3.0.0 4863 2023-01-28T05:16:16Z 2023-01-28T05:16:16Z Senate S 2022-09-15 117 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-15T17:17:31Z Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022 117 6441 HR 2022-04-27 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Related bill CRS Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2022 117 5220 S 2022-12-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Related bill CRS 2022-09-15 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2022-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2022-09-15 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2022-09-15 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2022-09-15 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2022-09-15 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2022-09-27 False Commerce Commerce 00 2022-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2023-01-25T20:13:15Z Women's Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022

This bill reauthorizes the Women's Business Center Program through FY2026, raises the cap on individual center grants, establishes an accreditation program for grant recipients, and revises the duties of the Office of Women's Business Ownership.

Specifically, the bill modifies the Women's Business Center Program to enable the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide initial and continuation grants to eligible entities to operate women's business centers for the benefit of women-owned small businesses. The SBA must also publish standards for a program to accredit entities that receive grants from the Women's Business Center Program, and such entities' receipt of continuation grants shall be contingent upon their obtaining accreditation.

]]> Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022 Display Title Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Small Business Act to improve the Women's Business Center Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4863is/xml/BILLS-117s4863is.xml 2022-09-15 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.