Entrepreneurial Education Act

Entrepreneurial Education Act

This bill amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Entrepreneurial Education Initiative, under which the SBA shall provide training to executives of businesses poised for growth in historically challenged communities that have the organizational framework, resource network, and motivation required to build sustainable businesses and promote economic development within urban communities.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2563 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2563

To codify the Small Business Administration's Entrepreneurial Education 
                  Initiative, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2017

 Mr. Lawson of Florida (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. 
 Adams, Ms. Clarke of New York, and Mrs. Murphy of Florida) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
                                Business

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                                 A BILL


 
To codify the Small Business Administration's Entrepreneurial Education 
                  Initiative, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Entrepreneurial Education Act''.

SEC. 2. ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE.

    The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 47 as section 48; and
            (2) by inserting after section 46 the following:

``SEC. 47. ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE.

    ``(a) In General.--There is established a program within the Small 
Business Administration to be known as the `Entrepreneurial Education 
Initiative', under which the Administrator shall provide training to 
executives of businesses poised for growth in historically challenged 
communities that have the organizational framework, resource network, 
and motivation required to build sustainable businesses and promote the 
economic development within urban communities.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out the Entrepreneurial Education Initiative.''.
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