,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bf1        
#bjah,ms4 ,esty of ,connecticut 7for    
herself and ,mr4 ,moolenaar7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1  
and ,technology1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,small ,business1 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     
require the ,director of the ,national  
,science ,foundation to review the      
application process for awarding grants 
under the ,small ,business ,innovation  
,research ,program and the ,small       
,business ,technology ,transfer         
,program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,get to a ,yes or   
,no ,faster ,act4  #b4 ,national        
,science ,foundation review on certain  
grants  7a7 ,in general ,the ,director  

of the ,national ,science ,foundation   
shall carry out a review of the process 
for awarding grants under the ,small    
,business ,innovation ,research ,program
 and the ,small ,business ,technology   
,transfer ,program established under    
section #i of the ,small ,business ,act 
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fch71 including--  7#a7 
identifying methods1 including the use  
of preliminary proposals1 of decreasing 
the workload for entities applying for  
such grants2 and  7#b7 accelerating the 
decisionmaking process for awarding such
 grants4  7b7 ,examination of efficient 
models ,in carrying out the review under
 subsection 7a71 the ,director shall    
examine models and practices for        
awarding grants under the ,small        
,business ,innovation ,research ,program
 and the ,small ,business ,technology   
,transfer ,program that can be adopted  
by the ,national ,science ,foundation1  
including examining--  7#a7 alternative 
models for grant application processes1 
including the ,defense ,innovation ,unit

 ,experimental program carried out by   
the ,department of ,defense2 and  7#b7  
best practices used by other ,federal   
agencies that award such grants1        
including the letter of intent          
requirement of the ,department of       
,energy4  7c7 ,report ,not later than #f
 months after the date of enactment of  
this ,act1 the ,director shall submit to
 ,congress a report on the findings of  
the review carried out under this       
section and any actions the ,director   
plans to take pursuant to such findings4