HR 5100
Passed a chamber
Extends the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs and several related pilot programs by one year, moving their expiration dates from 2025 to 2026.
Official title: To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
02-SEP-2025
Referred
02-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
09-SEP-2025
Reported
10-SEP-2025
On the calendar
10-SEP-2025
Passed
15-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
16-SEP-2025
- Changes the SBIR authority deadline in the Small Business Act from September 30, 2025 to September 30, 2026.
- Changes the STTR authority deadline from fiscal year 2025 to fiscal year 2026.
- Updates the 2025 deadlines to 2026 for phase flexibility, accelerated awards, the Phase 0 pilot, administrative assistance, minimum performance standards, commercialization assistance pilots, the due diligence program, military research institution participation, and the budget calculation pilot.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (02-SEP-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Science, Space, and Technology Committee (House)
- Small Business Committee (House)
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (Senate)
Commerce
■ 15 R■ 3 D
15 Republicans
3 Democrats