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H.R. 5878: Minority Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pilot Program of 2006

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H.R. 5878: Minority Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pilot Program of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2006-07-25 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-07-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Minority Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pilot Program of 2006

Plain summary

Minority Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pilot Program of 2006 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make grants to historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges, and Hispanic serving institutions, or to any entity formed by a combination of such institutions: (1) to assist in establishing an entrepreneurship curriculum for undergraduate or graduate studies; and (2) for the placement of small business development centers on the physical campus of the institution. Requires an institution of higher education receiving a grant to: (1) develop a curriculum that includes training in various skill sets needed by successful entrepreneurs; and (2) open a small business development center. Limits this pilot program to two fiscal years, and a grant to $1 million per fiscal year for any one institution of higher education.

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Official text

Minority Entrepreneurship and Innovation Pilot Program of 2006

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · 42 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Al Green (D-TX), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA)

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Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr5878 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109