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==Instructional Process==
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#REDIRECT [[How to Search for Bills using govtrack.us]]
 
 
* Open the following page: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse
 
 
 
* Type "entrepreneurship" or key words related to entrepreneurship in the search bar.
 
 
 
* For each individual bill listed, click on the bill and open the bill's overview page, i.e. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s1137
 
 
 
* On the wiki page, record the bill number "S. 1137", the bill title "PATENT Act", and prognosis "36% chance of being enacted".
 
 
 
* If there is "See Instead" under the prognosis indication, there is another bill with this same title introduced to Congress. The two bills contain the same content (for the several bills I have checked). Record the prognosis of the similar bill. If two bills have the same title but are not linked to each other, they still have very similar contents. 
 
 
 
* On the bill overview page, under the "A Bill/"An Act" tab, there should be an option to view the summary of the bill. Read over the summary and interpret a high level conclusion onto the wikipedia page.
 
 
 
* The final product should be formatted accordingly:
 
  link:
 
 
 
==HTML code==
 
 
 
 
 
On the bill page:
 
 
 
 
 
Title and bill number:
 
 
 
 
 
<title>PATENT Act (S. 1137) - GovTrack.us</title>
 
 
 
 
 
Chance of being enacted:
 
 
 
 
 
&lt;dt>Prognosis:</dt>
 
 
&lt;dd>
 
<p>36% chance of being enacted</p>
 
</dd>
 
 
 
 
 
On the bill text page:
 
 
 
Summary:
 
 
 
&lt;p class="official-title">To amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections, and for other purposes.</p></section>
 

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