SBIR Administrative Funding Act

Sponsor: George Latimer (Democratic-NY)January 22, 2026

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Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Extends federal funding for small business innovation programs and boosts outreach.

This bill would extend federal funding for programs that help small businesses innovate until 2030. It would also slightly increase the money agencies can use to manage these programs. A portion of these funds would go to the Small Business Administration to help more small businesses, especially in underserved areas, get these awards.

What Would Change

Currently, federal agencies can use 3 percent of their small business innovation program funds for administrative costs, but this ability ends on September 30, 2025. This bill would extend that deadline to September 30, 2030, and raise the allowable percentage to 3.3 percent. It would also require some agencies to send at least 10 percent of these administrative funds to the Small Business Administration to help them run the programs and increase outreach to underserved areas.

Key Provisions

Extends the time federal agencies can use funds to run small business innovation programs until September 30, 2030.
Increases the amount federal agencies can use for administrative costs of these programs from 3 percent to 3.3 percent of program funds.
Requires major federal agencies like the Department of Defense and NASA to transfer at least 10 percent of their administrative funds for these programs to the Small Business Administration.
Lets federal agencies use administrative funds for outreach and technical help to small businesses in underserved areas and states with few past awards.
Blocks the Small Business Administration from using these transferred funds for certain other investment programs.

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SBIR Administrative Funding Act

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