Markup of H.R. 5100 (House Small Business Committee hearing, September 9, 2025)
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Transcript of the September 9, 2025 House Small Business Committee markup, Small Business Committee Document Number 119-018, of H.R. 5100, a bill to extend the SBIR and STTR programs. Chairman Roger Williams presided from 10:35 a.m. to 10:49 a.m., and the committee voted electronically. Williams and Ranking Member Nydia Velázquez gave opening statements, and Mr. Alford and Mr. Ellzey were named to the Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure. The appendix prints the bill text, the electronic vote results and the final passage vote.
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MARKUP OF: H.R. 5100, TO EXTEND THE SBIR
AND STTR PROGRAMS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
HEARING
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS
UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
HEARING HELD
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
Small Business Committee Document Number 119–018
Available via the GPO Website: www.govinfo.gov
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS
ROGER WILLIAMS, Texas, Chairman
PETE STAUBER, Minnesota
DAN MEUSER, Pennsylvania
BETH VAN DUYNE, Texas
JAKE ELLZEY, Texas
MARK ALFORD, Missouri
NICK LALOTA, New York
BRAD FINSTAD, Minnesota
TONY WIED, Wisconsin
ROB BRESNAHAN, Pennsylvania
BRIAN JACK, Georgia
TROY DOWNING, Montana
KIMBERLYN KING-HINDS, Northern Marina Islands
DEREK SCHMIDT, Kansas
JIMMY PATRONIS, Florida
NYDIA VELÁZQUEZ, New York, Ranking Member
MORGAN MCGARVEY, Kentucky
HILLARY SCHOLTEN, Michigan
LAMONICA MCIVER, New Jersey
GIL CISNEROS, California
KELLY MORRISON, Minnesota
GEORGE LATIMER, New York
DEREK TRAN, California
LATEEFAH SIMON, California
JOHNNY OLSZEWSKI, Maryland
HERB CONAWAY, New Jersey
MAGGIE GOODLANDER, New Hampshire
LAUREN HOLMES, Majority Staff Director
MELISSA JUNG, Minority Staff Director
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CONTENTS
OPENING STATEMENTS
Page
Hon. Roger Williams ................................................................................................ 1
Hon. Nydia Velázquez ............................................................................................. 2
APPENDIX
Additional Material for the Record:
H.R. 5100, To extend the SBIR and STTR Programs, and for other
purposes ......................................................................................................... 4
Support Document:
E-Vote Results .................................................................................................. 7
Votes:
Final Passage to H.R. 5100, ‘‘To extend the SBIR and STTR Programs,
and for other purposes .................................................................................. 8
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MARKUP OF: H.R. 5100, TO EXTEND THE SBIR
AND STTR PROGRAMS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS,
1Washington, DC.
The Committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:35 a.m., in Room
2360, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Robert Williams [chair-
man of the Committee] presiding.
Present: Representatives Williams, Stauber, Meuser, Van Duyne,
Ellzey, Alford, LaLota, Finstad, Wied, Bresnahan, Jack, Downing,
King-Hinds, Schmidt, Patronis, Velázquez, McGarvey, Scholten,
McIver, Cisneros, Morrison, Latimer, Tran, Simon, Olszewski, Con-
away, and Goodlander.
Chairman WILLIAMS. The Committee will now come to order. A
quorum is present. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to
declare a recess of the committee at any time.
I ask unanimous consent to name Mr. Alford and Mr. Ellzey to
the Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure. Without ob-
jection, so moved.
As required by House Rules, a copy of this legislative measure
has been made available to Members and the public at least 24
hours in advance. Without objection, the Committee will vote elec-
tronically in accordance with the Committee rules and regulations
developed by the House Committees on Rules and Administration.
I now recognize myself for opening remarks.
Today we will mark up a bipartisan bill that is critical to pro-
tecting American innovation. The Small Business Innovation Re-
search, SBIR, and Small Business Technology Transfer, STTR, pro-
grams are set to expire on September 30th unless Congress takes
action to reauthorize them. For over the decades, the SBIR and the
STTR programs have fueled American innovation by providing
early stage funding to small businesses, allowing them to develop
cutting-edge technologies that strengthen our economy and defend
our nation. As Chairman, I am committed to ensuring these pro-
grams remain strong and uninterrupted.
America’s small business cannot operate in uncertainty and our
national security cannot afford an innovation gap. SBIR and STTR
investments have developed some of the world’s most advanced de-
fense technologies with one goal: to keep Americans safe from for-
eign adversaries. All of us on this Committee have worked hard to
reauthorize the programs in a bipartisan way that protects Amer-
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ican innovators from foreign adversaries and encourages greater
support for breakthrough technologies. We have had great bipar-
tisan and bicameral discussions in an effort to move forward the
INNOVATE Act. I, along with all my colleagues, am committed to
continuing these discussions.
