HR 6441 United States House · 117th Congress

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
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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

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