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House vote: H.R. 6368 // September 25, 2018Needed two-thirds to pass

Encouraging Small Business Innovators

Sponsor: Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)

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.

Commerce Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

389 votes, representing 226,579,074 people89.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

6 votes, representing 3,633,746 people1.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 9.1% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon38989.5%
NayLost61.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken09.1%