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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interagency Committee 
on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN’S BUSINESS 
ENTERPRISE. 
Title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 402 (15 U.S.C. 7102)— 
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(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (5); 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec-
tively; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) monitor the plans, programs, and oper-
ations of the departments and agencies of the Fed-
eral Government to identify barriers to new business 
formation by women entrepreneurs, or barriers expe-
rienced by women-led startups in accessing and par-
ticipating in the plans, programs, and operations of 
the departments and agencies of the Federal Gov-
ernment.’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting after 
the first sentence the following: ‘‘In addition to 
the meetings described in the preceding sen-
tence, the Interagency Committee shall meet at 
the call of the executive director of the Council 
or the chairperson of the Interagency Com-
mittee.’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), in the first sentence, 
by inserting ‘‘, including through the use of 
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published research and policy independently de-
veloped by the Council’’ after ‘‘Council’’; 
(2) in section 403 (15 U.S.C. 7103)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the Ad-
ministrator, the executive director of 
the Council, and’’ before ‘‘1 represent-
ative’’; and 
(II) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(K) The National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. 
‘‘(L) The Environmental Protection Agen-
cy. 
‘‘(M) The Office of Management and 
Budget. 
‘‘(N) The Minority Business Development 
Agency. 
‘‘(O) The Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Indian Affairs of the Department of the In-
terior. 
‘‘(P) The Department of Veterans Af-
fairs.’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘Small Business Administration 
Reauthorization Act of 1997’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Interagency Committee on 
Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 
2023’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B)— 
(aa) 
by 
striking 
‘‘Small 
Business’’; 
(bb) by striking ‘‘and shall 
report directly to the Adminis-
trator on the status of the activi-
ties on the Interagency Com-
mittee’’; and 
(cc) by striking ‘‘National 
Women’s Business Council estab-
lished under section 405’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Council’’; and 
(B) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the President, in consultation with the Adminis-
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trator, shall appoint one of the members of the 
Interagency Committee to serve as chairperson. 
‘‘(2) VACANCY.—If a chairperson is not ap-
pointed during the 45-day period described in para-
graph (1), the Deputy Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall serve as acting chair-
person of the Interagency Committee until a chair-
person is appointed under paragraph (1).’’; 
(3) in section 404 (15 U.S.C. 7104)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(D) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(4) in section 406(d) (15 U.S.C. 7106(d))— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting ‘‘and Entrepre-
neurship’’ before ‘‘of the Senate’’; and 
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