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S 4863 117th Congress Senate Commerce

Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022

Introduced: September 27, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Sep 15, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Sep 15, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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Women's Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022

This bill reauthorizes the Women's Business Center Program through FY2026, 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.

What's happening now September 15, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6441 Related bill Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022
  • S 5220 Related bill Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Sep 27, 2022
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Sep 15, 2022
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 15, 2022
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Sep 15, 2022
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Sep 15, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4863: Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4863/
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"S. 4863: Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4863/.
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S. 4863, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4863/.
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