Empowering Women in Small Business Act
Summary
Empowering Women in Small Business Act This bill permits certain women-owned small businesses to retain for seven years their certification under the Small Business Administration's Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contracting program even if the ownership interests in the small business are held by a licensed small business investment company that would otherwise reduce the ownership percentage below the threshold required for participation in the WOSB program.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 22, 2022
Last action Mar 22, 2022
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2
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0
Committee
1
Mar 22, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
upper
Mar 22, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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