Committee of the United States House of Representa-
tives.’’.
SEC. 603. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL.
Section 403 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act
of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is redesignated as section
407 of such Act, and, as redesignated, is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 407. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL.
‘‘(a) The Council shall be composed of 15 members
who shall be appointed by the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration and who shall serve at the Ad-
ministrator’s discretion. In making the appointments, the
Administrator shall include racial, geographic and eco-
nomic diversity, and representation from diverse sectors
of the economy, including manufacturing, high technology,
services and credit institutions, and shall give priority to
include representation of major women’s business organi-
zations.
‘‘(b) Only the owner, operator or employee of a
woman-owned business shall be eligible for appointment,
and not more than eight appointees shall be members of
the same political party. If any member of the Council
subsequently becomes an officer or employee of the Fed-
eral Government or of the Congress, such individual may
continue as a member of the Council for not longer than
the thirty-day period beginning on the date such individual
becomes such an officer or employee.
‘‘(c) The Council annually shall select one member
to serve as its Chairperson. The Chairperson of the Coun-
cil, or her designee, shall be the representative of the
Council to all meetings of the Interagency Committee on
Women’s Business Enterprise.
‘‘(d) The Council shall meet not less than four times
per year. Meetings shall be at the call of the Chairperson
at such times as she deems appropriate.
‘‘(e) Members of the Council shall serve without pay
for such membership, except they shall be entitled to reim-
bursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary ex-
penses incurred by them in carrying out the functions of
the Council, in the same manner as persons serving on
advisory boards pursuant to section 8(b) of the Small
Business Act.’’.
SEC. 604. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.
Title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of
1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended by striking section
404 and by inserting the following new sections prior to
section 405 as redesignated by section 601 of this Act:
‘‘SEC. 401. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMITTEE.
‘‘There is established an Interagency Committee to
be known as the ‘Interagency Committee on Women’s
Business Enterprise’ (hereinafter in this title referred to
as the Committee).
‘‘SEC. 402. DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.
‘‘The Committee shall—
‘‘(1) promote, coordinate and monitor the
plans, programs and operations of the departments
and agencies of the Federal Government which may
contribute to the establishment, preservation and
strengthening of women’s business enterprise. It
may, as appropriate, develop comprehensive inter-
agency plans and specific program goals for women’s
business enterprise with the cooperation of Federal
departments and agencies;
‘‘(2) promote the better utilization of the activi-
ties and resources of State and local governments,
business and trade associations, private industry,
colleges and universities, foundations, professional
organizations, and volunteer and women’s business
enterprise, and facilitate the coordination of the ef-
forts of these groups with those of Federal depart-
ments and agencies;
‘‘(3) consult with the Council to develop and
promote new initiatives designed to foster women’s
business enterprise, and to develop policies, pro-
grams, and plans intended to promote such develop-
ment;
‘‘(4) consider the Council’s recommendations
and public and private sector studies of the problems
of women entrepreneurs, and promote further re-
search into such problems; and
‘‘(5) design a comprehensive plan for a joint
public-private sector effort to facilitate the develop-
ment and growth of women-owned businesses. The
Committee should submit the plan to the President
for review within six months of the effective date of
this Act.
‘‘SEC. 403. MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE.
‘‘(a) The Committee shall be composed of representa-
tives of the following departments and agencies: The De-
partments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy,
Health and Human Services, Education, Housing and
Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, Transpor-
tation, Treasury, the Federal Trade Commission, General
Services Administration, National Science Foundation,
Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Director
of the Office of Women’s Business Ownership of the Small
Business Administration, who shall serve as Vice Chair-
person of the Committee. The head of each such depart-
ment and agency shall designate a representative who
shall be a policy making official within the department or
agency.
‘‘(b) The Committee shall have a Chairperson ap-
pointed by the President, after consultation with the Ad-
ministrator of the Small Business Administration and the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Admin-
istration. The Chairperson shall be the head of a Federal
department or agency. If the Chairperson is the head of
one of the departments or agencies enumerated in sub-
section (a), he or she shall also serve as the representative
of such department or agency.
‘‘(c) The Committee shall meet not less than four
times per year. Meetings shall be at the call of the Chair-
person at such times as he or she deems appropriate.
‘‘(d) The members of the Committee shall serve with-
out additional pay for such membership.
‘‘(e) The Chairperson of the Committee may des-
ignate a Director of the Committee, after consultation
with the Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration.
‘‘(f) The Chief Counsel for Advocacy is authorized to
appoint to his staff under the provisions of section 204
of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634(d)) the person so
designated under subsection (e). He or she is also author-
ized to provide additional staff and administrative support
for the Committee.
‘‘(g) The Director of the Office of Women’s Business
Ownership of the Small Business Administration is au-
thorized to provide additional staff and administrative
support for the Committee.
‘‘SEC. 404. REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
‘‘The Committee shall transmit to the President and
to the Small Business Committee of the United States
Senate and to the Small Business Committee of the Unit-
ed States House of Representatives a report no less than
once in every twelve-month period. The first such report
shall be submitted no later than March 31, 1995. Such
reports shall contain any recommendations from the
Council and any comments of the Committee thereon, a
detailed statement on the activities of the Committee, the
findings and conclusions of the Committee, together with
its recommendations for such legislation and administra-
tive actions as it considers appropriate to promote the de-
velopment of small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by women.’’.
SEC. 605. REPEALER.
Sections 404 through 407 of the Women’s Business
Ownership Act of 1988, as in effect on the day before the
date of the enactment of this Act, are repealed and the