HR 255 · 115th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act

Introduced 2017-01-04· Sponsored by Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]· House

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Latest: Became Public Law No: 115-6.(2017-02-28)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act 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.…

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H.R. 255, Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act

Jan 31, 2017

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on January 24, 2017

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Cosponsors (20)

16 Democrats4 Republicans
Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]VA
Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]TX
Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]TX
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]NY
Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]CA
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]OR
Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]CO
Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]CO
Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]IL
Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]CA
Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]MA
Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]IL
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]DC
Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]NJ
Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]TN
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]GA
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-2]PA
Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]OH
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]TX
Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]FL