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H.R. 8851 116th Congress House

Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Act

Official title: To establish a Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps program within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 3, 2020 Introduced by: Jason Crow Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Dec 3, 2020
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 Latest action December 3, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Act

This bill establishes the Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Program to promote entrepreneurship in the most distressed regions of the United States, including those regions affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), by awarding participating fellows a two-year stipend to start and grow a new small business.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8851: Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8851/
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"H.R. 8851: Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8851/.
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H.R. 8851, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8851/.
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