119-hr4842

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4842 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4842

 To amend 

section 9 of the Small Business Act to require the 
 Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 
 training on Phase III acquisitions for the acquisition workforce, and 
 for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 1, 2025

 Mr. Cisneros introduced the following bill; which was referred 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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 A BILL

 To amend 

section 9 of the Small Business Act to require the 
 Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 
 training on Phase III acquisitions for the acquisition workforce, and 
 for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``SBIR Commercialization Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PHASE III AWARD EDUCATION.

 

Section 9

    (r) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638

    (r) ) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (5) Workforce training.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The Administrator, in 
 coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the 
 Administrator of the General Services Administration, 
 and the head of any such other Federal agency that the 
 Administrator determines appropriate, shall establish 
 training activities for contracting officers and agency 
 acquisition workforce of Federal agencies to ensure 
 that such individuals are fully aware of all aspects of 
 Phase III acquisitions under the SBIR and STTR 
 programs, as applicable.
 ``
        (B) Training topics.--The training activities 
 required under subparagraph
        (A) shall include training 
 on--
 ``
            (i) the missions, goals, and authorities 
 of the SBIR and STTR programs;
 ``
            (ii) the use of Phase III agreement;
 ``
            (iii) Phase III data rights; and
 ``
            (iv) the execution of Phase III sole 
 source award contracts.
 ``
            (C) === Definitions. ===
-In this paragraph:
 ``
            (i) Agency acquisition workforce.--The 
 term `agency acquisition workforce' means the 
 employees of a Federal agency that have 
 procurement or acquisition responsibilities, 
 including--
 ``
            (I) employees described in 
 

section 1703 of title 41, United States 
 Code; and
 ``
            (II) individuals that are part of 
 the acquisition workforce (as such term 
 is defined in 

section 101

    (a) of title 
 10, United States Code).
 ``
            (ii) Phase iii acquisition.--The term 
 `Phase III acquisition' means the acquisition 
 of a good or service from a participant in 
 Phase III that such participant has 
 commercialized or is seeking to commercialize 
 as such a participant.''.

SEC. 3. PHASE III IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Procurement Center Representative Directives.--

    (1) In general.--

Section 9

    (j)

    (4) of the Small Business Act 
 (15 U.S.C. 638

    (j)

    (4) ) is amended by inserting before the period 
 at the end the following: ``, and advocate for the maximum 
 practicable use and transition of products, services, and 
 technologies developed under SBIR or STTR programs to Phase III 
 by means of Phase III awards to small business concerns''.

    (2) Modification deadline.--Not later than one year after 
 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
 Small Business Administration shall modify the policy 
 directives issues pursuant to subsection

    (j) of 

section 9 of 
 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638

    (j) ) in accordance with 
 paragraph

    (4) of such subsection, as amended by paragraph

    (1) .

    (b) Phase III Award Simplification.--

Section 9

    (r)

    (4) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638

    (r)

    (4) ) is amended--

    (1) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking the period at the end 
 and inserting ``; and''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
 ``
            (C) report to the Administrator on the actions 
 taken by the Federal agency or Federal prime contractor 
 to develop simplified and standardized procedures and 
 model contracts for Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III 
 SBIR awards; and
 ``
            (D) shall issue standardized solicitation 
 provisions and contract clauses which provide clear 
 guidance on the information that small business 
 concerns participating in SBIR or STTR programs can be 
 expected to provide as part of market research or as 
 part of a proposal by such small business concern to 
 establish eligibility for Phase III awards.''.

SEC. 4. PHASE III AND SOLE-SOURCE AWARDS.

 

Section 9

    (r) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended--

    (1) in the heading, by inserting ``Sole Source and Other'' 
 after ``Justification for''; and

    (2) in the heading for paragraph

    (4) , by inserting ``sole 
 source and other'' after ``justification for''.
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