Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022

United States117th CongressHR-6441House of Representatives
Updated: Apr 27, 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.

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S-4863: Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022

Introduced in Senate

  1. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.

  2. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4465-4468)

    House of Representatives

  3. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    House of Representatives

  4. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

    Senate