[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 774 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 774

      To amend the Small Business Act to change the conditions of 
 participation and provide an authorization of appropriations for the 
                    women's business center program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1999

 Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Talent, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mrs. 
    Kelly, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Bono, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Chrisitan-
 Christensen, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, and Mr. Hinojosa) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
                                Business

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Small Business Act to change the conditions of 
 participation and provide an authorization of appropriations for the 
                    women's business center program.

    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 ``Women's Business Center Amendments 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.

    Section 29(c)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(c)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end; and
            (2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B) in the third, fourth, and fifth years, 1 non-
                Federal dollar for each Federal dollar.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 29(k)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(k)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``8,000,000'' and inserting ``11,000,000''.
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