Public Law 112-17


 * Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

{{SECTION|SEC. 1.|SECTION 1}}. SHORT TITLE.

 * This Act may be cited as the “Small Business Additional Temporary Extension Act of 2011”.

{{SECTION|SEC. 2.|SECTION 2}}. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAMS UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT AND THE SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958.

 * (a) .—
 * Section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to extend temporarily certain authorities of the Small Business Administration”, approved October 10, 2006 (Public Law 109-316; 120 Stat. 1742), as most recently amended by section 1 of Public Law 112-1 (125 Stat. 3), is amended—


 * (1) by striking “Any” and inserting “Except as provided in section 3 of the Small Business Additional Temporary Extension Act of 2011, any”; and


 * (2) by striking “May 31, 2011” each place it appears and inserting “July 31, 2011”.


 * (b) .—
 * The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on May 30, 2011.

{{SECTION|SEC. 3.|SECTION 3}}. EXTENSION OF SBIR AND STTR TERMINATION DATES.

 * (a) .—
 * Section 9(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(m)) is amended—


 * (1) by striking “Termination.—” and all that follows through “the authorization” and inserting “Termination.—The authorization”;


 * (2) by striking “2008” and inserting “2011”; and


 * (3) by striking paragraph (2).


 * (b) .—
 * Section 9(n)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(n)(1)(A)) is amended—


 * (1) by striking “IN GENERAL.—” and all that follows through “with respect” and inserting “IN GENERAL.—With respect”;


 * (2) by striking “2009” and inserting “2011”; and


 * (3) by striking clause (ii).


 * (c) .—
 * Section 9(y)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(y)(6)) is amended by striking “2010” and inserting “2011”.

{{SECTION|SEC. 4.|SECTION 4}}. COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS.

 * Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended by inserting after subsection (r) the following:


 * “(s) .—All funds awarded, appropriated, or otherwise made available in accordance with subsection (f) or (n) must be awarded pursuant to competitive and merit-based selection procedures.”.

Approved June 1, 2011.

Legislative History

 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011)
 * May 26, Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent
 * May 31, Passed House
 * May 31, Passed House