# 115-hr-6368: Encouraging Small Business Innovators

115-hr-6368, Encouraging Small Business Innovators, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6368
- Congress: 115
- Title: Encouraging Small Business Innovators
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Introduced: 2018-07-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Encouraging Small Business Innovators This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide an increase to the past performance rating of small business participants who served as mentors in the SBA mentor-protege program under the Small Business Innovation Reseach or the Small Business Technology Transfer Program. This bill amends the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 to revise provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to promote the use of government-wide and other interagency contracts.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2018-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2018-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2018-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-5141: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4743: Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-4099: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of the amounts of certain per diem grants.
- 115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)

## Sources
- [115-hr-6368 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6368)

## Related
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
- [115-hr-5141: United States-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5141)
- [115-hr-4743: Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4743)
- [115-hr-4107: USS Indianapolis Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4107)
- [115-hr-4099: To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that children of homeless vete…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4099)
- [115-hr-2740: Rabbi Michoel Ber Weissmandl Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2017 (sic)](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2740)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6368 (as of 2025-11-18).