US Congress Senate Bill 493 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-04 - Cloture on the bill (S. 493) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 64. (consideration: CR S2661; text: CR S2661)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Title I: Reauthorization of the SBIR and STTR Programs - (Sec. 101) Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to reauthorize through FY2019 the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA). (Sec. 102) Directs the SBA to maintain an Office of Technology to carry out oversight, reporting, and public database responsibilities as assigned by the SBA Administrator. (Sec. 103) Increases by 0.1% per year, from FY2013-FY2023, the percentage of participating federal agencies' extramural research budget to be set aside for SBIR program activities. Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) to use the increased amounts for activities in their departments that further the readiness levels of technologies developed under Phase II SBIR awards. (Sec. 104) Increases the set-aside allocation under the STTR from 0.3% to 0.6% by increasing such percentage by 0.1% every two years from FY2013-FY2017. (Sec. 105) Increases, for both the SBIR and STTR programs, the individual small business award levels from: (1) $100,000 to $150,000, for participation at the Phase I level; and (2) $750,000 to $1 million, for participation at the Phase II level. Changes from every five years to annually the required SBA inflation adjustment of such awards. Prohibits an agency from issuing an SBIR or STTR award if the award size exceeds established guidelines by more than 50%, and requires participating agencies to maintain specified information on awards exceeding such guidelines. (Sec. 106) Allows a small business that receives an: (1) SBIR award from one agency to receive an award for a subsequent phase from another agency, as long as the head of each agency determines that the topics of the relevant awards are the same; and (2) award under either the SBIR or STTR program to receive an award for a subsequent phase under either program. (Sec. 107) Requires federal agencies to conduct solicitations of Phase II SBIR and STTR proposals without any invitation, pre-screening, pre-selection, or down-selection process between the first and second phases. (Sec. 108) Authorizes the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 30 days after notifying the Administrator and the congressional small business committees, to award through competitive, merit-based procedures up to 25% of their respective SBIR funds to small businesses majority-owned by multiple venture capital companies. Permits other federal agencies to award up to 15% of their SBIR funds to such small businesses. Provides conditions under which a small business which was not majority-owned by multiple venture capital companies at the time of application for an SBIR award, but is so owned on the date of the award, may still be eligible for such award. Directs the Administrator to establish requirements relating to the affiliation of small businesses with venture capital companies for such purposes, and requires such small businesses to register with the SBA. Provides for federal agency compliance with such percentage limits. Directs the Administrator to post on the SBA website information on SBIR and STTR program affiliation rules. (Sec. 109) Requires federal agencies and federal prime contractors, to the greatest extent practicable, to issue Phase III awards relating to technology, including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that developed the technology. (Sec. 110) Authorizes the head of each participating federal agency to issue SBIR and STTR awards to small businesses that have entered, or intend to enter, into a collaborative research and development (R&D) agreement with a federal laboratory or federally funded research and development center. Prohibits a federal agency from: (1) conditioning an award upon entering into such an agreement; (2) approving an agreement if the small business performs a lesser portion of the R&D activities than required by the Act and by SBIR and STTR Policy Directives; or (3) approving an agreement that violates any SBA provision or such Directives. Requires the Administrator to modify such Directives to ensure that small businesses may use the resources of federal laboratories or federally funded research and development centers without entering into such agreements. (Sec. 111) Requires any federal agency involved in a judicial or administrative case or controversy concerning the SBIR or STTR program to provide timely notice thereof to the Administrator. (Sec. 112) Allows a small business that receives a Phase II SBIR or STTR award to receive an additional Phase II SBIR or STTR award for that project. Title II: Outreach and Commercialization Initiatives - (Sec. 201) Reauthorizes through FY2016 the Federal and State Technology Partnership (FAST) program (a program of grants and cooperative agreements for strengthening the technological competitiveness of small businesses participating or desiring to participate in SBIR or STTR programs). Provides reduced matching funds requirements for FAST recipients in low-income and rural areas, recipients in one of the states receiving the fewest SBIR Phase I awards, and recipients in rural areas which are also in one of states receiving the fewest number of awards. Limits such grants and cooperative agreements to five years. Requires an annual report during such period from the Administrator to the small business committees on awards made and agreements entered into. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 202) Allows each federal agency conducting an STTR program (under current law, only an SBIR program) to contract for the provision of technical assistance to small businesses participating in that program. Extends from three to five years the authorized period of such assistance. Increases from $4,000 to $5,000 the amount authorized to be provided to SBIR or STTR participants under the first and second phases of such projects. (Sec. 203) Redesignates the Commercialization Pilot Program as the Commercialization Readiness Program, and includes STTR technology projects under such Program. Makes such Program permanent. