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n about 30 days, one of the longest running and most successful small business programs will expire.
The House will have 14 days in September with votes scheduled to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program when it returns to Washington, D.C. after Labor Day. Meanwhile, the Senate reconvenes on Sept. 6 and doesn’t spell out how many days it plans to be in D.C. and voting on bills.
To be sure, the fate of the SBIR program hangs in the balance of what Congress can do by Sept. 30.
