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Calendar No. 266
114TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 114-413
THE WOMEN'S SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP ACT
OF 2015
DECEMBER 20, 2016.-Ordered to be printed
Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of December 10 (legislative day,
December 9), 2016
Mr. VITTER, from the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 2126]
The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, to
which was referred the bill (S. 2126) to reauthorize the Women's
Business Center Program of the Small Business Administration,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill, as
amended, do pass.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Women's Small Business Ownership Act (S. 2126) was intro-
duced by Sen. Maria Cantwell with Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Heidi
Heitkamp, Sen. Gary Peters, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, and Sen. David
Vitter on October 1, 2015. The Women's Small Business Ownership
Act reauthorizes and makes certain changes to the Women's Busi-
ness Center Program at the Small Business Administration (SBA).
During the markup of the bill, the bill was approved unanimously
by voice vote.
II. HISTORY (PURPOSE & NEED FOR LEGISLATION)
The Women's Business Center (WBC) Program provides quality
counseling and training services to women, primarily those who are
socially and economically disadvantaged, in order to help them
start and grow small firms in the local area in which they serve
and to stimulate economic growth. Comprised of over 100 local or-
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