This part keeps the two award programs running. Their end date moves from 2025 to 2031. It also lets an agency carry money left over at the end of the 2026 budget year into the next one.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 9 in the PDF
What the document says
“in subsection (m), by striking ``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``September 30, 2031''; and (2) in subsection (n)(1)(A), by striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2031''.”
Subsection (a) changes two dates in section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). In subsection (m) the date September 30, 2025 becomes September 30, 2031. In subsection (n)(1)(A) the year 2025 becomes 2031. This Act does not restate the sentences those dates sit in, and neither subsection is indexed here.
What the document actually says
“in subsection (m), by striking ``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``September 30, 2031''; and (2) in subsection (n)(1)(A), by striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2031''.”
That sentence, in plain words
Two dates in an older law move. The year 2025 becomes 2031 in both places.
What this is about
These are the dates the two award programs were set to end. Moving them keeps the programs going for six more years.
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The document says “can”Who acts: Federal agencies participating in the SBIR or STTR programHow: statuteSec. 9 in the PDF
What the document says
“If a Federal agency that participates in the SBIR or STTR program has funds remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 from amounts required to be expended under subsection (f)(1) or (n)(1), respectively, of section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), the Federal agency may use those remaining funds in fiscal year 2027 for the SBIR or STTR program, as applicable, of the Federal agency.”
Subsection (b) allows a one time carry over. Where a participating agency still holds funds at the end of fiscal year 2026 from the amounts it was required to spend under subsection (f)(1) for SBIR or subsection (n)(1) for STTR, it may use them in fiscal year 2027 for the program they came from. The permission is written for those two fiscal years only.
What the document actually says
“If a Federal agency that participates in the SBIR or STTR program has funds remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 from amounts required to be expended under subsection (f)(1) or (n)(1), respectively, of section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), the Federal agency may use those remaining funds in fiscal year 2027 for the SBIR or STTR program, as applicable, of the Federal agency.”
That sentence, in plain words
An agency may have money left at the end of the 2026 budget year. It can spend that money in the next year instead. It must spend it on the same program.
What this is about
This covers one pair of years only. It is not a standing rule. Money for one program cannot be moved to the other.
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Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, Public Law 119-83, sec. 9, 140 Stat. 767 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ83/html/PLAW-119publ83.htm
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“Extending Sbir and Sttr Authorization,” Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, section 9. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/small-business-innovation-economic-security-act/section-9/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
Both things the section does: the change of the program end date in two places, and the one time carry over of funds left at the end of fiscal year 2026.
Nothing in the section is left out. It runs to two subsections and both are recorded.
The section works by amending section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), which is not indexed here. It changes dates inside subsections (m) and (n)(1)(A) without restating the sentences that carry them, so what those subsections provide is not recorded.
