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H.R. 5100: To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes. · Congress Swing Tracker

H.R. 5100119th CongressCommerce

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

Sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) · 18 active : 15 Republicans, 3 Democrats

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedSep 15, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

7 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, and related pilot programs.

The SBIR and STTR programs are administered by various federal agencies and provide competitive awards for domestic small businesses to conduct research and development projects that have the potential for commercialization.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Small Business · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · HouseDischarged from · Referred to
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Government lending and loan guarantees
Product development and innovation
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the Senate breaks down

7Swing 70–100
65Middle 30–70
28Entrenched 0–30

Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.

Key players in the Senate

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

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Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine · Lean D+4On the ballot

Similar past votes, Senate

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Not applicable in the Senate. There is not enough similar voting history (weight 0.0 of 5.0 needed), so this input is left out of the score rather than counted as missing.

No similar roll calls in the Senate

No substantive, contested vote in this chamber matches the bill’s measure, subjects or policy area.

Cosponsors

18 active

Show all 18 cosponsors

Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7)
Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18)
Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)
Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
Brian Jack (R-GA-3)
Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)
Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2)
Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6)
Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1)
Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP-AL)
Mark Alford (R-MO-4)
Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)
Robert P. Bresnahan (R-PA-8)
Tony Wied (R-WI-8)
Troy Downing (R-MT-2)
Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.