United States · Bill · S
S. 1263 (109th)
SABIR Act
Introduced
16 June 2005
Last action
16 June 2005 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6759)
Sponsors
Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO], Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO], Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX], Sen. Allen, George [R-VA], Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Subjects
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Source updated
15 August 2025
Summary
Save America's Biotechnology Innovative Research Act of 2005 or SABIR Act - Amends provisions of the Small Business Act relating to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (a program under which a portion of a Federal agency's research or research and development funds are reserved for award to small businesses) to require a small business, in order to be SBIR-eligible, to have no more than 500 employees and be one of the following; (1) at least 51 percent owned and controlled by individuals or eligible venture capital companies who are U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens; (2) not more than 49 percent owned and controlled by a single eligible venture capital company; (3) at least 51 percent owned and controlled by another business that is itself at least 51 percent owned and controlled by U.S. Citizens or permanent resident aliens; or (4) a joint venture in which each entity meets one of these ownership requirements.
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Timeline
16 June 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6759)
Source: IntroReferral
16 June 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6758-6759)
Source: IntroReferral
16 June 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 June 2005 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- · sssb00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → SABIR Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1263
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1263
- us · 109-s-1263 · source updated 15 August 2025