Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2022
Bill: S.2042 | Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy (D-IL)
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise Act of 2022
This bill revises the duties, membership, and reporting requirements of the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise.
These changes include striking a requirement that the committee develop and promote new public sector programs and plans to foster women's business enterprise and, instead, requiring it to monitor the plans, programs, and operations of federal government departments and agencies to identify barriers to new business formation by women entrepreneurs.

To reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women's Business 
                  Enterprise, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Interagency Committee on 
Women's Business Enterprise Act of 2021''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN'S BUSINESS 
              ENTERPRISE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Title IV of the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 (15 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 402 (15 U.S.C. 7102)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking paragraphs (2) and 
                        (5);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by redesignating paragraphs 
                        (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), 
                        respectively; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) by adding at the end the 
                        following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) monitor the plans, programs, and operations 
        of the departments and agencies of the Federal Government to 
        identify barriers to new business formation by women 
        entrepreneurs, or barriers experienced by women-led startups in 
        accessing and participating in the plans, programs, and 
        operations of the departments and agencies of the Federal 
        Government.'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (b), by inserting after 
                the first sentence the following: ``In addition to the 
                meetings described in the preceding sentence, the 
                Interagency Committee shall meet at the call of the 
                executive director of the Council or the chairperson of 
                the Interagency Committee.''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in subsection (c), in the first 
                sentence, by inserting ``, including through the use of 
                research and policy developed by the Council'' after 
                ``Council'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 403 (15 U.S.C. 7103)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subsection (a)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) in the matter 
                                preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                                inserting ``the executive director of 
                                the Council and'' before ``1 
                                representative''; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) by adding at the end 
                                the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(K) The National Aeronautics and Space 
                Administration.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(L) The Environmental Protection 
                Agency.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(M) The Office of Management and 
                Budget.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(N) The Bureau of Labor 
                Statistics.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(O) The Department of Homeland 
                Security.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(P) The Department of Veterans 
                Affairs.''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) in subparagraph (A), 
                                by striking ``Small Business 
                                Administration Reauthorization Act of 
                                1997'' and inserting ``Interagency 
                                Committee on Women's Business 
                                Enterprise Act of 2021''; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) in subparagraph (B)--
                                </DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    (aa) by striking 
                                        ``Small Business''; 
                                        and</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    (bb) by striking 
                                        ``National Women's Business 
                                        Council established under 
                                        section 405'' and inserting 
                                        ``Council''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
                follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Appointment.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Not later than 45 days after 
        the date of enactment of the Interagency Committee on Women's 
        Business Enterprise Act of 2021, the President, in consultation 
        with the Administrator, shall appoint one of the members of the 
        Interagency Committee to serve as chairperson.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Vacancy.--In the event that a chairperson is 
        not appointed during the 45-day period described in paragraph 
        (1), the Deputy Administrator of the Small Business 
        Administration shall serve as acting chairperson of the 
        Interagency Committee until a chairperson is appointed under 
        paragraph (1).''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 404 (15 U.S.C. 7104)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                by striking ``1995'' and inserting ``2021'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at 
                the end;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; 
                and'' and inserting a period; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) by striking paragraph (3).</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Interagency Committee on Women's 
Business Enterprise Act of 2022''.

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)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (5);
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
                        (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
                        and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) monitor the plans, programs, and operations of the 
        departments and agencies of the Federal Government to identify 
        barriers to new business formation by women entrepreneurs, or 
        barriers experienced by women-led startups in accessing and 
        participating in the plans, programs, and operations of the 
        departments and agencies of the Federal Government.'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by inserting after the first 
                sentence the following: ``In addition to the meetings 
                described in the preceding sentence, the Interagency 
                Committee shall meet at the call of the executive 
                director of the Council or the chairperson of the 
                Interagency Committee.''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c), in the first sentence, by 
                inserting ``, including through the use of published 
                research and policy independently developed 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 
                                subparagraph (A), by inserting ``the 
                                Administrator, the executive director 
                                of the Council, and'' before ``1 
                                representative''; and
                                    (II) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                    ``(K) The National Aeronautics and Space 
                Administration.
                    ``(L) The Environmental Protection Agency.
                    ``(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 Interior.
                    ``(P) The Department of Veterans Affairs.''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A), by 
                                striking ``Small Business 
                                Administration Reauthorization Act of 
                                1997'' and inserting ``Interagency 
                                Committee on Women's Business 
                                Enterprise Act of 2022''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``Small 
                                        Business'';
                                            (bb) by striking ``and 
                                        shall report directly to the 
                                        Administrator on the status of 
                                        the activities on the 
                                        Interagency Committee''; and
                                            (cc) by striking ``National 
                                        Women's Business Council 
                                        established under section 405'' 
                                        and inserting ``Council''; and
                    (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Chairperson.--The Administrator shall serve as chairperson of 
the Interagency Committee.'';
            (3) in section 404 (15 U.S.C. 7104)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``1995'' and inserting ``2022'';
                    (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)(6) (15 U.S.C. 7106(d)(6))--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``and Entrepreneurship'' before ``of the 
                Senate''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``council'' 
                and inserting ``Council''.
                                                       Calendar No. 279

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2042

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