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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4569 

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

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 

Ms. MENG (for herself, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, and Ms. 

HOULAHAN) 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 2019’’. 

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; 

6 (iii) in paragraph (2), as so redesig7 nated, by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

8 (iv) in paragraph (3), as so redesig9 nated, by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a 

10 period; 

11 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘bian12 nually’’ and inserting ‘‘quarterly’’; and 

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

14 by inserting ‘‘, including through the use of re15 search and policy developed by the Council’’ 

16 after ‘‘Council’’; 

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

18 (A) in subsection (a)— 

19 (i) in paragraph (1), by adding at the 

20 end the following: 

21 ‘‘(K) The National Aeronautics and Space 

22 Administration. 

23 ‘‘(L) The Environmental Protection Agen24 cy. 

25 ‘‘(M) The Council.’’; 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 2019’’; and 

8 (II) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (aa) by striking ‘‘Small 

10 Business’’; and 

11 (bb) by striking ‘‘National 

12 Women’s Business Council estab13 lished under section 405’’ and in14 serting ‘‘Council’’; and 

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

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.— 

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

19 after the date of enactment of the Interagency Com20 mittee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 

21 2019, the President, in consultation with the Admin22 istrator, shall appoint one of the members of the 

23 Interagency Committee to serve as chairperson. 

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1 quired under paragraph (1), the Deputy Adminis2 trator of the Small Business Administration shall 

3 serve as acting chairperson of the Interagency Com4 mittee until a chairperson is appointed under para5 graph (1).’’; and 

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

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

8 by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’; 

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

10 the end; 

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

12 and inserting a period; and 

13 (D) by striking paragraph (3). 

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