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H.R. 1816: WOSB Accountability Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-03 · Commerce · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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WOSB Accountability Act

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WOSB Accountability Act 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 women-owned small businesses and implementing the requirements of the bill.

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WOSB Accountability Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] · 3 cosponsors

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr1816 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills