; and (2) the applicable enabling aspects of the stepping stone approach to exploration under section 70504 of this title. (c) Requirements In conducting the Program, the Administrator shall— (1) to the extent practicable, use a competitive process to select research and development projects; (2) to the extent practicable and appropriate, use small satellites and the Administration’s suborbital and ground-based platforms to demonstrate space technology concepts and developments; and (3) as appropriate, partner with other Federal agencies, universities, private industry, and foreign countries. (d) Small Business Programs The Administrator shall organize and manage the Administration’s Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program within the Program. (e) Nonduplication Certification The Administrator shall submit a budget for each fiscal year, as transmitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, that avoids duplication of projects, programs, or missions conducted by the Program with other projects, programs, or missions conducted by another office or directorate of the Administration. (f) Collaboration, Coordination, and Alignment The Administrator shall— (1) ensure that the Administration’s projects, programs, and activities in support of technology research and development of advanced space technologies are fully coordinated and aligned; (2) ensure that the results of the projects, programs, and activities under paragraph (1) are shared and leveraged within the Administration