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Sec. 404 · S. 853

Strengthening agency recovery authority

Title IV — Protecting American Innovation from Adversarial Influence

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Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), as amended by this Act, is amended— (1) in subsection (g)(18), as redesignated by section 402— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting, as adjusted for inflation according to the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after amounts; (B) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by inserting during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the award, or during a longer or indefinite period as determined by the head of the awarding agency as necessary for national security, before the small business concern; and (ii) by striking or at the end; (C) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by inserting during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the award, or during a longer or indefinite period as determined by the head of the awarding agency as necessary for national security, before there is a change; and (ii) by striking and at the end; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (C) during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the award, or during a longer or indefinite period as determined by the head of the awarding agency as necessary for national security, the small business concern sells, leases, or provides (through joint research, technological licensing, or otherwise) intellectual property that was developed, wholly or in part, using an SBIR award to a foreign entity or individual unless the foreign entity or individual is incorporated in or a citizen of a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or a major non-NATO ally, as described under section 2321k of title 22, United States Code; or (D) during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the award, or during a longer or indefinite period as determined by the head of the awarding agency as necessary for national security, the small business concern sells, leases, or provides (through joint research, technological licensing, or otherwise) intellectual property that was developed, wholly or in part, using an SBIR award to an entity, government, or individual in a foreign country of concern; and; and (2) in subsection (o)(22), as redesignated by section 402— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting, as adjusted for inflation according to the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after amounts; (B) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by inserting during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the award, or during a longer or indefinite period as determined by the head of the awarding agency as necessary for national security, before the small business concern; and (ii) by striking or at the end; (C) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by inserting during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the award, or during a longer or indefinite period as determined by the head of the awarding agency as necessary for national security, before there is a change; and (ii) by striking and at the end; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (C) during the 5 year period beginning on the date of the award, or during a longer or indefinite period as determined by the head of the awarding agency as necessary for national security, the small business concern sells, leases, or provides (through joint research, technological licensing, or otherwise) intellectual property that was developed, wholly or in part, using an STTR award to a foreign entity or individual unless the foreign entity or individual is incorporated in or a citizen of a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or a major non-NATO ally, as described under section 2321k of title 22, United States Code; or (D) during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the award, or during a longer or indefinite period as determined by the head of the awarding agency as necessary for national security, the small business concern sells, leases, or provides (through joint research, technological licensing, or otherwise) intellectual property that was developed, wholly or in part, using an STTR award to an entity, government, or individual in a foreign country of concern; and.

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