[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7670 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7670

 To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on small business 
    concerns owned and controlled by women, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2022

  Ms. Houlahan (for herself and Ms. Tenney) 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 require a report on small business 
    concerns owned and controlled by women, 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 ``Women-Owned Small Business Program 
Transparency Act'' or the ``WOSB Program Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY 
              WOMEN.

    (a) In General.--Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) Report.--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:
                    ``(A) The total number of concerns certified as 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by women, 
                disaggregated by the number of concerns certified by--
                            ``(i) the Administrator; or
                            ``(ii) a national certifying entity 
                        approved by the Administrator.
                    ``(B) The amount of fees, if any, charged by each 
                national certifying entity for such certification.
                    ``(C) 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).
                    ``(D) 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).
                    ``(E) 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--
                            ``(i) the number of such contracts;
                            ``(ii) the Federal agencies that issued 
                        such contracts; and
                            ``(iii) any steps taken by Administrator to 
                        train the personnel of such Federal agency on 
                        the use of the authority provided under this 
                        subsection.
                    ``(F) With respect to an examination described in 
                paragraph (5)(B)--
                            ``(i) the number of examinations due 
                        because of recertification requirements and the 
                        actual number of such examinations conducted; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the number of examinations conducted 
                        for any other reason.
                    ``(G) 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).
                    ``(H) The number of small business concerns owned 
                and controlled by women that were decertified.
                    ``(I) Any other information the Administrator 
                determines necessary.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 8(m)(2)(C) of the Small Business 
Act is amended by striking ``paragraph (3)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
(4)''.
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