,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bf #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ahaf ,report ,no4 #aai-cg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,march #c1 #bjbe,ms4 ,velzquez 7for herself and ,mr4 ,la,lota7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,small ,business ,march #bd1 #bjbe;,additional sponsors3 ,ms4 ,goodlander and ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick ,march #bd1 #bjbe;,committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed ,a ,,bill ,to establish requirements relating to certification of small business concerns owned and controlled by women for certain purposes1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,,wosb ,accountability ,act4 #b4 ,exclusion of self-certified small business concerns owned and controlled by women from goals 7a7 ,exclusion of self-,certified ,w,o,s,bs from ,governmentwide and agency goals 7#a7 ,in general ,section #ae7;g7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7;g77 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph3 7#d7 ,exclusion of self-certified ,w,o,s,bs from goals ,only small business concerns owned and controlled by women that have been certified under section #h7m77#b77;,e7 shall be included in calculating the goals established-- 7,a7 under paragraph 7#a77;,a77v72 and 7,b7 by the head of a ,federal agency for small business concerns owned and controlled by women under paragraph 7#b74 4 7#b7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by paragraph 7#a7 shall take effect on the first day after the end of the second fiscal year beginning after the ,administrator issues the regulations required under subsection 7b77#b74 7b7 ,requirements relating to self-,certified ,w,o,s,bs 7#a7 ,inclusion of certain self-certified ,w,o,s,bs in goals 7,a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 a small business concern described in subparagraph 7,b7 shall be deemed to have been certified by the ,administrator or a national certifying entity approved by the ,administrator under section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m77 as a small business concern owned and controlled by women under paragraph 7#b77;,e7 of such section 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m77#b77;,e77 for the purposes of calculating the goals described in paragraph 7#d7 of section #ae7;g7 of the such ,act 7as added by subsection 7a7 of this ,act7 until the ,administrator or such a national certifying entity make a determination with respect to the certification of such concern4 7,b7 ,small business concerns described ,a small business concern described in this subparagraph is a small business concern-- 7i7 that is self-certified as a small business concern owned and controlled by women as of the date on which the amendments made by subsection 7a7 take effect2 7ii7 that files a certification application with the ,administrator or a national certifying entity approved by the ,administrator under section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m77 prior to such date2 and 7iii7 for which the ,administrator or such a national certifying entity does not make a determination prior to such date regarding certification pursuant to such certification application4 7#b7 ,rulemaking ,not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,administrator shall issue regulations carrying out this section4 7c7 ,quarterly briefings required ,not later than #fj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act and on a quarterly basis thereafter until the date specified in subsection 7b71 the ,administrator shall provide to the ,committee on ,small ,business of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee ,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship of the ,senate a briefing on the implementation of the requirements of this section4 ,such briefings shall include-- 7#a7 the total number of small business concerns expected to seek certification as a small business concern owned and controlled by women2 7#b7 the number of applications for certification pending with the ,administrator or a national certifying entity approved by the ,administrator under section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business ,act during the period covered by the briefing2 7#c7 the total number of applications approved by the ,administrator or such a national certifying entity since the date of the enactment of this ,act2 7#d7 the timelines associated with processing such applications by the ,administrator or such a national certifying entity between submission and approval2 7#e7 the administrative costs to the ,administration to make determinations on such applications and the estimated cost to such applicant to seek certification from a national certifying entity2 7#f7 a discussion of the ,administrator's current and future outreach efforts to small business concerns owned and controlled by women and to ,federal agencies on the requirements of this ,act2 and 7#g7 recommendations for additional legislative authority or resources required to fully implement the requirements of this ,act4 7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,administration ,the term ,administration means the ,small ,business ,administration4 7#b7 ,administrator ,the term ,administrator means the ,administrator of the ,small ,business ,administration4 7#c7 ,small business concern ,the term small business concern has the meaning given under section #c of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb74 7#d7 ,small business concern owned and controlled by women ,the term small business concern owned and controlled by women has the meaning given the term in section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m774 7e7 ,compliance with ,,cutgo ,no additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this ,act or the amendments made by this ,act4 ,march #bd1 #bjbe;,committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed