[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 122 (Thursday, July 2, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4239]
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  SA 2432. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, and 
Ms. Rosen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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.''; and
       (B) 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''
       (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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