SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH.

SEC. 8008. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH. Section 6 of Public Law 97–219, as amended by Public Law 99–443, is further amended by adding the following at the end of subsection (a): “The report also shall include the Comptroller General’s recommendations as to the advisability of amending the Small Business Innovation Research program to— “(1) increase each agency’s share of research and development expenditures devoted to it by 0.25 per centum per year, until it is 3 per centum of the total extramural research and development funds, and targeting a portion of the increment at products with commercialization or export potential; “(2) make the Small Business Innovation Research program permanent with a formal congressional review every 10 years, beginning in 1993; “(3) allocate a modest but appropriate share of each agency’s Small Business Innovation Research fund for administrative purposes for effective management, quality maintenance, and the elimination of program delays; and “(4) include within the Small Business Innovation and Research program all agencies expending between $20,000,000 and $100,000,000 in extramural research and development funds annually.”.