To establish requirements relating to certification of small business concerns owned and controlled by women for certain purposes, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseAdditional sponsors: Ms. Goodlander and Mr. Fitzpatrick
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Ms. Velázquez (for herself and Mr. LaLota) introduced the following …
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires women-owned small businesses to be SBA-certified (not just self-certified) to count toward federal contracting goals, while providing transition period for currently self-certified businesses.
Who Benefits and How
Legitimately certified women-owned businesses benefit from reduced fraud in the program. Program integrity improves by eliminating self-certification loophole.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Self-certified women-owned businesses must obtain official SBA or national certifying entity certification. SBA faces increased certification workload.
Key Provisions
- Only SBA-certified WOSBs count toward federal contracting goals
- Transition period until regulations issued (2+ fiscal years after enactment)
- Self-certified businesses deemed certified during transition if they apply
- Applies to both paragraph (1)(A)(v) and paragraph (2) goals
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Requires SBA-certified women-owned small business status for inclusion in federal contracting goals
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Strengthen women-owned small business program integrity"
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → SBA Administrator
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