; and (2) the Secretary of Defense should take all appropriate action, pursuant with the authority provided by the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act ( 50 U.S.C. 98a et seq. ) to engage in activities that may include stockpiling, but shall also include research and development aspects for increasing the domestic supply of natural rubber. D Small business matters 841. Amendments to Defense Research and Development Rapid Innovation Program Section 4061 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting to enable and assist small businesses after merit-based program ; (ii) by striking fielding of technologies and inserting commercialization of various technologies, including critical technologies ; and (iii) by inserting capabilities developed through competitively awarded prototype agreements after defense laboratories, ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting support full-scale integration, after evaluation outcomes, ; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting primarily major defense acquisition programs, but also other after candidate proposals in support of ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking by each military department and inserting by each component small business office of each military department ; and (3) in subsection (d)(2), by striking $3,000,000 and inserting $6,000,000 . 842. Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program Section 4902(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (3) by striking Before providing assistance and inserting (1) Before providing assistance