S.Amdt. 4462
What it does: Adds SEC. 1084. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIONS at the end of title X
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)What it changes
1 change to S. 2766 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1084. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIONS at the end of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 2766 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(5) the risk assessment prepared by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to accompany the Quadrennial Defense Review should be comprehensive and should include a description of the capabilities needed to address the risks identified in that assessment.
Inserted: SEC. 1084. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIONS.
Inserted: (a) SBIR and STTR Mentor-Protege Agreements.--Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Inserted: "(x) SBIR and STTR Mentor-Protege Agreements.--
Inserted: "(1) Clarification of applicability.--It is the intent of Congress that the prohibition on conditioning, negotiating, transferring, or diminishing SBIR and STTR data rights in the making or administration of phase III awards (including prime contracts and subcontracts) that are federally funded or intended for use by the Federal Government that is contained in section 8 of the SBIR Policy Directive and in section 3 of the STTR Policy Directive (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection, and any successor thereto) apply to mentor-protege agreements established for the purpose of assisting SBIR and STTR small business concerns.
Inserted: "(2) Data rights protections.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no mentor-protege agreement with an SBIR or STTR small business concern may be approved by any Federal agency, unless it contains phase III data rights protection clauses prescribed by the SBIR and STTR Policy Directives.
Inserted: "(3) Approval of agreements.--The SBIR program manager and the STTR program manager at a Federal agency shall each ensure that Federal reimbursement funding for mentor-protege assistance to SBIR and STTR small business concerns is directed towards development, testing, evaluation, and commercialization of SBIR and STTR technologies, respectively.
Inserted: "(4) Reporting requirement.--Any mentor-protege agreement established for the purpose of assisting an SBIR or STTR small business concern shall require reporting of the dollar value of phase III awards made as a result of the mentor-protege assistance.".
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At the end of title X, add the following:
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SA 4462. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Kerry) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1084. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIONS.
(a) SBIR and STTR Mentor-Protege Agreements.--Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(x) SBIR and STTR Mentor-Protege Agreements.--
“(1) Clarification of applicability.--It is the intent of Congress that the prohibition on conditioning, negotiating, transferring, or diminishing SBIR and STTR data rights in the making or administration of phase III awards (including prime contracts and subcontracts) that are federally funded or intended for use by the Federal Government that is contained in section 8 of the SBIR Policy Directive and in section 3 of the STTR Policy Directive (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection, and any successor thereto) apply to mentor-protege agreements established for the purpose of assisting SBIR and STTR small business concerns.
“(2) Data rights protections.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no mentor-protege agreement with an SBIR or STTR small business concern may be approved by any Federal agency, unless it contains phase III data rights protection clauses prescribed by the SBIR and STTR Policy Directives.
“(3) Approval of agreements.--The SBIR program manager and the STTR program manager at a Federal agency shall each ensure that Federal reimbursement funding for mentor-protege assistance to SBIR and STTR small business concerns is directed towards development, testing, evaluation, and commercialization of SBIR and STTR technologies, respectively.
“(4) Reporting requirement.--Any mentor-protege agreement established for the purpose of assisting an SBIR or STTR small business concern shall require reporting of the dollar value of phase III awards made as a result of the mentor-protege assistance.”.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 21, 2006