House Committees on Small Business and Science, Space, and Technology Celebrate Passage of SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Bill on the House Floor
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Joint release dated March 17, 2026, from the House Committee on Small Business and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, reporting that the House of Representatives passed the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act under suspension and that the bill will now head to the President's desk. It says the SBIR and STTR programs expired on September 30, 2025, following the Senate's failure to pass the House's clean one-year extension. Ranking Member Velázquez introduced legislation extending the programs on September 2, 2025, and it passed the House on September 15, 2025. The release quotes a joint statement from Roger Williams, Zoe Lofgren and Brian Babin along with Velázquez, and says the bill reauthorizes the programs through September 30, 2031.
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“House Committees on Small Business and Science, Space, and Technology Celebrate Passage of SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Bill on the House Floor.”
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House Committees on Small Business and Science, Space, and Technology Celebrate Passage of SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Bill on the House Floor March 17, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 3971, the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act under suspension. The bill will now head to the President’s desk. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs expired on September 30, 2025, following the Senate’s failure to pass the House’s clean one-year extension. Legislation extending the SBIR/STTR programs was introduced by Ranking Member Velázquez on September 2, 2025, and passed the House, with bipartisan support, on September 15, 2025. House Committee on Small Business Ranking Member Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX), House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX) issued a joint statement following the passage of S. 3971, the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act: “The reauthorization of the SBIR and STTR programs is a critical win for the small businesses that drive American innovation. We have worked to provide entrepreneurs with the resources they need to transform bold ideas into technology that will fuel our economy, strengthen supply chains, and safeguard our future. We look forward to this bill becoming law and restoring certainty to Main Street America.” --- S. 3971, Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act The bill reauthorizes the SBIR and STTR programs through September 30, 2031, while strengthening research security within the programs, modernizing and streamlining the programs to reduce administrative burdens, and accelerating innovation to advance cutting-edge technology.
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