US Congress Senate Bill 2127 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Pending: Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides commercialization services for federally funded small business research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Specifically, the bill (1) expedites the application and award process for SBIR proposals and STTR solicitations, (2) requires determinations of commercialization potential for projects undertaken through SBIR and STTR awards, (3) provides continued flexibility of technical and business assistance for SBIR and STTR awardees, (4) instructs participating federal agencies to designate a technology commercialization official to help awardees commercialize, and (5) requires the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Patent Office to reach an interagency agreement to help SBIR and STTR awardees with intellectual property protection.

Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act

Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

HB3839 (Same As) 2019-08-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2127/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2127/BILLS-116s2127is.pdf