Rural Innovation and Small Business Support Act
This bill amends the Small Business Act to require federal agencies running the SBIR and STTR programs to specifically boost outreach to rural communities. Within 90 days of enactment, agencies must revise their policies to ensure they actively engage rural small businesses and increase their participation in these federal funding programs. The key provision directly affects rural small business concerns by mandating targeted outreach efforts from participating agencies. It does not create new funding but changes how existing programs must operate to better serve rural entrepreneurs. The bill focuses on improving access, not altering program eligibility or benefits.
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Introduced Feb 26, 2025
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Feb 26, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Mark Alford
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