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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2042 

To reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 14, 2021 

Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. CARDIN, and 

Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women’s 

Business Enterprise, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interagency Committee 

5 on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN’S BUSINESS 

7 ENTERPRISE. 

8 Title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 

9 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) in section 402 (15 U.S.C. 7102)— 


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1 (A) in subsection (a)— 

2 (i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (5); 

3 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

4 and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec5 tively; and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(4) monitor the plans, programs, and oper9 ations of the departments and agencies of the Fed10 eral Government to identify barriers to new business 

11 formation by women entrepreneurs, or barriers expe12 rienced by women-led startups in accessing and par13 ticipating in the plans, programs, and operations of 

14 the departments and agencies of the Federal Gov15 ernment.’’; 

16 (B) in subsection (b), by inserting after 

17 the first sentence the following: ‘‘In addition to 

18 the meetings described in the preceding sen19 tence, the Interagency Committee shall meet at 

20 the call of the executive director of the Council 

21 or the chairperson of the Interagency Com22 mittee.’’; and 

23 (C) in subsection (c), in the first sentence, 

24 by inserting ‘‘, including through the use of reVerDate Sep 11 2014 07:07 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2042.IS S2042

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1 search and policy developed by the Council’’ 

2 after ‘‘Council’’; 

3 (2) in section 403 (15 U.S.C. 7103)— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

5 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (I) in the matter preceding sub7 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the exec8 utive director of the Council and’’ be9 fore ‘‘1 representative’’; and 

10 (II) by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(K) The National Aeronautics and Space 

13 Administration. 

14 ‘‘(L) The Environmental Protection Agen15 cy. 

16 ‘‘(M) The Office of Management and 

17 Budget. 

18 ‘‘(N) The Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

19 ‘‘(O) The Department of Homeland Secu20 rity. 

21 ‘‘(P) The Department of Veterans Af22 fairs.’’; and 

23 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

24 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik25 ing ‘‘Small Business Administration 


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1 Reauthorization Act of 1997’’ and in2 serting ‘‘Interagency Committee on 

3 Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 

4 2021’’; and 

5 (II) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (aa) by striking ‘‘Small 

7 Business’’; and 

8 (bb) by striking ‘‘National 

9 Women’s Business Council estab10 lished under section 405’’ and in11 serting ‘‘Council’’; and 

12 (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 

16 after the date of enactment of the Interagency Com17 mittee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 

18 2021, the President, in consultation with the Admin19 istrator, shall appoint one of the members of the 

20 Interagency Committee to serve as chairperson. 

21 ‘‘(2) VACANCY.—In the event that a chair22 person is not appointed during the 45-day period de23 scribed in paragraph (1), the Deputy Administrator 

24 of the Small Business Administration shall serve as 

25 acting chairperson of the Interagency Committee 


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1 until a chairperson is appointed under paragraph 

2 (1).’’; and 

3 (3) in section 404 (15 U.S.C. 7104)— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

5 by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

7 the end; 

8 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

9 and inserting a period; and 

10 (D) by striking paragraph (3). 

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