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H.R. 1816 · 119th Congress

WOSB Accountability Act

Introduced Mar 3, 2025Policy area: Commerce

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Summary

WOSB Accountability Act

This bill requires that only women-owned small businesses that have been certified by a federal agency, state government, or national certifying entity approved by the Small Business Administration (SBA) are included when calculating whether a federal agency has met its contracting goals with respect to such businesses during a fiscal year.

Certain self-certified, women-owned small businesses that have filed an application for certification are deemed to have been certified until the SBA or national certifying entity makes a determination with respect to the certification of such business.

The SBA must provide a briefing each quarter about specified aspects of the process of certifying women-owned small businesses and implementing the requirements of the bill.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2393-2394)

  4. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1816.

  5. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2393-2395)

  6. House

    Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  7. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 26.

  8. House

    Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-37.

  9. House

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 0.

  10. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  11. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

  12. Introduced in House