S 2889
114th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business education
Economic development
Education programs funding
Higher education
National Science Foundation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Technology transfer and commercialization
American Innovators and Entrepreneurs Act
Introduced: April 28, 2016
Introduced by:
Coons, Christopher A.
Democratic
· Delaware
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Apr 28, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
American Innovators and Entrepreneurs Act
This bill amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2010 to direct the National Science Foundation (NSF) to:
- carry out an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program to award grants for entrepreneurship and commercialization education to science and engineering researchers and students and institutions of higher education to increase the economic impact of federally funded research; and
- develop and provide access through specified Nodes, Sites, and Teams to I-Corps program curriculum by supporting entrepreneurship and commercialization education and training for faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, and other science and engineering researchers.
The purpose of grants shall be to increase the capacity of science and engineering researchers and students to engage successfully in entrepreneurial activities and to help transition the results of federally funded research into the marketplace.
The Treasury may:
- locate and recover U.S. government assets on behalf of any executive, judicial, or legislative agency; and
- retain a portion of recovered amounts to cover administrative and operational costs associated with locating and recovering those assets.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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