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to: (1) establish goals for the transition of phase III technologies in subcontracting plans; and (2) require prime contractors to report on the number and amount of contracts entered into for phase III SBIR or STTR projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish goals for increasing the number of phase II STIR and STTR contracts awarded that lead to technology transition into programs of record or fielded systems; (2) use incentives or create new incentives to encourage agency program managers and prime contractors to meet such goals; and (3) include in a required annual report to Congress information on projects funded through the Program and efforts to transition their technologies into programs of record or fielded systems. (Sec. 204) Allows the head of each federal agency to allocate up to 10% of SBIR and STTR program funds to establish a pilot program: (1) for awards for technology development, testing, and evaluation of SBIR and STTR phase II technologies; or (2) to support the progress of research or research and development conducted under such programs to phase III. Outlines pilot program application requirements, and requires such agency heads to include pilot program information in required annual reports to the SBA Administrator. Terminates the pilot program at the end of FY2014. (Sec. 205) Establishes an independent advisory board at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct periodic evaluations of the SBIR program at each of the NIH institutes and centers in order to improve program management through data-driven assessment. Requires the director of the NIH SBIR program to address gaps and deficiencies in data collection identified in a NAS report assessing the NIH's SBIR program. Authorizes such director to initiate a pilot program to spur innovation and test new strategies that may enhance the development of cures and therapies. Requires such director to report annually to Congress and the advisory board on NIH SBIR activities. Requires such director, to the greatest extent practicable, to reduce to 90 days the period between Phase I and II funding of grants under the NIH SBIR program. Terminates the requirements of this section five years after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 206) Directs the head of each federal agency participating in an SBIR or STTR program to develop performance measures relating to commercializing research or research and development activities for SBIR or STTR participants that have been awarded multiple Phase I awards but have not been awarded Phase II awards. (Sec. 207) Further defines "Phase III" for purposes of the SBIR and STTR programs, including what will qualify as "commercialization" under such phase. (Sec. 208) Requires final decisions on SBIR or STTR program proposals or applications within 90 days after the close of solicitations, or within 180 days thereafter if extended by the Administrator. Allows the NIH Director to make an award under an NIH SBIR or STTR program if the application for the award has undergone technical and scientific peer review under requirements of the Public Health Service Act. Title III: Oversight and Evaluation - (Sec. 301) Directs the SBA, in currently-required annual reports concerning SBIR and STTR programs, to include information on: (1) proposals received from small businesses with venture capital investment; (2) efforts to increase outreach to small businesses owned and controlled by women and socially or economically disadvantaged individuals; (3) implementation and compliance with requirements concerning the allocation of funding to small businesses owned and controlled by multiple venture capital companies; and (4) appeals of Phase III awards, as well as notices of noncompliance with SBIR and STTR Policy Directives. Directs the SBA to coordinate the implementation of electronic databases at participating federal agencies. (Sec. 302) Requires agencies with an SBIR or STTR program to annually collect information similar to that outlined above for program assessment purposes. (Sec. 304) Requires specified information concerning SBIR and STTR awardees to be included in public and government databases maintained by the SBA. (Sec. 306) Directs the Comptroller General (CG), in each of the five years following the enactment of this Act, to: (1) conduct a fiscal and management audit of the SBIR and STTR programs; and (2) report audit results to the small business committees. (Sec. 307) Amends the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 to continue NAS evaluation of the SBIR program, as well as reports on such evaluation from the National Research Council to participating agency heads and the small business committees. Requires updates every four years. (Sec. 308) Requires the SBA to include in an annual report to Congress specified information on Phase III awards issued by federal agencies participating in SBIR or STTR programs. (Sec. 309) Directs the CG to conduct a study of, and report to the small business committees on, federal agency compliance with data rights and technologies protection for SBIR awardees. (Sec. 310) Requires each federal agency conducting an SBIR or STTR program to obtain consent from program applicants to release their contact information to economic development organizations. (Sec. 311) Directs the Administrator to allow each federal agency required to conduct an SBIR program to use up to 3% of such funds for costs relating to administrative, oversight, and contract processing activities, including added costs necessitated by amendments made under this Act. (Sec. 312) Requires the CG to conduct a study of, and report to Congress on, the impact of requirements of this Act relating to venture capital company involvement in SBIR and STTR programs. (Sec. 313) Directs the Administrator to: (1) amend the SBIR and STTR Policy Directives to include measures to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in SBIR and STTR programs; and (2) establish a telephone hotline for reporting such fraud, waste, and abuse. Requires the CG to: (1) conduct a study evaluating federal agency implementation of the amendments made to such Directives; and (2) report study results to the small business committees and SBIR/STTR-participating federal agencies. (Sec. 314) Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy Committee to review, and make recommendations for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of, SBIR and STTR programs. Requires three reports from the Committee to the small business committees concerning such review and recommendations. (Sec. 315) Directs the Administrator to issue regulations to ensure that each federal agency required to carry out an SBIR or STTR program simplifies and standardizes the program proposal, selection, contracting, compliance and audit procedures to reduce the paperwork and regulatory compliance burden on small businesses participating in such program. Title IV: Policy Directives - (Sec. 401) Requires the Administrator to: (1) promulgate amendments to the SBIR and STTR Policy Directives to conform them to this Act and its amendments; and (2) publish the amended Directives in the Federal Register. Title V: Other Provisions - (Sec. 501) Directs federal agencies required to establish an SBIR or STTR program, when determining appropriate research topics, to give special priority to applications for the support of projects relating to nanotechnology, rare diseases, security, energy, transportation, or improving the security and quality of the water supply and the efficiency of water systems through the use of technology. Requires such agencies to: (1) give consideration to research topics identified by the NAS, the NIH, and the national nanotechnology strategic plan; and (2) encourage applications from small businesses located in underrepresented or rural areas or areas with excessive unemployment rates, as well as small businesses owned and controlled by women, veterans, or Native Americans. Removes a requirement that certain specified DOD technology or research plans be utilized when identifying appropriate DOD research and development focus under SBIR or STTR programs. (Sec. 502) Directs each federal agency required to participate in an SBIR or STTR program to: (1) develop metrics to evaluate the effectiveness and benefit of such program; (2) conduct an annual evaluation of their program using such metrics; and (3) report evaluation results annually to the Administrator and Congress. (Sec. 503) Requires all SBIR or STTR funds to be awarded pursuant to competitive and merit-based selection procedures.

SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011

Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]	Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]

2011-05-02 - Senate - On the Cloture Motion S. 493 (Y: 52 N: 44 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-04-06 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 273 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 64 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-04-06 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 286 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 57 N: 43 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-04-06 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 281 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-04-06 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 183 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 50 N: 50 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-04-06 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 215 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 12 N: 88 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-04-06 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 277 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 7 N: 93 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-04-06 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 236 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 7 N: 93 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-04-05 - Senate - On the Motion to Table S. 493 (Y: 90 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-03-16 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 216 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-03-16 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 193 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-03-16 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 182 to S. 493 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011) (Y: 98 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-03-14 - Senate - On the Motion to Proceed S. 493 (Y: 84 N: 12 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-04	Senate	Cloture on the bill (S. 493) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 64. (consideration: CR S2661; text: CR S2661)
2011-05-02	Senate	Cloture motion on the bill (S. 493) presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S2572-2573; text: CR S2573)
2011-05-02	Senate	S.AMDT.253 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2572)
2011-05-02	Senate	S.AMDT.240 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2572)
2011-05-02	Senate	S.AMDT.229 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2572)
2011-05-02	Senate	S.AMDT.207 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2572)
2011-05-02	Senate	S.AMDT.199 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2572)
2011-05-02	Senate	S.AMDT.197 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2572)
2011-05-02	Senate	S.AMDT.186 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2572)
2011-05-02	Senate	S.AMDT.178 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2572)
2011-05-02	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2572-2573)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.253 Amendment SA 253 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Snowe. (consideration: CR S2182-2183)To prevent fraud in small business contracting.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.240 Amendment SA 240 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Cardin. (consideration: CR S2182; text: CR S2182)To reinstate the increase in the surety bond guarantee limits for the Small Business Administration.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.184 Amendment SA 184 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.217 Amendment SA 217 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.273 Amendment SA 273, under the order of 4/5/2011, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 64 - 36. Record Vote Number: 57.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.286 Amendment SA 286, under the order of 4/5/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 43. Record Vote Number: 56.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.281 Amendment SA 281, under the order of 4/5/2011, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 55.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.183 Amendment SA 183, under the order of 4/5/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 50. Record Vote Number: 54.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.161 Proposed amendment SA 161 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S2179)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.244 Proposed amendment SA 244 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S2179)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.215 Amendment SA 215, under the order of 4/5/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 12 - 88. Record Vote Number: 53.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.277 Amendment SA 277, under the order of 4/5/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 7 - 93. Record Vote Number: 52.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.236 Amendment SA 236, under the order of 4/5/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the amendment was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 7 - 93. Record Vote Number: 51.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.286 Amendment SA 286 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Inouye. (consideration: CR S2155-2157, S2180; text: CR S2157)To provide for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit recommended rescissions in accordance with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 for Government programs and agencies with duplicative and overlapping missions.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.273 Amendment SA 273 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S2155-2157, S2180; text: CR S2156)To save at least $5 billion by consolidating some duplicative and overlapping government programs.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.281 Amendment SA 281 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S2155-2157, S2168-2171, S2179-2180; text: CR S2156)To save at least $20 million annually by ending federal unemployment payments to jobless millionaires and billionaires.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.217 Amendment SA 217 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S2155-2157, S2180-2181; text: CR S2156)To save at least $8.5 million annually by eliminating an unnecessary program to provide federal funding for covered bridges.