CLEAR Feedback Act
The CLEAR Feedback Act requires federal agencies to provide small businesses with more detailed explanations when they are denied awards under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. If a company is rejected for reasons not already covered by existing rules, it can request an enhanced debriefing within 14 business days of the denial. This process includes a review of significant proposal deficiencies, the company's overall ranking among all applicants, and a summary of why the award was denied. The small business also has the chance to ask follow-up questions, which the agency must answer within 14 business days of receiving them.
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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.
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