[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2854 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2854

  To reauthorize the National Women's Business Council, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1993

Mr. Andrews of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize the National Women's Business Council, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Women's Business Council 
Reauthorization Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) New Members.--Section 403 of the Women's Business Ownership Act 
of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``nine'' and inserting ``eleven'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, the 
                Secretary of Labor (or such Secretary's deputy),'' 
                after ``(or such Secretary's deputy)'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end of the paragraph;
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(4) one member shall be appointed by the President.''.
    (b) Terms of Current Members.--Any member appointed under paragraph 
(2) or (3) of section 403(a) of the Women's Business Ownership Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) and serving prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act shall continue to serve until the expiration of the term for 
which the member was appointed.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION.

    Section 407 of the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 
U.S.C. 631 note) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 407. AUTHORIZATION.

    ``(a) There are authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
    ``(b) New spending authority or authority to enter into contracts 
as authorized in this Act shall be effective only to such extent and in 
such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
    ``(c) This title shall cease to be effective 2 years after the date 
of enactment of the National Women's Business Council Reauthorization 
Act of 1993.''.

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