Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2018
Latest action · May 9, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 22, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2017
The bill revises the duties of the Office of Women's Business Ownership and declares it is the Office's mission to assist women entrepreneurs to start, grow, and compete in global markets by providing quality support with access to capital, access to markets, job creation, growth, and counseling.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) shall establish standards for a program to accredit eligible entities receiving a grant to operate one or more women's business centers.
These organizations shall be eligible to apply for such a grant:
- a tax-exempt charitable organization;
- a state, regional, or local economic development organization;
- an institution of higher education;
- a state-chartered development, credit, or finance corporation; or
- any combination of these.
Failure to obtain non-federal funding must be for two consecutive years before an eligible entity shall become ineligible for advance disbursements, or for any other SBA-funded project.
An SBA employee shall:
- make a prior site visit to any grant applicant to ensure that the applicant has sufficient resources to provide the services for which the grant is being made; and
- conduct an annual review of the entity's compliance with the grant agreement, including a financial examination.
An eligible entity whose review identifies problems shall develop a remedial plan of action for the Office to approve or amend, subject to appeal. The Office shall terminate any grant for failure of compliance with a plan of action.
Upon request by an eligible entity, the SBA may waive, in whole or in part, although not for more than two years, the requirement to obtain non-federal funds for a grant recipient's counseling and training activities.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2017 to May 8, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Mar 22, 2017 |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | May 19, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | May 7, 2018 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | May 8, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Mar 22, 2017 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred May 9, 2018 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- May 8, 2018Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 8, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3801-3806)
- May 8, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1680.
- May 8, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3802-3805)
- May 8, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 22, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 22, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3801–H3806Text printed H3802–H3805 | Al Lawson, Jr. D-FL, Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY, Stephen Knight R-CA, Steve Chabot R-OH | May 8, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 50, March 22, 2017, page H2350.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.A.S.C. No. 115-38 | HEARING ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 AND OVERSIGHT OF PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION69 pages | Armed Services Committee | Apr 27, 2017 |
| 115-13 | SBA'S ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: RESOURCES TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES67 pages | Small Business Committee | Mar 30, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1774 | Developing the Next Generation of Small Businesses Act of 2017 | Related bill | Mar 29, 2017 |
| HR 2810 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 | Related bill | Dec 12, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act to improve the women's business center program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2018Referred in Senate
- May 8, 2018Engrossed in House
- Mar 22, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
