H.R. 744: Women's Business Ownership Act of 2011
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H.R. 744: Women's Business Ownership Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-02-16 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-02-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Women's Business Ownership Act of 2011
Plain summary
Women's Business Ownership Act of 2011 - Establishes the Commission on Women's Business Ownership to review and make recommendations concerning: (1) the status of women business owners across the United States, and their progress made since the 1980 White House Conference on Small Business; (2) the role of the federal government in aiding and promoting women business owners; and (3) data collection procedures with respect to women-owned businesses, including federal initiatives and procurement.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Women's Business Ownership Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · 1 cosponsors
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- Ballot initiative
- A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr744.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr744 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112