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HR 5100 · in committee · major

To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.

What this bill does

  • This bill extends federal funding for Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer programs through 2026.
  • Small businesses conducting research and development projects are affected, along with federal agencies that administer the programs.
  • The bill reauthorizes existing competitive award mechanisms with no specified new funding amounts or implementation timeline.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would extending SBIR and STTR funding through 2026 affect small businesses in your region that rely on these research grants?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs might exist between maintaining these programs and federal agencies' other research priorities and budget constraints?

  3. 03

    Why does the bill not specify new funding amounts, and how could that uncertainty impact small businesses planning R&D investments?

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Sponsor · R-TX-25

Roger Williams

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House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-09-16

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-09-16 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

  2. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4273)

  4. 2025-09-15 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4273: 1)

  5. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5100.

  6. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4273)

  7. 2025-09-15 · house · Floor

    Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. 2025-09-10 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 221.

  9. 2025-09-10 · house · Discharge

    Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.

  10. 2025-09-10 · Committee

    Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.

  11. 2025-09-10 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-265, Part I.

  12. 2025-09-10 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-265, Part I.

  13. 2025-09-09 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 0.

  14. 2025-09-09 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-09-02 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  16. 2025-09-02 · house · IntroReferral

    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.

  17. 2025-09-02 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  18. 2025-09-02 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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