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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-258
WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTERS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF
2022
MARCH 7, 2022.-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
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 6441]
The Committee on Small Business, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 6441) to amend the Small Business Act to improve the wom-
en's business center program, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Bill Sum m ary ........................................................................ 1
II. Background and Need for Legislation ...................................................... . 2
III. Hearings ....................................................................................................... 2
IV . Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 3
V . C om m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 3
VI. Section-by-Section for H .R. 6441 .............................................................. 3
VII. Congressional Budget Cost Estim ate ....................................................... 7
VIII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 7
IX. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ........................... 7
X. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................... 7
XI. Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................. 7
XII. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
Benefits ..................................................................................................... 7
XIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................... 8
XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement ................................................... 8
XV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 8
XVI. Constitutional Authority Statement .......................................................... 8
XVII. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ...................... 8
I. PURPOSE AND BILL SUMMARY
The purpose of H.R. 6441, the Women's Business Centers Im-
provements Act of 2022, is to strengthen the Women's Business
Centers (WBC) program to ensure that women entrepreneurs
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