Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Jun 22, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Jun 22, 2023
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Step 3
Committee
Nov 15, 2023
Step 4
Senate
Step 5
House floor
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill reauthorizes the Women's Business Center Program through FY2027, 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 shal...
Timeline · 4 actions
Nov 15, 2023
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Jul 26, 2023
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-90.
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jun 22, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.