S.Amdt. 265

SA 265. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VIII, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. ENHANCED SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO FEDERAL
INNOVATION INVESTMENTS.

(a) SBIR.--Section 9(f) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(f)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``expend'' and inserting ``obligate for expenditure'';
(2) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``and each fiscal year
thereafter,'' and inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following:
``(J) for the Department of Defense--
``(i) not less than 3.5 percent of the budget for research,
development, test, and evaluation of the Department of
Defense in each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021;
``(ii) not less than 4 percent of such budget in each of
fiscal years 2022 and 2023;
``(iii) not less than 4.5 percent of such budget in each of
fiscal years 2024 and 2025; and
``(iv) not less than 5 percent of such budget in each of
fiscal years 2026 and 2027,''.
(b) STTR.--Section 9(n)(1) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(n)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by striking ``expend'' and inserting ``obligate for
expenditure''; and
(B) by striking ``not less than the percentage of that
extramural budget specified in subparagraph (B)'' and
inserting ``for a Federal agency other than the Department of
Defense, not less than the percentage of that extramural
budget specified in subparagraph (B) and, for the Department
of Defense, not less than the percentage of the budget for
research, development, test, and evaluation of the Department
of Defense specified in subparagraph (B)''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``the
extramural budget required to be expended by an agency'' and
inserting ``the extramural budget, for a Federal agency other
than the Department of Defense, and of the budget for
research, development, test, and evaluation, for the
Department of Defense, required to be obligated for
expenditure with small business concerns'';
(B) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(C) in clause (v), by striking ``fiscal year 2016 and each
fiscal year thereafter.'' and inserting ``each of fiscal
years 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019;''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(vi) 0.55 percent for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021;
``(vii) 0.65 percent for each of fiscal years 2022 and
2023;
``(viii) 0.75 percent for each of fiscal years 2024 and
2025; and
``(ix) 1 percent for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year
thereafter.''.
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