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. 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. 115–6 (text) (PDF), H.R. 255) is a public law amendment to the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (Pub. L. 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.