Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act Public Law 115–6 Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act 6 115–6 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel 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. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act 12626 115 2017-02-28 Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act [(Public Law 115–6)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 115–6. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo authorize the National Science Foundation to support entrepreneurial programs for women.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. [42 U.S.C. 1861 note] SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act”.
SEC. 2. [42 U.S.C. 1885a note] FINDINGS. The Congress finds that— (1) women make up almost 50 percent of the workforce, but less than 25 percent of the workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions; (2) women are less likely to focus on the STEM disciplines in undergraduate and graduate study; (3) only 26 percent of women who do attain degrees in STEM fields work in STEM jobs; (4) there is an increasing demand for individuals with STEM degrees to extend their focus beyond the laboratory so they can be leaders in discovery commercialization; (5) studies have shown that technology and commercialization ventures are successful when women are in top management positions; and (6) the National Science Foundation’s mission includes supporting women in STEM disciplines.
SEC. 3. SUPPORTING WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS. Section 33 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a) is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (10); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(12) encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.” .