Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3971

Official text excerpt

Public Law 119–83: To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes. 
 Public Law 83 
 Public Law 119–83 140 Stat. 755 
 2026-04-13 
 2026-04-13 
 United States Government Publishing Office National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
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 PUBLIC LAW 119–83—APR. 13, 2026 
 140 STAT. 755 
 Public Law 119–83 
 119th Congress 
 
 
 
 An Act 
 To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes. Apr. 13, 2026 [ S. 3971 ] 
 
   Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act. 
 SECTION 1. 15 USC 631 note . SHORT TITLE.   This Act may be cited as the “ Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act ”. 
 SEC. 2. BOLSTERING RESEARCH SECURITY OF SBIR AND STTR AWARDS. (a) In General .— Section 9 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638 ) is amended — (1) in subsection (g)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (15), (16), and (17) as paragraphs (16), (18), and (19), respectively; 
 (B) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following: “(15) evaluate whether a small business concern presents a security risk for any reason, through measures including— “(A) the due diligence process required under subsection (vv); 
 “(B) disclosures submitted under this subsection; or 
 “(C) coordination with the intelligence community, as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 ), Federal law enforcement, and other counterintelligence capabilities of the Federal Government;” 
 
 ; 
 (C) in paragraph (16), as so redesignated— (i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
 (ii) by striking “ that— ” and all that follows through “ the small business concern submitting ” and inserting …

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Citations

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