[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76493-76494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24453]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Committee Management; Notice of Renewal

    The Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 
has determined that the renewal of the National Women's Business 
Council is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the 
performance of duties imposed upon the Administrator, U.S. Small 
Business Administration by 15 U.S.C. 633. This determination follows 
consultation with the Management Secretariat, General Services 
Administration.
    Name of Committee: National Women's Business Council.
    Purpose and Objective: The Council shall make annual 
recommendations on policies and programs to promote the establishment 
and growth of women's business enterprise. The Council shall also 
provide reports on its activities and make such other recommendations 
as it deems appropriate to the Interagency Committee, the President, 
the SBA Administrator and to Congress.
    Balanced Membership Plans: The Council consists of 15 members, 
including the Chairman. The Administrator, after receiving 
recommendations from the chair and ranking Members of the House and 
Senate Small Business Committees, shall, in consultation with the 
Council Chairman appoint remaining 14 members which, to the extent 
possible, reflect geographic (both urban and

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rural), racial, economic, and sectional diversity.
    Duration: Continuing.
    Responsible SBA Officials: Margaret Barton, Executive Director, 
National Women's Business Council, U.S. Small Business Administration, 
409 3rd Street, SW., Washington, DC 20416.

    Dated: December 19, 2005.
Matthew K. Becker,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-24453 Filed 12-23-05; 8:45 am]
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