3.0.0 1454 2023-02-07T05:15:45Z 2023-02-07T05:15:45Z Senate S S 2013-08-01 113 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-08-01T21:05:44Z Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2014 113 4613 HR 2014-05-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4046-4047) Related bill CRS 2014-02-12 Senate Committees on Aging; Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Joint hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-898. IntroReferral 2013-08-01 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2013-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2013-12-10 False Commerce Business education Congressional oversight Credit and credit markets Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation Self-employed Small business Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Tax-exempt organizations Women in business Commerce 00 2013-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2014-06-03T15:14:23Z Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program under which the Administrator may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance, mentoring, and other specialized training activities for encore entrepreneurs.

Defines "encore entrepreneur" to mean an entrepreneur, business person, or owner of a small business concern who: (1) is seeking to start a new small business concern or expand an existing one, and (2) is at least age 50 or has at least 20 years of experience in a workplace.

Directs the Administrator to give special consideration to applications seeking funding for programs for: (1) members of the Armed Forces impacted by base closures or realignment, or (2) encore entrepreneurs unemployed for a period of not less than one year.

Terminates the program on September 30, 2017.

Requires the Administrator to submit to specified congressional committees a report that describes the barriers and obstacles faced by encore entrepreneurs in starting new small business concerns or expanding existing small business concerns.

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