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Senate Bill 1077
116th Congress(2019-2020)
NEW START Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Apr 9, 2019
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Democrat
Introduced
Apr 9, 2019
Latest Action
Apr 9, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1077
Congress
116
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Ben Cardin
Maryland
Democrat
Richard Blumenthal
Connecticut
Democrat
Amy Klobuchar
Minnesota
Democrat
Tim Kaine
Virginia
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Necessary Entrepreneurship Workshops via the SBA to Transform and Assist Re-entry Training Act of 2019 or the NEW START Act of 2019

This bill establishes a pilot program for providing entrepreneurial development assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals.

Specifically, the bill requires the Small Business Administration to establish a pilot program whereby it awards grants to organizations or partnerships that create or support entrepreneurship programs for providing assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. Such assistance shall be in the form of entrepreneurial development programming that includes the disbursement of microloans.

The Government Accountability Office must submit a report evaluating the (1) services that grant recipients provide to formerly incarcerated individuals, (2) oversight of the pilot program by the SBA, and (3) overall performance and impacts of the pilot program.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
April 9, 2019
Actions (2)
04/09/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
04/09/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 7:17:11 PM
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