,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ba1     
#bjbc,ms4 ,duckworth introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to reauthorize the ,interagency
 ,committee on ,women's ,business       
,enterprise1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,interagency ,committee on      
,women's ,business ,enterprise ,act of  
#bjbc4  #b4 ,interagency ,committee on  
,women's ,business ,enterprise ,title   
,,iv of the ,women's ,business          
,ownership ,act of #aihh 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 
#gaja et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
section #djb 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #gajb7--    
7,a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7i7 by striking
 paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#e72  7ii7 by     
redesignating paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d7  
as paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c71            
respectively2 and  7iii7 by adding at   
the end the following3  7#d7 monitor the

 plans1 programs1 and operations of the 
departments and agencies of the ,federal
 ,government to identify barriers to new
 business formation by women            
entrepreneurs1 or barriers experienced  
by women-led startups in accessing and  
participating in the plans1 programs1   
and operations of the departments and   
agencies of the ,federal ,government4  2
  7,b7 in subsection 7b71 by inserting  
after the first sentence the following3 
,in addition to the meetings described  
in the preceding sentence1 the          
,interagency ,committee shall meet at   
the call of the executive director of   
the ,council or the chairperson of the  
,interagency ,committee42 and  7,c7 in  
subsection 7c71 in the first sentence1  
by inserting 1 including through the use
 of published research and policy       
independently developed by the ,council 
after ,council2  7#b7 in section #djc   
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #gajc7-- 7,a7 in         
subsection 7a7-- 7i7 in paragraph 7#a7--
 7,i7 in the matter preceding           

subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting the     
,administrator1 the executive director  
of the ,council1 and before #a          
representative2 and  7,,ii7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7,k7 ,the      
,national ,aeronautics and ,space       
,administration4  7,l7 ,the             
,environmental ,protection ,agency4     
7,m7 ,the ,office of ,management and    
,budget4  7,n7 ,the ,minority ,business 
,development ,agency4  7,o7 ,the ,office
 of the ,assistant ,secretary for       
,indian ,affairs of the ,department of  
the ,interior4  7,p7 ,the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs4  2 and  7ii7 in    
paragraph 7#b7-- 7,i7 in subparagraph   
7,a71 by striking ,small ,business      
,administration ,reauthorization ,act of
 #aiig and inserting ,interagency       
,committee on ,women's ,business        
,enterprise ,act of #bjbc2 and  7,,ii7  
in subparagraph 7,b7-- 7aa7 by striking 
,small ,business2  7bb7 by striking and 
shall report directly to the            
,administrator on the status of the     

activities on the ,interagency          
,committee2 and  7cc7 by striking       
,national ,women's ,business ,council   
established under section #dje and      
inserting ,council2 and  7,b7 by        
amending subsection 7b7 to read as      
follows3  7b7 ,chairperson ,the         
,administrator shall serve as           
chairperson of the ,interagency         
,committee4  2  7#c7 in section #djd    
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #gajd7-- 7,a7 in the     
matter preceding paragraph 7#a71 by     
striking #aiie and inserting #bjbc2     
7,b7 in paragraph 7#a71 by adding and at
 the end2  7,c7 in paragraph 7#b71 by   
striking 2 and and inserting a period2  
and  7,d7 by striking paragraph 7#c72   
and  7#d7 in section #djf7;d77#f7 7#ae  
,u4,s4,c4 #gajf7;d77#f77-- 7,a7 in the  
matter preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by  
inserting and ,entrepreneurship before  
of the ,senate2 and  7,b7 in            
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking council  
and inserting ,council4