S. 1573 119th Congress Senate

SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize and modify the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 1, 2025 Introduced by: Edward J. Markey Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov

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May 1, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

May 1, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now May 1, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Related & companion bills 6

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 31

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
for BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ASSOCIATION FOR UNCREWED VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
for ASSOCIATION FOR UNCREWED VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
for BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
ASSOCIATION FOR UNCREWED VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
for ASSOCIATION FOR UNCREWED VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION
for BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
ASSOCIATION FOR UNCREWED VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
for ASSOCIATION FOR UNCREWED VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
30 filings
SENATE
30 filings
Natl Security Council (NSC)
9 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
9 filings
Small Business Administration (SBA)
9 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
8 filings
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
8 filings
White House Office
8 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Jul 14, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1573: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1573/

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"S. 1573: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1573/.

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