Sec. 5124. INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE
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## SEC. 5124 INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE ###
(a)Establishment The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall establish an Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy Committee. ###
(b)Membership The Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy Committee shall include representatives from Federal agencies with an SBIR or an STTR program and the Small Business Administration. ###
(c)Duties The Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy Committee shall review the following issues and make policy recommendations on ways to improve program effectiveness and efficiency: ####
(1)The public and Government databases described in section 9(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(k)). ####
(2)Federal agency flexibility in establishing Phase I and II award sizes, including appropriate criteria for exercising such flexibility. ####
(3)Commercialization assistance best practices of Federal agencies with significant potential to be employed by other agencies and the appropriate steps to achieve that leverage, as well as proposals for new initiatives to address funding gaps that business concerns face after Phase II but before commercialization. ####
(4)Developing and incorporating a standard evaluation framework to enable systematic assessment of SBIR and STTR, including through improved tracking of awards and outcomes and development of performance measures for the SBIR program and STTR program of each Federal agency. ####
(5)Outreach and technical assistance activities that increase the participation of small businesses underrepresented in the SBIR and STTR programs, including the identification and sharing of best practices and the leveraging of resources in support of such activities across agencies. ###
(d)Reports The Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy Committee shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate— ####
(1)a report on its review and recommendations under subsection (c)(1) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; ####
(2)a report on its review and recommendations under subsection (c)(2) not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act; ####
(3)a report on its review and recommendations under subsection (c)(3) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act; ####
(4)a report on its review and recommendations under subsection (c)(4) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act; and ####
(5)a report on its review and recommendations under subsection (c)(5) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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