Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3875 To reauthorize the Interagency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 14, 2021 Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. SALAZAR, 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interagency Committee 4 on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN’S BUSINESS 6 ENTERPRISE. 7 Title IV of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 8 1988 (15 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended— 9 (1) in section 402 (15 U.S.C. 7102)— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:22 Jul 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3875.IH H3875 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3875 IH (A) in subsection (a)— 1 (i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (5); 2 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 3 and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec- 4 tively; and 5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 6 lowing: 7 ‘‘(4) monitor the plans, programs, and oper- 8 ations of the departments and agencies of the Fed- 9 eral Government to identify barriers to new business 10 formation by women entrepreneurs, or barriers expe- 11 rienced by women-led startups in accessing and par- 12 ticipating in the plans, programs, and operations of 13 the departments and agencies of the Federal Gov- 14 ernment.’’; 15 (B) in subsection (b), by inserting after 16 the first sentence the following: ‘‘In addition to 17 the meetings described in the preceding sen- 18 tence, the Interagency Committee shall meet at 19 the call of the executive director of the Council 20 or the chairperson of the Interagency Com- 21 mittee.’’; and 22 (C) in subsection (c), in the first sentence, 23 by inserting ‘‘, including through the use of re- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:22 Jul 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3875.IH H3875 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3875 IH search and policy developed by the Council’’ 1 after ‘‘Council’’; 2 (2) in section 403 (15 U.S.C. 7103)— 3 (A) in subsection (a)— 4 (i) in paragraph (1)— 5 (I) in the matter preceding sub- 6 paragraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the exec- 7 utive director of the Council and’’ be- 8 fore ‘‘1 representative’’; and 9 (II) by adding at the end the fol- 10 lowing: 11 ‘‘(K) The National Aeronautics and Space 12 Administration. 13 ‘‘(L) The Environmental Protection Agen- 14 cy. 15 ‘‘(M) The Office of Management and 16 Budget. 17 ‘‘(N) The Bureau of Labor Statistics. 18 ‘‘(O) The Department of Homeland Secu- 19 rity. 20 ‘‘(P) The Department of Veterans Af- 21 fairs.’’; and 22 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 23 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik- 24 ing ‘‘Small Business Administration 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:22 Jul 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3875.IH H3875 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3875 IH Reauthorization Act of 1997’’ and in- 1 serting ‘‘Interagency Committee on 2 Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 3 2021’’; and 4 (II) in subparagraph (B)— 5 (aa) by striking ‘‘Small 6 Business’’; and 7 (bb) by striking ‘‘National 8 Women’s Business Council estab- 9 lished under section 405’’ and in- 10 serting ‘‘Council’’; and 11 (B) by amending subsection (b) to read as 12 follows: 13 ‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.— 14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 15 after the date of enactment of the Interagency Com- 16 mittee on Women’s Business Enterprise Act of 17 2021, the President, in consultation with the Admin- 18 istrator, shall appoint one of the members of the 19 Interagency Committee to serve as chairperson. 20 ‘‘(2) VACANCY.—In the event that a chair- 21 person is not appointed during the 45-day period de- 22 scribed in paragraph (1), the Deputy Administrator 23 of the Small Business Administration shall serve as 24 acting chairperson of the Interagency Committee 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:22 Jul 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3875.IH H3875 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3875 IH until a chairperson is appointed under paragraph 1 (1).’’; and 2 (3) in section 404 (15 U.S.C. 7104)— 3 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 4 by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; 5 (B) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 6 the end; 7 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 8 and inserting a period; and 9 (D) by striking paragraph (3). 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:22 Jul 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3875.IH H3875 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS