House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Minority Entrepreneurship Grant Program Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 17, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6457.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 191, November 17, 2023, Page H5900):Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill creates a grant program to encourage minority entrepreneurship through minority serving institutions.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 174 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6457, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6457
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Katie Porter (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.