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H.R.5819: 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.

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July 12, 2008 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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Source: Engineering Entrepreneurship


June 26, 2008 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. ...

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Source: SBIR Blog


June 18, 2008 SBIR Insider Update 06-12-08

Case in point is HR 5819, the Houses version of SBIR Reauthorization. Most of the Senate players we heard from, on both sides of the aisle, agree that the House went overboard on their bill and consequently it is a non-starter. ...

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Source: HRTC (Hampton Roads Technology Council)


June 13, 2008 TheFunded Advice: Latest from the SBIR insider

Case in point is HR 5819, the House's version of SBIR Reauthorization. Most of the Senate "players" we heard from, on both sides of the aisle, agree that the House went overboard on their bill and consequently it is a non-starter. ...

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June 12, 2008 HR 5819 would extend programs that require certain agencies to set ...

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June 07, 2008 New Music 13 kuto kamikazee - ambisyoso New Music 12 New Music 10 ...

The SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act, HR 5819,�has passed in the House and is now headed to the Senate; the biotech industry will be pleased to hear that the House has given them exactly what they asked for in this bill, according to Rick ...

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June 01, 2008 Bc grants aid start up business

This week, the US Congress passed HR 5819 to reauthorize the “Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer . government grants… Hi. Nice website. You should check out my government grant for new business ...

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Source: National Business


May 20, 2008 SBIR Insider Update 05-19-08

I had a few people suggest that I was a little too severe in my comments about the HR 5819 vote in the House. Perhaps that criticism is correct, and I was too short sighted to realize that the House found it too confusing and time ...

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Source: HRTC (Hampton Roads Technology Council)


May 20, 2008 Change is the Word in Politics Today! Also for SBIR!

Instead of awards now capped at $850000 being given to companies to prove new technologies a bill passed by the House of Representative (HR 5819) will allow millions of dollars, perhaps tens of millions of dollars, to be awarded for ...

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Source: SBIR Blog


May 15, 2008 technology-transfer: Women in Business House Passes Bill Supporting…

HR 5819 reauthorizes through 2010 the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research Posted in Women in business ( 1 link from 1 site). read full story.

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May 15, 2008 Women in Business - House Passes Bill Supporting Small Business ...

HR 5819 reauthorizes through 2010 the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research programs. The bill was passed 368-43."Innovation is crucial for maintaining America’s competitive lead in this ...

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Source: Women In Business


May 06, 2008 House opens SBIR awards to VC-owned firms

The American Small Business League (ASBL) has launched a national campaign against HR 5819 and has taken a strong stance against amending the definition of a small business as "independently owned" to include firms owned and controlled ...

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Source: American Small Business League


May 06, 2008 National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship

... Innovation Research (SBIR) program is making fast progress through Congress. Late last month, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 5819, a bill to reauthorize the SBIR program—which directs federal research funds [...]

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May 03, 2008 Velazquez

Yesterday, in yet another move in a long line of disappointments, Chair of the House Committee on Small Business, Representative Velazquez (D-NY) introduced a new bill, HR 5819, the “SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act,” which will open up . ...

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May 03, 2008 Small Business Grants

This week, the US Congress passed HR 5819 to reauthorize the “Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer . government grants… Hi. Nice website. You should check out my government grant for new business ...

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May 02, 2008 Technology Issues Update from Cong. Adam Smith

To help small businesses grow the economy and make them an even bigger player in technology innovation, the House last week passed HR 5819, the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act, to improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ...

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Source: Tacoma Tech Connect


May 02, 2008 Triple-Sized Awards: Good or Bad?

If you would like some good late night reading, read the House Bill HR 5819--SBIR Reauthorization Bill. It now goes to the US Senate. If you have any concerns about the very significant changes that the House has passed, ...

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Source: SBIR Blog


May 01, 2008 Miller vs. Small Businesses

This week, the US Congress passed HR 5819 to reauthorize the “Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research” programs. The bill passed with a vote of 368-43, with 75% of House Republicans voting for ...

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Source: The Jeff Miller Chronicle


May 01, 2008 HR 5819: Bad for Small Businesses with ASBL President Lloyd Chapman

Please visit the following link to learn more about HR 5819 and how it could impact your small business. (http://www.asbl.com/showmedia.php?id=1025)

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Source: American Small Business League


April 30, 2008 The Topsy Turvy Nevada 3rd Congressional District

His recent vote against HR 5819 (HR 1125) to amend the Small Business Act to improve the small business innovation research and small business technology transfer programs may require some explaining. He may also be called upon to parse ...

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Source: Desert Beacon


April 29, 2008 MBC Applauds Passage of SBIR Reauthorization in US House of ...

If passed, HR 5819 will increase access to critical, early-stage sources of funding for small businesses, including small biotechnology firms with venture backing, thus facilitating economic growth, job creation, new breakthrough ...

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April 28, 2008 The Small Business Innovation Research Program: Reauthorization ...

The original act has been extended several times and is currently scheduled to terminate on September 30, 2008. A bill to reauthorize and amend the program, HR 5819, passed the House on April 23, 2008.

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April 26, 2008 Washington Roll Call - The Tennessean

Washington Roll CallThe Tennessean, TN - 5 minutes agoSBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act (HR 5819): To amend the Small Business Act to improve the Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business … ...

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April 25, 2008 FRIDAY'S FISHFRY

Last week, Nydia M. Velazquez (D - NY) the Chair of the House Committee on Small Business, introduced HR 5819, the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act. The bill went into mark-up and passed through the House Committee on Small Business on ...

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April 25, 2008 4/23/2008

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April 25, 2008 Small Business R & D Firms Suffer Stinging Defeat at the hands of ...

”After Velázquez introduced the bill (HR 5819), it was marked up by three committees and moved to the full House for a vote in one week. Of course, legislation never moves like that without the imprimatur of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ...

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Source: Robin Monroe


April 25, 2008 President Bush Makes Half-hearted Attempt in the Figth Against ...

In conjunction with National Small Business Week, the House passed legislation to modernize and expand the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research Programs HR 5819. ...

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Source: Congressman Mike Honda: On the Issues


April 24, 2008 4/23/2008

HR 5819 - 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 (Rep. Velazquez – Small Business) (Subject to a ...

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April 24, 2008 SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act Passes in House; Biotech Industry is ...

The SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act, HR 5819, has passed in the House and is now headed to the Senate; the biotech industry will be pleased to hear that the House has given them exactly what they asked for in this bill, according to Rick ...

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Source: California Biotech Law Blog


April 24, 2008 Altmire Works To Create Technology Jobs

The Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) / STTR Reauthorization Act (HR 5819) modernizes the federal government’s business research and development programs to expand access to capital and [...]

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