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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-239
WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTERS IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF
2019
OCTOBER 17, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Ms. VELAZQUEZ, from the Committee on Small Business,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4405]
The Committee on Small Business, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 4405) to amend the Small Business Act to improve the wom-
en's business center program, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Bill Sum m ary ....................................................................... 1
II. Background and Need for Legislation ....................................................... 2
III. H earin gs ....................................................................................................... 2
IV . Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 3
V . C om m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 3
VI. Section-by-Section Analysis for H.R. 4405 ................................................ 5
VII. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................ 7
V III. U nfunded M andates .................................................................................... 7
IX. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 7
X . O versight Findings ...................................................................................... 7
XI. Statem ent of Constitutional Authority ..................................................... 7
XII. Congressional Accountability Act ............................................................. 7
XIII. Federal Advisory Committee Act Statement ............................................ 8
XIV . Statem ent of N o Earm arks ....................................................................... 8
XV. Statement of Duplication of Federal Programs ........................................ 8
XVI. Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ...................................................... 8
XVII. Perform ance Goals and Objectives ........................................................... 8
XVIII. Changes in Existing Law, Made by the Bill, As Reported ...................... 8
I. PURPOSE AND BILL SUMMARY
The purpose of H.R. 4405, the Women's Business Centers Im-
provements Act, is to strengthen the Women Business Centers
program to ensure that women entrepreneurs across the country
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