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H.R. 4405: Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2019

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H.R. 4405: Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-09-19 · Commerce · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-09-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2019

Plain summary

Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes the Women's Business Center Program through FY2023, 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. An entity must agree to obtain matching, non-federal funds, and the SBA must (1) ensure an applicant has sufficient resources to provide the services for which the grant is being made, and (2) conduct an annual compliance review. 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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Official text

Women's Business Centers Improvements Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] · 17 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4405, Women’s Business Centers Improvements Act of 2019 (2019-11-20)

Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Grace Meng (D-NY), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] reported raising $4.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong116-hr4405 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116