{"id":126611,"date":"2026-03-18T05:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/900182452"},"modified":"2026-03-18T05:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:55:11","slug":"house-passes-5-year-reauthorization-to-fund-small-business-tech-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/house-passes-5-year-reauthorization-to-fund-small-business-tech-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"House passes 5-year reauthorization to fund small business tech programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ --> <title>House passes 5-year reauthorization to fund small business tech programs | FedScoop<\/title>                    <!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- Google Tag Manager --> <!-- End Google Tag Manager --> <\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/house-passes-sbir-sttr-reauthorization-bill\/#main\" class=\"skip-to-content-link visually-hidden-focusable\">Skip to main content<\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--top ad--top-desktop\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <main id=\"main\" role=\"main\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--top ad--top-mobile\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"stickybar\" class=\"stickybar stickybar--event js-stickybar\"> <button class=\"stickybar__close js-stickybar-close\" aria-controls=\"stickybar\">  <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Close<\/span> <\/button> <\/section>\n<article class=\"single-article content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__container js-single-article-content\">\n<header class=\"single-article__header \">\n<div class=\"single-article__header-content\">\n<p> Funding for the SBIR and STTR programs lapsed five months ago. The Senate this month passed a bipartisan bill to fund the programs through Sept. 30, 2031. <\/p>\n<p> <!-- Listen to this article section --> <!-- Audio Element --><br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/fedscoop\/89147\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p> <!-- Countdown Timer --> <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- Tooltip --> <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- End of audio player --> <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" width=\"997\" height=\"675\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2256271230.jpg?w=997&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt><figcaption> Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\">\n<p>Five months after the expiration of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbir.gov\/about\">SBA-managed seed funds<\/a> are a presidential signature away from becoming law again.<\/p>\n<p>The House on Tuesday passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/119\/bills\/s3971\/BILLS-119s3971es.pdf\">bill<\/a> to reauthorize the SBIR and STTR programs for five years, following the Senate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/3971\/all-actions?s=1&amp;r=41\">passage of the legislation two weeks ago<\/a> and months of bipartisan, bicameral negotiations. The Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/3971\/cosponsors?s=1&amp;r=41\">S.3971<\/a>), led by Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Ed Markey, D-Mass., cleared the lower chamber in a 345-41 vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In remarks on the House floor Monday, Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez, D-N.Y., ranking member of the lower chamber\u2019s Small Business Committee, said that nearly $6 billion in funding for \u201csmall, innovative companies\u201d has been frozen since the end of September, when authorization for SBIR and STTR lapsed after the Senate failed to pass a short-term bill amid broader negotiations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese programs are overwhelmingly successful, boasting a demonstrated return across over 40 years of operation, resulting in groundbreaking technologies that have revolutionized medicine, telecommunications and military capabilities,\u201d said Vel\u00e1zquez, who was one of four House lawmakers who tried to head off the funding cliff last September with a <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/small-business-sbir-sttr-reauthorization-house-bill\/\">one-year stopgap bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately,\u201d she continued, \u201cnegotiations started too late, and these agreements were too great to reach a deal before the deadline. I am proud to say that after months of uncertainty, we are finally turning the lights back on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SBIR program, established in 1982 during the Reagan administration, was launched to spur small business innovation while strengthening federal R&amp;D funding for tech-focused enterprises. Ten years later, STTR was created to fuel work between small businesses and nonprofit research orgs, with an eye on expedited lab-to-market innovations.<\/p>\n<p>Per SBA data, the programs support 4,000 companies annually at roughly $4 billion per year. The federal government does not take equity or IP ownership in companies funded through SBIR or STTR.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement reached by Ernst and Markey, the chair and ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, respectively, includes callouts for bolstering research security, offering \u201cstrategic breakthrough funding,\u201d boosting a commercialization readiness program and much more. The bill also aims to reduce administrative burden, make improvements to technical and business assistance elements of SBIR and STTR, and upgrade data collection processes.<\/p>\n<p>Vel\u00e1zquez touted a provision she and Markey led to invest in contract officer training. The strategic breakthrough funding, she said, would \u201chelp attract both private capital and government buy-in to rapidly scale promising technologies.\u201d And lawmakers from the House Science, Space, and Technology made \u201creal improvements\u201d to the foreign due diligence program, according to the New York Democrat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAfter a period of tremendous uncertainty, a reauthorization period of longer than five years will give small businesses and agencies the certainty they need for long-term planning,\u201d Vel\u00e1zquez said. \u201cThe lapse in authorization over the past five months has been excruciating and unprecedented for small firms and labs who are at the cutting edge of technology. \u2026 This lapse was avoidable and the costs were real. We must be active in efforts to ensure it never happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, credited Ernst, Markey, Vel\u00e1zquez, House Small Business Committee Chair Roger Williams, R-Texas, and House Science, Space, and Technology leaders Brian Babin of Texas and Zoe Lofgren of California for their work \u201cto get these programs reauthorized.\u201d The bill will \u201cbridge the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/bridging-new-technologys-valley-death\">Valley of Death<\/a> between research and commercialization\u201d through better data practices across agencies, modernized resources and additional training for acquisition officials, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SBIR and the STTR programs empower Main Street to deliver real solutions for both the government and the private sector,\u201d Van Duyne said. \u201cI thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and their staff for working to find a bipartisan path forward to reauthorize these critical programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\">\n<div class=\"author-card\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"author-card__image\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/fedscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/20241226_1955-2-e1735831211584.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1&ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Bracken\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Matt Bracken<\/h4>\n<p> Matt Bracken is the editor in chief of FedScoop. 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