Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2023
Latest action · Sep 8, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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.
- IntroducedSep 8, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Women's Business Centers Improvement Act of 2023
This bill reauthorizes the Women's Business Center Program through FY2027, raises the cap on individual center grants, establishes an accreditation program for grant recipients, and revises the duties of the Office of Women's Business Ownership.
Specifically, the bill modifies the Women's Business Center Program to enable the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide initial and continuation grants to eligible entities to operate women's business centers for the benefit of women-owned small businesses. The SBA must also publish standards for a program to accredit entities that receive grants from the Women's Business Center Program, and such entities' receipt of continuation grants shall be contingent upon their obtaining accreditation.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 8, 2023 to Oct 11, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Sep 8, 2023 |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Sep 19, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 20, 2023 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Sep 20, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Sep 20, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Dec 5, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Oct 1, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Oct 11, 2024 |
Committees 1
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 Sep 8, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2023Introduced in House
- Sep 8, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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. 169, no. 145, September 8, 2023, page H4230.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2184 | Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2023 | Related bill | Nov 15, 2023 |
Titles 2
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2023Introduced 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.
