US Congress Senate Bill 118 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-05-15 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands eligibility for the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program and requires development of an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready participants. 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. 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. 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

Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]

Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-15	Senate	Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
2019-01-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB539 (Related) 2019-02-26 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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/senate-bill/118/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s118/BILLS-116s118is.pdf