Sec. 7. Technical and business assistance improvements
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Section 9 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638(q) ), as amended by this Act, is amended— in subsection (q)— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— by striking may enter into an agreement with 1 or more vendors selected under paragraph (2)(A) to provide small business concerns engaged in SBIR or STTR projects with technical and business assistance services and inserting shall authorize recipients of awards under the SBIR program or the STTR program to select, if desired, technical and business assistance provided under subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of paragraph
(2)with respect to SBIR or STTR projects ; by inserting cybersecurity assistance, after intellectual property protections, ; and by striking such concerns and inserting such recipients ; in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: screening for potential foreign involvement in technology development or commercialization activities. ; and in paragraph (2)— in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting Vendor selection ; Eligible uses of funds .— by striking subparagraph (A); by redesignating subparagraph
(B)as subparagraph (A); and by inserting after subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, the following: A small business concern may, by contract or otherwise, use funding provided under this section to hire new staff, augment staff, or direct staff to conduct or participate in training activities consistent with the goals listed in paragraph (1). ; in paragraph (3)— by striking subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)and inserting the following: A Federal agency described in paragraph
(1)shall authorize a recipient of a Phase I SBIR or STTR award to use not more than $6,500 per project, included as part of the award of the recipient or in addition to the amount of the award of the recipient as determined appropriate by the head of the Federal agency, for the services described in paragraph (1)— provided through a vendor selected by the small business concern under paragraph (2)(A); or achieved through the activities described in paragraph (2)(B). A Federal agency described in paragraph
(1)shall authorize a recipient of a Phase II SBIR or STTR award to utilize not more than $50,000 per project, included as part of the award of the recipient or in addition to the amount of the award of the recipient as determined appropriate by the head of the Federal agency, for the services described in paragraph (1)— provided through a vendor selected by the small business concern under paragraph (2)(A); or achieved through the activities described in paragraph (2)(B). ; and by adding at the end the following: A Federal agency may perform targeted reviews of technical and business assistance funding as described in subsection (mm)(1)(F). ; and by adding at the end the following: Each Federal agency with an Innovation Corps program (commonly known as I–Corps ) that is required to conduct an SBIR or STTR program shall— provide an option for requesting participation in an I–Corps teams course, I–Corps bootcamp, or another equivalent training program to recipients of an award under the SBIR or STTR program; and authorize the recipients described in subparagraph
(A)to use amounts authorized under subsection
(q)to participate in the I–Corps teams course, I–Corps bootcamp, or another equivalent training program. The cost of participation by a recipient described in paragraph (1)(A) in an I–Corps course, I–Corps bootcamp, or another equivalent training program may be provided by— an I–Corps team SBIR or STTR grant; funds awarded to the recipient under subsection (q); funds made available to carry out subsection (mm); the participating teams or other sources as appropriate; or any combination of sources described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D). .
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