SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM.

SEC. 501. SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM. (a) Required Expenditures.— Section 9(n) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: “(1) Required expenditure amounts.— With respect to fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, each Federal agency that has an extramural budget for research, or research and development, in excess of $1,000,000,000 for that fiscal year, is authorized to expend with small business concerns not less 111 STAT. 2621than 0.15 percent of that extramural budget specifically in connection with STTR programs that meet the requirements of this section and any policy directives and regulations issued under this section.”. (b) Reports and Outreach.— (1) In general.— Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended— (A) in subsection (o)— (i) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as paragraphs (10) through (13), respectively; and (ii) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: “(8) include, as part of its annual performance plan as required by subsections (a) and (b) of section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, a section on its STTR program, and shall submit such section to the Committee on Small Business of the Senate, and the Committee on Science and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives; “(9) collect such data from awardees as is necessary to assess STTR program outputs and outcomes;”; (B) in subsection (e)(4)(A), by striking “(ii)”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(s) Outreach.— “(1) Definition of eligible state.— In this subsection, the term ‘eligible State’ means a State— “(A) if the total value of contracts awarded to the State during fiscal year 1995 under this section was less than $5,000,000; and “(B) that certifies to the Administration described in paragraph (2) that the State will, upon receipt of assistance under this subsection, provide matching funds from non- Federal sources in an amount that is not less than 50 percent of the amount provided under this subsection. “(2) Program authority.— Of amounts made available to carry out this section for fiscal year 1998, 1999, 2000, or 2001 the Administrator may expend with eligible States not more than $2,000,000 in each such fiscal year in order to increase the participation of small business concerns located in those States in the programs under this section. “(3) Amount of assistance.— The amount of assistance provided to an eligible State under this subsection in any fiscal year— “(A) shall be equal to twice the total amount of matching funds from non-Federal sources provided by the State; and “(B) shall not exceed $100,000. “(4) Use of assistance.— Assistance provided to an eligible State under this subsection shall be used by the State, in consultation with State and local departments and agencies, for programs and activities to increase the participation of small business concerns located in the State in the programs under this section, including— “(A) the establishment of quantifiable performance goals, including goals relating to— “(i) the number of program awards under this section made to small business concerns in the State; and 111 STAT. 2622 “(ii) the total amount of Federal research and development contracts awarded to small business concerns in the State; “(B) the provision of competition outreach support to small business concerns in the State that are involved in research and development; and “(C) the development and dissemination of educational and promotional information relating to the programs under this section to small business concerns in the State. “(t) Inclusion in Strategic Plans.— Program information relating to the SBIR and STTR programs shall be included by each Federal agency in any update or revision required of the Federal agency under section 306(b) of title 5, United States Code.”. (2) Repeal.— Effective October 1, 2001, section 9(s) of the Small Business Act (as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection) is repealed.