[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