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To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
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✓Passed the House
September 15, 2025
HousePassed by voice vote
Where the Bill Stands
✓Introduced, done
✓Committee, done
✓Floor Vote, done
4Outcome, current stage
What This Bill Does
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, and related pilot programs.
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.
SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
House floor actionsMr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Library of CongressPassed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4273: 1)
Floor Vote
Passed the House
House floor actionsReported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-265, Part I.
House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Library of CongressIntroduced in House
House floor actionsReferred 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.
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What Congress Said
Members who spoke about this bill on the floor, in their own words from the Congressional Record.
Republicans7 spoke
For a long time, the United States has benefited from free and competitive global markets.
This is where Senators from both parties have a very important part to play. The continuing resolution is now in the Senate. Senate Republicans support it. Senate Democrats should join us and vote yes to keep the government open because, if not, the government shuts down at midnight tonight.
I have been crystal clear that I cannot support a 1-year clean extension of the SBIR-STTR Programs unless meaningful reforms are included to ensure every dollar serves America's interests.
I am also not here to remind you that, when Senator Schumer was in charge last year, the Democrats had 224 days to bring 11 bipartisan spending bills to this Senate floor, and even though 6 of these bills were passed out of committee unanimously and the other 5 with overwhelming bipartisan support, then-Majority Leader Schumer failed to bring a single…
I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 5100. This bill extends two programs critical for American innovation, the Small Business Innovation Research, SBIR, and the Small Business Technology Transfer, STTR, programs, for 1 year.
I rise today to seek unanimous consent to pass H.R. 5100, a bill to extend the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs for 1 year.
For the residents of southern Nevada and so many others, October 1 is no ordinary day. On October 1, 2017, my hometown of Las Vegas was struck by an unimaginable tragedy that forever--forever--changed our communities.
I support H.R. 5100, a bill that I cosponsored along with the Chair of the Science Committee, Representative Babin, and the Chair and Ranking Member of the Small Business Committee, Representatives Williams and Velazquez.
I rise today in support of H.R. 5100, a simple bill to extend the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs for an additional year.
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