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Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019
This bill expands eligibility for the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program and requires development of an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready participants.
(Sec. 3) The bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to allow grantees of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and other entities to participate in I-Corps courses. The cost of participation by such a grantee in a course may be furnished
(Sec. 4) The NSF shall develop an I-Corps course, to be offered by I-Corps regional nodes, to support commercialization-ready participants. The course shall support participants that have completed an I-Corps course and participants that have made the decision to market an innovation.
(Sec. 5) The Government Accountability Office shall report on the I-Corps Program, including by assessing the effects of the I-Corps on the commercialization of federally funded research and development, the higher education system, regional economies, and the national economy.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 539 as passed House on Feb 25, 2019. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Feb 25, 2019
Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
385 Yea 18 Nay 28 not voting
Crossed both parties 18 of 403 voting members broke with their own party: 18 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 539 and vote against it. 3 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 539 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
13 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.