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<?I50 PUBLIC LAW 1156—FEB. 28, 2017?>
<?I51 PUBLIC LAW 1156—FEB. 28, 2017?>
<?I52 PUBLIC LAW 1156—FEB. 28, 2017?>
<meta><dc:title>Public Law 1156: To authorize the National Science Foundation to support entrepreneurial programs for women.</dc:title><dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>6</docNumber><citableAs>Public Law 1156</citableAs><citableAs>131 Stat. 11</citableAs><dc:publisher>United States Government Publishing Office</dc:publisher><dc:creator>National Archives and Records Administration</dc:creator><dc:creator>Office of the Federal Register</dc:creator><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>EN</dc:language><dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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<preface><page>131 STAT. 11</page><dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>1156</docNumber><congress value="115">115th Congress</congress></preface>
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<longTitle>
<docTitle>An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle>To authorize the National Science Foundation to support entrepreneurial programs for women.</officialTitle><sidenote><p style="-uslm-lc:I658076" class="centered">Feb. 28, 2017</p><p style="-uslm-lc:I658076" class="centered">[<ref href="/us/bill/115/hr/255">H.R. 255</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I658120">Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</enactingFormula><sidenote><p style="-uslm-lc:I658180" class="centered fontsize12">Promoting Women in Entre­pre­neur­ship Act.</p><p style="-uslm-lc:I658180" class="centered fontsize12"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1861">42 USC 1861 note</ref>.</p></sidenote>
<section style="-uslm-lc:I658146"><num value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">This Act may be cited as the <shortTitle role="act">“Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act”</shortTitle>.</content>
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<section style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num value="2">SEC. 2. </num><sidenote><p style="-uslm-lc:I658180" class="centered fontsize12"><ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 USC 1885a note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>FINDINGS.</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120" class="indent0 firstIndent0 fontsize10">The Congress finds that—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>women make up almost 50 percent of the workforce, but less than 25 percent of the workforce in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>women are less likely to focus on the STEM disciplines in undergraduate and graduate study;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>only 26 percent of women who do attain degrees in STEM fields work in STEM jobs;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="4">(4) </num><content>there is an increasing demand for individuals with STEM degrees to extend their focus beyond the laboratory so they can be leaders in discovery commercialization;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="5">(5) </num><content>studies have shown that technology and commercialization ventures are successful when women are in top management positions; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="6">(6) </num><content>the National Science Foundations mission includes supporting women in STEM disciplines.</content>
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<section role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num value="3">SEC. 3. </num><heading>SUPPORTING WOMENS ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS.</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I658120" class="indent0 firstIndent0 fontsize10">Section 33 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1885a">42 U.S.C. 1885a</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction></chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> <quotedText>“and”</quotedText> at the end of paragraph (10);</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> the period at the end of paragraph (11) and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> <quotedText>“; and”</quotedText>; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>by <amendingAction type="add">adding</amendingAction> at the end the following new paragraph:<page>131 STAT. 12</page><quotedContent><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I658122" class="indent1 fontsize10"><num value="12">  “(12) </num><content>encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world.”</content>
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</quotedContent>.</content>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved February 28, 2017.</actionDescription></action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline><ref href="/us/bill/115/hr/255">H.R. 255</ref>:</heading>
<note>
<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I658035" class="indent4 firstIndent-1">Jan. 10, considered and passed House.</p><p style="-uslm-lc:I658035" class="indent4 firstIndent-1">Feb. 14, considered and passed Senate.</p></note>
<note>
<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2017):</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I658035" class="indent4 firstIndent-1">Feb. 28, Presidential remarks.</p></note>
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