,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bghj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #f1 #bjag,mr4  
,evans 7for himself and ,mr4 ,brat7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology1 for a period to be         
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,small         
,business ,act to create certain        
requirements for ,federal agencies with 
a ,,sbir or ,,sttr program1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,annual meeting for
 ,federal agencies with a ,,sbir or     
,,sttr program  7a7 ,in general ,section
 #i of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae   
,u4,s4,c4 #fch7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection3   
7tt7 ,annual meeting  7#a7 ,in general  
,the head of each ,federal agency       

required to have a program under this   
section 7or a designee7 and the         
,administrator 7or a designee71 shall   
meet annually to discuss methods--  7,a7
 to improve the collection of data under
 this section2  7,b7 to improve the     
reporting of data to the ,administrator 
under this section2  7,c7 to make the   
application processes for programs under
 this section more efficient2 and  7,d7 
to increase participation in the        
programs under this section4  7#b7      
,reporting ,not later than #fj days     
after the date on which an annual       
meeting required under paragraph 7#a7 is
 held1 the ,administrator shall submit  
to the ,committee on ,small ,business   
and ,entrepreneurship of the ,senate and
 the ,committee on ,small ,business and 
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology of the ,house of            
,representatives1 a report on the       
findings of such meeting and            
recommendations on how to implement     
changes to programs under this section4 

4  7b7 ,funding for annual meeting      
,section #i7mm77#a7 of the ,small       
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fch7mm77#a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
subparagraph 7,i71 by striking the and  
at the end2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,j71 
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph3 
7,k7 the annual meeting required under  
subsection 7tt74  4  #b4 ,increasing    
participation of underserved populations
 in the ,,sbir and ,,sttr programs  7a7 
,in general ,section #i7mm77#b7 of the  
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fch7mm77#b77 is amended to read as     
follows3  7#b7 ,outreach and technical  
assistance ,a ,federal agency           
participating in the program under this 
subsection shall use a portion of the   
funds authorized for uses under         
paragraph 7#a7 to carry out the policy  
directive required under subsection     
7j77#b77;,f7 and to increase the        
participation of ,states with respect to

 which a low level of ,,sbir awards have
 historically been awarded4  4  7b7     
,conforming amendment ,section          
#i7mm77#f7 of the ,small ,business ,act 
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fch7mm77#f77 is amended 
by striking paragraph 7#b77;,a7 and any 
use of the waiver authority under       
paragraph 7#b77;,b7 and inserting       
paragraph 7#b74