Congress 116 - HR 539 - Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019

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Business education Business investment and capital Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Research administration and funding Research and development Science, Technology, Communications Small business Technology transfer and commercialization

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Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019

This bill expands eligibility for the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program and requires development of an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready participants.

(Sec. 3) The bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to allow grantees of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and other entities to participate in I-Corps courses. The cost of participation by such a grantee in a course may be furnished

through I-Corps Teams grants,
through funds awarded to grantees under the SBIR Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program,
by the grantor federal agency using funds set aside for the SBIR and STTR Programs, or
by the participating teams.

(Sec. 4) The NSF shall develop an I-Corps course, to be offered by I-Corps regional nodes, to support commercialization-ready participants. The course shall support participants that have completed an I-Corps course and participants that have made the decision to market an innovation.

(Sec. 5) The Government Accountability Office shall report on the I-Corps Program, including by assessing the effects of the I-Corps on the commercialization of federally funded research and development, the higher education system, regional economies, and the national economy.

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Feb 26, 2019

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 25, 2019

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 25, 2019

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 385 - 18 (Roll no. 88). (text: CR H2055-2056)
Feb 25, 2019

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 385 - 18 (Roll no. 88).(text: CR H2055-2056)
Feb 25, 2019

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2064-2065)
Feb 25, 2019

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Feb 25, 2019

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 539.
Feb 25, 2019

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2055-2058)
Feb 25, 2019

Mr. Lipinski moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 14, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Jan 14, 2019

Introduced in House

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