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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7128 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 

Entrepreneurship 

AN ACT 

To establish requirements relating to size standard compliance of small business concerns owned and controlled 

by women for certain purposes, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The WOSB Integrity 

3 Act of 2024’’. 

4 SEC. 2. WOMEN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD 

5 COMPLIANCE FOR RESTRICTED COMPETI6 TION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(m)(2)(E) of the Small 

8 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)(2)(E)) is amended by in9 serting ‘‘, including that each such concern does not ex10 ceed the applicable size standard established under section 

11 3(a)’’ after ‘‘by women’’. 

12 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub13 section (a) shall not be construed as disqualifying any 

14 small business concern owned and controlled by women 

15 that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is cer16 tified by a Federal agency, the Administrator of the Small 

17 Business Administration, or a national certifying entity 

18 approved by the Administrator as a small business concern 

19 owned and controlled by women from competing for con20 tracts restricted under section 8(m)(2) of the Small Busi21 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)(2)) before the earlier of— 

22 (1) the date on which the small business con23 cern owned and controlled by women submits a no24 tice that such concern is no longer a small business 

25 concern owned and controlled by women; or 


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1 (2) the date on which the Administrator, Fed2 eral agency, or entity that provided such certification 

3 determines that the concern exceeds the applicable 

4 size standard established under section 3(a) of the 

5 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 

6 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

7 or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed 

8 to require the Administrator to perform a formal size de9 termination on a small business concern when considering 

10 an application from such concern for certification as a 

11 small business concern owned and controlled by women. 

12 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

13 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis14 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi15 ness Administration. 

16 (2) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

17 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 

18 under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 

19 U.S.C. 632). 

20 (3) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND

21 CONTROLLED BY WOMEN.—The term ‘‘small busi22 ness concern’’ and ‘‘small business concern owned 

23 and controlled by women’’ has the meaning given in 

24 section 8(m)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 

25 U.S.C. 637(m)(1)). 


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1 (e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 8(m)(2)(C) 

2 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)(2)(C)) is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘para4 graph (4)’’. 

5 (f) COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.—No additional 

6 amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

7 this Act or the amendments made by this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 29, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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