IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 699 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Entrepreneurship Week and 
encouraging the implementation of entrepreneurship education programs 
in elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education 
through the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2006 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. 
OSBORNE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. BROWN 
of Ohio, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HOLT, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 
OTTER, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. MCINTYRE, and Mr. DAVIS of 
Illinois) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Entrepreneurship 
Week and encouraging the implementation of entrepre-
neurship education programs in elementary and sec-
ondary schools and institutions of higher education 
through the United States. 
Whereas according to the Department of Labor, most of the 
new jobs created throughout the United States in the 
past decade have come from the creative efforts of entre-
preneurs and small businesses, which have been expand-
ing and advancing technology and fueling the recent 
growth in the economy; 
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Whereas entrepreneurs have been the source of economic in-
novation throughout the history of the Nation, and the 
entire society has been improved because of the new ways 
of doing things that have been brought about by people 
who market their ideas; 
Whereas economically independent entrepreneurs are engaged 
citizens who work to improve the economic environment 
in their local communities, providing better opportunities 
for businesses to operate and a better environment for 
the human resources they need to advance their business 
dreams; 
Whereas 70 percent of high school students want to become 
entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial skills will assist stu-
dents in the future regardless of whether they work in a 
business owned by others or run their own business; 
Whereas the high interest of students in becoming entre-
preneurs and the critical role entrepreneurs have played 
in advancing the national economy make it vital for the 
Nation’s schools to provide students with training in the 
skills which will enable them to become the entrepreneurs 
of the future; 
Whereas the Partnership For 21st Century Skills identified 
financial, economic, business literacy, and entrepreneur-
ship skills as the types of skills students must have in 
order to enhance workplace productivity and career op-
tions; 
Whereas exposing students to the types of market-driven 
problems faced by entrepreneurs is an excellent example 
of how educators can use problem-based learning strate-
gies to prepare students for the situations they will en-
counter in the future, an approach recommended by the 
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