PILOT TO ALLOW PHASE FLEXIBILITY.

SEC. 5106. PILOT TO ALLOW PHASE FLEXIBILITY. Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), as amended by this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following: “(cc) Phase Flexibility. During fiscal years 2012 through 2017, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Education may each provide to a small business concern an award under Phase II of the SBIR program with respect to a project, without regard to whether the small business concern was provided an award under Phase I of an SBIR program with respect to such project, if the head of the applicable agency determines that the small business concern has completed the determinations described in subsection (e)(4)(A) with respect to such project despite not having been provided a Phase I award.” .