Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act

Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act
Long title	An act to authorize the National Science Foundation to support entrepreneurial programs for women.
Enacted by	the 115th United States Congress
Effective	2/28/2017
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 115–6 (text) (PDF)
Codification
U.S.C. sections amended	42 U.S.C. 1885a
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R.255 by Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) on 01/04/2017; Passed the House on 01/10/2017 (Voice Vote); Passed the Senate on 02/14/2017 (Unanimous Consent); Signed into law by President Donald Trump on 02/28/2017;

The Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 115–6 (text) (PDF), H.R. 255) is a public law amendment in the United States that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on January 4, 2017 by Representative Elizabeth Esty of Connecticut and signed into law by President Donald Trump on February 28, 2017. The Act amends the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–516) to authorize the National Science Foundation to encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "What Could Trump Sign Worth $30B? A Bill For Women Entrepreneurs". Inc.com. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM". CNET. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

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