S. 853 · 119th Congress

INNOVATE Act

Introduced on Mar 5, 2025 by Joni Ernst (R-IA). Latest action (Jul 23, 2025): Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 5, 2025
Cosponsors
0
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 improve the SBIR and STTR programs under the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Asia
  • China
  • Congressional oversight
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Economic performance and conditions
  • Espionage and treason
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Military procurement, research, weapons development
  • Performance measurement
  • Product development and innovation
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Small business
  • Subversive activities
  • Technology transfer and commercialization
  • U.S. and foreign investments

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Joni ErnstR-IASponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

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

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 5, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
  3. Mar 5, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
  4. Jul 23, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

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. University of Michigan6 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANAI match · 100%
  2. LMI Consulting, LLC5 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LMI CONSULTING, LLC$521.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. Piasecki Aircraft Corp.5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PIASECKI AIRCRAFT CORPAI match · 100%
  4. Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.4 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  5. BASCOM HUNTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BASCOM HUNTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$7.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  7. Rise84 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RISE8 INC$32.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. SIMBA Chain3 reports
    Federal contractor: SIMBA CHAIN INC$4.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  9. Activate Global, Inc.2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  10. Arete Inc2 reports
    $25.5K reported (all issues)
  11. BOSTON UNIVERSITY2 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OFAI match · 100%
  12. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2 reports
    $79K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC$3.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. Vanderbilt University2 reports
    $510K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  14. Association of American Universities1 report
    $158.7K reported (all issues)
  15. Intellisense Systems, Inc.1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS INC$29.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  16. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION1 report
    $3.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$13.3B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. Rolls-Royce North America1 report
    $280K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC$2.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  18. Slingshot Aerospace1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SLINGSHOT AEROSPACE INC$29.8M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 93%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 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.