Small Business Innovation Voucher Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill creates an SBA Innovation Voucher Grant Program to help small businesses buy technical assistance and research services from eligible research institutions.
Who Benefits and How
Small businesses could receive matching grants to access research expertise, technical services, and commercialization support, while universities and nonprofit labs could gain new service revenue.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal spending would rise and SBA would have to run the grant competition, oversee project reporting, and submit recurring program reports to Congress.
Key Provisions
- Defines eligible entities such as colleges, nonprofit research labs, and related organizations.
- Creates a competitive SBA voucher grant program for technical assistance and commercialization support.
- Requires recipient and SBA reporting and authorizes $10 million annually from fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill creates an SBA Innovation Voucher Grant Program to help small businesses buy technical assistance and research services from eligible research institutions.
Key Policy Areas
Small Business, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill creates an SBA Innovation Voucher Grant Program to help small businesses buy technical assistance and research services from eligible research institutions.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Small business concerns seeking research, development, and commercialization support
- Universities and nonprofit research organizations providing eligible technical services
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Small Business Administration staff administering the grant program and reporting
- Federal budget financing the grant program
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business …
Introduced in Senate
Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Young) introduced the …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Small business concerns eligible for innovation voucher grants, Small businesses eligible to receive innovation voucher support
Universities, nonprofit research labs, and similar organizations selling eligible technical assistance and services
Federal budget funding the Innovation Voucher Grant Program
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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