106 STAT. 4254

PUBLIC LAW 102-564—OCT. 28, 1992

15 USC 638
and note.

15 USC 638
note.

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 638) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:

"(/) REPORTING OF AWARDS MADE FROM SINGLE PROPOSAL, TO
MULTIPLE AWARD WINNERS, OR TO CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY TOPICS.—

"(1) SINGLE PROPOSAL.-—If a Federal agency required to
establish an SBIR program under subsection (f) makes an
award with respect to an SBIR solicitation topic or subtopic
for which the agency received only 1 proposal, the agency
shall provide written justification for making the award in
its next quarterly report to the Administration and in the
agency's next annual report required under subsection (gX8).

"(2) MULTIPLE AWARDS.—An agency referred to in para-
graph (1) shall include in its next annual report required under
subsection (g)(8) an accounting of the awards the agency has
made for the first phase of an SBIR program during the report-
ing period to entities that have received more than 15 awards
for tne second phase of an SBIR program during the preceding
5 fiscal years.

"(3) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS.—An agency referred
to in paragraph (1) shall include in its next annual report
required under subsection (g)(8), an accounting of the number
of awards it has made to critical technology topics, as defined
in subsection (g)(3), including an identification of the specific
critical technologies topics, and the percentage by number and
dollar amount of the agency's total SBIR awards to such critical
technology topics.".

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9(g)(5) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(g)(5)) (as redesignated by sub-
section (d)) is amended by inserting "subject to subsection (/),"
before "unilaterally".

(i) INFORMATION ON ALLOWABLE EXPENSES.—Section 9(g)(5) of
the Small Business Act (as redesignated by subsection (d)) is amend-
ed by inserting before the semicolon the following: "and inform
each awardee under such an agreement, to the extent possible,
of the expenses of the awardee that will be allowable under the
funding agreement".

SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF SBIR PROGRAM.

(a) REPEAL PROVISION.—Section 5 of the Small Business Innova-
tion Development Act of 1982 is hereby repealed.

(b) TERMINATION DATE.—Section 9 of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 638) is amended by adding at the end the following:

"(m) TERMINATION.—The authorization to carry out the Small
Business Innovation Research Program under this section shall
terminate on October 1, 2000.".

SEC. 105. REPORTS OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.

(a) INTERIM REPORT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the Congress an interim report concern-
ing the quality of research performed under SBIR program
funding agreements entered into during fiscal year 1993 and
thereafter. Copies of the interim report shall be furnished to
each agency that has participated in the SBIR program in
fiscal year 1993 or thereafter.

(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall
include in the interim report required under paragraph (1>—