,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdai  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #ac1 
#bjah,mr4 ,coons 7for himself and ,mr4  
,gardner7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,small ,business and  
,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend 
the ,small ,business ,act to improve the
 technical and business assistance      
services under the ,,sbir and ,,sttr    
programs4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,support ,startup   
,businesses ,act of #bjah4  #b4         
,improvements to technical and business 
assistance  7a7 ,in general ,section    
#i7q7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae 
,u4,s4,c4 #fch7q77 is amended--  7#a7 in
 the subsection heading1 by inserting   
and business after technical2  7#b7 in  
paragraph 7#a7--  7,a7 in the matter    
preceding subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 by    
striking a vendor selected under        
paragraph 7#b7 and inserting #a or more 
vendors selected under paragraph        

7#b77;,a72  7ii7 by inserting and       
business before assistance services2 and
  7iii7 by inserting assistance with    
product sales1 intellectual property    
protections1 market research1 market    
validation1 and development of          
regulatory plans and manufacturing      
plans1 after technologies12 and  7,b7 in
 subparagraph 7,d71 by inserting 1      
including intellectual property         
protections before the period at the    
end2  7#c7 in paragraph 7#b7--  7,a7 by 
striking ,each agency may select a      
vendor to assist small business concerns
 to meet and inserting the following3   
7,a7 ,in general ,each agency may select
 #a or more vendors from which small    
business concerns may obtain assistance 
in meeting  2 and  7,b7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7,b7 ,selection by 
small business concern ,a small business
 concern may1 by contract or otherwise1 
select #a or more vendors to assist the 
small business concern in meeting the   
goals listed in paragraph 7#a74  2  7#d7

 in paragraph 7#c7-- 7,a7 by inserting  
7,a7 after paragraph 7#b7 each place it 
appears2  7,b7 by striking #e1jjj per   
year each place it appears and inserting
 #e percent of the amount of the award2 
7,c7 in subparagraph 7,b77ii71 by       
striking which shall be in addition to  
the amount of the recipient's award and 
inserting which may1 as determined      
appropriate by the head of the ,federal 
agency1 be included as part of the      
recipient's award or be in addition to  
the amount of the recipient's award2    
7,d7 in subparagraph 7,c7-- 7i7 by      
inserting or business after technical2  
7ii7 by striking the vendor and         
inserting a vendor2 and  7iii7 by adding
 at the end the following3              
,business-related services aimed at     
improving the commercialization success 
of a small business concern may be      
obtained from an entity1 such as a      
public or private organization or an    
agency of or other entity established or
 funded by a ,state that facilitates or 

accelerates the commercialization of    
technologies or assists in the creation 
and growth of private enterprises that  
are commercializing technology42  7,e7  
in subparagraph 7,d7-- 7i7 by inserting 
or business after technical each place  
it appears2 and  7ii7 in clause 7i71 by 
striking the vendor and inserting #a or 
more vendors2 and  7,f7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7,e7 ,multiple     
award recipients ,the ,administrator    
shall establish a limit on the amount of
 technical and business assistance      
services that may be received or        
purchased under subparagraph 7,b7 by    
small business concerns with respect to 
multiple ,phase ,,ii ,,sbir or ,,sttr   
awards for a fiscal year4  2 and  7#e7  
by adding at the end the following3     
7#d7 ,annual reporting  7,a7 ,in general
 ,a small business concern that receives
 technical or business assistance from a
 vendor under this subsection during a  
fiscal year shall submit to the ,federal
 agency contracting with the vendor a   

description of the technical or business
 assistance provided4  7,b7 ,use of     
existing reporting mechanism ,the       
information required under subparagraph 
7,a7 shall be collected by a ,federal   
agency as part of a report required to  
be submitted by small business concerns 
engaged in ,,sbir or ,,sttr projects of 
the ,federal agency for which the       
requirement was in effect on the date of
 enactment of this paragraph4  4  7b7   
,review ,not later than the end of      
fiscal year #bjai1 the ,administrator of
 the ,small ,business ,administration   
shall submit to the ,committee on ,small
 ,business and ,entrepreneurship of the 
,senate and the ,committee on ,small    
,business of the ,house of              
,representatives a report reviewing the 
efficacy of the provision of technical  
and business assistance under section   
#i7q7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#b  
,u4,s4,c4 #fch7q771 as amended by       
subsection 7a74