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H.R. 7273 117th Congress House

Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act

Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to provide re-entry entrepreneurship counseling and training services for formerly incarcerated individuals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 29, 2022 Introduced by: Hakeem S. Jeffries Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Commerce
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Mar 29, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 29, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act

This bill directs the Small Business Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Prisons, to require the Service Corps of Retired Executives to provide entrepreneurship counseling and training services to formerly incarcerated individuals.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5065 Reintroduction of Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Burchett, Tim
Tennessee · Mar 29, 2022
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 29, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7273: Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7273/
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"H.R. 7273: Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7273/.
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H.R. 7273, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7273/.
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