PUBLIC LAW 106-554r-APPENDIX I 114 STAT. 2763A-679 2005, a reasonable amount, not to exceed a total of $500,000, may be used by the Administration to carry out section 35(d). "(i) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the FAST program under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2005.". (c) COORDINATION OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. — Section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638) is amended by adding at the end the following: " (u) COORDINATION OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PRO- GRAMS. — "(1) DEFINITION OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. — In this subsection, the term 'technology development program' means— "(A) the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research of the National Science Foundation, as established under section 113 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1862g); "(B) the Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research of the Department of Defense; "(C) the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research of the Department of Energy; "(D) the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research of the Environmental Protection Agency; "(E) the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; "(F) the Institutional Development Award Program of the National Institutes of Health; and "(G) the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program of the Department of Agriculture. "(2) COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS. —Each Federal agency that is subject to subsection (f) and that has established a technology development program may, in each fiscal year, review for funding under that technology development program— "(A) any proposal to provide outreach and assistance to one or more small business concerns interested in participating in the SBIR program, including any proposal to make a grant or loan to a company to pay a portion or all of the cost of developing an SBIR proposal, from an entity, organization, or individual located in— "(i) a State that is eligible to participate in that program; or "(ii) a State described in paragraph (3); or "(B) any proposal for the first phase of the SBIR program, if the proposal, though meritorious, is not funded through the SBIR program for that fiscal year due to funding restraints, from a small business concern located in— "(i) a State that is eligible to participate in a technology development program; or "(ii) a State described in paragraph (3). "(3) ADDITIONALLY ELIGIBLE STATE. —^A State referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B)(ii) of paragraph (2) is a State in which the total value of contracts awarded to small business concerns under all SBIR programs is less than the total value of contracts awarded to small business concerns in a majority of other States, as determined by the Administrator in biennial
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