United States · Bill · S
S. 1454 (113th)
Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2013
Introduced
1 August 2013
Last action
12 February 2014 · Introduced
Status
Committees on Aging; Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Joint hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-898.
Sponsors
Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program under which the Administrator may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance, mentoring, and other specialized training activities for encore entrepreneurs. Defines "encore entrepreneur" to mean an entrepreneur, business person, or owner of a small business concern who: (1) is seeking to start a new small business concern or expand an existing one, and (2) is at least age 50 or has at least 20 years of experience in a workplace. Directs the Administrator to give special consideration to applications seeking funding for programs for: (1) members of the Armed Forces impacted by base closures or realignment, or (2) encore entrepreneurs unemployed for a period of not less than one year. Terminates the program on September 30, 2017. Requires the Administrator to submit to specified congressional committees a report that describes the barriers and obstacles faced by encore entrepreneurs in starting new small business concerns or expanding existing small business concerns.
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Timeline
1 August 2013
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Source: IntroReferral
1 August 2013
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
12 February 2014
Introduced
Committees on Aging; Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Joint hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-898.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 1 August 2013 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1454
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/1454
- us · 113-s-1454 · source updated 12 August 2025