House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SBIR/STTR Innovation Workforce Act
Official title: To amend section 9 of the Small Business Act to permit Federal agencies to make awards to small business concerns that have received a Phase II SBIR or STTR award to provide fellowship opportunities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Hillary Scholten D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 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. 5212.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5212, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5212
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 30, 2025
- 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 September 30, 2025). 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. Hillary Scholten.
- H.R. 5784 (119th) AI–WISE Act
- H.R. 8882 (119th) Main Street Competes Act
- H.R. 1098 (119th) To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
- H.R. 8999 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Washington Avenue, Suite 1 in Grand Haven, Michigan, as the…
- H.R. 9530 (119th) Quiet Skies Act
- H.R. 7376 (119th) Local Water Protection Act
Related bills
- H.R. 3169 (119th) SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2025Related 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 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.