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H.R. 255 · 115th Congress

Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act

Law · 115-6
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  1. House Introduced Jan 4, 2017
  2. House Passed Jan 10, 2017
  3. Senate Passed Feb 14, 2017
  4. President To the President Feb 16, 2017
  5. President Signed Feb 28, 2017
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Feb 28, 2017

(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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act

Latest action (Feb 28, 2017): Signed by President.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 4, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Jan 4, 2017
  2. House Passed Jan 10, 2017
  3. Senate Passed Feb 14, 2017
  4. President To the President Feb 16, 2017
  5. President Signed Feb 28, 2017

No recorded floor vote found.