1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Encouraging Small Business Innovators . 2. Including testing and evaluation in the definition of R&D Section 9(e)(5) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638(e)(5) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively; (2) by striking means any activity and inserting the following: means— (A) any activity ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: and (B) any testing or evaluation in connection with such an activity; . 3. Encouraging participation in the mentor-protege program Section 9 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (tt) 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 45 to a small business concern that seeks to participate in the SBIR or STTR program. . 4. Promoting the use of Government-wide and other interagency contracts (a) Promoting interagency acquisitions Section 865 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 ( Public Law 110–417 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)— (A) by striking all interagency acquisitions ; (B) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by adding all interagency assisted acquisitions before include ; and (ii) by adding and at the end; (C) by striking subparagraph (B); (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); (E) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by adding all interagency assisted acquisitions before include