H.R. 5078 · 116th Congress
Prison to Proprietorship Act
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- House Introduced Nov 13, 2019
- House Passed Jan 9, 2020 370–41
This bill directs the Small Business Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Prisons, to require women's business centers and small-business development centers to provide entrepreneurship counseling and training services to individuals incarcerated in a minimum-, low-, or medium-security prison.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Jan 9, 2020
Prison to Proprietorship Act
This bill directs the Small Business Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Prisons, to require women's business centers and small-business development centers to provide entrepreneurship counseling and training services to individuals incarcerated in a minimum-, low-, or medium-security prison.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
Votes to become law
About this bill and sources
Official title: Prison to Proprietorship Act
Latest action (Jan 13, 2020): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 13, 2019
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- House Introduced Nov 13, 2019
- House Passed Jan 9, 2020 370–41
Final vote · House · Jan 9, 2020
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi