[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6058 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6058

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2023

 Ms. Meng (for herself and Ms. Salazar) 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 2023''.

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 first 
                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 published 
                research and policy independently 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 
                                Administrator, 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 Office of Management and Budget.
                    ``(N) The Minority Business Development Agency.
                    ``(O) The Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
                Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior.
                    ``(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 2023''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``Small 
                                        Business'';
                                            (bb) by striking ``and 
                                        shall report directly to the 
                                        Administrator on the status of 
                                        the activities on the 
                                        Interagency Committee''; and
                                            (cc) 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 
        the enactment of this subsection, the President, in 
        consultation with the Administrator, shall appoint one of the 
        members of the Interagency Committee to serve as chairperson.
            ``(2) Vacancy.--If a chairperson is not appointed during 
        the 45-day period described in 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).'';
            (3) in section 404 (15 U.S.C. 7104)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``1995'' and inserting ``2024'';
                    (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); and
            (4) in section 406(d) (15 U.S.C. 7106(d))--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``and'' after 
                the semicolon; and
                    (B) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``and Entrepreneurship'' 
                        before ``of the Senate''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``council'' and inserting ``Council''.
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