[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7128 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7128

To establish requirements relating to size standard compliance of small 
 business concerns owned and controlled by women for certain purposes, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2024

Ms. Maloy (for herself and Ms. Scholten) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish requirements relating to size standard compliance of small 
 business concerns owned and controlled by women for certain purposes, 
                        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 ``The WOSB Integrity Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. WOMEN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD COMPLIANCE FOR 
              RESTRICTED COMPETITION.

    (a) In General.--Section 8(m)(2)(E) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(m)(2)(E)) is amended by inserting ``, including that each 
such concern does not exceed the applicable size standard established 
under section 3(a)'' after ``by women''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not 
be construed as disqualifying any small business concern owned and 
controlled by women that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
is certified by a Federal agency, the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration, or a national certifying entity approved by 
the Administrator as a small business concern owned and controlled by 
women from competing for contracts restricted under section 8(m)(2) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)(2)) before the earlier of--
            (1) the date on which the small business concern owned and 
        controlled by women submits a notice that such concern is no 
        longer a small business concern owned and controlled by women; 
        or
            (2) the date on which the Administrator, Federal agency, or 
        entity that provided such certification determines that the 
        concern exceeds the applicable size standard established under 
        section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act or the amendments 
made by this Act shall be construed to require the Administrator to 
perform a formal size determination on a small business concern when 
considering an application from such concern for certification as a 
small business concern owned and controlled by women.
    (d) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
            (2) Small business concern.--The term ``small business 
        concern'' has the meaning given under section 3 of the Small 
        Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
            (3) Small business concern owned and controlled by women.--
        The term ``small business concern'' and ``small business 
        concern owned and controlled by women'' has the meaning given 
        in section 8(m)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        637(m)(1)).
    (e) Technical Amendment.--Section 8(m)(2)(C) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (3)'' 
and inserting ``paragraph (4)''.
    (f) Compliance With CUTGO.--No additional amounts are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act.
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