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.215 Amendment SA 215 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Rockefeller. (consideration: CR S2155-2157, S2165, S2178-2179; text: CR S2156)To suspend, until the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.277 Amendment SA 277 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Stabenow. (consideration: CR S2155-2157, S2178; text: CR S2155-2156)To suspend, for 2 years, any Environmental Protection Agency enforcement of greenhouse gas regulations, to exempt American agriculture from greenhouse gas regulations, and to increase the number of companies eligible to participate in the successful Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit Program.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.236 Amendment SA 236 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Baucus. (consideration: CR S2155-2157, S2158-2161, S2177-2178; text: CR S2155)To prohibit the regulation of greenhouse gases from certain sources.
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.244 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154, S2179)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.229 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.207 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154; text as modified: CR S2157)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.199 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.197 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.186 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.184 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154, S2180-2181)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.183 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154, S2161-2165, S2165-2168, S2171-2177, S2179)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.178 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154)
2011-04-06	Senate	S.AMDT.161 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154, S2179)
2011-04-06	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2154-2181, S2182-2183)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.276 SA 276 fell when the motion to table the motion to commit the bill (S. 493) to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to report back forthwith with instructions (SA 276) was agreed to.
2011-04-05	Senate	Motion to table the motion by Senator Paul to commit the bill (S. 493) to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations with instructions to report back forthwith with instructions (SA 276) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 10. Record Vote Number: 50. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.276 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.244 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.229 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.207 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.199 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.197 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.186 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.184 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.183 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.178 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	S.AMDT.161 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111)
2011-04-05	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2111, S2142)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.276 Amendment SA 276 proposed by Senator Paul. (consideration: CR S1962-1964; text: CR S1962)Of a perfecting nature.
2011-03-30	Senate	Motion by Senator Paul to commit to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to report back forthwith with instructions (SA 276) made in Senate.
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.244 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.229 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.207 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.199 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.197 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.186 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.184 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.183 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.178 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	S.AMDT.161 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962)
2011-03-30	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1962-1966)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.244 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1914)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.229 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1914)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.207 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1913)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.199 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1913)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.197 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1913)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.186 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1913)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.184 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1913)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.183 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1913, S1923-1925)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.178 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1913)
2011-03-29	Senate	S.AMDT.161 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1913)
2011-03-29	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1913-1914, S1922-1927)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.244 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1884)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.229 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1884)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.207 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1884)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.199 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1884)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.197 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1884)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.186 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1883)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.184 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1884)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.183 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1883)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.178 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1883)
2011-03-28	Senate	S.AMDT.161 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1883)
2011-03-28	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1883-1888)
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.244 Amendment SA 244 proposed by Senator Landrieu to Amendment SA 183. (consideration: CR S1781-1782; text: CR S1781)To change the enactment date.
