    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 128, 113th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    PROCLAMATION 9205--OCT. 31, 2014

    Proclamation 9205 of October 31, 2014

    National Entrepreneurship Month, 2014

    By the President of the United States of America

    A Proclamation

    Across our Nation, in laboratories and around kitchen tables, passionate
    and creative entrepreneurs are developing new sources of clean energy,
    cures for life-threatening diseases, and inventions that will transform
    the way we see the world. America has always been a country of risk
    takers and dreamers--where anyone who is willing to work hard can turn a
    good idea into a thriving business--and our spirit of ingenuity remains
    a powerful engine of growth, creating jobs and bolstering our economy.
    This month, we recognize the grit and determination of American
    inventors and innovators and their many contributions to our Nation, and
    we reaffirm our commitment to support these entrepreneurs as they
    develop the products, services, and ideas of tomorrow.
    Our country seeks to empower a rising generation of talented and
    striving innovators and to ensure they have opportunities to pursue
    their aspirations and take the risks that make America great. That is
    why my Administration has expanded grants, tax credits, and loans to
    help more families afford a college degree. We are investing in programs
    that encourage science, technology, engineering, and math education,
    especially for traditionally underrepresented groups. We have given

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    nearly 5 million Americans the chance to cap their student loan payments
    at 10 percent of their income, freeing them to pursue new ideas and
    unsolved problems. And the Affordable Care Act enables entrepreneurs to
    set out and build the future they seek by providing the security of
    quality, affordable health care.
    As we work to create a new foundation of growth and prosperity, my
    Administration is taking action to ensure startups and innovators have
    the resources and access to capital they need to take ideas from the
    drawing board to the factory floor to the store shelf. Now in its fourth
    year, our Startup America initiative has brought the Federal Government
    and private sector partners together to cut red tape for entrepreneurs,
    speed up innovation, and help get businesses off the ground and scale up
    more quickly. We are redoubling our support for an open Internet and
    open data as fundamentals of innovation. We have committed to investing
    billions of dollars in our small businesses and startups, and we are
    accelerating the transfer of federally funded research from the
    laboratory to the commercial marketplace. We have made new efforts to
    welcome entrepreneurial companies as customers of the Federal
    Government, and since taking office, I have signed 18 tax cuts for small
    businesses into law, as well as bipartisan legislation that has helped
    enable more emerging growth companies to access public capital markets.
    And because many of the highly skilled workers and talented thinkers on
    whom our startups depend are first-generation Americans, I continue to
    call on the Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform--and I am
    prepared to address our broken immigration system through executive
    action in a way that is sustainable and effective, and within the
    confines of the law.
    Bringing together America's best and brightest innovators creates
    important opportunities for mentorship within the startup and small
    business communities, and it allows policymakers to hear directly from
    entrepreneurs. This year, we launched the Presidential Ambassadors for
    Global Entrepreneurship. A first-of-its-kind collaboration between
    successful American businesspeople and the Federal Government, this
    group is helping to cultivate startup communities and champion
    entrepreneurship both here at home and overseas. We also hosted
    inventors from around the country this year at the first-ever White
    House Maker Faire. And later this month, my Administration is supporting
    the 5th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Morocco, to foster
    entrepreneurial success and prosperity around the world.
    When we encourage entrepreneurs and the ideas they introduce to the
    world, we strengthen our communities and help secure America's promise
    for future generations. As we observe National Entrepreneurship Month
    and celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, let us continue our work to
    ensure America remains home to the best minds and the most innovative
    businesses on earth.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
    America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2014 as
    National Entrepreneurship Month. I call upon all Americans to
    commemorate this month with appropriate programs and activities, and to
    celebrate November 18, 2014, as National Entrepreneurs' Day.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
    October, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen, and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
    ninth.
    BARACK OBAMA