S. 1573 · 119th Congress

SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2025

Introduced on May 1, 2025 by Edward J. Markey (D-MA). One cosponsor. Latest action (May 1, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 1, 2025
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Commerce
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize and modify the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research programs, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Edward J. MarkeyD-MASponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 1, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. May 1, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Association For Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International5 reports
    $456.8K reported (all issues)
  2. BOSTON UNIVERSITY4 reports
    $220K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OFAI match · 100%
  3. Association of American Universities3 reports
    $460.1K reported (all issues)
  4. Activate Global, Inc.2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  5. BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION2 reports
    $4M reported (all issues)
  6. Bayh-Dole Coalition2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  7. Federation of American Scientists - DBA Alliance for Learning Innovation2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTSAI match · 98%
  8. North Dakota State University1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. THE NEW ENGLAND COUNCIL1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  10. Vanderbilt University1 report
    $220K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.