Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2006
Latest action · Sep 27, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 27, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2006 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) an Office of Minority Small Business Development to, among other things, formulate, execute, and promote SBA policies and programs that provide assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by minorities.
Authorizes the SBA Administrator to make grants to eligible educational institutions: (1) to assist in establishing an entrepreneurship curriculum for undergraduate or graduate studies; and (2) for the placement of a small business development center on the campus of the institution.
Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to eligible associations and organizations to: (1) assist in establishing the technical capacity to provide online or distance learning for businesses seeking to contract with the federal government; (2) develop curriculum for seminars that will provide businesses with the technical expertise for such contracting; and (3) provide training and technical expertise through distance learning to participant business owners and other interested parties.
Amends the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 to extend through FY2009 the socially and economically disadvantaged business program.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Sep 27, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Sep 27, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10302-10303)
- Sep 27, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to foster development of minority-owned small businesses.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Black colleges
- Business education
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Curricula
- Distance education
- Economic impact statements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Entrepreneurs
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to education
- Federal officials
- Government Operations and Politics
- Graduate education
- Higher education
- Hispanic Americans
- Indian education
- Management
- Marketing
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Minority education
- Ombudsman
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Small Business Administration
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2006Introduced in Senate
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