Last progress September 16, 2025 (2 months ago)
Introduced on September 2, 2025 by Roger Williams
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4273: 1)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
This bill keeps two federal small‑business research programs going for one more year, through fiscal year 2026. These programs let U.S. small businesses compete for funding to test ideas and develop new products that could reach the market. It also pushes several related pilot efforts and deadlines from 2025 to 2026, such as faster award timelines, help with administration, flexibility in project phases, and programs that boost commercialization and set performance standards. It extends pilots that support partnerships with military research and educational institutions and improves how budgets are calculated, all through September 30, 2026.
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