,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bada  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ag1     
#bjai ,mr4 ,markey 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 supplement the reporting        
requirements applicable to the ,small   
,business ,administration1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,,sbir ,expansion  
and ,accountability ,act of #bjai4  #b4 
,amendments to the ,small ,business ,act
  7a7 ,goals of the ,,sbir program      
,section #i7;a7 of the ,small ,business 
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fch7;a77 is amended
 by adding at the end the following3    
,additionally1 it is the sense of       
,congress that the goals of the ,small  
,business ,innovation ,research ,program
 are to stimulate technological         
innovation1 meet ,federal research and  
development needs1 foster and encourage 

participation in innovation and         
entrepreneurship by women and socially  
or economically disadvantaged           
individuals1 and increase private-sector
 commercialization of innovations       
derived from ,federal research and      
development funding44  7b7 ,reporting   
requirements ,section #i7;b7 of the     
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fch7;b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph
 7#g7--  7,a7 in subparagraph 7,f71 by  
striking and at the end2  7,b7 in       
subparagraph 7,g71 by adding and at the 
end2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7,h7 with respect to a      
,federal agency to which subsection     
7f77#a7 or 7n77#a7 applies1 whether the 
,federal agency has satisfied the       
requirement under each applicable       
subsection for the year covered by the  
report2  2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#h71 by  
striking and at the end2  7#c7 in       
paragraph 7#i71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#d7 by adding at the end the following3

  7#aj7 with respect to a ,federal      
agency to which subsection 7f77#a7 or   
7n77#a7 applies and that the            
,administration determines has not      
satisfied the requirement under either  
applicable subsection1 require the head 
of that ,federal agency to 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     
regarding why the ,federal agency has   
not satisfied the requirement4  4  7c7  
,additional resources for the ,office of
 ,investment and ,innovation ,section   
#i7mm7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fch7mm77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in paragraph 7#a71 in the matter        
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 paragraph 7#c7 and inserting paragraphs
 7#c7 and 7#d72  7#b7 by redesignating  
paragraphs 7#d71 7#e71 and 7#f7 as      
paragraphs 7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g71        
respectively2 and  7#c7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#c7 the following3     

7#d7 ,transfer to ,office of ,investment
 and ,innovation ,of the amount that a  
,federal agency allocates for uses under
 paragraph 7#a71 the agency shall       
transfer #e percent of that amount to   
the ,office of ,investment and          
,innovation of the ,administration1     
which the ,office shall use to carry out
 the functions of the ,office4  4  #c4  
,inclusion of ,federal ,aviation        
,administration in the ,small ,business 
,innovation ,research ,program and      
,small ,business ,technology ,transfer  
,program  ,section #djaja7;d77#b77;,d7  
of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended to read as follows3  7,d7 ,the  
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fca et seq471 except that--  7i7       
section #i of such ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4  
#fch7 shall apply2 and  7ii7 all        
reasonable opportunities to be awarded  
contracts shall be provided to small    
business concerns and small business    
concerns owned and controlled by        
socially and economically disadvantaged 

individuals4  4