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.229 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1781)
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.207 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1780)
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.199 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1780)
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.197 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1780)
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.186 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1780)
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.184 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1780)
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.183 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1780, S1782)
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.178 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1780)
2011-03-17	Senate	S.AMDT.161 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1780)
2011-03-17	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1780-1788)
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.216 Amendment SA 216 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 43.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.229 Amendment SA 229 proposed by Senator Pryor. (consideration: CR S1740-1741; text: CR S1740)To establish the Patriot Express Loan Program under which the Small Business Administration may make loans to members of the military community wanting to start or expand small business concerns, and for other purposes.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.184 Amendment SA 184 proposed by Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S1737-1738; text: CR S1737)To provide a list of programs administered by every Federal department and agency.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.197 Amendment SA 197 proposed by Senator Hutchison. (consideration: CR S1729-1730; text: CR S1729)To delay the implementation of the health reform law in the United States until there is a final resolution in pending lawsuits.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.207 Amendment SA 207 proposed by Senator Sanders. (consideration: CR S1723-1726; text: CR S1723)To express the sense of the Senate that Social Security benefits for current and future beneficiaries should not be cut and that the Social Security program should not be privatized as part of any legislation to reduce the Federal deficit.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.199 Amendment SA 199 proposed by Senator Paul. (consideration: CR S1722-1723; text: CR S1722)To cut $200,000,000,000 in spending in fiscal year 2011.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.186 Amendment SA 186 proposed by Senator Cornyn. (consideration: CR S1717-1722)To establish a bipartisan commission for the purpose of improving oversight and eliminating wasteful government spending.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.216 Amendment SA 216 proposed by Senator Landrieu for Senator Casey. (consideration: CR S1716-1717, S1744-1746; text: CR S1717)To require contractors to notify small business concerns that have been included in offers relating to contracts let by Federal agencies.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.193 Amendment SA 193 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 99 - 0. Record Vote Number: 42.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.182 Amendment SA 182 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 1. Record Vote Number: 41.
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.193 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1715, S1716)
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.183 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1715, S1726-1728, S1741-1744)
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.182 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1715, S1716)
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.178 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1715)
2011-03-16	Senate	S.AMDT.161 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1715)
2011-03-16	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1715-1747)
2011-03-15	Senate	S.AMDT.193 Amendment SA 193 proposed by Senator Snowe. (consideration: CR S1653-1655, S1662; text: CR S1654)To strike the Federal authorization of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation.
2011-03-15	Senate	S.AMDT.161 Amendment SA 161 proposed by Senator Inhofe for Senator Johanns. (consideration: CR S1649, S1668-1669; text: CR S1649)To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, and for other purposes.
2011-03-15	Senate	S.AMDT.178 Amendment SA 178 proposed by Senator Vitter. (consideration: CR S1644, S1648-1649; text: CR S1648)To require the Federal Government to sell off unused Federal real property.
2011-03-15	Senate	S.AMDT.183 Amendment SA 183 proposed by Senator McConnell. (consideration: CR S1641-1642, S1643-1644, S1649-1653, S1665-1668, S1669-1673; text: CR S1642)To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change.
2011-03-15	Senate	S.AMDT.182 Amendment SA 182 proposed by Senator Nelson NE. (consideration: CR S1641, S1642-1643; text: CR S1641)Of a perfecting nature.
2011-03-15	Senate	The committee reported amendments were agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
2011-03-15	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1620-1644, S1647-1673; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S1620-1631)
2011-03-14	Senate	Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 12. Record Vote Number: 40. (consideration: CR S1590; text: CR S1590)
2011-03-14	Senate	Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S1590)
2011-03-10	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S1543)
2011-03-10	Senate	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1543; text: CR S1543)
2011-03-10	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1543)
2011-03-09	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 17.
2011-03-09	Senate	Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported with amendments. Without written report.
2011-03-09	Senate	Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
2011-03-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

HB1425 (Related) 2011-07-01 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 85.
HB1540 (Related) 2011-12-31 - Became Public Law No: 112-81.
SB1867 (Related) 2011-12-01 - See also H.R. 1540.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/493/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s493/BILLS-112s493is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s493/BILLS-112s493rs.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00040.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00041.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00042.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00043.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00050.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00051.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00052.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00053.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00054.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00055.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00056.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00057.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00064.htm