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HR 3990 114th Congress House Commerce Business education Education programs funding Higher education Small business

Start-up America's Students Act

Introduced: November 5, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Nov 5, 2015
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Start-up America's Students Act

This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (with program participation agreements) for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, expanding, and improving business incubators operated by or affiliated with them.

A business incubator is a facility primarily used to provide space where start-up businesses in operation for under 4 years with 10 or fewer employees:

  • share space, support staff or services, physical resources, or overhead expenses; and
  • receive technical assistance, financial advice, or business planning services.
What's happening now November 5, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 27, 2016
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Apr 19, 2016
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Apr 19, 2016
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 9, 2016
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Foster, Bill
Illinois · Dec 16, 2015
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Dec 16, 2015
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Nov 5, 2015
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Nov 5, 2015
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Nov 5, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3990: Start-up America's Students Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3990/
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"H.R. 3990: Start-up America's Students Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3990/.
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H.R. 3990, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3990/.
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