3.0.0 98 2023-01-11T20:04:04Z 2023-01-11T20:04:04Z Senate S S 2007-01-04 110 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-04T20:48:48Z Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2007 110 1985 HR 2007-04-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E828) Identical bill CRS 2007-01-04 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S106-108) IntroReferral 2007-01-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S105-106) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-01-04 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2007-02-12 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-04-20 False Commerce Black colleges Business education Congress Congressional reporting requirements Curricula Distance education Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Education Entrepreneurs Executive reorganization Federal aid to education Federal officials Government Operations and Politics Graduate education Higher education Hispanic Americans Indian education Management Marketing Minorities Minority business enterprises Minority education Ombudsman Science, Technology, Communications Small Business Administration Small business Technological innovations Technology transfer Commerce 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-22T19:30:17Z Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2007 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) an Office of Minority Small Business Development to, among other things, formulate, execute, and promote SBA policies and programs that provide assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by minorities.

Authorizes the SBA Administrator to make grants to eligible educational institutions: (1) to assist in establishing an entrepreneurship curriculum for undergraduate or graduate studies; and (2) for the placement of a small business development center on the campus of the institution.

Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to eligible associations and organizations to: (1) assist in establishing the technical capacity to provide online or distance learning for businesses seeking to contract with the federal government; (2) develop curriculum for seminars that will provide businesses with the technical expertise for such contracting; and (3) provide training and technical expertise through distance learning to participant business owners and other interested parties.

Amends the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 to extend through FY2009 the socially and economically disadvantaged business program.

]]> Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to foster the development of minority-owned small businesses. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s98is/xml/BILLS-110s98is.xml 2007-01-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S106-108) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.