Senate Fails to Act on SBIR Bill
May 9, 2011The U.S. Senate last week failed to act on the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). A motion for cloture offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) failed to garner the needed 60 votes, leaving the bill’s outlook in limbo with less than three weeks before it is...
READ MORESenate to Consider SBIR Reauth Bill TODAY
May 4, 2011The U.S. Senate this week is considering the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). The legislation has been stuck since March on the floor of the Senate, as the chamber sought to deal with an avalanche of non-germane amendments to the bill. Please click here for more information on the bill. The...
READ MOREAmendments Stifle SBIR Reauthorization Consideration
April 6, 2011The U.S. Senate’s consideration of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technical Transfer Reauthorization (STTR) Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493) stalled this week, as the legislators wrangled over a series of amendments—most unrelated to the SBIR program—to the bill. It appears the Senate is poised to vote...
READ MORESenate to Consider SBIR Reauthorization Bill
March 23, 2011The U.S. Senate next week is slated to consider the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). The National Small Business Association strongly supports the legislation and urges the Senate to quickly adopt it. Please click here to read NSBA’s letter of support. The highly-successful Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which studies have demonstrated is responsible...
READ MORESenate to Consider NSBA-Supported SBIR Bill
March 16, 2011The full U.S. Senate is slated in the near future to vote on the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). NSBA strongly supports the legislation and urges the Senate to quickly adopt it. Please click here to read NSBA’s letter of support. The bill reauthorizes the highly-successful Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for eight years....
READ MORENSBA-Supported SBIR Bill Introduced
March 8, 2011The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is scheduled on March 10 to markup the recently introduced SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). NSBA strongly supports the legislation and urges the Senate to quickly adopt it. Please click here to read NSBA’s letter of support. The bill reauthorizes the highly-successful...
READ MORECongress Temporarily Extends SBIR… Again
February 1, 2011The U.S. Congress recently passed yet another short-term reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Marking the 10th short-term reauthorization approved by Congress since 2008, the bill extends the program through May 31, 2011. The U.S. House of Representatives approved the bill, by voice vote, on Jan. 25,...
READ MOREPatent Reform Legislation to be Introduced
January 25, 2011With the bloom still on the 112th Congress, a trio of senators is expected to reintroduce patent reform legislation which, on balance, is inimical to the interests of America’s innovative small firms and independent inventors. This will be the fourth consecutive Congress in which comprehensive patent reform legislation has been considered....
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