S. 853 119th Congress Senate

INNOVATE Act

Official title: A bill to improve the SBIR and STTR programs under the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 5, 2025 Introduced by: Joni Ernst Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov

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Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Became law

Jul 23, 2025

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Mar 5, 2025

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Mar 5, 2025

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

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now July 23, 2025

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
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Lobbying activity 60

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

ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
for PIASECKI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · Pennsylvania · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.
for AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
RIDGELINE ADVOCACY GROUP LLC
for BASCOM HUNTER TECHNOLOGIES · Louisiana · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
for UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
TIBER CREEK GROUP
for RISE8 · Florida · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.
for AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

SENATE
60 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
57 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
17 filings
Navy, Dept of
10 filings
Air Force, Dept of
8 filings
Army, Dept of (Other)
8 filings
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
8 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
7 filings

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 853: INNOVATE Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-853/

MLA

"S. 853: INNOVATE Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-853/.

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S. 853, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-853/.

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