S 2898
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization
Small Business National Security Innovation Act of 2016
Introduced: April 28, 2016
Introduced by:
Shaheen, Jeanne
Democratic
· New Hampshire
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 28, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Small Business National Security Innovation Act of 2016
This bill directs the Department of the Navy to establish a pilot program for the commercialization of products and services produced by covered small business concerns under which the Department shall set up a multiple task or delivery order contract for those products and services.
Nothing in this bill shall be construed to prevent the commercialization of products and services produced by a small business concern under a federal agency Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program through:
- direct awards for Phase III of an SBIR or STTR program;
- awards made under the Rapid Innovation Fund (for accelerating the fielding of innovative technologies developed using Department of Defense [DOD] research funding, and expedient DOD use of such technologies in defense acquisition programs); or
- any other contract vehicle.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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