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Senate Bill 2127
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jul 16, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jul 16, 2019
Latest Action
Jul 16, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2127
Congress
116
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Chris Coons
Delaware
Republican
Marco Rubio
Florida
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act

This bill provides commercialization services for federally funded small business research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

Specifically, the bill (1) expedites the application and award process for SBIR proposals and STTR solicitations, (2) requires determinations of commercialization potential for projects undertaken through SBIR and STTR awards, (3) provides continued flexibility of technical and business assistance for SBIR and STTR awardees, (4) instructs participating federal agencies to designate a technology commercialization official to help awardees commercialize, and (5) requires the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Patent Office to reach an interagency agreement to help SBIR and STTR awardees with intellectual property protection.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
July 16, 2019
Related Bills (1)
Jul 18, 2019
Introduced in House
3
Sponsorship
House Bill 3839
Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (2)
07/16/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
07/16/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:50:37 PM
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