3.0.0 2126 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z Senate S 2015-10-01 114 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2015-10-08T19:59:03Z Markup by 2015-10-07T15:08:34Z Referred to 2015-10-01T20:44:59Z S. Rept. 114-413 Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015 114 4027 HR 2015-11-17 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. Identical bill CRS 2016-12-20 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-413. Floor 2016-12-20 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-413. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee 2015-10-08 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 266. Calendars 2015-10-08 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with amendments. Without written report. Committee 2015-10-08 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with amendments. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee 2015-10-07 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2015-10-01 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2015-10-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2015-10-01 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-10-01 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2015-10-06 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-10-06 False H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2015-10-06 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2016-07-12 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2016-09-26 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-11-29 False 2015-10-29T18:47:15Z S. 2126, Women’s Small Business Ownership Act of 2015 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50940 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on October 8, 2015 Commerce Business education Business investment and capital Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Higher education Marketing and advertising Minority and disadvantaged businesses Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation Small Business Administration Small business Women in business Commerce 00 2015-10-01 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-06T19:47:45Z Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015

This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Women's Business Ownership to address issues concerning specified disciplines required for starting, operating, and increasing a small business.

The Office must work with SBA officials and collaborate with non-SBA entities to ensure that the work of the women's business center program:

  • maximizes taxpayer dollars, and
  • coordinates effectively with and is not duplicative of other federal and private sector programs.

The mission of the Office is to assist women entrepreneurs in starting, growing, and competing in global markets by providing quality support with access to capital, access to markets, job creation, growth, counseling, and training in a specified manner.

The SBA must:

  • provide annual programmatic and financial examination training for women's business center representatives,
  • award grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements related to the training, and
  • develop plans for a professional development training program for women's business centers and for a women's business center accreditation program.

The SBA may provide up to $250,000 per project year of financial assistance to eligible entities to conduct projects designed to provide training and counseling meeting the needs of women, especially socially and economically disadvantaged women.

The SBA, upon request by a recipient organization, may waive for a fiscal year (but no more than two consecutive fiscal years) the requirement to obtain matching non-federal funds for the organization's technical assistance and counseling activities carried out using financial assistance under the program.

]]> 01 2015-10-08 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2016-01-15T17:54:02Z Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015

(Sec. 3) This bill amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Women's Business Ownership to address issues concerning specified disciplines required for starting, operating, and increasing a small business.

The Office must work with SBA officials and collaborate with non-SBA entities to ensure that the work of the women's business center program:

  • maximizes taxpayer dollars, and
  • coordinates effectively with and is not duplicative of other federal and private sector programs.

The mission of the Office shall be to assist women entrepreneurs in starting, growing, and competing in global markets by providing quality support with access to capital, access to markets, job creation, growth, counseling, and training in a specified manner.

The SBA must:

  • provide annual programmatic and financial examination training for women's business center representatives,
  • award grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements related to the training, and
  • develop plans for a professional development training program for women's business centers and for a women's business center accreditation program.

(Sec. 4) "Women's business center" shall mean a project conducted by any of the following eligible entities:

  • a private nonprofit organization;
  • a state, regional, or local economic development organization;
  • a state-chartered development, credit, or finance corporation;
  • a junior or community college; or
  • any combination of these entities.

The SBA may award:

  • up to $250,000 of financial assistance to eligible entities per project year to conduct projects designed to provide training and counseling meeting the needs of women, especially socially and economically disadvantaged women; and
  • more than $250,000 additional assistance in a given project year for which the eligible entity has obtained more than that amount in non-federal contributions and is otherwise in good standing, has met performance goals, and proposes a new project to use the additional funds.

The bill prescribes further requirements for applications for initial financial assistance (and for renewal grants) as well as selection criteria, including a requirement that an applicant's principal place of business be more than 50 miles from a women's business center's principal place of business unless specified criteria are met.

The bill authorizes appropriations for FY2017-FY2020.

(Sec. 5) The SBA, upon request by an eligible entity, may waive for a fiscal year (but no more than two consecutive fiscal years) the requirement to obtain matching non-federal funds for the entity's technical assistance and counseling activities carried out using financial assistance under the program. The bill specifies considerations to be taken in determining whether to grant such a waiver.

An eligible entity may:

  • solicit cash and in-kind contributions from private individuals and entities for use in carrying out the entity's activities under the project, and
  • use amounts made available by the SBA for the cost of the solicitation and management of the contributions received.

The amount of non-federal dollars obtained by an eligible entity above the amount it is required to obtain, and not used as matching funds to implement the women's business center program, shall not be subject to uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for federal awards.

]]> Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015 Display Title Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the women's business center program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Women's Small Business Ownership Act of 2015 S Senate Reported to Senate 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2126rs/xml/BILLS-114s2126rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2126is/xml/BILLS-114s2126is.xml 2016-12-20 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-413. 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.