United States · Bill · S
S. 1396 (118th)
Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act
Introduced
2 May 2023
Last action
25 July 2023 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169.
Sponsors
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
6 December 2025
Summary
Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act This bill provides commercialization services for federally funded small business research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Specifically, the bill (1) expedites the application and award process for SBIR proposals and STTR solicitations, (2) requires determinations of commercialization potential for projects undertaken through SBIR and STTR awards, (3) provides continued flexibility of technical and business assistance for SBIR and STTR awardees, (4) instructs participating federal agencies to designate a technology commercialization official to help awardees commercialize, and (5) requires the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Patent Office to reach an interagency agreement to help SBIR and STTR awardees with intellectual property protection.
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Timeline
2 May 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Source: IntroReferral
2 May 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
19 July 2023
Reported
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
25 July 2023
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169.
Source: Calendars
25 July 2023
Reported
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Source: Committee
25 July 2023
Reported
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Reported to Senate · 25 July 2023 · Download file
- Introduced in Senate · 2 May 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Reported to Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1396
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1396
- us · 118-s-1396 · source updated 6 December 2025