Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise Act of 2018
This bill reauthorizes through FY2019, and otherwise revises, the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3165 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3165
To reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women's Business
Enterprise, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 28, 2018
Ms. Heitkamp (for herself, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, and
Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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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 2018''.
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;
(iii) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated,
by adding ``and'' at the end; and
(iv) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated,
by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ``biannually''
and inserting ``quarterly''; and
(C) 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), by adding at the end
the following:
``(K) The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
``(L) The Environmental Protection Agency.
``(M) The Council.''; and
(ii) in paragraph (2)--
(I) in subparagraph (A), by
striking ``Small Business
Administration Reauthorization and
Amendments Act of 1994'' and inserting
``Interagency Committee on Women's
Business Enterprise Act of 2018''; 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 2018, 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 ``2019'';
(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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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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