Disclosures and prohibitions relating to certain agreements with entities engaging in censorship

(a) Disclosure for SBIR applicants Section 9(g)(13) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(g)(13)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (H) a current or pending agreement with— (i) NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing business as NEWSGuard); (ii) Disinformation Index, Inc., Disinformation Index, Ltd., or Global Disinformation Index gUG (collectively doing business as Global Disinformation Index); (iii) Internews; or (iv) an entity that engages in operations or activities, or produces products, the function of which is to demonetize or rate the credibility of a domestic entity (including news and information outlets) based on lawful speech of such domestic entity under the stated function of fact-checking or otherwise exposing or correcting misinformation, disinformation, or misinformation;. (b) Prohibition on SBIR awards Paragraph (16) of section 9(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(g)), as redesignated by section 402, is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) the small business concern submitting the proposal or application has a current or pending agreement with— (i) NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing business as NEWSGuard); (ii) Disinformation Index, Inc., Disinformation Index, Ltd., or Global Disinformation Index gUG (collectively doing business as Global Disinformation Index); (iii) Internews; or (iv) an entity that engages in operations or activities, or produces products, the function of which is to demonetize or rate the credibility of a domestic entity (including news and information outlets) based on lawful speech of such domestic entity under the stated function of fact-checking or otherwise exposing or correcting misinformation, disinformation, or misinformation;. (c) Disclosure for STTR applicants Section 9(o)(17) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)(17)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (H) a current or pending agreement with— (i) NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing business as NEWSGuard); (ii) Disinformation Index, Inc., Disinformation Index, Ltd., or Global Disinformation Index gUG (collectively doing business as Global Disinformation Index); (iii) Internews; or (iv) an entity that engages in operations or activities, or produces products, the function of which is to demonetize or rate the credibility of a domestic entity (including news and information outlets) based on lawful speech of such domestic entity under the stated function of fact-checking or otherwise exposing or correcting misinformation, disinformation, or misinformation;. (d) Prohibition on STTR awards Paragraph (20) of section 9(o) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)(20)), as redesignated by section 402, is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) the small business concern submitting the proposal or application has a current or pending agreement with— (i) NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing business as NEWSGuard); (ii) Disinformation Index, Inc., Disinformation Index, Ltd., or Global Disinformation Index gUG (collectively doing business as Global Disinformation Index); (iii) Internews; or (iv) an entity that engages in operations or activities, or produces products, the function of which is to demonetize or rate the credibility of a domestic entity (including news and information outlets) based on lawful speech of such domestic entity under the stated function of fact-checking or otherwise exposing or correcting misinformation, disinformation, or misinformation;. (e) Conforming amendments (1) SBIR awards Paragraph (19)(A) of section 9(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(g)), as so redesignated by section 402, is amended by striking through (G) and inserting through (H). (2) STTR awards Paragraph (23)(A) of section 9(o) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)), as so redesignated by section 402, is amended by striking through (G) and inserting through (H).