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<dc:title>117 HR 7670 EH: Women-Owned Small Business Program Transparency Act</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session> 
<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 7670</legis-num> 
<current-chamber display="no">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
<legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type> 
<official-title display="yes">To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women, and for other purposes.</official-title> 
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<section id="H2944B6C94A734426BD938263A97E63CD" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Women-Owned Small Business Program Transparency Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>WOSB Program Transparency Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HFF89AC12ECBB45D59C6E65EEE3EEF5C6"><enum>2.</enum><header>Report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women</header> <subsection id="H6364972F80564D6CB2308647273A3FF2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637(m)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H8A4A9A11DE84424F9F52A61C77E9A202"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than May 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women. Such report shall include, for the fiscal year preceding the date of the report, the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H3958A44A85394F9E8EB2C4ACA650FCB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of concerns certified as small business concerns owned and controlled by women, disaggregated by the number of concerns certified by—</text> 
<clause id="H2E600CB1AF854B4996E9E3E9A0FC60A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Administrator; or</text></clause> <clause id="HFAC7245091204D4B98F97798DD86286E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a national certifying entity approved by the Administrator.</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HAD5C404E61D64482BC91663C1255C4F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amount of fees, if any, charged by each national certifying entity for such certification.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H840CCADAB4BA4D738DB1604962019467"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The total dollar amount and total percentage of prime contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by women pursuant to paragraph (2) or pursuant to a waiver granted under paragraph (3).</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HD0FA05EDECED48D8A45A1EC5F05871DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total dollar amount and total percentage of prime contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by women pursuant to paragraphs (7) and (8).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC1EC806D185B4DCF84BF0BAA35080230"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a contract incorrectly awarded pursuant to this subsection because it was awarded based on an industry in which small business concerns owned and controlled by women are not underrepresented—</text> 
<clause id="HE315DDFD9B6740EDB10ADE3360AEA891"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of such contracts;</text></clause> <clause id="H1452B54B351D4EF3956DD055119BBA70"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Federal agencies that issued such contracts; and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H254C61CA81674F4891075FB60F4E0A6A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any steps taken by Administrator to train the personnel of such Federal agency on the use of the authority provided under this subsection.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H30BDDCFC00E3456C9DB8A9A9FBED42D5"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to an examination described in paragraph (5)(B)—</text> 
<clause id="HB1C9C89964F448AE9A1C292498EF69EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of examinations due because of recertification requirements and the actual number of such examinations conducted; and</text></clause> <clause id="H6884E5FD2FAA4C54B1F0C2913F138382"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of examinations conducted for any other reason.</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H95CBB854D7914F86BBE4ED4C4CDB3478" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of small business concerns owned and controlled by women that were found to be ineligible to be awarded a contract under this subsection as a result of an examination conducted pursuant to paragraph (5)(B) or failure to request an examination pursuant to section 127.400 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor rule).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H354A5C978354437099AC68DDF1B5AE04"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of small business concerns owned and controlled by women that were decertified.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H0AE98F15D28D4720BA35CCA72616E08F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Any other information the Administrator determines necessary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HECBD6FC4639B44E1BD0F37B3804EAAE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8(m)(2)(C) of the Small Business Act is amended by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (4)</quote>.</text></subsection></section> 
</legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20220607" chamber="House">Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2022.</attestation-date><attestor display="no">Cheryl L. Johnson,</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation> 
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