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Agencies using the authority are to brief Congress again until procedures are final

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Agencies using the authority are to brief Congress again until procedures are final

The document says “shallWho acts: heads of Federal agencies using the authorityHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“shall, on a recurring basis until the Federal agency finalizes procedures for making those awards, brief the appropriate committees of Congress regarding the implementation of such paragraph (3) by that Federal agency.”

To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 3

Subsection (c)(3) adds a repeating briefing for any agency that opts to make awards under the new paragraph (3). The briefings run on a recurring basis until the agency finalizes its procedures for making those awards, and cover the agency's implementation of that paragraph. The Act does not set how often a recurring briefing falls.

What the document actually says

“shall, on a recurring basis until the Federal agency finalizes procedures for making those awards, brief the appropriate committees of Congress regarding the implementation of such paragraph (3) by that Federal agency.”

To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

An agency that uses the new power must keep briefing Congress. It stops once its rules are set.

What this is about

The law does not say how often. It only says the briefings go on until the agency finishes its rules.

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