KOSEN 한인과학기술자네트워크

Summary
In 1982, the Small Business Innovation Development Act (P.L. 97-219) established Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs within the major federal research and
development (R&D) agencies designed to increase participation of small innovative companies in
federally funded R&D. Government agencies with R&D budgets of $100 million or more are
required to set aside a portion of these funds to finance the SBIR activity. Through FY2007, over
$22.3 billion in awards have been made for more than 100,016 projects.
Reauthorized several times over the years, the SBIR program was scheduled to terminate on
September 30, 2008. To date, the program has not been specifically reauthorized, but instead
temporarily extended by several bills, including P.L. 110-235, which extended the activity
through March 20, 2009. P.L. 111-10 provided an additional extension through July 31, 2009; P.L.
111-43 through September 30, 2009; and P.L. 111-66 through October 31, 2009. P.L. 111-89 once
again extended the program through April 30, 2010; P.L. 111-214 through September 30, 2010;
and P.L. 111-251 through January 31, 2011. H.R. 366, a bill which would provide an additional
extension through May 31, 2011, passed the House on January 25, 2011, and the Senate on
January 26, 2011.
During the 111th Congress, H.R. 2965, a bill which would have reauthorized and made changes to
the SBIR program, passed the House, after which the Senate substituted the language of S. 1233
(amended) and approved its version of H.R. 2965. Also in the last days of the 111th Congress, the
Senate passed S. 4053, a bill to “reauthorize and improve” the SBIR effort. However, the House
did not take up this legislation. For further information on SBIR reauthorization activity see CRS
Report RS22865, The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program: Reauthorization
Efforts, by Wendy H. Schacht.
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