3.0.0 3896 2023-03-08T20:26:21Z 2023-03-08T20:26:21Z Senate S 2022-03-22 117 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-03-22T20:10:52Z 2022-03-22 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2022-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2022-03-22 True Commerce Commerce 00 2022-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2022-12-01T19:06:58Z Empowering Women in Small Business Act

This bill permits certain women-owned small businesses to retain for seven years their certification under the Small Business Administration's Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contracting program even if the ownership interests in the small business are held by a licensed small business investment company that would otherwise reduce the ownership percentage below the threshold required for participation in the WOSB program.

]]> Empowering Women in Small Business Act Display Title Empowering Women in Small Business Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Empowering Women in Small Business Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Small Business Act relating to small business concerns owned and controlled by women, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3896is/xml/BILLS-117s3896is.xml 2022-03-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 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.