H.R. 6368Encouraging Small Business Innovators

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Sponsor: Adriano Espaillat [D-NY-13]
Cosponsors: 3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat
Policy area: Commerce
Committees: Small Business Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee · and 2 more
Latest action: Sep 26, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

IntroducedJul 13, 2018
Passed the HouseSep 25, 2018
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS 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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 6368 as introduced in House on Jul 13, 2018. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 400

House Sep 25, 2018

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Encouraging Small Business Innovators

Passed · Two-thirds required

389 Yea 6 Nay 33 not voting

Crossed both parties 6 of 395 voting members broke with their own party: 6 Republicans.

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How the chamber split

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All members428 members

Democratic193 members

Republican235 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 6368 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

RRalph Norman [R-SC-05]Joined Jul 17, 2018

DNydia M. Velázquez [D-NY-07]Joined Jul 17, 2018

RJenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR-00]Joined Jul 17, 2018

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H.R. 6368Encouraging Small Business Innovators

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 400

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat

H.R. 6368Encouraging Small Business Innovators

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 400

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors3 · 2 Republicans · 1 Democrat

Who lobbied on H.R. 63682 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 63682 organizations