small business must be ...

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10/07/08
Stacking the Deck Against Small Business—Again!

The House version, HR 5819, was sent to the Senate back in April, where it is currently in committee. It is a fairly routine piece of legislation that funds the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology ...

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09/29/08
august 2008 new materials

call no: ae 1.102:d 63/4, title: making archives accessible for people with disabilities / frank h. serene. author: serene, frank h. imprint: [washington, dc : national archives and records administration, 2008?] ...

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09/29/08
SBIR Program Extended?

The House of Representatives passed a SBIR reauthorization bill this past spring (HR5819) and the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee passed a bill in June (S.3362) that has significant differences with the House bill. ...

Source: SBIR Blog
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09/22/08
Arkansas SBDC: E-News - SBIR Reauthorization Update

H.R. 5819 and S. 3362 contain significant differences and it appears unlikely that a compromise can be reached by September 30. We will keep Tech Track readers informed as updates become available. Index of past articles ...

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09/14/08
SBIR Final Legislation Due Soon

House Version (HR 5819). The House of Representatives put together a package of reforms including raising Phase 1 awards to $300K and phase 2 to $2.2M. Also, a company could apply directly for a Phase 2 award without having to win a ...

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09/10/08
“ "If you are going to use tax policy to shape energy strategy ...

Earlier this year congress passed Bill HR 5819, that should tell people what kind of commitment congress has to supporting small business innovation. Generally speaking, I don't remember a time when Congress had the best interest of the ...

Source: Big Ideas
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09/09/08
Arkansas SBDC: E-News - Arkansas SBIR Recipients Voice Opinions to ...

House Resolution 5819, www.asbdc.ualr.edu/sbir/H.R.5819.pdf · Index of past articles · webmaster@asbdc.org. The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. ...

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09/07/08
S. 3362

On April 22, 2008, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 5819, the SBIR/STTR. Reauthorization Act, as reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 18,. 2008. The Senate legislation has several differences from the House ...

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08/29/08
small time

john kerry, d.-mass., chair of the us senate committee on small business & entrepreneurship, which last month passed s. 3362, the companion measure to hr 5819. the american way? no doubt. under our political system, groups such as the … ...

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08/28/08
small time

pelosi press secretary drew hamill characterizes the asbl's contentions as a "non-story," noting that the two house bills that would amend the small business act to the benefit of venture-funded companies -- hr 3567 and hr 5819 ...

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08/18/08
Who Benefits from SBIR « Hopes and Cures

This piece in Sunday’s St. Louis Post Dispatch illustrates the struggles that many small businesses are facing while Congress works out a solution as to how to renew the SBIR Reauthorization Act of 2008 [H.R. 5819/S. 3362]. ...

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08/17/08
House Bill Threat to DoD Innovation? » Blog Archive » DoD Buzz

The result is a bill, HR 5819, that will probably let large investors control a much larger percentage of small business investments overseen by the federal government. Pelosi, who represents many of the computer world’s investors and ...

Source: DoD Buzz
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08/17/08
Senate Committee Passes Compromise SBIR Reauthorization Bill

3362) is a "completely new bill" that is "not related to HR 5819, the House's SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act passed in the House" back in April, 2008. The complete draft of the bill is attached. According to the SBIR Reauthorization

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08/14/08
Should VC-backed startups qualify for federal small business ...

Indeed, the bills had broad support, passing by margins of 325-72 and 368-43, respectively, with 112 Republican House members voting for H.R. 3567 and 149 Republicans supporting H.R. 5819. But the issue here is not ideology, but money, ...

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08/13/08
pelosi backed bills let billionaire investors hijack small ...

both bills, hr 3567 and hr 5819 will require the average american small business to compete head-to-head with firms owned and controlled by the nation's wealthiest investors for even the smallest federal small business contracts. ...

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08/11/08
Sam Graves' re-election targeted as one of Congress' 'Dirty Dozen ...

Passed H.R.5819 Amendment to strike and replace Title II, regarding venture capital investment standards. (introduced 4/23/2008). > Passed . H.RES.1130 : Recognizing the roles and contributions of America's teachers to building and ...

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08/05/08
Contact your Senators today and urge them to reauthorize SBIR!

3362's reauthorizing language offers an acceptable compromise (from the radical changes that we opposed in HR. 5819) that many of us who advocate for small business causes can support. Remember, without congressional action, ...

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08/03/08
Congress Approves Rich VCs As Small Biz Owners | SmallBusinessNewz

As passed, H.R. 5819 allows billion dollar venture capital firms to participate in federal small business programs by modifying the existing definition of a small business in the Small Business Act, which requires a business to be ...

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08/03/08
senate committee approves 14 year extension for sbir/sttr program

this is also a departure from the house bill (hr 5819) which called for $300000 for phase i grants and $2.5 million for phase ii awards. in making an announcement about their decision, the us senate committee said that approximately one ...

Source: PCRD
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07/30/08
lloyd chapman: senate committee votes to give government small ...

on april 16, 2008, representative velazquez, the chair of the house committee on small business introduced the house version of the bill, hr 5819, and pushed the bill though the house in record time. as originally introduced, the bill ...

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07/30/08
sbir reauthorization update

this is a completely new bill and not related to hr 5819, the house’s sbir/sttr reauthorization act passed in the house, april 2008. in what can be described as a herculean effort on the part of some sbe senators and their staffers to ...

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07/30/08
small business group: loopholes will give big companies small ...

the american small business league maintains that s. 3362 and house companion hr 5819 contain numerous intentional loopholes that will compound the widespread fraud and abuse that has already been uncovered in federal small business ...

Source: On The Hill
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07/29/08
Senate Committee Approves 14-Year Extension for SBIR/STTR Program

The House of Representatives passed a version of the bill (H.R. 5819) in late April. Since then, the Senate committee has been working on a compromise regarding the eligibility of small businesses that are majority-owned by venture ...

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07/29/08
CQ Today - Panel To Take Up Small Business Research and Technology ...

Details on the draft bill’s scope and authorization levels were unavailable, but a Democratic committee aide said the draft is expected to contain a longer authorization period than that in a bill passed by the House ( HR 5819 ) in ...

Source: CQ Midday
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07/29/08
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - S.3362 SBIR/STTR Reauthorization ...

Oppose HR 3567, HR 5819, S. 3362 and any other legislation that allows billionaire venture capitalists to participate in federal small business contracting programs: The Small Business Act states that a small business must be . ...

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07/28/08
CQ Politics | Panel To Take Up Small Business Research and ...

Details on the draft bill’s scope and authorization levels were unavailable, but a Democratic committee aide said the draft is expected to contain a longer authorization period than that in a bill passed by the House ( HR 5819 ) in ...

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07/11/08
Who deserves SBIR funding?

A change to explicitly allow VC-funded firms to get SBIR grants is incorporated in the SBIR reauthorization bill HR 5819, which has passed the House 368-43 and is heading to the Senate. A quick glance at the votes suggests that won ...

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06/28/08
Genomics, Evolution, and Pseudoscience: NCCAM is funding quack ...

The House has already passed its version (H.R.5819). But, before you attack something you know little about, please take a thorough look and examine what's really happened over the 25+ years the program has been in existence. ...

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06/25/08
BIO Denies Short-sighted VC Money Grab

Other provisions of the bill (HR 5819) that BIO is trying to push through Congress cast doubt on their statement that “The purpose is not to help VCs leverage their private investments in later stage companies. ...

Source: SBIR Blog
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