To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the inclusion of unmarried women in the criteria for awarding a grant to a women's business center.

Bill: 114-hr-6398
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2016-11-29
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2016-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-11-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise the Small Business Administration's criteria for awarding a grant to a women's business center to include the ability of the applicant to provide training and services to a representative number of unmarried women who are both socially and economically disadvantaged.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6398 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 29, 2016 Mr. Israel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to provide for the inclusion of unmarried women in the criteria for awarding a grant to a women’s business center.

1. Inclusion of unmarried women in grant criteria Section 29(f)(3) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 656(f)(3) ) is amended by inserting , including those who are not married after disadvantaged .