Under a waived topic the limit does not prohibit any firm from submitting
To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes, section 4, Sec. 4.
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Under a waived topic the limit does not prohibit any firm from submitting
The document says “shall not”Who acts: Federal agenciesHow: statuteSec. 4 in the PDF
What the document says
“If the Federal agency grants a waiver under subparagraph (A) with respect to a topic for the SBIR or STTR program of a Federal agency, paragraph (1) shall not prohibit any small business concern from submitting an SBIR or STTR proposal to that Federal agency under such topic.”
Subparagraph (E) states what a waiver does. Where an agency grants one for a topic, the proposal limit in paragraph (1) does not prohibit any small business concern from submitting a proposal to that agency under that topic. The waiver runs to every firm, not to the one that asked.
What the document actually says
“If the Federal agency grants a waiver under subparagraph (A) with respect to a topic for the SBIR or STTR program of a Federal agency, paragraph (1) shall not prohibit any small business concern from submitting an SBIR or STTR proposal to that Federal agency under such topic.”
That sentence, in plain words
When a topic gets a lift, the cap stops applying to it. Any firm can send in a bid on that topic.
What this is about
The lift is not for one firm. It is for the topic. So every firm gets the same benefit from it.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, Public Law 119-83, sec. 4, 140 Stat. 762 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ83/html/PLAW-119publ83.htm
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“Under a waived topic the limit does not prohibit any firm from submitting,” Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, section 4, Sec. 4. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/small-business-innovation-economic-security-act/proposal/sec04-waiver-effects/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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