# 115-hr-5086: Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018

115-hr-5086, Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5086
- Congress: 115
- Title: Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced: 2018-02-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018 This bill amends the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act to require the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide as an option under the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Program participation in an I-Corps Teams course by grantees of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and other entities. The cost of participation by such a grantee in a course may be furnished: through I-Corps Teams grants, through funds awarded to grantees under the SBIR Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, by the grantor federal agency using funds set aside for the SBIR and STTR Programs, or by the participating teams. 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 Teams course and participants that have made the decision to market an innovation. 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.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2018-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2018-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10] (R-VA), 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [115-hr-5086 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5086)

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- [115-hr-299: Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-299)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5086 (as of 2025-11-18).