3.0.0 1586 2025-06-11T15:36:19Z 2025-06-11T15:36:19Z House H HR 2025-02-25 119 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:H.R. 1586.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution,which gives Congress the power ``to make all Laws which shallbe necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H837]</pre> hssm00 Small Business Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-02-25T15:02:00Z 119 1816 HR 2025-06-04 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Related bill CRS 2025-02-25 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssm00 Small Business Committee 2025-02-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-02-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress V000081 Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] Nydia Velázquez D NY M. 7 N L000598 Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] Nick LaLota R NY 1 2025-02-25 True Commerce Commerce 2025-03-19T13:28:46Z

00 2025-02-25 Introduced in House 2025-06-11T15:36:15Z <p><strong>WOSB Certification Expansion and Opportunity Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires that only women-owned small businesses that have been certified by a federal agency, state government, or national certifying entity approved by the Small Business Administration (SBA) are included when calculating whether a federal agency has met its contracting goals with respect to such businesses during a fiscal year.</p><p>Certain self-certified, women-owned small businesses that have filed an application for certification are deemed to have been certified until the SBA or national certifying entity makes a determination with respect to the certification of such business.</p><p>The SBA must provide a briefing each quarter about specified aspects of the process of certifying women-owned small businesses and implementing the requirements of the bill.</p>

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