Federal grants to boost minority entrepreneurship at HBCUs and minority colleges
H.R. 3793 — Minority Entrepreneurship Grant Program Act of 2025 · Filed by Nikema Williams (D-GA) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 5, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Small Business Administration to create a $50 million grant program funding minority-serving institutions and historically Black colleges and universities to build or expand entrepreneurship programs for minority students. Grants of at least $250,000 each will support business training, legal and accounting assistance, and access to capital for student entrepreneurs from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core mechanism is a straightforward federal grant program to fund entrepreneurship education and business support at minority-serving institutions. It is a targeted public investment in human capital and institutional capacity, not a tax provision, subsidy to private firms, or regulatory change.
What the text implies
- Advisory Board is exempt from Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requirements, reducing transparency and public participation in board deliberations and recommendations.
- Reporting requirements focus on output metrics (students trained, businesses created) but do not mandate tracking of business survival rates, revenue, or long-term economic outcomes, limiting ability to assess program effectiveness.
- Grant minimum of $250,000 per institution may create unequal access if demand exceeds appropriations; no formula or allocation mechanism specified in bill text.
- Program success depends on appropriations; $50M authorization does not guarantee funding, and actual grants may be lower if Congress appropriates less.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill directly funds educational institutions serving underrepresented minorities to build entrepreneurship capacity and business support infrastructure. Minority students gain access to training, capital resources, and professional services (legal, accounting, marketing) that lower barriers to business formation and ownership, addressing a documented gap in entrepreneurial opportunity.
Who stands to gain
- minority-serving institutions (MSIs)
- historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)
- minority student entrepreneurs (indirect, through institutional support)
Named in the bill
Small Business Administration (SBA), Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Minority-serving institutions (MSIs), Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Higher Education Act of 1965, Small Business Act
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 4 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Jun 5, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 5, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Small Business · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Small Business”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (9,044 characters) on Nov 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,927 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-11-02.
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