,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gdd  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#fcfh  ,report ,no4 #aae-ief1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,july #ac1 #bjah ,mr4
 ,espaillat introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,small ,business1 and in  
addition to the ,committees on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 and 
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology1 for a
 period to be subsequently determined by
 the ,speaker1 in each case for         
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,september #bj1    
#bjah;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4        
,norman1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 and ,miss      
,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico         
,september #bj1 #bjah ,reported from the
 ,committee on ,small ,business         
,september #bj1 #bjah;,committees on    
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 and 
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology       
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 

of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to encourage ,r,d small       
business set-asides1 to encourage ,,sbir
 and ,,sttr participants to serve as    
mentors under the ,small ,business      
,administration's mentor-protege        
program1 to promote the use of          
interagency contracts1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,encouraging ,small 
,business ,innovators4  #b4 ,including  
testing and evaluation in the definition
 of ,r,d ,section #i7;e77#e7 of the     
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fch7;e77#e77 is amended--  7#a7 by     
redesignating subparagraphs 7,a71 7,b71 
and 7,c7 as clauses 7i71 7ii71 and      
7iii71 respectively2  7#b7 by striking  
means any activity and inserting the    
following3  means-- 7,a7 any activity  2
 and  7#c7 by adding at the end the     
following3  and 7,b7 any testing or     
evaluation in connection with such an   
activity2  4  #c4 ,encouraging          

participation in the mentor-protege     
program ,section #i of the ,small       
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fch7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7tt7 ,encouraging           
participation in the mentor-,protege    
program ,the ,administrator shall       
provide an increase to the past         
performance rating of any small business
 concern that has participated in the   
,,sbir or ,,sttr program that serves as 
a mentor under section #de to a small   
business concern that seeks to          
participate in the ,,sbir or ,,sttr     
program4  4  #d4 ,promoting the use of  
,government-wide and other interagency  
contracts  7a7 ,promoting interagency   
acquisitions ,section #hfe of the       
,duncan ,hunter ,national ,defense      
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjji 7,public ,law #aaj-dag7 is        
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7b77#a7-- 
7,a7 by striking all interagency        
acquisitions2  7,b7 in subparagraph     
7,a7-- 7i7 by adding all interagency    

assisted acquisitions before include2   
and  7ii7 by adding and at the end2     
7,c7 by striking subparagraph 7,b72     
7,d7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,c7 
as subparagraph 7,b72  7,e7 in          
subparagraph 7,b71 as so redesignated1  
by adding all interagency assisted      
acquisitions before include2 and  7#b7  
in subsection 7d71 by adding at the end 
the following3  7#e7 ,the term assisted 
acquisition means a type of interagency 
acquisition where a servicing agency    
performs acquisition activities on a    
requesting agency's behalf1 such as     
awarding and administering a contract1  
task order1 or delivery order4  4  7b7  
,,gsa assistance with certain small     
business contract awards ,section #i of 
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fch71 as amended by section #d1 is    
further amended by adding at the end the
 following3  7uu7 ,,gsa assistance with 
certain small business contract awards  
,the ,administrator of the ,general     
,services ,administration may assist    

another agency with the process of      
awarding a contract to a small business 
concern under the ,,sbir or ,,sttr      
program or under a small business       
set-aside4  4  ,september #bj1 #bjah    
,reported from the ,committee on ,small 
,business,september #bj1                
#bjah;,committees on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform1 and ,science1      
,space1 and ,technology discharged2     
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed