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Business. 



I was Counsel to that first White House Conference, and was 

 pleased, but not surprised, to see that the number one 

 recomnendation of the Innovation and Technology Committee of the 

 conference delegates '.^as:' 



"Support and urge passage of S.1360, the Small Business 

 Innovation Act of 1979, and companion bill H.R.5607..." 

 To underscore the importance of this issue in 1980, the 

 recommendation was voted the sixrh most important of the 60 

 recommendations by the entire conference delegation. 



This issue was also addressed by the delegates to the 1986 White 

 House Conference on Small Business where the entire delegation 

 ranked the SBIR support as the 14th most important recommendation 

 out of 50 as follows (it v;as the number one recommendation of the 

 Innovation Committee):-^ 



"The Senate and the President should join the House of 

 Representatives in reauthorizing the Small Business 

 Innovation Research (SBIR) program by enacting H.R.4250 

 before the present Congress adjourns." 

 The recommendation went on to request expansion and permanence of 



- Report to the President; America's Small Business Economy; 

 Agenda for Action , By the White House Commission on Small 

 Business, April 1980 



- A Report to The President cf the United States: The White 

 House Conference on Small Business , November 193 6 