With long-term reauthorization remains the goal, one thing has
become clear: time is working against us. We cannot allow these
vital programs to expire while Congress continues to consider pos-
sible reforms and examine their impact. That is why I introduced
H.R. 5100 alongside Ranking Member Velázquez, House Committee
on Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Babin, and Ranking
Member Lofgren. This bill will extend the SBIR and the STTR pro-
grams for one more year, allowing meaningful discussions towards
long-term reauthorization to continue.
This Committee is responsible for empowering small businesses
to do what they do best, innovate. Extending these programs keeps
America ahead of their adversaries, creates jobs at home, and en-
sures that small business remain at the forefront of discovery.
I want to thank Ranking Member Velázquez and her team for
working with us and ensuring that these programs do not expire.
I would also like to thank Chairman Babin, Ranking Member Lof-
gren, and their staffs for their support.
This 1-year extension sends a clear message we will not let
America’s innovation pipeline run dry. I look forward to working
with my colleagues in the House and the Senate to ensure con-
tinuity for SBIR and STTR programs and the small businesses par-
ticipating in them.
With that, I look forward to today’s markup and yield to the dis-
tinguished Ranking Member from New York and my friend, Ms.
Velázquez.
Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your efforts on
this clean 1-year extension of the Small Business Innovation Re-
search and Technology Transfer programs.
For more than 40 years, SBIR and STTR have been among the
federal government’s most effective engines for driving innovation,
channeling a small share of the research and development budgets
into highly competitive awards that fuel cutting-edge discoveries by
small businesses. Economic analyses consistently show an outside
return on investment for taxpayers and the program throughout its
lifetime has been overwhelmingly successful.
Unfortunately, the SBIR and STTR programs are set to expire at
the end of the fiscal year. If these programs were allowed to expire
agencies will lose the ability to issue new awards, cutting off a vital
source of early stage funding for small businesses, delay commer-
cialization and promising technologies, and weaken the federal gov-
ernment’s ability to access new and emerging technologies. This is
why one of my main priorities for the program is permanence.
The SBIR and STTR reauthorization is our Committee’s only
must pass legislation this year. Despite the urgency, we are still
in early stages of negotiating a comprehensive reauthorization and
time is running short. While we share priorities, such as bringing
in new entrants or modernizing Phase III, significant differences
remain. To that end, I appreciate Chairman Williams’ recognition
of the obstacles we are facing with this reauthorization and his
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support for a 1-year extension to bring all sides together to bridge
the differences.
Letting the reauthorizations lapse, even briefly, will disrupt hun-
dreds of small businesses in the middle of their research and put
innovation at risk. This extension is the only responsible course,
and I look forward to continuing to work with Chairman Williams
and his team to reach a comprehensive bipartisan agreement.
I encourage my colleagues to vote yes and I yield back.
Chairman WILLIAMS. The gentlelady yields back. Now the
Committee now moves to consideration of H.R. 5100. The clerk will
report the bill.
The CLERK. H.R. 5100, a bill to extend the SBIR——
Chairman WILLIAMS. Without objection, H.R. 5100 is consid-
ered as read and open for amendment.
Does anyone wish to offer an amendment?
Seeing none, the question is now on favorably reporting H.R.
5100 to the House.
All those in favor, say aye.
All those opposed, say no.
In the opinion of the Chair, the ayes have it and H.R. 5100 is
agreed to.
Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Chairman?
Chairman WILLIAMS. For what purpose does the gentleman
from Pennsylvania seek recognition?
Mr. MEUSER. I would like to request a recorded vote.
Chairman WILLIAMS. A recorded vote has been requested. A
roll call vote is ordered. The clerk will open the vote.
[The vote was taken.]
Chairman WILLIAMS. Are there any Members who have not
voted or wish to change their vote?
Ms. HOLMES. If you guys need to go to other meetings, you ab-
solutely can. We are going to give a couple Members time to run
back and vote. But if you have voted, you are free to go.
Mr. Chairman, we are just going to—we have two Members that
are running here.
Chairman WILLIAMS. Okay, good. Good, good, good.
Ms. HOLMES. Thank you, guys. We appreciate it.
Chairman WILLIAMS. Are there any other Members who have
not voted or wish to change their vote? If not, the clerk will close
the vote.
The clerk will report.
The CLERK. Mr. Chairman, on this vote the ayes are 27 and the
noes are 0.
Chairman WILLIAMS. Okay. The motion is agreed to and H.R.
5100 is adopted and will be reported favorably to the House.
Without objection, the Committee staff is authorized to make
technical and conforming changes. And Members have 2 business
days to file additional supplemental, dissenting, and minority
views.
I want to thank all of you for being here today. If there’s no fur-
ther business, this concludes our day’s markup. Without objection,
the Committee stands adjourned. Thank you.
[Whereupon, at 10:49 a.m., the committee was adjourned.]
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