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HR 9486 118th Congress House

Innovation and Empowerment for Startups Act

Official title: To establish a grant program within the Small Business Administration to provide funds for eligible accelerators or eligible incubators that provide services t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish a grant program within the Small Business Administration to provide funds for eligible accelerators or eligible incubators that provide services to small business concerns owned and controlled by women and rural small business concerns, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 11, 2024 Introduced by: Stansbury, Melanie A. Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
Commerce
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Sep 6, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 6, 2024

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Sep 11, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9486: Innovation and Empowerment for Startups Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9486/
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"H.R. 9486: Innovation and Empowerment for Startups Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9486/.
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H.R. 9486, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9486/.
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