HR 255
115th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Science and engineering education
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization
Women in business
Women's education
Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act
Introduced: January 4, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2017
Became Public Law No: 115-6.
Feb 28, 2017
Signed by President.
Feb 16, 2017
Presented to President.
Feb 15, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Feb 14, 2017
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1163)
Feb 14, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1163)
Feb 1, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
Feb 1, 2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. Without written report.
Jan 24, 2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 11, 2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jan 10, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 10, 2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H273)
Jan 10, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H273)
Jan 10, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 255.
Jan 10, 2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H273-275)
Jan 10, 2017
Mrs. Comstock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Jan 4, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)
Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act
(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act to authorize the National Science Foundation to encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 115-6.
Committees of jurisdiction
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