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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 12, 2010
Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Development Act - Requires the Director of the Minority Small Business Development Agency (Agency) to make grants to an educational institution, association, or organization: (1) to assist in establishing an enterprise curriculum for studies; and (2) for placement of a Minority Business Enterprise Center within such institution, association, or organization.
Requires an entity receiving a grant to: (1) develop a curriculum and capacity training requirement that includes training in various skill sets needed by successful entrepreneurs; and (2) open such a Center. Limits grants to $1.5 million per fiscal year, and grant duration to three years.
Establishes within the Agency an Office of Minority Entrepreneurship and Business Development, administered by an Associate Director.
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Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] · D–PA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Referred to House Small Business
Referred to House Education and Labor
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Financial Services
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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