Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act became law, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedJan 4, 2017
ReportedJan 24, 2017
Passed one chamberJan 10, 2017
Passed bothFeb 14, 2017
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 66 words.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act
(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to authorize the National Science Foundation to encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.
Context
- Committees
- House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications: 52 of 2,109 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.5%)
- Sponsor
- 3 of 57 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 6, from enrolled bill to public law · 415 words
- Subjects
- Science and engineering educationSmall businessTechnology transfer and commercializationWomen in businessWomen's education
- Latest action
- Feb 28, 2017: Signed by President.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 115th S. 83 Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]