[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3406 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3406

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2020

 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cardin, 
 and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
  and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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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 2020''.

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; 
                        and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) monitor the plans, programs, and operations of the 
        departments and agencies of the Federal Government to identify 
        barriers to new business formation by women entrepreneurs, or 
        barriers experienced by women-led startups in accessing and 
        participating in the plans, programs, and operations of the 
        departments and agencies of the Federal Government.'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 
                second sentence the following: ``In addition to the 
                meetings described in the preceding sentence, the 
                Interagency Committee shall meet at the call of the 
                executive director of the Council or the chairperson of 
                the Interagency Committee.''; 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)--
                                    (I) in the matter preceding 
                                subparagraph (A), by inserting ``the 
                                executive director of the Council and'' 
                                before ``1 representative''; and
                                    (II) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                    ``(K) The National Aeronautics and Space 
                Administration.
                    ``(L) The Environmental Protection Agency.
                    ``(M) The Deputy Director of Management of the 
                Office of Management and Budget.
                    ``(N) The Bureau of Labor Statistics.
                    ``(O) The Department of Homeland Security.
                    ``(P) The Department of Veterans Affairs.''; 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 2020''; 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 2020, 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 ``2020'';
                    (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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