,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fead  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjah,ms4 
,clarke of ,new ,york 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,donovan1 ,mr4 ,luetkemeyer1 and ,miss 
,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration to establish a pilot    
program for certifying the status of a  
small business concern as a small       
business concern owned and controlled by
 socially and economically disadvantaged
 individuals1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,streamlining ,small            
,disadvantaged ,businesses ,act4  #b4   
,pilot program to certify small business
 concerns owned and controlled by       
socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals  7a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #f months after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the             

,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration shall establish a pilot 
program under which a small business    
concern may apply to the ,administrator 
to be certified as a small business     
concern owned and controlled by socially
 and economically disadvantaged         
individuals4 ,such system shall--  7#a7 
require a small business concern to     
submit such information as the          
,administrator shall require2 and  7#b7 
be made available through a website4    
7b7 ,use of certification ,a            
certification obtained by a small       
business concern under subsection 7a7   
may be used by a ,federal agency1       
,state1 or unit of local government to  
determine whether such concern is a     
small business concern owned and        
controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals4  7c7 ,timing 
for certification ,the ,administrator   
shall make a determination on the       
certification of a small business       
concern as a small business concern     

owned and controlled by socially and    
economically disadvantaged individuals  
not later than #fj days after receipt of
 a complete application under subsection
 7a74  7d7 ,termination ,the pilot      
program established under this section  
shall terminate on the date that is #a  
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act4