H.R. 2809: Microenterprise and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2011
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H.R. 2809: Microenterprise and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-08-05 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-08-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Microenterprise and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2011
Plain summary
Microenterprise and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2011 - Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 for purposes of the microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program to include in the definition of "disadvantaged entrepreneur" a microentrepreneur operating or intending to operate a business in an investment area. Increases to 60% (currently, 50%) the minimum percentage of such grants required to be used to benefit very low-income persons, including those residing on Indian reservations. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to consider the impact of the 2007-2009 economic crisis on an applicant's geographic area when deciding whether to reduce or eliminate matching requirements for applicants with severe constraints on available funding sources. Directs the Administrator to establish an SBA Microenterprise Coordinator position. Requires the Administrator to establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship and appoint a Director to carry out: (1) the youth entrepreneur technical assistance grant program to make grants to assist entities, including nonprofit microenterprise development organizations, to provide individuals under 25 years of age with technical assistance related to entrepreneurship; and (2) the youth entrepreneurship curriculum grant program to make grants to applying local educational agencies of states and federally recognized Indian tribes.
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Microenterprise and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] · 26 cosponsors
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Gwen Moore (D-WI), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Al Green (D-TX), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), André Carson (D-IN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2809.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2809 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112