3.0.0 2126 2022-11-01T13:50:37Z 2022-11-01T13:50:37Z Senate S 2019-07-16 116 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-16T16:44:57Z 2019-07-16 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2019-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-07-16 True Commerce Business education Congressional oversight Higher education Minority and disadvantaged businesses Minority education Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Women in business Commerce 00 2019-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-16T13:05:21Z Promoting Robust Opportunities for Minority Institutions and Strengthening Entrepreneurship Act or the PROMISE Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to report on various aspects of its relationship with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), including

  • the number of small business development centers located at HBCUs,
  • the number of women's business centers and Veteran Business Outreach Centers that have partnerships with HBCUs, and
  • the number of hours of training and education provided by a program overseen by the Office of Entrepreneurial Development of the SBA to students and graduates of HBCUs.

In addition, the SBA is directed to promote entrepreneurship and small business opportunities at HBCUs by conducting outreach and providing access to programs, resources, and opportunities offered by the SBA.

]]> PROMISE Act Display Title PROMISE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced PROMISE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Promoting Robust Opportunities for Minority Institutions and Strengthening Entrepreneurship Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Small Business Administration to report on assistance provided to historically Black colleges or universities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2126is/xml/BILLS-116s2126is.xml 2019-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 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.