HR9486-118

Introduced

To establish a grant program within the Small Business Administration to provide funds for eligible accelerators or eligible incubators that provide services to small business concerns owned and controlled by women and rural small business concerns, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 6, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish a grant program within the Small Business Administration to provide funds for eligible accelerators or eligible incubators that provide services to small business concerns owned and controlled by women and rural small business concerns, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Finance, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H13BFA5A4DA534E479727C54D2ABA0CA1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Innovation and Empowerment for Startups Act.
  • Section HFFCB9D080F4248F7AFABAC1D0C458112: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: There is a growing emphasis to bolster small business concerns owned and controlled by women (as defined in section 3...
  • Section H1B6962AAF47243F6A75C907B54750C9D: 3. Grant program for eligible accelerators or eligible incubators that provide services to certain small business concerns The Administrator of the Small...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish a grant program within the Small Business Administration to provide funds for eligible accelerators or eligible incubators that provide services to small business concerns owned and controlled by women and rural small business concerns, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Finance, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, To establish a grant program within the Small Business Administration to provide funds for eligible accelerators or eligible incubators that provide services to small business concerns owned and controlled by women and rural small business concerns, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Finance Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 6, 2024

Ms. Stansbury introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Finance Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"administrator_of_sba"
→ Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"eligible accelerator" §H1B6962AAF47243F6A75C907B54750C9D

an entity that conducts business in the United States and that has a demonstrated track record of successfully— assisting entrepreneurs in starting up or expanding small business concerns owned and controlled by women and rural small business concerns

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