3.0.0 2608 2022-02-03T05:11:23Z 2022-02-03T05:11:23Z Senate S S 2008-02-07 110 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-02-07T22:35:00Z 2008-02-07 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S791) IntroReferral 2008-02-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S790-791) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-02-07 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2008-04-02 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2008-06-26 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2008-07-15 False Commerce Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Governmental investigations Industries Sex discrimination Women Women in business Commerce 00 2008-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-12T20:50:20Z Small Business Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act - Amends the Small Business Act relating to the women's procurement program (the provision of contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to wait until five years after the program is implemented before conducting a required study to identify industries in which small businesses owned and controlled by women are underrepresented with respect to federal procurement contracting (and therefore eligible for contracting preferences or set-asides). Presumes as underrepresented by women-owned small businesses the industries identified in industry codes 11 through 81 of the 2007 North American Industry Classification System Code.

States that a contracting officer need not make a finding of past gender discrimination by a contracting agency in order to comply with federal contracting requirements under the women's business procurement program.

]]> Small Business Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act Display Title Small Business Women's Procurement Program Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to make improvements to the Small Business Act. Introduced in Senate 2008-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2608is/xml/BILLS-110s2608is.xml 2008-02-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S791) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.