Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022
Summary
Women's Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022 This bill reauthorizes the Women's Business Center Program through FY2025, 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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Apr 2022
House Passage
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Jan 20, 2022
Last action Apr 27, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Apr 27, 2022
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
upper
Apr 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 117-258.
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sharice Davids
DDemocratic
Co
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
Chris Pappas
DDemocratic
Co
Chrissy Houlahan
DDemocratic
Co
Claudia Tenney
RRepublican
Co
Dwight Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Case
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Jenniffer González-Colón
RRepublican
Co
Jim Cooper
DDemocratic
Co
Kweisi Mfume
DDemocratic
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