House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-6

Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act

H.R. 255Introduced Jan 4, 2017Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Became law on Feb 28, 2017.

Sponsor: Rep. Elizabeth Esty D-CT

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 4, 2017
Committee actionJan 24, 2017
Passed HouseJan 10, 2017 · by voice vote
Passed SenateFeb 14, 2017 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentFeb 16, 2017
Became lawFeb 28, 2017

Latest action: Feb 28, 2017 — Became Public Law No: 115-6.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 255.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 255, Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act” on January 31, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on January 24, 2017”.
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January 31, 2017
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 255, 115th Congress
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September 8, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H96):
Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 255, 115th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/255
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

44 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 35 Democrats, 1 independent

8 of 44 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Stephen Knight (R-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Scott Peters (D-CA) and 14 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Esty.

Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress · CT-5 district

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