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Supporting Diverse Entrepreneurs Act

H.R. 8984 · 118th Congress · Jul 10, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand MBDA Business Centers near minority-serving institutions, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Supporting Diverse Entrepreneurs Act”.

Sec. 2 Expansion of MBDA Business Centers near minority-serving institutions

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) is amended—
(1)
in section 100114(d)(1)(B)—
(A)
by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and
(B)
by inserting after clause (i) the following:

“(ii) an area that is in or near a historically Black college or university or other minority-serving institution (as such term is defined in section 100301);”

(2)
in section 100708, by striking “2025” and inserting “2024, and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter,”.