118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 7105WOSB Certification and Opportunity Expansion Act

To establish requirements relating to certification of small business concerns owned and controlled by women for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

Commerce
Introduced Jan 29, 2024
Last action Feb 29, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jan 29, 2024
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Referred
Jan 29, 2024
Small Business · Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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Committee
Jan 31, 2024
Reported out
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House floor
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Senate
Feb 29, 2024
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires that only women-owned small businesses that have been certified by a federal agency, state government, or national certifying entity approved by the Small Business Administration (SBA) are included when calculating whether a federal agency has met its contracting goals with respect to such businesses during a fiscal year. Certain self-certified, women-owned small businesses that have filed an application for certification are deemed to have been certified until the SBA or national certifying entity makes a determination with respect to the certification of such business. The SBA must provide a briefing each quarter about specified aspects of the process of certifying wom...

Provisions · 2 sectionsEngrossed in House
Timeline · 12 actions
Feb 29, 2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Feb 28, 2024
Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Feb 28, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Feb 28, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7105.
Feb 28, 2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Feb 28, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 20, 2024
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-393.
Feb 20, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
Jan 31, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jan 31, 2024
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 0.
Jan 29, 2024
Introduced in House
Jan 29, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.