House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SBIR/STTR Application Assistance Act
Official title: To require the Small Business Administration to provide assistance with apply to SBIR and STTR programs to certain small business concerns, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly Morrison D-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4520.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MORRISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3476):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Office thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 345 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4520, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4520
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kelly Morrison.
- H.Res. 519 (119th) Condemning the attacks on Minnesota lawmakers in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, Minnesota, and calling for unity and the rejection of…
- H.R. 804 (119th) Rural Small Business Resilience Act
- H.R. 6215 (119th) Small Business RELIEF Act
- H.R. 3986 (119th) Small Business Liberation Act
- H.Res. 1282 (119th) Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and its critical role in advancing the…
- H.R. 3821 (119th) ADINA Act
Related bills
- H.R. 3169 (119th) SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 6039 (119th) Commonsense Legislating ActRelated bill
- S. 1573 (119th) SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.