[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1714 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1714

    To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the inclusion of 
   unmarried women in the criteria for awarding a grant to a women's 
                            business center.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2017

 Mr. Serrano 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 provide for the inclusion of 
   unmarried women in the criteria for awarding a grant to a women's 
                            business center.

    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 ``Expanding Small Business 
Opportunities to all Women Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF UNMARRIED WOMEN IN GRANT CRITERIA.

    Section 29(f)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(f)(3)) is 
amended by inserting ``, including those who are not married'' after 
``disadvantaged''.
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