Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1985
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Black colleges
Business education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Distance education
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Entrepreneurs
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to education
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Indian education
Management
Marketing
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Minority education
Ombudsman
Science, Technology, Communications
Small Business Administration
Small business
Technological innovations
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Minority Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2007 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) an Office of Minority Small Business Development to, among other things, formulate, execute, and promote SBA policies and programs that provide assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by minorities.
 
Authorizes the SBA Administrator to make grants to eligible educational institutions: (1) to assist in establishing an entrepreneurship curriculum for undergraduate or graduate studies; and (2) for the placement of a small business development center on the campus of the institution.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to eligible associations and organizations to: (1) assist in establishing the technical capacity to provide online or distance learning for businesses seeking to contract with the federal government; (2) develop curriculum for seminars that will provide businesses with the technical expertise for such contracting; and (3) provide training and technical expertise through distance learning to participant business owners and other interested parties.
 
Amends the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 to extend through FY2009 the socially and economically disadvantaged business program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E828)
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House