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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS [REPT. 115-956
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
ENCOURAGING SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATORS
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. CHABOT, from the Committee on Small Business,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 6368]
The Committee on Small Business, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 6368) to encourage R&D small business set-asides, to encour-
age SBIR and STTR participants to serve as mentors under the
Small Business Administration's mentor-protege program, to pro-
mote the use of interagency contracts, and for other purposes, hav-
ing considered the same, report favorably thereon without amend-
ment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Bill Sum m ary ....................................................................... 1
II. Background and Need for Legislation ....................................................... 2
III. H earings ....................................................................................................... 4
IV. Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 4
V . Com m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 4
VI. Section-by-Section Analysis of H.R. 6368 ................................................. 6
VII. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................ 6
VIII. Unfunded M andates .................................................................................... 6
IX. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 6
X. Oversight Findings ...................................................................................... 7
XI. Statement of Constitutional Authority ..................................................... 7
XII. Congressional Accountability Act ............................................................. 7
XIII. Federal Advisory Committee Act Statement ............................................ 7
XIV. Statem ent of No Earm arks ....................................................................... 7
XV. Statement of Duplication of Federal Programs ........................................ 7
XVI. Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings ...................................................... 7
XVII. Performance Goals and Objectives .......................................................... 7
XVIII. Changes in Existing Law, Made by the Bill, As Reported ...................... 8
I. PURPOSE AND BILL SUMMARY
The purpose of H.R. 6368, the Encouraging Small Business
Innovators Act of 2018, is to encourage federal government re-
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