[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4569 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4569

     To reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women's Business 
                  Enterprise, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2019

Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Radewagen, and Ms. Houlahan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
     To reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women's Business 
                  Enterprise, 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 ``Interagency Committee on Women's 
Business Enterprise Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

    Title IV of the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 402 (15 U.S.C. 7102)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (5);
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
                        (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;
                            (iii) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
                        by adding ``and'' at the end; and
                            (iv) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 
                        by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``biannually'' 
                and inserting ``quarterly''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 
                inserting ``, including through the use of research and 
                policy developed by the Council'' after ``Council'';
            (2) in section 403 (15 U.S.C. 7103)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
                        the following:
                    ``(K) The National Aeronautics and Space 
                Administration.
                    ``(L) The Environmental Protection Agency.
                    ``(M) The Council.''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A), by 
                                striking ``Small Business 
                                Administration Reauthorization Act of 
                                1997'' and inserting ``Interagency 
                                Committee on Women's Business 
                                Enterprise Act of 2019''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``Small 
                                        Business''; and
                                            (bb) by striking ``National 
                                        Women's Business Council 
                                        established under section 405'' 
                                        and inserting ``Council''; and
                    (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Appointment.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
        enactment of the Interagency Committee on Women's Business 
        Enterprise Act of 2019, the President, in consultation with the 
        Administrator, shall appoint one of the members of the 
        Interagency Committee to serve as chairperson.
            ``(2) Vacancy.--In the event that a chairperson is not 
        appointed within the time frame required under paragraph (1), 
        the Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
        shall serve as acting chairperson of the Interagency Committee 
        until a chairperson is appointed under paragraph (1).''; and
            (3) in section 404 (15 U.S.C. 7104)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``1995'' and inserting ``2019'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at the end;
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (D) by striking paragraph (3).
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