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H.R. 6020: Linking Educators and Developing Entrepreneurs for Reaching Success (LEADERS) Act

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H.R. 6020: Linking Educators and Developing Entrepreneurs for Reaching Success (LEADERS) Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-07-28 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-07-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] · 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 21st Century Competitiveness. 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

Linking Educators and Developing Entrepreneurs for Reaching Success (LEADERS) Act

Plain summary

Linking Educators and Developing Entrepreneurs for Reaching Success (LEADERS) Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to support business incubation at institutions of higher education that award associate or baccalaureate degrees. Directs the Secretary to make competitive, matching awards to: (1) a nonprofit entity that manages or provides technical assistance to a degree-granting institution's affiliated incubator (or to the institution that manages in the absence of such an entity), for helping acquire or renovate space for incubators, and for developing curricula, providing services, or providing programming for entrepreneurs housed in an incubator; and (2) a degree-granting institution or a nonprofit local government or community development organization, for feasibility studies to determine the need for or siting of incubators. Requires the Secretary to reserve certain amounts for research regarding best practices for incubator programs, including the development of a benchmarking system based on uniform measures, and for dissemination of information regarding such practices. Authorizes contracts for such purposes with organizations with expertise in business incubation practices.

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Official text

Linking Educators and Developing Entrepreneurs for Reaching Success (LEADERS) Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] · 66 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ed Case (D-HI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and 6 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6020 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109