S.Amdt. 4024

SA 4024. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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, insert the following:

SEC. __. PERMANENCY OF SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS.

(a) SBIR.--Section 9(m) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(m)) is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Termination''
and inserting ``SBIR Program Authorization''; and
(2) by striking ``terminate on September 30, 2022'' and
inserting ``be in effect for each fiscal year''.
(b) STTR.--Section 9(n)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638(n)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``through fiscal
year 2022''.
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