US Congress House Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 26 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-26 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Expands eligibility for the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program and requires development of an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready participants. (Sec. 3) The bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to allow grantees of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and other entities to participate in I-Corps courses. The cost of participation by such a grantee in a course may be furnished through I-Corps Teams grants, through funds awarded to grantees under the SBIR Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, by the grantor federal agency using funds set aside for the SBIR and STTR Programs, or by the participating teams. (Sec. 4) The NSF shall develop an I-Corps course, to be offered by I-Corps regional nodes, to support commercialization-ready participants. The course shall support participants that have completed an I-Corps course and participants that have made the decision to market an innovation. (Sec. 5) The Government Accountability Office shall report on the I-Corps Program, including by assessing the effects of the I-Corps on the commercialization of federally funded research and development, the higher education system, regional economies, and the national economy.

Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019

Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]

2019-02-25 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill RC# 88 (Y: 385 N: 18 NV: 28 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-26	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2019-02-25	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-02-25	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 385 - 18 (Roll no. 88). (text: CR H2055-2056)
2019-02-25	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2064-2065)
2019-02-25	House	At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
2019-02-25	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 539.
2019-02-25	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2055-2058)
2019-02-25	House	Mr. Lipinski moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2019-01-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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.
2019-01-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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.
2019-01-14	House	Introduced in House

SB118 (Related) 2019-05-15 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
SB3253 (Related) 2020-02-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/539/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr539/BILLS-116hr539ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr539/BILLS-116hr539eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201988