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NEW START Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-6326| House 
| Updated: 12/20/2021
Troy A. Carter

Troy A. Carter

Democratic Representative

Louisiana

Cosponsors (6)
Ed Case (Democratic)Mondaire Jones (Democratic)Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democratic)Marilyn Strickland (Democratic)Dean Phillips (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)

Small Business Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Necessary Entrepreneurship Workshops via the SBA to Transform and Assist Re-entry Training Act of 2021 or the NEW START Act of 2021 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.
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Timeline
Dec 20, 2021
Introduced in House
Dec 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  • December 20, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • December 20, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Commerce

NEW START Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-6326| House 
| Updated: 12/20/2021
Necessary Entrepreneurship Workshops via the SBA to Transform and Assist Re-entry Training Act of 2021 or the NEW START Act of 2021 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.
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Timeline
Dec 20, 2021
Introduced in House
Dec 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  • December 20, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • December 20, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Troy A. Carter

Troy A. Carter

Democratic Representative

Louisiana

Cosponsors (6)
Ed Case (Democratic)Mondaire Jones (Democratic)Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (Democratic)Marilyn Strickland (Democratic)Dean Phillips (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)

Small Business Committee

Commerce

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted