[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5253 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5253

To provide entrepreneurship as a well-rounded educational opportunity, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 2019

Ms. Meng (for herself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Nadler, 
  Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
 Wild, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Ms. Tlaib, and Ms. Velazquez) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                               and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide entrepreneurship as a well-rounded educational opportunity, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Youth Entrepreneurship 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

    (a) Elementary and Secondary Education Act.--Section 4107(a)(3) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7117(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following:
                    ``(J) programs and activities that promote 
                innovation, such as leadership, financial literacy, and 
                entrepreneurship; or''.
    (b) Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.--Section 
135(b)(5) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006 (20 U.S.C. 2355(b)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (S), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (T) as subparagraph (U); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (S) the following:
                    ``(T) expanding opportunities for students to 
                participate in entrepreneurship education programs; 
                or''.
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