PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4] · R–MO
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Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-26 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would require federal agencies participating in two small-business programs, SBIR and STTR, to strengthen outreach to rural communities. Its stated aim is to increase participation by small businesses located there. The Administrator would have 90 days after enactment to update the programs’ policy instructions to require this outreach.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall modify the policy directives issued pursuant to this subsection to require each Federal agency participating in the SBIR program to enhance the outreach efforts of such Federal agency to rural communities to increase the participation of small business concerns located in rural communities in the SBIR program
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall modify the policy directives issued pursuant to this subsection to require each Federal agency participating in the STTR program to enhance the outreach efforts of such Federal agency to rural communities to increase the participation of small business concerns located in rural communities in the STTR program
Section 1 would name the legislation the Rural Innovation and Small Business Support Act.
This Act may be cited as the Rural Innovation and Small Business Support Act.
Section 2 would amend section 9(j) of the Small Business Act. Within 90 days after enactment, the Administrator would have to revise the policy instructions governing SBIR to require every participating federal agency to strengthen outreach, including conducting outreach in rural communities. The stated purpose is to increase participation by small businesses located in those communities.
Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended— (1) in subsection (j), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall modify the policy directives issued pursuant to this subsection to require each Federal agency participating in the SBIR program to enhance the outreach efforts of such Federal agency to rural communities to increase the participation of small business concerns located in rural communities in the SBIR program, including by ensuring that such Federal agency conducts outreach efforts with respect to the SBIR program in rural communities.
Section 2 would also amend section 9(p) to impose the same requirement for STTR: within 90 days after enactment, the Administrator would have to revise policy instructions so every participating federal agency strengthens outreach and conducts outreach in rural communities, with the aim of increasing participation by small businesses located there.
(2) in subsection (p), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall modify the policy directives issued pursuant to this subsection to require each Federal agency participating in the STTR program to enhance the outreach efforts of such Federal agency to rural communities to increase the participation of small business concerns located in rural communities in the STTR program, including by ensuring that such Federal agency conducts outreach efforts with respect to the STTR program in rural communities.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated March 18, 2025, records introduction in the House on February 26, 2025, and referral that day to the Small Business Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee for provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2025-03-18T15:13:17Z.
2025-02-26: Introduced in House
2025-02-26: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-26. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential treatment was identified in the complete supplied introduced text under the requested definition. Outreach to a program’s intended beneficiaries alone does not qualify. This conclusion is limited to the supplied version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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