PUBLIC LAW 102-564—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4255

(A) an assessment of the quality of the research per-
formed under the SBIR program funding agreements
entered into by each agency that has participated in the
SBIR program beginning in fiscal year 1993 or thereafter,
specifically addressing—

(i) with respect to each such agency, whether or
not there has been a demonstrable reduction in
research quality; and

(ii) in the case of such reduction, whether an
increase in each such agency's required SBIR participa-
tion hi accordance with section 9(f)(l) of the Small
Business Act (as amended by subsection (b) of this
section) would adversely affect the performance of the
agency's research programs;

(B) an analysis of the program authorized by section
301 of the Small Business Research and Development
Enhancement Act of 1992, considering, among other
things—

(i) the extent to which each SBIR agency has
implemented the program and the extent to which
the program has improved the quality of agency-spon-
sored research and development;

(ii) the effect of the program on recipient compa-
nies' ability to develop and commercialize technology;

(iii) the cost of the program and the average cost
per recipient company; and

(iv) the extent to which SBIR companies continue
to use the service after completion of the program;
and

(C) such other factors as the Comptroller General may
deem appropriate.

(b) FINAL REPORT.-—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall transmit to the Congress a final report containing—

(1) a review of the progress made by Federal agencies
in meeting the requirements of section 9(f) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (as amended by this Act), including increases in
expenditures required by that subsection;

(2) an analysis of participation by small business concerns
in the third phase of SBIR programs, including a systematic
evaluation of the techniques adopted by Federal agencies to
foster commercialization;

(3) an analysis of the extent to which awards under SBIR
programs are made pursuant to section 9(0 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (as added by section 103(h)) in cases in which a
program solicitation receives only 1 proposal;

(4) an analysis of the extent to which awards in the first
phase of the SBIR program are made to small business concerns
that have received more than 15 second phase awards under
the SBIR program in the preceding 5 fiscal years, considering—

(A) the extent to which such concerns were able to
secure Federal or private sector follow-on funding;

(B) the extent to which the research developed under
such awards was commercialized; and

(C) the amount of commercialization of research devel-
oped under such awards, as compared to the amount of
commercialization of SBIR research for the entire SBIR
program;