[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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