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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6058 

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

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 25, 2023 

Ms. MENG (for herself and Ms. SALAZAR) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

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 2023’’. 

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 


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1 published research and policy independently de2 veloped by the Council’’ 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 Ad8 ministrator, the executive director of 

9 the Council, and’’ before ‘‘1 represent10 ative’’; and 

11 (II) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(K) The National Aeronautics and Space 

14 Administration. 

15 ‘‘(L) The Environmental Protection Agen16 cy. 

17 ‘‘(M) The Office of Management and 

18 Budget. 

19 ‘‘(N) The Minority Business Development 

20 Agency. 

21 ‘‘(O) The Office of the Assistant Secretary 

22 for Indian Affairs of the Department of the In23 terior. 

24 ‘‘(P) The Department of Veterans Af25 fairs.’’; and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik3 ing ‘‘Small Business Administration 

4 Reauthorization Act of 1997’’ and in5 serting ‘‘Interagency Committee on 

6 Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 

7 2023’’; and 

8 (II) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (aa) by striking ‘‘Small 

10 Business’’; 

11 (bb) by striking ‘‘and shall 

12 report directly to the Adminis13 trator on the status of the activi14 ties on the Interagency Com15 mittee’’; and 

16 (cc) by striking ‘‘National 

17 Women’s Business Council estab18 lished under section 405’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Council’’; and 

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

21 follows: 

22 ‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.— 

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

24 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

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1 trator, shall appoint one of the members of the 

2 Interagency Committee to serve as chairperson. 

3 ‘‘(2) VACANCY.—If a chairperson is not ap4 pointed during the 45-day period described in para5 graph (1), the Deputy Administrator of the Small 

6 Business Administration shall serve as acting chair7 person of the Interagency Committee until a chair8 person is appointed under paragraph (1).’’; 

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

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

11 by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’; 

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

13 the end; 

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

15 and inserting a period; and 

16 (D) by striking paragraph (3); and 

17 (4) in section 406(d) (15 U.S.C. 7106(d))— 

18 (A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 

19 after the semicolon; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (6)— 

21 (i) in the matter preceding subpara22 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and Entrepre23 neurship’’ before ‘‘of the Senate’’; and 


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1 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘council’’ and inserting ‘‘Council’’. 

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