1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Small Business Innovation through Partnerships with National Labs Act of 2018 . 2. Small business advocacy and assistance Section 1003 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16393 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking , and may require the Director of a single-purpose research facility, and inserting (as defined in section 2) and the Director of each single-purpose research facility ; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking increase and inserting encourage ; and (ii) by striking collaborative research, and inserting research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities, including product development, ; (C) in paragraph (2), by striking procurement and collaborative research and inserting the activities described in paragraph (1) ; (D) in paragraph (3)— (i) by inserting facilities, before training ; and (ii) by striking procurement and collaborative research activities and inserting the activities described in paragraph (1) ; and (E) in paragraph (5), by striking for the program under subsection (b) and inserting and metrics for the programs under subsections (b) and (c) ; (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Small business voucher program (1) Definitions In this subsection: (A) Director The term Director means— (i) the Director of each National Laboratory