04/23/08 5:50 PM
An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 110-603 to mandate that SBIR awardees must be entities with their primary business operations in the United States.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Matheson amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Matheson demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
04/23/08 5:40 PM
An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 110-603 to give priority to small businesses and organizations, in the awarding of SBIR, STTR, and FAST grants, that are making significant contributions towards energy efficiency, including those that are making efforts to reduce their carbon footprint or are carbon neutral.
On agreeing to the Sestak amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
04/23/08 5:40 PM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1125, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Matheson amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Matheson.
04/23/08 5:37 PM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1125, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sestak amendment.
04/23/08 5:36 PM
Amendment offered by Mr. Sestak.
04/23/08 5:36 PM
An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 110-603 to notifiy an applicant to the SBIR and STTR programs, who is not successful in receiving an award, that the applicant can request an explanation of why the applicant did not receive the award.
On agreeing to the Ehlers amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
04/23/08 5:29 PM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1125, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ehlers amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Ehlers.
04/23/08 5:29 PM
An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-603 to strike section 102--doing so leaves the current set-asides for SBIR and STTR unchanged.
04/23/08 5:28 PM
On agreeing to the Boswell amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
04/23/08 5:22 PM
An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-603 to give priority to applications from companies located in areas that have lost a major source of employment.
